36 Natural Alternatives for Infection

'Most people have issues with bacterial or viral infections from time to time. Unnecessary antibiotics ARE dangerous! Antibiotics damage the integrity of the microbial balance in the gut. The healthy gut microflora is 70-80% of the immune system. Impaired immune systems are less effective at healing the body.


Plant products have historically been consumed and utilized for their anti-microbial and health boosting benefits. Many plant materials are being researched for their therapeutic value for our immune health.'


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The Fluoroquinolone Wall of Pain Victim & Survivor Stories

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MUST VISIT: FLUOROQUINOLONE WALL OF PAIN -YOUR LIFE OR THE LIFE OF A LOVED ONE MAY DEPEND ON KNOWING THE TRUTH ABOUT FLUOROQUINOL TOXICITY...

 

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics such as Cipro and Levaquin Ruin Lives

by Jay Hammers on June 21, 2010

'Americans are being poisoned on a vast scale by toxins generated by corporations whose only goal is profit regardless of the consequences on humanity and its future.  These corporations include but are not limited to pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment, which thrive on treating illnesses with expensive toxic drugs rather than simple, natural treatments that wouldn’t turn a profit.'

The adverse symptoms of fluoroquinolomes include but are not limited to: 

Central Nervous System:
 
- toxic psychosis
- panic/anxiety
- insomnia
- seizures
- tremors
- dizziness
- confusion
- depression
- suicide or suicidal thoughts 

Peripheral Nervous System:
 
- numbness
- pain
- burning
- tingling
- stinging
- weakness

Musculoskeletal System: 
 
- joint pain
- tendon pain
- tendon rupture
- muscle pain (rhabdomyolysis -
a potentially fatal, rapid muscle wasting ADR which may include
dark or pink urine)

Cardiovascular System:

- torsedes de pointes (a fatal arrhythmia)
- heart attack
- palpitations (irregular heartbeat)
- bradycardia (slow heartbeat)
- tachycardia (rapid heartbeat)

Immune System:

- anaphylactic reaction (potentially fatal allergic reaction)
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome (potentially fatal autoimmune reaction where the immune system attacks the skin)

Additional ADR's:
 
renal (kidney) failure
liver failure (potentially fatal)

Drug Interactions - Fluoroquinolones should not be taken together with:
- Corticosteroids (ie: prednisone)
- NSAID's (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ie: Advil, Nuprin, Motrin, Naprosyn, Aleve
- Caffeine
- Theophylline (asthma medication)

This is only a partial list of known fluoroquinolone adverse reactions ( ADR's ) There are numerous other potentially fatal ADR's associated with fluoroquinolone antibiotics. See the manufacturer's package insert for more complete (but, thanks to the FDA, not necessarily totally complete) list of ADR's. 

SOURCE: Fluoroquinolone Wall of Pain

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Surprise: Antibiotics May Be Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic

'Worse, their overuse may also increase our cancer risk. We’ve been telling you about the global threat of superbugs. Much of it comes from handing out antibiotics like medicinal candy to humans or as dietary supplements to animals. Now there’s new evidence of the negative effect of antibiotics on our weight as well as a potentially devastating effect on our children’s (and children’s children’s) health. 

 Microbiologists at New York University have published a new study that says the overprescribing of antibiotics could be making us fat! Researchers fed infant mice low doses of penicillin; after 30 weeks, penicillin-fed mice were between 10 and 15 per cent bigger and twice as fat as drug-free mice.' 

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A warning from a reader ... The Medical Mafia Pretends These Antibiotics are Safe

Linda T. sent the following Cautionary Tale to share with Health Maven Readers:

'Hi...I just read some of your articles and enjoyed them very much. I, just this week , was prescribed an antibiotic for a very stubborn sinus infection....Levaquin. 

By the second pill I realized something was terribly, terribly wrong. I contacted the Dr. office and gave them my symptoms and was told they could not be related to the medicine but my research tells me every symptom I have experienced is, of course, directly related to this dangerous neural toxin. 

Since you have such a wonderful platform I was just wondering if you have covered this story. My Dr. prescribed prednisone with it as well....a double no no. I must say ...I really feel a social obligation to try and warn people about this very,very frightening drug. 

I thank God with all my heart I only took the 2 pills...and that I have studied quite a bit about holistic practices and detoxing....which is what I am doing...and a lot of praying that this will resolve quickly....thanks for sharing your knowledge....Bella


Notice the doctor's response. It's the same all over, as though they are scripted with talking points. Levaquin is a fluoroquinolone based antibiotic. That type of antibiotic or other fluoroquinolone medication has destroyed many lives. Even CBS 60 Minutes did a report on it'

Here's Health Maven's Prior Coverage of this Pressing and Distressing Issue:

MUST VIEW: http://healthmaven.blogspot.com/2011/12/must-viewthese-antibiotics-cause-severe.html

Thanks Linda!  Blessings for a total recovery!

