11 Jan 11 HIV: WHAT TO DO WHEN-YOU FEEL SICK
The rest of this article discusses the medical complications of HIV infection. Our purpose is to provide information on specific symptoms, their likely diagnoses, and their treatments. The article is organized by anatomy: lungs, skin, mouth, digestive system, eyes, and head and nerves, and concludes with a segment on the constitutional symptoms—like fever and
fatigue—that affect the whole body. Each part of the anatomy is organized according to symptom, and then according to diagnosis. Thus, someone worried about a red rash would look up skin problems, find the symptom of red rash, and read which diagnoses are possible. The intent of this section is not to provide a substitute for medical care, but to list the symptoms that deserve attention and to inform the person with HIV infection of likely diagnostic tests and treatments. Nevertheless, both diagnostic tests and treatments are subject to rapidly changing guidelines, and some of this information can quickly become antiquated.
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21 Dec 10 PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Dietary considerations
One hundred percent raw food diet of organically grown foods. Emphasis on raw seeds, nuts and grains, plenty of sprouts, raw milk, preferably goat’s milk, and raw fruits and vegetables. Green, leafy vegetables and yellow turnips (rutabaga) are especially beneficial. Sesame seeds and sesame seed butter are excellent. Once or twice a week, take 1/2 tsp. of pure gelatin – use with foods or mix with citrus or tomato juice.
In general, a low-protein diet of raw, organically grown foods is best for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Biological treatments
1. Short, repeated cleansing juice fasts, 6 to 10 days each.
Vitamins and supplements (daily)
B6 – 200 mg. Up to 2,000 mg. can be used under doctor’s supervision. Some doctors have used successfully injections of B6 together with magnesium
B2 – up to 100 mg. (improves circulation)
B-complex, with high content of niacin – natural, high potency
Glutamic acid – up to 8 tablets
Magnesium – 500 mg.
Calcium lactate – 3 tablets
Brewer’s yeast – 3-4 tbsp.
E-600 IU
С -up to 1,000 mg.
Pure sea water – 1 to 2 tbsp.
Lecithin – 2 tbsp. granules
(Nerve cytotrophin is used by some doctors with reported good results)
Juices
Any raw vegetable and fruit juices, in season.
Herbs
Ginseng, damiana, cayenne.
Specifics
B-complex, B6, glutamic acid, magnesium, sea water, Optimum Diet of raw organically grown foods, with plenty of sprouts and raw goat’s milk.
Notes
1. In early stages of the disease, good results can be obtained with nutritional and biological therapies. In chronic, advanced cases, especially if the origin of the disease is emotional, or if the nerve tissue is destroyed, a notable improvement is difficult to obtain. However, good optimal nutrition and other measures suggested above will at least prevent the condition from getting worse – which can be considered an achievement in such a condition as Parkinsonism.
2. Some biologically-oriented practitioners use “Nerve Cytotrophin” in Parkinson’s Disease with reported good results.
3. Treatment with L-dopa (levodopa, an amino acid, precursor of dopamine) has been shown to be effective in many studies and clinical use. L-dopa treatment must be accompanied with a low-protein diet (0.5 gm. protein per kilogram body weight per day). A high-protein intake interferes with the beneficial action of L-dopa.
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14 Dec 10 MYTHS MEN BELIEVE ABOUT WOMEN: WOMEN ARE JEALOUS AND POSSESSIVE
“Women are so possessive—it’s like they want to own men.”
“Every woman I know is paranoid that their man’s about to be stolen away from them.”
“Guys can’t even talk to another woman without their partner becoming unreasonably jealous.”
“Women would be happy if they could lock men up so we’d never be able to look at another woman.”
The following stories are true:
Candace is talking on the phone to her sister about her husband, Jake. “I’m so upset,” she begins. “There’s this woman at Jake’s office that I know is after him. We were at a company function the other day, and I couldn’t believe how she was acting. She kept putting her arm around him, making silly jokes, and complimenting him—all in front of me!”
“What does she look like?” Candace’s sister asks.
“She’s attractive, and she’s single. Honestly, I felt sick watching it.”
“Well, what does Jake have to say about it?”
“That’s the problem. When I brought it up, he got really defensive and told me I was just being jealous and imagining things. But I’m not—I saw it with my own eyes.”
