{"id":8335,"date":"2019-10-04T23:49:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T03:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iseai.org\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T16:28:07","slug":"the-atoz-of-eai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iseai.org\/the-atoz-of-eai\/","title":{"rendered":"The A to Z of EAI (Environmentally Acquired Illness)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New Lens on Health and the Environment<\/h3>\n

Medical research is exploding with findings that associate man-made and microbe-made toxins with chronic forms of human illness. [1<\/a>] A broad mix of indoor airborne molecular threats, when repeatedly inhaled, can trigger chronic inflammation driven by overactivation and dysregulation of the innate immune response.<\/p>\n

Repeatedly ingested food-borne toxins can cause tissue damage to the gut and lungs [2<\/a>]. Chronic exposures to persistent organic pollutants cause diseases of metabolism [3<\/a>,4<\/a>]. Maternal immune activation during pregnancy caused by infection or diverse other environmental exposures may elevate the risk of delivering a child destined to join the autistic spectrum. [5<\/a>]. Causes of Alzheimer\u2019s disease include chronic neuroinflammatory and toxicity effects produced by immune evasive brain infections and\/or exposure to indoor air in chronically damp buildings. [6<\/a>].<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Bridging the Gap Between Conventional Medicine and EAI<\/h3>\n

In health care today there exists a glaring knowledge gap when it comes to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of environmentally acquired illnesses (EAI)<\/strong>. ISEAI is committed to bridging this gap by pursuing collaborative efforts to: a) raise public awareness, and b) educate health care professionals about EAI so they can gain the expertise needed to evaluate and treat the various aspects of it.<\/p>\n

The patient who has seen many doctors only to be told that nothing was wrong is likely a patient whose suffering likely involves one or more forms of EAI. The patient diagnosed with fibromyalgia whose every treatment failed or made him feel worse, is likely a patient who suffers from one or more forms of EAI. These missed diagnoses have one lesson in common: doctors always miss what they’re not looking for.<\/p>\n

Patients with EAI are disenfranchised by the EAI blind spot that exists in most conventional medical settings. They often feel dehumanized by the cookbook approach to diagnosis and treatment of their multidimensional problems. ISEAI is intent on rectifying this sorry state of affairs in our health care system. Examples of common illnesses known to be caused, aggravated, or perpetuated by environmental exposures are shown in the table below.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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