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Subject: Re: Homeopathy
Date: 23 Dec 1992 18:43:56 GMT
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In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Jan Willem Nienhuys) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
> >I've also had wonderful results in treating my 5 month old daughter for
> >teething irritability and pain with homeopathics.
>
> A condition that is rather subjective, and "teething irritability" will
> go away by itself, I guess.  Pain in little children (is my experience)
> can be influenced strongly by parental attention.
>
> >
> >Here's my experience with Homeopathy so far;
> >
>
> Extensive report about Greg's asthma.
> Summary: He had it as child, and it came back when he was older (a very
> common occurrence).
>
> >My asthma
> >has been at a manageble level for the last year and I have been
> >off all systemic
> >medications for that long. I do abuse my Albuterol inhaler quite a lot however.
>
> >                                                             However Saturday,
> >I used my inhaler 1 time in the morning (1 puff is half a dose) and another
> >single puff in the evening. Even on a good day, I normally use it 4 to 6
> >times, a total of 8 to 12 puffs.
> >
> >Yesterday I didn't use it until 3 hours after waking (I ALWAYS use
> >it about 5 to
> >10 minutes after waking) and then only because I exercised at the gym. Today,
> >again I've only had one puff just before lunch. This all followed a severe
> >respiratory infection I've been fighting the last 2 weeks.
> >Not that the infection
> >is clearing, my asthma appears to be lifting, for the first time in 2 years.
> >
> >In short, it appears that I may be able to be asthma free, as opposed to being
> >stuck with it for the rest of my life. Considering that Western medicine claims
> >that asthma is incurable and can only be managed, I pretty happy with the
> >results of the last 3 days.
> >
>
> I would like to advise Greg to consult a lung doctor, instead of relying
> on Emergency Room treatment and an inhaler.  There are nowadays quite a
> lot of efficient drugs against asthma, and prednison (as far as I know)
> isn't used that much anymore for long term treatment.  From what I know,
> asthma goes up and down (I've had it for 50 years), so a couple of
> weeks with less complaints isn't that special.  Controlling asthma with
> an inhaler might not be such a good idea, after all, each attack does
> a little bit of damage to the lungs, and in the long run a wrongly
> managed asthma may result in emphysema (an irreversible loss of
> elasticity of the lungs, which reduces the volume of air that one
> can breathe).  But somebody "in the current information flow on
> asthma" might know that.  I would immediately consult *my* lung doctor
> if I were too need chronically more than a few puffs (of anything) a
> day.
>
> JWN
>
>
>


Jan,

Thanks for the advise (meant non-sarcastically) but my goal is not to
have to take drugs for my asthma. This is why I personally did NOT
want to be under the care of a resp. specialist.

Though I'm definately NOT an MD or possess anywhere near the education
of one, I currently am aware of beta-agonist drugs (Ventolin, Alupent)
bronchodilaters (Theophylline) and the corticosteroids.

None of these drugs are particularly good for you. I don't want to
have to take them, or even continue to have to be an asthmatic.

Greg