FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
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Probiotics: use caution with autoimmune disease
Probiotics may promote immune disease in a predisposed host.
Leaky gut: inflammation, chronic fatigue and depression
Leaky gut permits bacterial LPS translocation into the gut lymphoid tissue where it triggers inflammation causing chronic fatigue and depression.
Atrial fibrillation risk increased by non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs
NSAIDs increased the risk for atrial fibrillation. Practitioners must bear in mind the potential for all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to cause atrial fibrillation by aggravating or triggering latent autoimmune inflammation due to gut barrier compromise.