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Tuesday June 23, 2009

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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I would ordinarily not reply to a third party question, as today's is, because it's a waste of my time and the asking party has no control of what happens to the person needing the information. But being a grandmother and knowing how concerned and oft listened to I am answering a third party question. Will not make it a habit though!

The answers to questions submitted to me each week come from my 20+ years as a Medical Office Nurse along with many years and ongoing education in nutritional and alternative treatment modes. Add that to many years of friendship with Dr. Wayne Garland, a very knowledgeable naturopath and herbologist, who many years ago, beat his cancer death sentence given by the traditional medical world, has helped along the alternatives path and hopefully help to give hope to those who need it... Also receiving a lot of study reports and try to ascertain if they are good or bad then report them to you, which has increased my knowledge along the way and I pass them on to you to use or not...

I am not a doctor or dentist and you should not think of me as one!! My years observing life and health of the many people/patients around me and the contradictions of the traditional medical world's idea of treating - prescription domino effect - while watching those same schooled methods that aren't relieving illness but creating far more health problems than they help. Those same medical professionals aren't telling people how to get healthy or how to prevent illness, which led me to look for something to change that premise for myself and those around me. In looking outside the Westernized medical profession I found and continue to find alternatives that really work to create health and longevity - when adhered to - beyond anything the traditional medical world can do...

Ask Lena Health Questions and Answers is for your information and education only and in some instances to give you a different perspective on a particular problem! My wish for you, in the use of the information gained here, is that you will apply it in a smart and safe manner in order to enhance your life and not harm it! Not to be used in place of your judgment but in  addition to... Even though I daily watch people become healthy with the information imparted here nothing works 100% of the time for 100% of people...

I have always felt that I had to know all sides to a problem and then make a decision for myself and I hope that will be your attitude as well! 

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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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QUESTION:
 
Lena
I have a 15 month old grandson, who is sick quite frequently.  One time about six months ago he was sick, and his mom works late so she had to go to her clinic after hours.  The baby's regular dr. was not in, and a practitioner seen him, and subscribed a Z pack for him..  When his dr. found out he was upset that this was given to my grandson.
My question is what can be done to help reverse the adverse effects all the med's have done to his immune system?
He has had sores in his mouth for almost 3 weeks now, they are getting better though.  He also has had a rash all over his body for about eight months.  It stays under control when she uses Aqua for lotion on him.
 
Thanks for all you do
 
Melanie
 
 
ANSWER:
 
Hi Melanie,
I'm so sorry about your grandson and so young but so very common in today's society. I usually don't do third party answers as most times friends and family members simply ignore and/or believe that conventional medicine has all the answers and will not accept that natural medicine has the best answers and will not listen to the asking party. I'm hoping that isn't your situation and understanding us grandma's and the love that we have for our grandchildren, I am going to make an exception.
 
He will not only have to be given lots of immune builders in both diet and supplementing but a healthy antibiotic alternative that will really rebuild the immune system while killing the invaders that are ensconced in him at this point.  Sadly, a Z Pack only made matters worse for him... I'm assuming you are speaking of the normal Z Pack, which is strong antibiotics that is devastating to his little body, or anybody's for that matter! It is designed - in my opinion - for adults only as the dosage is just insane and I don't believe any child should have it. I guess his regular doctor agrees with me on that point! A Z Pack is only recommended after a stool sample has been cultured and produced certain amoeba/fungus/bacteria to warrant it and since it takes 48 to 72 hours to culture we know the ER doc didn't do that therefore that was irresponsible prescribing? Hopefully none of the side effects from such doses are now upon him.
 
