WDDTY e-News Broadcast - 01 February 2005

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WDDTY e-News Broadcast - 01 February 2005

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WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU - E-NEWS BROADCAST No. 125 - 01 February 2005

 

 

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CONTENTS

 

Your thoughts and suggestions on:

 

Mirtazapina, an anti-depressant

Breast cysts

Natural remedies to safeguard against osteoporosis

Foot fungus

Dry lips

Gum boils

Nasal spots

 

 

And your further thoughts on:

 

High blood pressure

Pyogenic Granuloma

Pompholyx eczema

Hair loss in a child

Tetanus jab

 

 

AOB

 

Italians live longer

Heart attacks

Mobile phones

Electromagnetism study

Dyslexia trial

 

 

Readers' health queries

 

Crohn's disease

Constant sore throats

Tonsiloliths

Hot flushes

Drugs and breathlessness

MS

Long-sightedness(hypermytropia)

 

 

 

 

Your thoughts and suggestions on. . .

 

Mirtazapina, an anti-depressant: First up is the 74-year-old woman

who has been prescribed Mirtazapina for her depression. But what are

the drug's side effects, she wonders? Well, quite a few, say our

readers, and enough to make you. . well, depressed. Watch out for

renal or hepatic impairment, epilepsy, organic brain syndrome, angina,

cardiac conduction disturbances, prostatic hypertrophy, glaucoma, and

diabetes. Then there's weight gain, drowsiness, raised liver enzymes,

oedema, hypotension and mania. Oh, and if you start showing signs of

infection or jaundice, you should stop the treatment straight away.

If you want a safer anti-depressant, try maca. One reader's father

tried it, and found that the only side effect was an increased libido.

 

 

Breast cysts: Lots of advice for the reader last time who has started

to develop breast cysts. don't ignore the underlying, emotional

cause. Her cysts appeared during a stressful patch in her marriage,

and they didn't properly clear until the issues were addressed. Don't

blame your husband, blame oestrogen dominance, says another reader.

It can be treated with a product called Indoles, extracted from

broccoli, which is made by Allergy Research amongst others. The

Allergy Research product has the unpromising name of DIM. After one

session, start taking 1000 mg of Agnus castus daily together with a

quality Evening Primrose oil or Starflower oil capsule.

Alternatively, try a good progesterone cream. One woman wishes she

had because her cysts developed into breast cancer, and she underwent

three years of debilitating chemotherapy. Another reader had great

success when she turned to Health Kinesiology. One self-help

suggestion is to try massaging the lumps with one hand, while

massaging the facia lata muscle in a circular motion from the knee to

the top of the hip with the other. As a rough guide, the muscle can

be found along the line of the crease of the trouser leg. There could

well be a sore point along the muscle line, which should be rubbed

hard. Also, massage the small of the back, or better yet, find a

friend who can do this for you! Your diet could also play a part.

Reduce caffeine and saturated fats, and cut down on alcohol. Another

reader adds to the list, and includes dairy, sugar and tap water, as

well as xeno-oestrogens, which are found in plastic food containers,

and methylxanthines, compounds found in tea, coffee, chocolate and

cola. Hot baths can help, but you might need the doctor to regularly

drain the cysts. It's an uncomfortable procedure, but it's not painful.

 

 

Osteoporosis and natural remedies: Those of you who were paying

attention may have noticed that the herb maca was mentioned in the

first health query as a good natural anti-depressant that also

happened to increase the user's libido. This is not so surprising,

perhaps, because maca is recognized as an aphrodisiac in Peru. It was

also mentioned by a reader last week who wondered if it was a safe,

and effective, way of protecting against osteoporosis. One reader

says it is a 'fantastic' alternative to HRT (sounds like it did

wonders for her married life, too), while another recommends using

natural progesterone cream, as this is proven to improve bone density.

