Immune Dysfunction: Winning My Battle Against Toxins, Illness & the Medical Establishment (Paperback)

by Judith Lopez (Author), Lisa A. Smith (Author), Vincent A. Marinkovich (Foreword) "In the fall of 1970, a particularly nasty flu hit the shores of San Francisco..." (more)
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If you or someone you love has an immune disease, this book can save and return life to its holder. -- The Phoenix, Minnesota, March 2001

This book should be required reading for any medical professional who encounters people suffering from immune dysfunction illness, CFS, fibromyalgia. -- fearlessbooks.com, March 2001

Product Description
A compelling true story of medical mismanagement and malpractice in which Judith Lopez offers proof that doctors are wrong when they say chronic fatigue syndrome, yeast syndrome, and environmental illness are merely sociogenic problems. The book provides scientific facts; medical insights; information about undiagnosed medical problems, allergies, and environmental sensitivities; and a different view of toxins and acquired immune deficiencies, with a foreword by Stanford Medical School associate professor Vincent A. Marinkovich, M.D.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Millpond Press (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970127049
• ISBN-13: 978-0970127044
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #744,266 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful and engaging medical memoir, July 4, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Immune Dysfunction: Winning My Battle Against Toxins, Illness & The Medical Establishment is the personal and compelling story of Judith Lopez and her experiences with medical mismanagement and malpractice. Judith documents her struggle with a mystery malady that was life threatening. All the while her doctors sought to discount chronic fatigue syndrome, yeast syndrome, and environmental illnesses as merely sociogenic problems, the result of a mass hysteria or psychosomatic illness. After a twenty year battle with an illness the medical community proclaimed to be non-existent, Judith finally connected with Doctor Vincent Marinkovich, a Stanford professor and authority on clinical immunology and allergy, who was able to understand and treat her symptoms. Immune Dysfunction is a powerful and engaging medical memoir and highly recommended reading for anyone suffering from any form of environmentally generated illness whose physicians are trying to palm off as a form of hysteria or mental illness, as well as medical students, health workers, and practicing physicians concerned with the proper diagnosis and treatment of the rapidly growing numbers of men, women, and children who are experiencing environmentally driven immune system dysfunctions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immune Dysfunction by Judith Lopez - Review, July 2, 2002

By	Karin Kelly-Givens (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I could not put this book down until I read it from cover to cover! Judith Lopez has been able to describe through her own story what it is like for many of us who suffer from immune dysfunction of one kind or another. Even though her story is her own, it is representative of my own and of many others I know who suffer from immune illnesses. For example the ups and downs of the illness, how severe they can be, and that it is often difficult to identify what brings on the illness as it can change each time. I recommend this to those who suffer, to their friends and family for a perspective into the world of immune dysfunction. Judith has given us all a great gift!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Written- Comforting Book!, August 23, 2001

By A Customer

What a God-send this book has been to me! Although I could not relate to every symptom the author experienced during her long, long battle with Immune Dysfunction, I could certainly relate to the heartbreak and isolation that she felt. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has suffered the immeasurable pain of being so sick that you cannot function and yet having people doubt the validity of the illness from which you suffer on a daily basis. It is an unbelievable phenomenon for those of us who KNOW that something is physically WRONG with us; reading "Immune Dysfunction" will show you that YOU and I are NOT ALONE. Please buy this book, you'll feel better!