AUTOIMMUNITY AND FERTILITY

Can I get pregnant? I see many females of childbearing age with autoimmune diseases like Lupus, Sjorgren’s Syndrome, Scleroderma, Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (Hashimoto Thyroiditis) and RA that express worry and fear that their disease will prohibit them from having a family.  They worry about infertility like so many women in this world. I empathize.   Becoming Read More…


Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble nutrient that plays an essential role in immune function by affecting numerous cells that regulate the immune system response. It specifically enhances the fighting or defense response of certain types of white blood cells which results in decreased inflammation.  The T cells of the immune system or “killer cells” will not Read More…



STRESS HURTS

Life can be stressful especially during this current time as the world fights through the coronavirus pandemic.  Also, many individuals living with a chronic autoimmune disease have stress with dealing with their diagnosis, fluctuating disease course, and taking multiple medications to control their disease. Stress is the body’s response to threatening and harmful scenarios.  The Read More…


Handwashing

I have always been a stickler for proper hygiene and hand washing but with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the importance of hand washing has reached a new level! Why Use Soap? Hand washing with soap allows the microorganisms on your skin to be surrounded. The specific parts of soap molecules can insert themselves into the Read More…


Support & Chronic Disease

For as long as I can remember I can say that going into a profession like Medicine is about being there for the patient.  I’m a better doctor today because every condition or illness I see has a face of a patient or patient experience linked to it.  Most rheumatologists have a very close relationship Read More…