| This is Part 3 of a 3 Part Series explaining exactly | | | | digestive tract. Now they can also enter the blood |
| how Leaky Gut develops and progresses. | | | | stream and move freely through the body with the |
| There are probably many of you reading my articles | | | | ability to infect any body tissue or organ. This results |
| and wondering to yourself, what is Leaky Gut? If | | | | in chronic internal and external infections that continue |
| you fall into this category then this article is for you! | | | | to drive Leaky Gut. |
| Without getting into the symptoms or causes of it | | | | As the signs and symptoms are further ignored, the |
| let's take a look at exactly how it progresses. | | | | damage still continues. This eventually overwhelms |
| I don't want to bore with you an anatomy lecture so | | | | the immune system which eventually begins to |
| I'm going to keep this as simple as possible. | | | | attack your own tissue and organs resulting in |
| Long Term Effects of Leaky Gut | | | | autoimmune disease. The key point to understand is |
| As the typical Advanced Onset symptoms of | | | | that because these foreign invaders can move freely |
| progress, they are rarely associated with the | | | | to anywhere inside the body, autoimmune disease |
| underlying Leaky Gut. Many times medications are | | | | can develop anywhere in the body including the |
| used in order to alleviate these symptoms which only | | | | organs, muscles, and joints. |
| further damages the intestinal lining and perpetuates | | | | So, what do the Long Term Effects of Leaky Gut |
| the problem while more serious damage is done. | | | | leave you with? Just to name a few Symptoms... |
| As the pain, fatigue, and food intolerance symptoms | | | | 1. Arthritis |
| are ignored over time, the body is still left to deal | | | | 2. Celiac's Disease |
| with the ensuing assault. Over time there is a buildup | | | | 3. Colitis |
| of antibodies and antigens (foreign invaders) in the | | | | 4. Crohn's Disease |
| body. Once the buildup of these immune complexes | | | | 5. Multiple Sclerosis |
| reaches a certain level, your body down regulate the | | | | 6. Hashimoto's Thyroiditis |
| production of immune cells. Because of this down | | | | 7. Eczema and/or Psoriasis |
| regulation of the immune system, your typical onset | | | | 8. Severe Asthma |
| symptoms due to excessive inflammation begin to | | | | 9. Chronic Fungal Infection, Ringworm, Nail Fungus, |
| disappear even though Leaky Gut is still present. | | | | etc |
| These symptoms are replaced by chronic fatigue and | | | | 10. Muscle Pain & Spasm |
| an uncomfortable and uneasy feeling that is typically | | | | 11. Osteoporosis |
| felt with the onset of disease. | | | | If you missed it, check out Part 2 of this 3 Part |
| The unbalanced gut flora worsens as the harmful | | | | Series named "Do You Know What is Driving Your |
| parasites, bacteria, and yeast/fungi thrive in your | | | | Leaky Gut? |