- Headaches
- ArthritisIn rheumatoid arthritis, for example, the primary targets are the joints. In scleroderma, the attack is mounted on skin and connective tissue. Generally speaking, the primary pathology of autoimmune disease is inflammation, as different cells and tissues are assaulted and become inflamed. In both of the instances mentioned above there are many other far-reaching effects due to inflammatory reactions elsewhere in the body. There is no mystery in the primary issue here - inflammation - just a mystery as to how and why it happens.
- Sinusitis
- Ear Infections
- Family PracticeAfter I completed a rotating internship and my surgical residency in Honolulu, Hawaii (1975), I began general surgery and family practice with the Hamakua Plantation on the island of Hawaii. Plantation medicine was basically an early form of what we now know as HMOs. As physicians (there were four of us) we were paid a salary to treat the plantation workers (I recall there were about 3000) and their families, no matter what their problem. The workers did not have to pay for their office visits or medications, since medical care was a "free" benefit (no doubt one reason American sugar was so expensive compared to the foreign stuff!).
- Constipation
- Irritable Bowel SyndromeAll kinds (including irritable bowel syndrome, esophageal reflux, heartburn, gastritis, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal discomfort, bloating, gas and others)
- Diarrhea
- ImmunizationsIn the shorter term, patients who have become ill from mold may need a detoxification program consisting of nutrients, both IV and oral, and some other modalities of therapy. If our patient has been ill for several months or longer after he or she has been removed from a moldy environment, they often require immunization with
- Macular Degeneration
- Interstitial CystitisAutoimmune diseases, including mild to severe rheumatoid and non-RA positive arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systemic lupus, scleroderma, autoimmune degenerative arthritis, ulcerative colitis, interstitial cystitis, psoriasis, eosinophylic esophagitis, reactive arthritis and many others. We employ an active immunization for these problems, based on the principals of molecular mimicry, and have recently added autologous ("from self") LDA antigens that can treat a myriad of autoimmune disorders. We have developed new methods using LDA (autogenous LDA) to treat many more autoimmune diseases than we were able before, so if you have almost any autoimmune disease, we finally may have an immunotherapy that could work for you and allow you to stop your medications! We know this is very difficult to believe, but the door is just opening with LDA for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, and the future appears bright.
- AutismI treat patients with allergies and sensitivities of all kinds. This incorporates a very wide range of patients with a lot more problems than you would think. For example, I treat patients with seasonal hay fever (allergic to pollens) and I treat patients with gastrointestinal problems (allergic or intolerant to foods). Taking that a step further, foods can cause a myriad of symptoms other than gastrointestinal ones, and may cause or be a major factor in migraine headaches, chronic sinus infections, ADHD, autism, hives, skin rashes or eczema and many, many others. The bottom line is that the simplest things in your environment can cause a more diverse range of problems than you could ever imagine.
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Epilepsy
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)Some of the conditions treated successfully with EPD include hay fever [8,11, 14,15,25], dust mite allergy [16,20] perennial rhinitis [6, 14], asthma [6,14,16,20], urticaria ("hives") [14], eczema (dermatitis) of most all varieties [14], angioedema (swelling of the face, lips, etc.) [6,14], food (or food additive/preservative) allergy or intolerance [7,12], adverse responses to chemicals ("multiple chemical sensitivity" or "MCS") [14], ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) [13,14], autism, Tourette’s syndrome, irritable bowel disorders, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis [7] migraine and other headaches [14,16,17,21] rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and systemic lupus erythematosis [27], to name just a few.
- Depression
- PsychiatryHistory teaches us that virtually all progress in science and medicine has been accomplished as a result of the courageous efforts of those members of the profession willing to pursue their theories in the face of tremendous odds despite the criticism of fellow practitioners. Copernicus was thought to be a heretic when he theorized that the earth was not the center of the universe. Banishment and prison was the reward for discovery that the world was round. Pasteur was ridiculed for his theory that unseen organisms caused infection. Freud met only resistance and derision in pioneering the field of psychiatry. In our own era chiropractic treatment has been slow in receiving the approval of the other professions of the healing arts. We can only wonder what would have been the condition of the world today and the field of medicine in particular had those in the midstream of their profession been permitted to prohibit continued treatment and therapy and impede progress in those and other fields of science and the healing arts (emphasis added). Id, at 1041.
- Insomnia
- Diabetes Care
- Thyroid
- X-Rays
- Radiation Therapy
- General Surgery
- Gangrene
- OtolaryngologyWard WA. Enzyme potentiated desensitization (EPD): a potential revolution in allergy care. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. 8:273-6, 2000.
- EczemaAllergy and Eczema of all types and associated health problems. LDA works dramatically well (over 90% of the time) for most skin conditions
- Rashes
- PsoriasisMost importantly, I use LDA to treat autoimmune diseases of many varieties. This includes all types of autoimmune arthritis (rheumatoid, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis and others), eosinophilic esophagitis, psoriasis, systemic lupus, interstitial cystitis, dermatitis herpetiformis, ITP, Raynauds and many, many others. We are now beginning to use LDA autologous vaccines, and the results can be dramatic, especially for autoimmune diseases.
- Allergies