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The Immune Mystery: A Doctor's Impassioned Quest to Solve the Puzzle of Autoimmune Disease (editie 2021)

door Anita Dr. Kåss (Auteur), Jørgen Jelstad (Auteur), Alison McCullough (Vertaler)

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"Our bodies are protected by a complex defense system - an army that stands ready to combat dangerous invaders. But sometimes wires get crossed and our defenders turn against the body they are supposed to protect. Then we fall prey to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or type 1 diabetes. In all there are more than a hundred such diseases, which can ruin lives and sometimes end them prematurely. And these diseases are on the rise. The Immune Mystery, by rheumatologist and researcher Anita K�ss, is the story of K�ss's quest to solve the puzzle of autoimmune disease and find a potential cure. It is a highly personal quest: K�ss's mother contracted rheumatoid arthritis after giving birth to her, and died when her daughter was only thirteen. The book follows K�ss's journey as a researcher--from the day of her mother's funeral in 1993, when she first started reading about rheumatoid arthritis, to the moment in 2017 when she is interviewed on Scandinavia's biggest talk show about a potentially revolutionary discovery that has earned her a record-breaking deal with a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Inspirational and compelling,The Immune Mystery is both a window into the body's most enigmatic workings and the moving story of a brilliant researcher's persistence against the odds."--… (meer)

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Lid:	Berly
Titel:	The Immune Mystery: A Doctor's Impassioned Quest to Solve the Puzzle of Autoimmune Disease
Auteurs:	Anita Dr. Kåss (Auteur)
Andere auteurs:	Jørgen Jelstad (Auteur), Alison McCullough (Vertaler)
Info:	Greystone Books (2021), 240 pages
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Trefwoorden:	Read in 2021, Auto Immune Disease, Research

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The Immune Mystery: A Young Doctor's Quest to Solve the Puzzle of Autoimmune Disease door Anita Dr. Kåss

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Dr. Anita Kass lost her mother when she was 13 years old. Her mother was diagnosed with a devastating case of Rheumatoid Arthritis shortly after giving birth to Anita. Anita Kass decided she would become a doctor and help people with autoimmune diseases, like her mother. In her first years as a doctor Kass interviewed Patients wit RA of varying degrees. She started to notice a link between pregnancy, menopause and the onset of RA in women. Kass had a hard time getting the hospital she was affiliated with to allow her to conduct research on her theory. The money available usually goes to cardiac disease and cancer. Kass persevered and presented her theory at medical conferences until she found a company willing to give her a research grant. As someone who has had RA for 26 years, which started at the same time I started going through menopause, I found the information in this book both fascinating and depressing.
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VioletBramble | Nov 19, 2022 |

Mostly an autobiography. The writer has a new theoretical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and details her quest to come up with it. The book may be of interest to RA patients but, as somebody with a so-called autoimmune disease, I find little of interest here. The REAL puzzle of autoimmunity is why doctors accept the premise so willingly, instead of admitting they don't understand what is happening, and in the process demonizing the patient's immune response. (

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fionaanne | Nov 11, 2021 |

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I read a lot of memoirs, but not so much non-fiction, and was hoping this would be more of the former than the latter. I found the accounts of her mother's illness interesting and fairly well-written, but the scientific explanations had a bit too many metaphors and analogies for my liking. If I had RA, however, I'd rush right out to try to get myself into a GnRH trial. (

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bobbieharv | Sep 10, 2021 |

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Fascinating look at auto-immune diseases, their causes and research to find a cure. Emphasis on Rheumatoid Arthritis (because her mom suffered from it), but other diseases are explored as well. Learn about B and T cells, the hypothalamus and pituitary glands and much more. Autoimmune diseases are among the top ten causes of death in women under 65. And they were originally called, appropriately, horror autotoxicus. This book is fascinating and easily understandable. (

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Berly | Jun 12, 2021 |

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For those like myself who know anyone or themselves struggle with an auto-immune issue (diagnosed or un-diagnosed) this book can be extremely helpful to understanding why your body might behave the way it does.

Having gone through this herself, and pretty much being a pioneer in this field, the author provides very helpful insight to not only her own story but on ways that could apply to anyone looking to find answers out for themselves. Sometimes it’s not easy to find these answers so I found this book a very helpful and insightful read/source of reference! (

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"Our bodies are protected by a complex defense system - an army that stands ready to combat dangerous invaders. But sometimes wires get crossed and our defenders turn against the body they are supposed to protect. Then we fall prey to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or type 1 diabetes. In all there are more than a hundred such diseases, which can ruin lives and sometimes end them prematurely. And these diseases are on the rise. The Immune Mystery, by rheumatologist and researcher Anita K�ss, is the story of K�ss's quest to solve the puzzle of autoimmune disease and find a potential cure. It is a highly personal quest: K�ss's mother contracted rheumatoid arthritis after giving birth to her, and died when her daughter was only thirteen. The book follows K�ss's journey as a researcher--from the day of her mother's funeral in 1993, when she first started reading about rheumatoid arthritis, to the moment in 2017 when she is interviewed on Scandinavia's biggest talk show about a potentially revolutionary discovery that has earned her a record-breaking deal with a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Inspirational and compelling,The Immune Mystery is both a window into the body's most enigmatic workings and the moving story of a brilliant researcher's persistence against the odds."--

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