Toxins, autoimmune diseases

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that affects the skin as well as the joints. As is the case with many autoimmune disorders, the exact causes of psoriasis are unclear however, it is presumed that an accumulation of toxins in the body may be the root cause. 

In a broad sense, the medical applications of activated carbons are based on their powerful non-specific adsorption capacity luirivalled by any other material. They are used to remove undesirable and harmful substances - toxins - from the human body. These substances either enter the human body fiom the external environment via skin, eyes, breathing airways or with food and drinks, or they can be produced internally by the body itself due to organ malfunction, autoimmune diseases, infection or trauma. Considering ourselves as an inseparable part of the environment, both externally and internally generated toxins cause nothing else but pollution of our body, similar to the environmental pollution, which therefore has to be... 

Bcl-2 B cell lymphoma protein 2 (Bcl-2) is a family of proteins that regulate apoptosis (programmed cell death). Apoptosis is a necessary process whereby aged or damaged cells are replaced by new cells. Dysfunction of the apoptosis process results in disease inhibition of apoptosis results in cancer, autoimmune disorder, and viral infection, whereas increased apoptosis gives rise to neurodegenerative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, ischemic injury, and toxin-induced liver disease. 

Autoimmune hepatitis Wilson s disease aj-antitrypsin disease Metabolic/inherited diseases Drugs/toxins... 

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