The Bottom Line
Living Well With Autoimmune Disease: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You That You Need To Know - Informative guide that eases the challenge of understanding the many complexities of autoimmune issues.
Pros
- Explains human immune system
- Suggests tools needed to be properly diagnosed
- Offers new and alternative treatments available
Cons
- Only available in paperback
- Wish this book had been published earlier
Description
- Making sense of the symptoms that may indicate an autoimmune condition... Shomon connects the dots!
- Help in finding the right doctor for accurate diagnosis and plan of treatment.
- Lists a variety of holistic treatment options, blending conventional and alternative practices.
- Sample form to use in developing your own personal autoimmune repair plan.
- First-person accounts from autoimmune disease patients.
- Risk factors and symptoms checklist.
- Resource pages list patient support groups, hotlines, websites, practitioners, more.
Guide Review - Living Well With Autoimmune Disease
More and more people are understanding the importance of being active participants in their health/life choices. Mary J. Shomon helps guide the reins that drive the carriage down the wellness journey road into the hands of those who are no longer taking a back seat in caring for their personal health.
Bravo to Mary J. Shomon for impressing upon her readers that being armed with knowledge is empowering, enabling us to seek the right doctors, ones who will not dictate treatment, but will assist us in "Living Well!"
Mary J. Shomon, has done her homework superbly compiling the resources needed to better understand the body's immune system: how it works, symptoms that indicate imbalance, obtaining proper diagnosis, and treatments available.
