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"What is going on, Doctor? One minute I feel fine and the
next minute, I feel terrible."
If seems that this question is frequently asked by the people who
enter their doctors' offices as patients seeking answers to the
misery of allergic reactions to what they inhale, ingest or contact
in their environments every day. If you find yourself in this
select group, you know the frustration and hopelessness your
condition has produced. The lucky patients have isolated the
specific allergen and are avoiding it, but for the unlucky, the
allergen either cannot be avoided without complete isolation, or it
remains undiagnosed, resulting in severe and chronic ailments.
They certainly can!
When a virus attacks, an amazing defense mechanism goes into
action. The struggle to rid the body of the invading virus we
recognize as the symptoms of illness, such as fever, coughing,
aches, vomiting, fatigue, etc. These are, in fact, signals of the
battle that is going on inside the body as it tries to throw off
the invading toxins-producing virus. Untreated, the symptoms
increase with serious results.
Similarly, continuous contact with an allergen produces toxins
in the body, causing similar reactions to occur. An undiagnosed
or undetected allergic condition will produce conditions that are
equally serious. Many times the allergic reactions produce symptoms
that mimic other conditions.
Respiratory problems like bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, circulatory problems like chest muscle pains, poor circulation, rapid heartbeats, heart irregularities, gastro-intestinal problems like indigestion, acute abdominal pains, acute appendicitis, bloating, constipation, diarrhea and ulcers, genito-urinary problems like kidney and bladder infections, prostate troubles, pre-menstrual syndromes and post-menstrual disorders, impotency, infertility, muskulo-skeletal problems like unexplained pains anywhere in the body, various types of headaches, backaches, arthritis, restless leg syndrome, brain symptoms like brain fog, depression, anger, attention-deficit disorders, hyperactivity, learning disorders, skin problems like eczema, boils, slow healing wounds, environmental reactions like multiple chemical sensitivity, allergy to pollens, perfumes, animal danders, carpets, building materials, etc... just about any health condition could be merely a symptom of underlying allergies. If such conditions are not diagnosed correctly, the patient may receive a treatment procedure that may further complicate the patient's condition.
No. You are not. Allergies in their mildestforms are merely
nuisances. But for some people, accidental contact with an allergen
can produce terrifying toxins in the body that result in clearly
diagnosed illness just as though that person had taken a
poison.
Diagnosis for either is not easy, but the milder the complaint, the
harder it is for the patient to get good treatment. For instance,
how do you treat a person for "feeling out of sorts, for a
slight loss of memory, for a slight but persistent sore throat or
cough, for a nagging, dull headache that does not respond to pain
medications, for a persistent backache or a tingling feeling in the
arms and hands that cannot be diagnosed by a neurologist?" Some of
these unfortunate people have seen their physicians so many times
that they cannot tell you how often they have been ignored,
diagnosed as suffering from a "nervous disorder" or been labeled a
hypochondriac.