ALLERGIES
Millions of people suffering from a wide variety of allergies
have benefited from chriopractic care even though chiropractic
is
not an allergy treatment. Why? Because chiropractic
is a method of health care that permits your body to function at
its best. That
is especially important if you suffer from allergies.
Your immune system keeps you performing at 100%. It recognizes and
destroys anything not supposed to be in you: bacteria, viri, poluutants,
dust, pollen, drugs, tumors, dead cells, and even artificial hearts
and donor organs. A healthy immune system means high resistence
to disease and infection, better ability to deal with stress, and
greater health and well-being.
Your immune system is directly influenced by your nerves
and hormones. Diet and stress also effects your immune system. If your immune
system is unhealthy, it may fail to recognize and remove these abnormal
cells; may not overcome infection; may over react to foreign substances;
or even become depressed and attack itself!
The most common immune disorder is the allergic reaction which occurs
when the immune system overreacts to an allergen (dust, pollen,
milk, dog or cat dander, foods, etc.) and produces too many neutralizing
chemicals (especially histamines) to couteract it.
No one knows for sure, although some researchers suggest childhood
vaccinations are suspect. Writer, Walene James stated: "Vaccination
lays the foundation for autoimmune diseases and other disorders
of the immune system such as rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever,
lupus erythematis, scleroderma... It is reasonable to assume that
our contemporary ’epidemic’ of allergies has at least
some of its roots in the practice of vaccination."
Orthodox medicine has no cure for allergies, only treatment
for the symptoms. According to Robert Mendelsohn, M.D., "You can
depend on most doctors to largely ignore the cause...unfortunately,
their treatment is often worse than the disease, especialy since
the relatively safe, folk-measures of yesteryear have been replaced
by the dangerous drugs of modern medicine."
Antihistimines are the most popularly prescribed treatment for
the symptoms of an allergic reaction (runny eyes, irritation, redness,
and fullness in the sinuses). However antihistimines can cause serious
heart problems and should not be used with alcohol, sedatives, or
tranquilizers. Researchers published evidence in the May 1994 Journal
of the National Cancer Institute showing that certain antihistimines
(Claritin, Hismanal, and Atarax) make cancerous tumors grow faster
in lab rodents.
By releasing stress on the nervous system, chiropractic
permits the immune system to function more effectively-- something all allergy
sufferers need. A nervous system without stress functions more efficiently.
Recent understandings in psychoneuroimmunology reveal that when
the nervous system functions better, the immune system benefits.
Please note, the chiropractic approach is to remove the vertebral
subluxations, a common spinal distortion that puts stress on your
nervous system. Freed of nervous system stress, your body will work
more effectively to neutralize the allergy-causing chemicals in
your environment. A healthy body is capable of neutralizing toxic
substances. To fight allergies, the sufferer needs to focus on maintaining
a healthy body, not trying evasive tactics by treating the symptoms.
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