title: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other related conditions by provoking a mild infection to be controlled by the immune system itself.
abstract: When rheumatoid arthritis presents, the immune system overcompensates and acts attacking the joints and the body in general, the same thing occurs with other autoimmune diseases; the immunological mechanisms that manifest in these diseases have been identified, but there is still no explanation as to why this occurs. This article will present a hypothesis that is based on provoking a mild infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and other related autoimmune diseases, an infection that does not result in serious consequences to the health of the patients, but does generate an immunological response, in this manner, the immune system itself, which is overcompensating, will fight the provoked infection instead of causing damage to the body itself.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles Lomas, Av Vialidad de la Barranca s/n, Huixquilucan, 52763, Mexico. doctorhalabe@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halabe Bucay
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D007239:Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D018448:Models, Immunological; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*