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New Study Links Antibiotics Use to Asthma in Children

 

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'A study conducted by researchers at University of British Columbia found out that the increased incidence and severity of allergies asthma in early life is correlated to the wide use of antibiotics. The study was published today in the journal EMBO reports.

The prevalence of allergic asthma is increasing by 5 per cent every decade, particularly in industrialized countries, and it affects nowadays more that 100 million people worldwide.'

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Antibiotics Could be to Blame for Skyrocketing Mental Illness Rates

 

 'A new report published in the popular journal Nature has revealed that antibiotics are permanently destroying beneficial bacteria within the gut, a condition scientists link to mental illness. While it has been known for some time that antibiotics contribute to the development of drug-resistant superbugs and certain gut problems, the link between antibiotic use and mental illness through the permanent destruction of beneficial bacteria only further tops the pharmaceutical paradigm. In fact, the pharmaceutical paradigm set in place by drug makers is so vast that it actually offers drug-based ‘solutions’ to the very problems that drugs originally created!'

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New Study Reveals That Antibiotics Damage Our Immune System

'The study focuses on other fascinating points, but the conclusion is unavoidable: The use of antibiotics must be causing chronic diseases.'

'A new Caltech study has shown that our intestinal bacteria determine which bacteria are beneficial and which are pathogenic. Even more significantly, it is the gut bacteria that trigger an immune response, not the immune system itself. This indicates that science and medicine need to completely rethink the current view of how the immune system operates. That's the intriguing conclusion that the paper published in Science reached. Though unstated, it leads to another inescapable conclusion: The common use of antibiotics must be disrupting and harming our ability to distinguish pathogens from normal cells and bacteria.'


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Living with chronic illness: the power of acceptance

'The vast majority of the articles I’ve written are about how to heal and prevent disease. Of course that’s important, and what most of us are after. However, the reality of life is that sometimes, despite our best efforts, we can’t avoid illness or disease. And as I pointed out in a recent article, The Biggest Obstacle to Perfect Health is Your Mind, if there’s one thing we can be sure of it’s that we’re all dying from the moment we’re born. Morbid, perhaps. But it’s the truth.'


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Antibiotics Linked to Cancer: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine

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'Evidence-based medicine is nothing more than a game played to give the impression that the devices used by modern medical practice are based on sound evidence.'

 

'Back in 2004, a study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) documented a direct relationship between breast cancer and antibiotic use. After a brief flurry, the study quietly faded from the public's—and modern medicine's—consciousness. What makes this newsworthy is that the study has not been contradicted. In seven years, a study that demonstrates a severe risk from one of modern medicine's most vaunted methods is still the final word, yet its importance is utterly ignored.'

 

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Are Antibiotics Making Us Fat?

From Homeopathy plus!

'The common side effects of antibiotics are well documented but a now a new and concerning problem has come to light — weight gain and obesity. Dana Ullman explains in a recent article how antibiotic use causes the loss of ‘good’ bacteria from our digestive tracts (gut) with disastrous consequences for the way we process food. Dana discusses recently published research that found:

* Bacteria within the digestive system are involved in the hormonal regulation of fat and hunger, how food is digested and how fat is stored around the body.

* A link exists between reduced varieties of bacteria in the gut and overweight humans and mice.

* Destruction of gut bacteria by antibiotics may be linked to obesity in the young, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and other diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease.

* Farmers have long known that antibiotic use stimulates overgrowth in animals, something they have used to advantage to produce bigger and heavier stock but with fattier and poorer quality meat.

Other findings include:

* Scientists say that microbes essential for human life are now becoming ’extinct’.

* Individuals who carry the H. pylori bacterium have a lower risk of childhood asthma, skin allergies, and allergic rhinitis but this bacterium is now being eradicated through antibiotics.

* Microbiologists and immunologists are concerned that important metabolic pathways dependent on poorly understood microbes may also be lost.

* Exposure to infectious microbes during childhood seems to protect against serious illnesses during adulthood including cardiovascular disease.

* Being ultra-hygienic and overly concerned about germs may lead to inflammatory diseases.

* The incidence of breast cancer is higher in those who use antibiotics.

Dana concludes by discussing research showing homeopathy can be a safe alternative to antibiotic use for both nuisance-value and serious infections. Some of this research is discussed in our own articles on coughs and colds.


Original article HERE

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