At 24 years old, filmmaker Shannon Harvey was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Her immune system had become hyperactive and was attacking normal, healthy tissues. Her muscles and joints were inflamed and she was told if her disease progressed she could end up with organ failure, or wheelchair bound. In search of a cure, Shannon tried everything from drugs to alternative therapies and everything in between. But she was still sick. There was one...

Un libro práctico que nos da las claves para prevenir y tratar enfermedades autoinmunes. Entiende las principales causas que inflaman el sistema inmunológico para revertirlo con cambios cotidianos, factibles y sencillos. Entre el 10 y el 15 % de la población de España sufre una enfermedad autoinmune. El diagnóstico no es rápido ni fácil y puede convertirse en un calvario de años y años. Las enfermedades autoinmunes se dan cuando hay un fallo...

Describes the author's approach to treating such "incurable" diseases as multiple sclerosis and scleroderma using hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation, detailing the history of his patients who have found success with the treatment.