Allergies

Millions of people suffering from a wide variety of allergies have benefited from chiropractic 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.

WHAT IS AN ALLERGY?
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 resistance to disease and infection, better ability to deal with stress, and greater health and well-being.

IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASES
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!

ALLERGENS AND ALLERGIES
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 counteract it.

WHAT CAUSES ALLERGIES?
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."

OROTHDOX MEDICAL APPROACH TO ALLERGY TREATMENT
Orthodox medicine has no cure for allergies, only treatment for the symptoms. According to Robert Mendelssohn, M.D., "You can depend on most doctors to largely ignore the cause...unfortunately, their treatment is often worse than the disease, especially since the relatively safe, folk-measures of yesteryear have been replaced by the dangerous drugs of modern medicine."

Antihistamines are the most popularly prescribed treatment for the symptoms of an allergic reaction (runny eyes, irritation, redness, and fullness in the sinuses). However antihistamines 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 antihistamines (Claritin, Hismanal, and Atarax) make cancerous tumors grow faster in lab rodents.

THE CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH

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.