The Autoimmune Truth

Eighty percent of autoimmune patients are women. Most spend an average of 4.6 years and seven specialists before getting a diagnosis. Most are still told their fatigue is just stress. The numbers explain why. The numbers also explain why anyone reading this book has probably already lost more time than they can afford.Inside, the Why Now thesis with what changed between 1990 and 2025 to drive autoimmune incidence up nine percent per year. The 2022 Bjornevik study in Science that established Multiple Sclerosis as a complication of Epstein-Barr Virus, and what that means for the other eighty autoimmune conditions. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, the diagnostic criteria most rheumatologists ignore, and why MCAS presents as fifteen things at once. Low-Dose Naltrexone at 1.5 to 4.5 milligrams, the receptor mechanism, and the conditions where small randomized trials show benefit. The 2024 CAR-T trial in lupus that put five patients into medication-free remission.This is a working handbook for the chronically ill. Specific lab panels to request. Named clinicians who will take you seriously. Real science behind the protocols, including the ones mainstream rheumatology has not caught up to yet. Skriuwer writes for adults who want the names, the studies, and the doses. You may be sicker than your last appointment let on. You are not crazy.