Tyra’s boyfriend, James, just received an invitation to a bachelor party for a friend. “Where’s the party?” Туга asks. “Oh, at some club downtown,” James replies evasively.
“What do you mean, some club? Don’t tell me it’s a strip club!” “Well, I guess you could call it that.” “You aren’t going, are you?” Tyra says in a tense voice. “Of course I’m going. Phil and I went to college together. I can’t miss it.”
“This really upsets me, James. I hate the idea of you at some club like that, and I know what goes on at those parties.”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” James retorts. “You’re just getting possessive for no reason.”
“No reason? I think having naked girls climbing all over you is a good reason!”
“Grow up, Tyra. You are so insecure!” James says angrily. “You wish you could dictate my every move, don’t you? Well, I’m going to the party, and I don’t want to hear any more about it.”
It’s nine o’clock in the evening, and Meg passes by her husband Alan’s office and notices that he’s on the computer. “Checking your e-mail?” she asks.
“Yes. I’ll be off shortly,” Alan answers. Later as Alan comes to bed, Meg says, “You were on line for a long time. Did you get anything interesting in the mail?”
Alan pauses for a moment, and then responds, “I had a long letter from my friend Charlotte.”
“Charlotte—isn’t she the one you used to date?” “Oh, that was ages ago,” Alan replies. “Long before you and I even met.”
“Well, what’s she up to now?” Meg asks.
“She lives in Florida, and manages a health club company.”
“Is she married?”
“No,” Alan says with a bit of hesitation in his voice. “She’s recently divorced.”
“Well, do you two write often?” Meg inquires.
“What is this, Court TV?” Alan answers impatiently. “I feel like you’re interrogating me.”
“All I asked is if you wrote often.”
“I don’t know. I guess we write a couple of times a week.”
As the conversation progresses, Meg is getting a tight knot in her stomach. He’s writing this woman he used to date a couple of times a week? Taking a breath, she says, “Honey, don’t you think it’s kind of inappropriate for her to be writing a married man that much?”
“For God’s sake, Meg,” Alan says in a raised voice, “why are you making such a big deal of this? She’s my friend. I can’t believe how jealous and insecure you are.”
Men, you’re probably thinking that I’ve just presented three examples to illustrate that women are indeed jealous and possessive. Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but that’s not actually what I had in mind when I shared these stories. All three of the women in these scenarios had one thing in common—they were being protective of their intimate relationship with the man they loved. In each case, the woman felt some kind of possible threat or challenge to the special bond of intimacy she shared with her partner, and thus reacted protectively. And in each case, her man misinterpreted her protective instinct as jealousy.
Myth: Women are jealous and possessive.
Truth: Women are protective of our intimate relationships.
I have tried for years to get this point across to men. Women are instinctively protective of those we cherish and tuned in to any possible threat or danger that could come to our loved ones. You see this with mothers who are always on the lookout for a toy their child might trip over, or for a room that might be too drafty for their child to sleep in, or who are concerned about a friend with a cold who might infect their child.
This same protectiveness manifests itself in our relationship with men. Women are always tuned in to anything that might threaten our intimate connection with our beloved, and frankly one of the biggest threats is other women. I say this not as a value judgment about what goes on between people, but as an observation of the way the world is. So when a man asks his wife, “Don’t you trust me?” the answer she wants to give is, “It’s not a question of trusting you. / don’t trust other women.”
What problems occur when men believe Myth?
Men feel women are accusing them of being untrustworthy.
When men interpret protective behavior as possessive behavior, they often mistakenly conclude that their mate doesn’t trust them and become offended and angry. But the woman’s reaction usually has nothing to do with trusting him or not trusting him. It has to do with pointing out a potentially unpleasant or harmful situation.
Imagine that you are about to take a trip to a remote region of a foreign country. A friend hears about your journey, and says to you, “Listen, I was told there are poisonous spiders in this particular jungle near where you’ll be, so if I were you, I’d avoid going there, just to be safe.” How would you react? Would you say, “Don’t you trust me? Don’t you think I can protect myself?” Of course not. You’d thank your friend for being so thoughtful and for caring about your welfare.