According to the company's website the following side effects are;
Central Nervous System: dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, headache, vertigo
Cardiac/pulmonary: chest pain, palpitations, pneumonia,
Gastro Intestinal: nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, cholestatic jaundice, dyspepsia, flatulence, melena, pseudomembranous colitis
GynU: nephritis, vaginitis, candidiasis
Metabolic: hyperglycemia, hyperkalemia
Skin: photosensitivity, rashes, angioedema
 
Notice Candidiasis? The only way that can happen is if the stomach and intestinal tract has an imbalance of digestive enzymes and insufficient natural flora. The correct balance of natural flora keeps candida, which is a necessary flora, in a normal amount otherwise it grows wild as it cannot be killed with antibiotics.  But Antibiotic usage is the number one killer of natural stomach enzymes and the rest of the good intestinal flora. Both digestive enzymes and a balance of natural flora are required for a healthy immune system. If you haven't read my article regarding the natural flora needed - do so now by Clicking Here!
 
The recommendations I'm going to suggest can take a long time as natural medicine is not an overnight fix but is a healthy fix that will last if not bombarded with antibiotics and other chemicals again?
 
Natural Alternative must do's to overcome the problem(s) created from the Z Pack along with strengthening an already weakened immune system, or he would not have become ill in the first place?
 
Rebuilding his immune system will take diet and supplements along with a natural candida killing antibiotic/antifungal/antiviral supplement.
 
Start with the diet and need to be followed for at least six to eight weeks; At 16 months he should be able to eat table foods, so that should not be a problem. Give him as much raw or lightly steamed fruits and vegetables as you can get into him and stay away from sugary and fatty foods. No French fries, hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, prepackaged foods, white flour products or dairy products. Pasteurized processed milk and cheese and sugary foods promotes over growth of candida/yeast. Substitute soy milk and soy cheese as replacements for the milk and cheese. Read labels and make sure soy milk isn't full of sugars or corn syrup as some do and are not good for anyone. Just because it says soy doesn't make it healthy! No commercial baby foods or cereals as they have processed out almost all the nutrients in the food and have added a few artificial nutrients. Go with cooked brown rice or any whole grain natural cereal you can find to replace his present cereal. Stay away from anything containing Corn Syrup, honey or sugar in any form as they set the body to grow candida/yeast. No artificial sweeteners either... No orange juice unless it is fresh squeezed without additives. Give him plain yogurt at least once a day! None with sugars, corn syrups or additives - just plain yogurt. You can mix fresh organic unsweetened apple sauce, fresh chopped fruits or chopped banana to the rice and yogurt if he won't eat it unsweetened.  Also Fresh pineapple or Kiwi, at least once a day, is great for getting digestive enzymes into him. No breads or pasta made with white flour, whole wheat or corn is okay. This is not the total answer but a beginning that can be started immediately. 
 
Next; Dr. Garland has a KIds Mins chewable formula for kids that has three of the four necessary ingredients for rebuilding the immune system (balanced minerals, probiotic and vitamins? Berry flavor has been the most liked but the orange is good, just tangy and if he doesn't like tangy might not like it?
WEEK ONE: 3 chewables with each meal and 3 at bedtime on an empty stomach for one week
WEEK TWO: 2 with each meal and 2 at bedtime and if the sores have left then just 1 chewable with each meal thereafter. The first two weeks is large loading doses, but very necessary as the immune system is totally dead as indicated by his frequent illnesses. The sores in the mouth says he is most likely really low in Vitamins D, C & B and full of candida/yeast that has to be rebuilt. Also 80% of the immune system is in the stomach and intestines so getting the proper nutrients into them are absolutely necessary for immune building as well as stopping the overgrowth of candida/yeast...
 
Next; this one will be used both topically and internally - This will help rebuild the immune system along with helping detox his body and kill the excess candida in the body caused by antibiotic death of the good natural flora... 
WEEK 1 THROUGH 4 by mouth: Ionic Silver Water (1 Tablespoon first thing in the morning then 1 Tablespoon 6 hours later then another Tablespoon 6 hours after that). This will kill the internal candida/yeast overgrowth that has passed from his intestinal and stomach into the rest of the body... Thereafter 1/2 teaspoon every morning on an empty stomach.  
TOPICALLY for rash and pain relief: get a small spray bottle and fill with full strength silver water and spray 4 times a day on rash and sores until not a single sign is left on his body. The rash is most likely from toxins trying to escape his little body. Therefore he needs to be detoxed internally to do that... The liver is being overloaded and most likely sluggish because of it.
EXPECTATIONS: Loose runny stools while detoxing and he has had so many antibiotics that could take a while. He may be lethargic while this is going on but will pass when the toxins and candida start to subside and his body become more healthy.

