VIP Event: Autoimmune Diseases
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES*
Our immune system – therapeutic options – micronutrients
Keynote "Our immune system – friend or foe?" by Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Spitz:
For a long time, our immune system was regarded as a sort of special task force in the fight against pathogens. Today, however, we know much more about it. Our immune defense is part of our “superorganism’s” central control system, an integral component of our body’s internal and external navigation system. The variety of control factors involved in this system ranges from cytokines (the language spoken by our immune cells), to antigens and endotoxins (including those from our microbiome), vitamin D produced in our skin with epigenetic tuning and its own antibiotic production mechanisms, to multiple messenger substances produced by our brain. It’s all very complex – but that’s the human body for you! Wrong information and dysfunctional control of a system such as this can lead to chaos. One of the phenomena associated with this chaos goes by the name of “autoimmune disease”.
To be followed by introductory talks on:
• Ultra-high doses of vitamin D – a therapeutic option for all autoimmune diseases
• How micronutrients can benefit our immune system
This will be followed by a panel discussion and a question & answer session with the following experts:
• Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Spitz, Specialist in Nuclear Medicine, Nutritional Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Akademie
für Menschliche Medizin)
• Prof. Dr. med. habil. Ulrich Amon, International DermAllegra Dermatology Center, Specialist in Dermatology - Allergology, Laser Medicine - Operative Dermatology, Focus on Autoimmune Diseases and Autoinflammation, Certified Physician for the COIMBRA Protocol
• Prof. Dr. med. univ. Harald Stossier, Medical Director of VIVAMAYR Maria Wörth, Co-Referent for Complementary Medicine at the Austrian Medical Association, President of the Plattform Orthomolekulare Medizin and also of IMAK
• Michael Wäger, MSc, Expert and Head of the Biogena Science Team
Chair: Jeanette Aininger
*The lecture will be held in German. Simultaneous translation into English will be provided on location.
Ultra-high doses of vitamin D – a therapeutic option for all autoimmune diseases
Introductory talk by Prof. Dr. med. habil. Ulrich Amon
There has been a marked increase in autoimmune diseases in recent years. The causes - whether they are primarily “organ-related” or “sys-temic” autoimmune reactions - are to be found in various complex and overarching genetic, lifestyle-associated, and exogenous effects. A clo-ser look at these yields a number of diagnostic and therapeutic strate-gies which can at minimum provide targeted support for “conventional”, usually purely symptom-oriented approaches, and in many cases even replace them. One key “building block” in improving immunoregulatory dysfunction is the targeted “therapeutic” administration of the prohormo-ne vitamin D. Our current insights into vitamin D resistance and epigenetic polymorphisms in vitamin D metabolism already allow doctors to pre-scribe individualized immunomodulating therapy with vitamin D. This can also be done with the aid of a high-dose protocol, and can be integrated into a specific micronutrient therapy. This form of therapy requires both in-depth therapeutic knowledge and a high level of patient compliance.
How micronutrients can benefit our immune system
Introductory talk by Prof. Dr. med. univ. Harald Stossier
Micro- and macronutrients constitute the basis of all vital processes. Peop-le often assume that a healthy diet (whatever that might mean) will supply all the nutrients we need. Despite this, we should be aware that orthomole-cular medicine is playing an increasingly important role in both the preven-tion and treatment of diseases, and that the immune system in particular can benefit enormously from a sufficient supply of micronutrients. Personalized approaches are becoming increasingly important in the hea-ling arts, especially in medicine. Combining orthomolecular medicine with simple individual test methods such as functional myodiagnostics is there-fore an ideal approach to addressing biochemical individuality. This presen-tation offers a medical update, without neglecting the physiological basics, and illustrates how the therapeutic intake of orthomolecular substances works and to what extent it can be controlled by nutritional measures.
