Autoimmune diseases are increasingly common, affecting an estimated 23.5 million people in the U.S., 80% of whom are women1. If you do struggle with an autoimmune condition, you know that many of the risk factors aren’t in your control, but you can identify your specific triggers to avoid flare-ups. But according to Harvard- and MIT-trained integrative medicine doctor Sara Gottfried, M.D., author of The Autoimmune Cure, there’s one giant catalyst we’re all overlooking: trauma.Â
