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Overcoming Shingles - Not Just Coping! + April 03, 2017 |
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Contents: Overcoming Shingles; Not Just CopingOvercoming shingles; not just coping becomes a burning desire when you get hit by this re-cycled childhood illness, chicken pox. I know that now from personal experience! Fortunately, I've been finding good advice, and think I've licked the problem. At least for now. Shingles is an inflammatory condition, caused by a virus known as varicella zoster, or VZV, which can lie dormant for 30-40 years in your nerve roots, after you've had a bout of chiicken pox, giving you some immunity over that time. However, it wears off eventually. Shingles is your second round of chicken pox, as an adult. Shingles can be dangerous for it can settle on different body parts, sometimes on the face, with little pustles, and can even make an eye blind. The shingles appear as almost transparent skin blisters, often following a line along a nerve path, and usually only on one side of your body, or the other. One in five people who get shingles will also get a deeper nerve pain, or neuralgia that can come and go for years afterward. It is wise to deal with a case of shingles quickly when it breaks out, to avoid it touching crucial parts like the eye. The sooner it is treated the sooner the pain will be relieved too. Mine was under my left arm- pit, and on the left shoulder blade/back. The second week, I got that deeper, nerve pain, and I've cleared that up too. I have personally found some herbal teas that help to ease away the itching surface blisters, and deal with the neuralgia pain too. But those will be another article some time. One of the subscribers to this monthly ezine, Bob Malone, wrote, upon hearing of my case of shingles, with a number of very helpful tips. I am glad to share them with you in case you are desperate for solutions to your shingles.
Bob's 6 Tips for Slashing Away Shingles1. Drink Apple cider vinegar for shingles for fast relief. About one or two tablespoons of this vinegar in a cup of hot water first thing in the morning, and through the day. 2. Get Vitamin B-12 shots every day for 3 days to clear up them fast. (side effect, your vision may be foggy for a week or so); if shots are not available take daily sublingual tabs of B12, as this supports nerve health. 3. Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI) will supercharge your immune system and stop shingles. Find a practitiioner near you through www.Drs.UBI.com 4. Lithium orotate is surprisingly effective for shingles. Three to four capsules per day have been reported to dramatically reduce disabling pains. (Dr. Edward Group DC, NP, DACBN, DCBCN, DABFM) 5. Black cumin in the seed-based, Soul by Rain products are reputed to dramatically relieve shingles, (Source: Dr. Bradford Weeks, M.D.) 6. Massive does of vitamin C can help, particularly if you can get ascorbic acid (IAA) interavenously. That will flood your cells with a strong remedy for inflammation. In one trial, 7 out of 8 patients treated with IAA were completely pain-free in two hours! This is something that Naturopathic doctors have known for years; that high doses of vitamin C can wipe out virtually any type of infection. (Nutrition and Healing).
Bob's 3 Tips for Shying Away from Shingles Altogether1. if you had Chicken Pox when younger, the virus (varicella zoster, or VZV) can lie dormant in your nerve roots. Childhood chicken pox gives you an immunity to the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles, but it often wears off after about 30 to 40 years. (source: Dr. Bruce West)). Note: do not take Cortisone shots, as that can trigger shingles. 2. Take B-12 shots for 3 days in a row, to avoid Shingles; if shots are not available take daily sublingual tabs of B12. 3. Some put a lot of confidence in the shingles vaccine, however a UCLA analysis found that only one case of shingles is avoided for every 175 people who take it.The shingles shot has MSG in it which can kill brain cells and bring on Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease. (HSI)
Bob's Snuff on Sinus IssuesFungus is the likely culprit of problems in nearly all sinus sufferers. 96% of sinus sufferers have FUNGUS in their nose! (Source: Mayo Clinic). Most sinus infections are either viral (acute sinus infections) or fungal (chronic sinus infections). Antibiotics kill bacteria but don't work on viruses. So if your doctor prescribes antibiotics, it will be a waste of money. Surgery does squat for many sinus patients. But instead of cutting back, the mainstream is now pushing to get MORE patients into the Operating Room. (Source: Daily Dose) What does work is N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC). This does detoxify and dissolve unhealthy, embedded mucus in your sinuses. One study showed that it starts working in only 30 minutes! NAC is even more powerful at clearing your sinuses when combined with probiotics. That's the good bacteria your gut has to have to digest your food properly. You can buy probotics without a prescription. (Underground Health Reporter). A good home remedy if your sinus problem is still new or slight, is to drink apple cider vinegar (with the mother in it) and honey. One to two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and half as much honey dissolved in a cup of hot water will alleviate the symptoms of inflammation and congestion. Take this daily to treat your sinus infection. (Source: Baba Health and Lifestyle). You can also kill a sinus infection with Respiratory Relief, which you put into a nebulizer, and you breathe in the mist every couple of hours. (Source: Dr. Bruce West). My P.S. I started drinking the apple cider vinegar in hot water some weeks ago because I read that it would help with losing weight. It didn't change my weight at all. However, the day I quit I had flatulence again. Then I read that it helps to make our body more akaline, which helps to clear up a gassy bowel. Furthermore, an alkaline body is more protected from cancer, so I went right back to my new habit, lickity-split!
Socks for NeuralgiaI've learned about socks for neuralgia, and ordered a pair to try out. I don't have a dramatic testimonial about how much they help, but they do give a sense of well-being and and make me more stable on my feet. Postherpetic neuralgia (post-hur-PET-ik noo-RAL-juh) is a complication of shingles, which is caused by the chickenpox (herpes zoster) virus. Postherpetic neuralgia affects nerve fibers and skin, causing burning pain that lasts long after the rash and blisters of shingles disappear. These socks have special fibres woven into them to accomplish through the soles of our feet the kind of subtle massage that a reflexologist does when working over your feet with their strong, moving thumbs and hands. That means they have some influence on your nervous system. The socks are produced by a new Canadian company after many years of research and development. Already, testimonials are coming in as to how much those socks do for people with balance problems, or neuralgia pain, even diabetics find these to help with their blood circulation, athletes are finding more strength and stamina, people with MS are able to get around better, and some are giving up their walkers. It all sounds rather fantastic! But it is a very affordable solution. So I've sent in an inquiry about becoming an affiliate so that I can benefit by writing and publishing about these wonder socks, and offering a link for others to order them. I have not received a reply yet, but hope to hear back from them in a day or two. So, keep tuned! If they offer me a good deal, I may even be excited enough to send out a special notice with a link - so you don't have to wait until the first Monday in May. P.S. Incidentally, I'm contemplating making this ezine shorter, but going to alternate Mondays as my publishing date. I would be happy to receive feedback from you about this. Don't hesitate to send in your experiences and good tips - like Bob did - for dealing with Shingles. I'm working on a new webpage for the website on this topic. I've noticed that there is a lot of interest on this topic, so I may even want to write another page or two.
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POLICIES: I am definitely against S/p/a/m! I Will NOT share your COPYRIGHT (c)2017 Ruth Marlene Friesen
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