Let me know if I can be of further help!
Lena

According to new research from Stephen Wisniewski, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, antidepressants are only effective in a small percentage of patients with a narrow range of psychological disorders. Patients with multiple issues -- which can be as many as 60 percent of the psychiatric patients in the U.S. -- may not be getting any benefit at all from antidepressants.
 
Wisniewski's team examined data compiled in a massive, government-funded review of more than 40 psychiatric facilities. This study, known as the "Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression" ("STAR*D" for short), is a picture of nearly the entire population of depression patients in the U.S.
 
As it turns out, the parameters for joining a typical antidepressant drug trial were so narrow that just 22 percent of the patients in the STAR*D survey would qualify to be part of the trial. This means that Big Pharma tests its antidepressants using patients who fall within a very small range of depressive symptoms... and then markets these same drugs to EVERY depression patient in the country as gospel truth.
 

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I WANT TO BE READY

In her book TEACHING A STONE TO TALK (New York: Harper Collins, 1988), Annie Dillard reveals a sad, but poignant story. She tells of a British Arctic expedition that set sail in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage around the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Ocean. Neither of the two ships and none of the 138 men aboard returned.

Dillard argues that Captain Sir John Franklin prepared as if they were embarking on a pleasure cruise rather than an arduous and grueling journey through one of earth's most hostile environments. He packed a 1,200 volume library, a hand-organ, china place settings for officers and men, cut-glass wine goblets and sterling silver flatware, beautifully and intricately designed. Years later, some of these place settings would be found near a clump of frozen, cannibalized bodies.

The voyage was doomed when the ships sailed into frigid waters and became trapped in ice. First ice coated the decks, the spars and the rigging. Then water froze around the rudders, and the ships became hopelessly locked in the now-frozen sea.

Sailors set out to search for help (possibly delirious from lead-poisoning from the cans which preserved their food), but soon succumbed to severe Arctic weather and died of exposure to its harsh winds and subfreezing temperatures. For the next twenty years, remains of the expedition were found all over the frozen landscape.

Dillard reports that the crew did not prepare either for the cold or for the eventuality of the ships becoming ice-locked. On a voyage that was to last two to three years, they packed only their Navy-issue uniforms and the captain carried just a 12-day supply of coal for the auxiliary steam engines. The frozen body of an officer was eventually found, miles from the vessel, wearing his uniform of fine blue cloth, edged with silk braid, a blue greatcoat and a silk neckerchief ? clothing which was noble and respectful, but wholly inadequate.

Historians may doubt the wisdom of such an ill-prepared journey. But more important for us is the question: Are we, too, prepared for the important voyage we've embarked upon, that journey we call "life"? I want to be as ready as possible for whatever may lie ahead.

I try to prepare myself for the future in several ways:

* Intimacy: I need some caring people in my life.
* Work & Finance: I like to work hard, pay my way and help others where possible.
* Spiritual Life: When I am spiritually centered and at peace, I can handle most things.
* Service to Others: A lake with no outlet becomes a dead sea. It's true with people, too.
* Mind and Body: Exercising my body as well as my mind helps them both work better.
* Attitude Adjustments: I really can control my outlook and attitudes.
* Emotions: I can also control my reactions, including anger.
* Relationships: I need to make sure my relationships are healthy.

As long as we are alive, our journey is not over. And in large part, the success of our voyage will be determined by our regular and systematic preparation.

I want to be ready.

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Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com  is a professional speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. Visit his site for more information, or to sign up for his FREE newsletter of Life, Love and Laughter at http://LifeSupportSystem.com

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