Neuroimmunology, Neurological disorders and Neurogenetics

Biography

Biography: Steven Osterhout

Abstract

Implementing integrative approaches in auto-immune conditions creates best possible patient outcomes.  Modifiable lifestyle choices and navigating environmental triggers reduces inflammatory burdens while soothing a hyper-confused immune response.  Redundant, constant immune triggers activating NF-kB expression overwhelms an already self-critical immune response. Cycling specific nutrition, avoiding environmental triggers, directing lifestyle changes, balancing gut microbiome, and retraining immune behavior reduces the NF-kB signaling pathway.  Identifying, detoxifying, and healing underlying triggers creates an opportunity for stifling the autoimmune process.  This decreases symptoms and generates patient confidence.  While inflammation may or may not cause the disease, it is a significant contributor to the pathogenesis of auto-immune expression and neuropathologies like multiple sclerosis. Using these principles as a base approach, along with lifestyle interventions as a platform to minimize inappropriate immune responses, allows medication to be employed at potentially reduced dosages and increased effectiveness.  Ultimately patient long-term positive health is leveraged while allowing research to investigate increasingly effective therapies and ultimately an auto-immune solution.