Yikes!

I don't believe the immune system is attacking the body; I think it's doing the best it can to help with what it's got left! I think excess oxygen free radicals are the cause - and as a result, the immune system calls in the cavalry 24/7. This means constant inflammation. After a while the immune system is totally exhausted, hypoxia sets in, capillaries and nerves are compressed from the constant inflammation (HERE COME THE PAIN SIGNALS), and the body splints itself the best it can to survive. There are too many oxygen free radicals for the immune system to handle, so it "quarantines" affected limbs and areas in an effort to mitigate the damage locally.

If it can't, physical spread occurs via a combination of the existing overflow of free radical circulation in the bloodstream, in addition to NEW free radicals generated from a NEW trauma site. That's why any new trauma can trigger spread -- It ain't via the sympathetic nervous system. The nervous system goes haywire as a RESULT of the inflammation caused by free radicals, not the other way around. Neither the immune system nor the central nervous system are "attacking" us. It just looks that way symptomatically.

So what the heck causes free radicals? They're caused by physical, mental, and spiritual stresses. ie diet, environment (including genetics so some of us are obviously predisposed), thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. Science has already proven the physical and mental connection to stress and disease. As to what the heck spiritual stress even is, that's totally individual and I'll leave that one out in the context of this forum.

Again, what do I know Just one person's beliefs based on my own experiences.

PS FREE RADICAL - just wanted to say it one more time