Now imagine, guys, that your girlfriend detects a situation in which you might be exposed to energies that aren’t particularly supportive to your intimate relationship: another woman who is interested in you, either overtly or covertly; an environment or friend that encourages temptation or infidelity. When she points this out to you, she is doing the same thing just described. She isn’t saying she doesn’t trust you. She isn’t saying she thinks you will cheat on her or betray her. She is merely trying to protect you from being exposed to what she considers potentially dangerous or problematic
What Women Want Men to Know:
Men often totally discount their woman’s protective concerns because they feel insulted or unfairly accused, thus blinding themselves to a situation to which they really should pay attention.
I knew a man once who made this error and paid for it dearly. His wife had expressed concerns about a female friend of his, worrying that this woman seemed interested in being more than friends. She had no hard evidence to prove this—it was just the way the woman looked at her husband, the excuses she always found to call him about something, even her body language when she was near him. Her husband, who was a very sweet and gentle guy, felt offended that his wife would think these unkind thoughts about his female friend, and even more upset that his wife assumed he wouldn’t notice something like this if it was happening, which in his opinion, it wasn’t at all. His response was to totally ignore his wife’s admonitions, and to rebelliously spend even more time with this other woman, just to prove to himself and his wife that there was nothing at all to worry about.
Well, you can guess what happened. One night when his wife was out of town on business, the “friend” called the husband to say she was very upset about something, and needed him to come over to her place and talk. His wife’s words were ringing in his ears as he drove over to the woman’s house, but the rebel in him refused to feel controlled by what he considered to be his wife’s jealousy, and he put it out of his mind. As he sat on the couch with this woman, he noticed that she was wearing very revealing clothing, and even though warning bells went off in his head, he still insisted to himself that his wife was wrong and he was right. Within minutes, however, the warning bells turned to loud sirens when in a swift move, his friend pulled off her shirt, grabbed his hands and placed them on her naked breasts, and told him how much she wanted him!
You get the message, guys. Don’t let your pride and ego interfere with your better judgment. Don’t lie to yourself about a situation out of stubbornness. Protect yourself and your relationship by paying attention to the smoke, so it doesn’t become a fire!
*Men get reactive and feel we’re trying to curtail their freedom.
“Stop trying to control who I decide to have in my life.” “If I want to befriends with that woman, I will be.”
These are the kinds of comments women often hear when we attempt to protect our relationship by pointing out a potential problem with another woman. Men misinterpret our protectiveness as an attempt to control them, to rob them of their freedom (see Myth #7). Many times, men, you can’t even hear the information a woman is attempting to give you because you react to the fact that she’s giving you feedback to begin with! So you end up ignoring her concerns and rebelling, just to prove that you are free to do whatever you want. This is exactly what happened to the husband in the previous story, and he ended up with his hands full of trouble, so to speak!
The Truth About Myth
Women are instinctively protective about what is valuable to us. And guys, we value you. You are our treasure, and our releationship with you is precious. We never want anything to harm it, never want anything to threaten it. So we are always on the lookout for danger—not because we don’t trust you, but because we love you and don’t want to lose you.
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10 Dec 10 ALCOHOLISM RECOVERY PROCESS: PRELIMINARY OR INTRODUCTORY PHASE
The preliminary or introductory phase begins when the problem of alcoholism comes to the foreground. This happens when the alcoholic lets those nagging suspicions surface that there is something wrong with the drinking. On personal initiative, he might make some initial inquiries, which may be directed to friends and associates.
“You know, Jane was really mad at me for getting a bit tipsy when we went out last Friday night. You were there. I don’t see anything wrong with letting go after a long hard week, do you? She’s always on my back about something these days.”
Often others may not recognize these queries as a disguised or tentative “cry for help.”
Ideally the friend, coworker, or colleague who is the recipient of these initial queries listens carefully and avoids the trap of offering false reassurance or reinforcing denial with a comment like “Oh, you’re just imagining it.” Ideally they will share the information that people can get in trouble with alcohol, that alcohol use can be a significant health problem; they will then urge the seeking of a professional opinion, and do whatever they can to see that the person gets there. The first overture may instead be made to the alcoholic by a member of the clergy, family member, friend, or perceptive physician—someone who is sufficiently concerned to speak up and take the risk of being accused of meddling. Suspecting an alcohol problem, any one of them might request that the alcoholic seek an alcohol expert to explore the possibility. On the other hand, a court may “sentence” an individual convicted of DWI to alcohol treatment. Increasingly common also is that the spouse of the alcoholic may seek counseling as a result of the chaos of living with an alcoholic; or the employer may notice developing problems and attempt to intervene.
