Monday 17 November 2014

Ebola -Ground Realities and vaccine

My 3weeks trip to Liberia has only convinced me further that Ebola needs homeopathy. To be able to validate this we first need to take a journey into the ground realities that prevail in Liberia. The overall healthcare that is prevalent, the infrastructure, the people.

I love to study the human body with all its genetic composition, what illnesses it has passed through, how the body copes with it, its connectivity to the mind. It helps me to know the general capasity of the system and more importantly how is it more likely to improve.Actually much like any machine- so you know the compatibility. A Nokia charger will not work for Sony Erricson or Apple. What is the host body like ?

Well this is really really big ...First there is Malaria-in all its various facets. Means its repeatedly infecting people-all the time. Most people admitted have 2 fingers enlarged liver and spleen. Blood smears are always positive for malaria. People get fever and chills on and off -they are no longer paying attention to it. Lots of research going on about this sort of Malaria and immunity.Already there are multiple understanding about how it hijacks our body. (Too many researches on malaria)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16495509

Secondary infections very common so you have typhoid. Widal is positive. So we have malaria and typhoid together as co-infections.Not to mention other varied infection due to low resistance to organisms.Its so imp that WHO has guidelines on it

http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c1350.abstract#

That secondary infections cause immunosuppression (see management of --secondary infections)

http://bmb.oxfordjournals.org/content/75-76/1/29.full#sec-10

Chronic Anemia which is due to malaria and also because there is no iron rich food available in plenty.The Hb levels is 2, 3, 4. So most patients are first given blood as routine.Lets not talk about children, pregnant women....

Malnutrition is common. Protein rich food is not there especially during ebola times when bush-meat is best avoided. Body is just not upto any sort of fight or resistance.

The other chronic complaints like Diabetes and Blood pressure are also prevalent and add to the problem.
There is long standing loss of appetite due to the current health status. Rice is the staple food along with fruits like papaya, banana, oranges.Sweet potato are plenty.

Now we have an idea of the host body. To this we can think how the Ebola virus can create a havoc. With chronic diseases in body does it have enough strength to respond/react to a virus ? Just not equipped. The symtoms of Ebola of projectile vomitting (which puts so many health workers at risk) and disorientation mimic cerebral oedema. As homeopaths we know that when important organs like brain or heart gets involved means the body is in poor shape.

And what are the current medicines we are giving ? Drips and rest and symtomatic treatment ? Even a common man will understand that this is too little.

Now vaccines are supposed to elicit a response from the body to generate immunity. There is so much data on malaria and immunity and so much research. However, less insight. We do not understand what damages it does and how our immune system stands. So how these host body are going to respond to vaccines is anybodys guess.

We can produce vaccines and ensure people take it but I dont think chronic diseases already there in the body is going to allow positive results. There is research that says that chronic malaria and secondary infections are like immunosuppresants.

Very optimistically it could generate a feeble response. There are many links missing here-science has just not advanced enough but a good learner gets the point.

There is probably evidence to say all these chronic infections hamper immune system..

http://www.microbiol.unimelb.edu.au/new_students/new_honours/projects_2015/project44.html

It would be helpful to address the chronic issues of malaria and typhoid with homeopathic medicines. Its an uphill task no doubt but it IS the only way out. Treating chronic diseases will improve the general body condition and immunity.This then can and WILL be able to deal with repeated infections-even Ebola.

Ebola in itself is not much of issue but its got complicated. Also we do get 4-5 days inbetween to treat before it begins to deteriorate. Should be enough for homeopaths.

Have treated lingering problems in Ebola survivors -better in 3 doses. Sad to see nurses dying and docs critical.So much of mind block !!

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