Can Arthritis Be Treated Using a Functional Focus on Gut Repair?

Why Healing the Gut Matters and How to Do It   presented by Susan Blum, MD, MPH Studies show that Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Spondylarthritis (SpA) are associated with altered gut flora and dysbiosis and that dysbiosis and leaky gut can cause systemic inflammation. Therefore, if different probiotic species are active in immune modulation and improvement in arthritis, can we create an approach to treating arthritis that is focused on gut repair using a Functional Medicine approach? …