At this point the alcoholic is a fish nibbling at the bait. He moves close and backs off. He wants to know, but he doesn’t. Of course his drinking causes him problems, but he doesn’t want (is scared) to stop. What he really wants to learn is how to drink well. He wants to drink without the accompanying problems. In getting in touch with a counselor, the chances are pretty good he wants the counselor to teach him how. (This represents an impossible request, so the counselor must avoid getting sucked into trying.)
What can the counselor do? First, the counselor must make a careful evaluation of the problem in order to assess its nature and severity. Following that, a tentative treatment plan will be devised, possibly using outside expert opinions. These treatment recommendations will then be discussed with the client. This discussion will explain the recommendations, including any possible “risks” of treatment contrasted with the dangers of not initiating treatment.
The assessment process for an alcohol problem or alcoholism, just like any other evaluation process, is intended initially to collect data. The counselor in a very general way will be endeavoring simply to get a clear picture of what is going on in the client’s life.
In terms of the specifics, keep in mind that it is of the utmost importance to avoid getting into a defensive position. You need not be defensive as to the reason you can’t be helpful in teaching the alcoholic how to drink successfully. That is guaranteed to push the alcoholic’s seesaw and drive him away. There is, however, a mutual goal “to have things be okay.” The counselor can buy into this without accepting the client’s means of achieving it. The task of the therapy will be to assist the alcoholic to see his behavior and its consequences accurately. As this occurs, the client will be confronted with the impossible nature of his request. The counselor will be most successful by being open, honest, patient. The counseling is doomed if you are seduced into playing the “patsy,” or if you try to seduce the client by being the “good guy, rescuer.” Having a coworker with whom to discuss cases and their frustrations can help keep the objectives in sight.
Alcoholism is a disease that requires the client to make a “self-diagnosis” for successful treatment to occur. Treatment, full steam ahead, cannot begin until the alcoholic, inside himself, attaches that label to cover all that is going on with him. A head, or intellectual, understanding does not suffice. It must come from the heart. In fact, the whole thing can be confusing. He certainly doesn’t have to be happy. He simply needs to know it’s true. Then without hope of his own, he borrows the counselor’s belief that things can change.
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30 Nov 10 OBESITY AND PREGNANCY
Not only is it more difficult to conceive when suffering from obesity but it also makes pregnancy much more hazardous if it does occur. The risk of the mother being hospitalized during pregnancy increases four-fold in the presence of obesity. If the BMI is above 35, the risks increase to six- or seven-fold. In the US, the Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Obesity points out that:
- Obesity during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of death in both the baby and the mother and increases the risk of maternal high blood pressure by ten times.
- In addition to many other complications, women who are obese during pregnancy are more likely to have gestational diabetes and problems with labour and delivery.
- Infants born to women who are obese during pregnancy are more likely to be high birth weight and therefore, may face a higher risk of caesarean section delivery and low blood sugar (which can be associated with brain damage and seizures).
- Obesity during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of birth defects, particularly neural tube defects such as spina bifida.
More specifically, according to a study of 100 000 primigravidae assessed between 1992 and 1996, obese women were five times more likely to suffer from gestational diabetes and three times as likely to have pre-eclampsia or eclampsia. Overweight women were also nearly twice as likely to have a caesarean section than non-obese women. Unfortunately, the researchers also concluded that losing weight prior to pregnancy seems to make little difference to the outcome. Only ‘not becoming obese or overweight in the first place’ seems to be protective. Weight loss during the first month of pregnancy actually increases the risk of neural tube defects.
Other studies have demonstrated different complications, including increased risk of urinary tract infections and thrombophlebitis, operative risk such as increased anaesthetic, wound infection, dehiscence and thromboembolic events
Respiratory complications occur more in obese women during pregnancy – obstructive sleep apnoea, hypoxia and hypercapnia, which can lead to intrauterine growth retardation in the fetus, and to hypertension and increased cardiovascular risk in the mother.
Other risks to the fetus include macrosomia, even in non-diabetic mothers, growth retardation, stillbirth and birth defects, including neural tube abnormalities. Other congenital abnormalities include cardiac defects, orofacial clefts, club foot and abdominal wall defects. There is a three-fold increase in musculoskeletal and craniofacial abnormalities in the fetus when the pregnant mother has both obesity and diabetes. Obese mothers have twice the risk of stillbirth as well as more chance of meconium ileus, late decelerations and shoulder dystocia.
