Go Away,
You Bother Me!
allergies and What
to do about Them
by dr Andrew dickens, Nmd
Allergies, oh what mis-
at least half the body weight in ounces exposure to an allergen. It can be
of water daily. Also, keep bedroom stopped and reversed if treated early
ery! Lord Byron said, “If
humidity at 40-45% so that mucous enough. However, chronic RAD will
I laugh, ‘tis only that I
membranes do not dry out while cause permanent damage to the lungs
not cry!” Such is the dis-
sleeping. Consider an air purifier for and lead into asthma. Asthma is trig-
the removal of allergenic particulates, gered not only by allergens but by
comfort of allergies. and possibly even removing carpet- exercise, emotions, and other causes.
ing, so there will be less allergens to Interestingly, with vaccinations there
A
llergies result from a white trigger an attack. has been a dramatic plummeting of
blood cell reaction called an For GI (gastrointestinal) barri- short-term childhood illnesses and an
IgE immunoglobulin reaction. ers, this requires adequate digestive explosion of chronic, lifelong and ex-
This is what causes hives and anaphy- enzymes (sufficient stomach acid pensive illnesses like asthma, Crohn’s
lactic shock. There are also “sensitivi- and pancreatic enzymes) and proper disease and Type 1 diabetes (Bach J.
ties”, often lumped under allergies, intestinal bacterial growth with any NEJM 2002). What vaccinations have
which is an IgG immunoglobulin necessary correction of abnormali- apparently done is replace the training
complex reaction. While allergies are ties. Often, the removal of candidal of “self vs. non-self” with an erratic,
immediate, sensitivities may take 24 overgrowth and its hyphae, which has unschooled, and undisciplined im-
to 72 hours to show up. So with food resulted from the use of antibiotics, is mune system.
sensitivity, something eaten as long necessary to establish an intact barrier.
ago as three days may only now be af- For skin complaints, an intact and Natural solutions
fecting your body today. If something continuous skin barrier is necessary to To control allergies, specifically the
you eat more regularly is causing a re- resolve any issues. Again, this is de- IgE reactions, conventional medicine
action, there could be a never-ending pendent upon adequate water intake typically gives allergy shots. This may
symptom response. and essential fatty acid consumption involve as many as two shots a week
(Linoleic and Linolenic acids) and
and take three to five years with a
so what to do?
their metabolites EPA and DHA (fish
40% resolvement rate and approxi-
First, barrier functions must be cor-
oils). These oils are also critical in
mately 20 deaths per year (Kail, K., Al-
rected and maintained for any al-
dampening the allergic response and
lergy Free). In contrast, there is NEAT
lergy treatment to be totally effective.
also for barrier functions in the lungs
(Natural Elimination of Allergies) as
Barriers are what separate the outside
and GI tract.
developed by one of the founders of
world we live in from the inside of the Southwest College of Naturopathic
our bodies. Barriers in the body are Asthma or Allergies? Medicine in Tempe, Dr. Konrad Kail.
the outer layers of the skin, respiratory Asthma may in fact not be asthma, This has an alleviation of both IgE and
system and GI tract, which only let which is an irreversible physiologic IgG in as few as four to five visits with
in desired elements like food, oxygen change, but merely Reactive Airway an 87% rating of “good to excellent”
and water. For barrier control in respi- Disease (RAD). RAD is bronchial results with no shots. Again, clear-
ratory complaints, this means drinking spasm and constriction only upon ing of allergies, once one leaves the
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