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Have you noticed a decrease in general immune system function during and immediately after SIBO treatment? I had a patient who’s typically resistant to most viral illnesses contract viral GI bug during treatment and then pneumonia about two weeks after treatment during the gut rebuilding protocol. It seems intuitively that during a prolonged antimicrobial treatment would have to impair the immune system somewhat until the microbiome has been restored.

Chris Kresser: Yeah, I think that’s possible. I don’t know that I’ve necessarily seen a lot of—I haven’t seen a...

I have a 36-year-old male patient with a history of mild psoriasis—” Okay, so psoriasis we’re thinking autoimmune, “—insomnia, what appears to be iron-deficiency anemia despite eating meat twice daily and eggs every morning for breakfast. Good energy. Not many other health complaints but does want to lose an additional 10 pounds.

Question: Original lab work a year ago shows a hemoglobin at 13.9, MCV 82, MCH 28, RDW high 14, iron...

What do you make of the idea that there might be an autoimmune component in the pathogenesis of glaucoma?

Next question from Chi, “What do you make of the idea that there might be an autoimmune component in the...

What’s your take on sudden onset of chilblains, first in the toes of one foot one day and then the toes of the other the next, after spending an hour in the cold, and this is in an eight-year-old who has mild psoriasis on the elbows but otherwise “healthy”?

I’m going to start with the first question, “What’s your take on sudden onset of chilblains, first in the toes...

I have Raynaud’s in my fingers and occasional pernio in one of my toes. My 5-year-old has mild eczema and glaucoma, which could be autoimmune in her left eye, so I experimented with egg, dairy, and nightshade elimination to begin. There is no change in the 9-year-old’s psoriasis, so we did a 90-day AIP trial. The older daughter’s psoriasis improved a teeny bit, and I am wondering what test would be most beneficial and easy/practical bearing her age in mind to get to her root cause. I would love to do a stool test, but she is pretty disgusted by the idea of collecting the sample. It’s so much easier to figure this out for clients, but when my children are concerned, I cannot see the woods for the trees. I would really appreciate your thoughts.

Amy Nett: The first question is a follow-up to one that she asked previously, and the original question from early...

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