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17 Nov 10 Аллергические заболевания
АЛЛЕРГИЧЕСКИЕ ЗАБОЛЕВАНИЯ КОЖИ ВЕК И ГЛАЗ: НЕСКОЛЬКО СОВЕТОВ ЖЕНЩИНАМ
Причиной аллергических заболеваний кожи век и слизистой оболочки глазного яблока могут быть красители для волос головы, бровей и ресниц, особенно минеральные и химические краски, содержащие урсол, хромовые соединения, серебряные, кобальтовые и никелевые соли.
Если после применения крема, лосьона или краски появилось внезапное покраснение век, надо прекратить ими пользоваться. При этом не следует, как некоторые делают, употреблять лекарства, которые были прописаны другим. Лекарство, которое помогло одному, для другого может оказаться аллергеном, и тогда болезнь усугубится.
Так как повышенная чувствительность, в том числе к аллергену, со стороны кожи и слизистых оболочек может вырабатываться в результате различных раздражающих факторов внешней среды, женщинам необходимо при пользовании красителями особенно тщательно соблюдать обычные правила гигиены, на которых мы коротко останавливаемся.
Покраснение век возникает, когда, намазав ресницы и брови тушью или краской, их растирают не вымытыми предварительно пальцами, несвежим носовым платком. Раздражение век бывает и от неумелого применения различных косметических средств, и от индивидуальной непереносимости их.
Последствия могут быть и более серьезными, когда краснеют не только веки, но и слизистая оболочка глазного яблока, развивается конъюнктивит. При этом начинаются слезотечение, зуд и жжение, из глаз выделяется слизь иногда с гноем. Если в таком случае своевременно не обратиться к врачу, процесс примет хронический характер.
А меры профилактики просты – перед любой косметической процедурой надо хорошо вымыть руки с мылом. Нельзя пользоваться чужой щеточкой для ресниц, карандашом для бровей, оттеночным гримом. И не только потому, что в таком случае можно занести к себе «чужие» аллергены. Можно заполучить инфекционное, паразитарное, грибковое или глистное заболевание глаз. Источником инфекции иногда является и слюна, которой вместо воды порой смачивают карандаши, щеточки или тушь.
Вечером следует обязательно снимать тушь с помощью специально предназначенных для этого средств.
17 Nov 10 SOME ANSWERS TO EPILEPSY
A condition that goes back to Caesar and Socrates now is controllable, thanks to new techniques and drugs.
The scene is an ordinary one. Couches. Small tables. Books. John Natale, an appraiser for the federal government, lounges in an easy chair. A movie plays on the TV set.
But take a closer look: There are wires extending downward through the hair at the back of Mr. Natale’s head. The wires run from little metal disks glued to his scalp, through a cable ending in a box tied on his belt. And, up in each of the room’s four corners near the ceiling, TV cameras follow his every movement.
Mr. Natale is a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Bronx in New York City. Dr. James Rowan, the chief neurologist, is searching for the cause of his strange seizures. In another room, technicians observe their patient on TV monitors. A slab of white paper moves slowly out of a machine. On its surface, 16 pens write wiggly lines. From the wires the doctors are getting an electrical picture of Mr. Natale’s brain. Suddenly, he begins to tremble and shake. He falls to the floor, his body writhing. Later he is shown a videotape of his seizure.
“I was bouncing around, uttering odd sounds, dribbling, mouth all foamy, clamping on my jaw and tongue,” Mr. Natale recalled. “My arms got stiff. I was making odd animal noises. I was totally exhausted and went into a sleep.”
While this was happening to him, the wiggly lines on the paper went wild. An electrical storm sweeps through his brain whenever Mr. Natale has seizures. Because no doctor had seen his fits before this, the diagnosis of his illness had been in doubt. But because this seizure was monitored by TV and the brain’s electrical signals, it was concluded that the cause was neither fever nor emotional upset. It was epilepsy.
Mr. Natale is now one of 2 million Americans diagnosed as having epilepsy. Doctors have prescribed for him Tegretol, one of several anti-seizure drugs available. He now suffers a seizure only every 2 months or so and, thanks to his medicine, leads a normal life.
“Sometimes my illness keeps me from work,” Mr. Natale says, “but I can function better. I know I will always have seizures, but medication can control them.”
More than 500,000 Americans with epilepsy are not so lucky. They have never received a clear diagnosis or definitive treatment. They continue to have seizures; they cannot drive cars; they are often avoided by employers and neighbors. Many become shut-ins.
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17 Nov 10 HOW HIV IS TRANSMITTED
Exchange of Body Fluids
The exchange of HIV-infected body fluids during vaginal and anal intercourse is the greatest risk factor. Substantial research evidence indicates that blood, semen, and vaginal secretions are the major fluids of concern. Although the virus was found in 1 person’s saliva (out of 71 people in a study population), most health officials state that saliva is not a high-risk body fluid unless blood is present. But the fact that the virus has been found in saliva does provide a good rationale for using caution when engaging in deep, wet kissing.
Initially, public health officials also included breast milk in the list of high-risk fluids because a small number of infants apparently contracted HIV while breast-feeding. Subsequent research has indicated that HIV transmission could have been caused by bleeding nipples as well as by actual consumption of breast milk and other fluids. Infection through contact with feces and urine is believed to be highly unlikely though technically possible.
Receiving a Blood Transfusion Prior to 1985
A small group of people became infected with HIV as a result of having received a blood transfusion before 1985, after which the Red Cross and other blood donation programs implemented a stringent testing program for all donated blood. Today, because of these massive screening efforts, the risk of receiving HIV-infected blood is almost non-existent.
Injecting Drugs
A significant percentage of cases of AIDS in the United States are believed to result from sharing or using HIV-contaminated needles and syringes. Though users of illegal drugs are commonly considered the only members of this category, others may also share needles – for example, people with diabetes who inject insulin or athletes who inject steroids. People who share needles and also engage in sexual activities with members of high-risk groups, such as those who exchange sex for drugs, increase their risks dramatically.
Mother-to-Infant Transmission (Perinatal)
Approximately one in three of the children who has contracted AIDS received the virus from their infected mothers while in the womb or while passing through the vaginal tract during delivery.
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17 Nov 10 PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Dietary considerations
One hundred percent raw food diet of organically grown foods. Emphasis on raw seeds, nuts and grains, plenty of sprouts, raw milk, preferably goat’s milk, and raw fruits and vegetables. Green, leafy vegetables and yellow turnips (rutabaga) are especially beneficial. Sesame seeds and sesame seed butter are excellent. Once or twice a week, take 1/2 tsp. of pure gelatin – use with foods or mix with citrus or tomato juice.
In general, a low-protein diet of raw, organically grown foods is best for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Biological treatments
1. Short, repeated cleansing juice fasts, 6 to 10 days each.
Vitamins and supplements (daily)
B6 – 200 mg. Up to 2,000 mg. can be used under doctor’s supervision. Some doctors have used successfully injections of B6 together with magnesium
B2 – up to 100 mg. (improves circulation)
B-complex, with high content of niacin – natural, high potency
Glutamic acid – up to 8 tablets
Magnesium – 500 mg.
Calcium lactate – 3 tablets
Brewer’s yeast – 3-4 tbsp.
E-600 IU
С -up to 1,000 mg.
Pure sea water – 1 to 2 tbsp.
Lecithin – 2 tbsp. granules
(Nerve cytotrophin is used by some doctors with reported good results)
Juices
Any raw vegetable and fruit juices, in season.
Herbs
Ginseng, damiana, cayenne.
Specifics
B-complex, B6, glutamic acid, magnesium, sea water, Optimum Diet of raw organically grown foods, with plenty of sprouts and raw goat’s milk.
Notes
1. In early stages of the disease, good results can be obtained with nutritional and biological therapies. In chronic, advanced cases, especially if the origin of the disease is emotional, or if the nerve tissue is destroyed, a notable improvement is difficult to obtain. However, good optimal nutrition and other measures suggested above will at least prevent the condition from getting worse – which can be considered an achievement in such a condition as Parkinsonism.
2. Some biologically-oriented practitioners use “Nerve Cytotrophin” in Parkinson’s Disease with reported good results.
3. Treatment with L-dopa (levodopa, an amino acid, precursor of dopamine) has been shown to be effective in many studies and clinical use. L-dopa treatment must be accompanied with a low-protein diet (0.5 gm. protein per kilogram body weight per day). A high-protein intake interferes with the beneficial action of L-dopa.
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14 Sep 10 CONJUNCTIVITIS: CASE STORY
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