Even Argos stocks the stuff, apparently. Another woman tells us that

she already takes 'the most effective product in the world to guard

against osteoporosis'. Tantalisingly, she won't tell us what it is

unless we phone her (and say: " The red squirrel is jumpy in Prague

this spring " ?)

 

 

Foot fungus: Then we had the reader last time who suffers from

chronic foot fungus. What could we suggest to help? Slap on plenty

of aloe vera gel, a natural anti-fungal that helped one reader's

friends counter athlete's foot and thrush. One reader's athlete's

foot cleared up the moment he stopped having sugar in his diet. It's

certainly wise to check your blood sugar level as it might be a

symptom of diabetes. But it could also be associated with high acidic

levels, which can be lowered by diet and by having regular alkaline

baths, which are prepared with two tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda

in a bath of water. It could also indicate candida overgrowth, and

this suggests a diet that's free of dairy, gluten and sugar, and

supplement with a probiotic. Aloe vera juice can also help, and there

might be a link between candida overgrowth and mercury fillings. You

can help things along by regular topical applications of distilled

Witch hazel or vinegar. Try instead calendula ointment, or you can

make your own if you grow marigolds in your garden, says another

reader. If you're in a make-your-own frame of mind, mix half a

teaspoon of tea tree oil with 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel and a

quarter teaspoon of lemon juice and apply to clean feet every other

night. Active manuka honey worked wonders for one reader. Just one

teaspoon of it a day could do the trick - but make sure it's the

active variety found in healthfood stores. Another option is neat

citricidal, applied topically to the infected area of the foot.

 

 

 

 

Gum boils: Another reader suffers from a persistent gum boil. Are

there any natural remedies that might help? Calc flour might solve

the problem, says one reader, but you need to discover the underlying

cause. See the Enews service of 11 January this year, which gives a

few pointers on health and teeth.

 

 

Nasal spots: Finally from last week was the reader who suffers from

itchy spots on the inside of her nose. What can be done to help her?

Try the range of Usana Sense products, which also happen to be good

for dry lips, too, says one reader. A nasal spray that includes

xylitol could help.

 

 

No responses yet for the woman whose 11-month-old daughter has Giant

Nevus,so please contact us if you know anything about this condition

and how it might be treated.

 

 

LET WHAT DOCTORS ANSWER YOUR HEALTH WORRIES

 

 

 

 

Your further thoughts on. . .

 

High blood pressure: A reader last time suggested using parts of the

hawthorn bush, but another reader this time says the berries are the

only effective part. Ayurvedic medicine uses amla berries, for

instance. Another reader reduced his high blood pressure by

eliminating processed foods from his diet. Instead he eats fresh and

dried fruit, salad and uncooked vegetables, and small amounts of nuts,

meat and fish. Folic acid might also help, according to one reader

who read a Reuters' report. It occurs naturally in orange juice and

leafy green vegetables. If you supplement, take at least 1,000

micrograms a day of total folate, from supplements and diet.

 

 

 

Pompholyx eczema: A Yugoslavian grandmother came to the aid of one

reader who suffered from pompholyx eczema (a common form that affects

hands and feet) after the birth of her first child. Grandma's remedy

was to soak the hands and feet in a solution of dissolved Dead Sea

salts. It was painful and itchy, but it helped the blisters to burst,

and new skin to grow.

 

 

Hair loss in a child: A kinesiologist writes in about a similar case

that she was able to successfully treat. The case involved a

seven-year-old boy who had been prescribed steroids for hair loss.

But when our reader investigated the case, she found that the boy's

snack was being wrapped in silver foil, he had suffered shock after

trapping his finger in a car door, and his father had taken little

interest in him. Our reader corrected imbalances, suggested to the

mother that she stop using aluminium foil, and treated the stress from

the trapped finger. After six weeks the boy's hair was regrowing

without the need of steroids. Another reader feels it could be caused

by a fungal infection, a point raised last time.

 

 

Tetanus jab: The question from one reader about the availability of

the single tetanus jab continues to attract responses. One reader

tells us it is available separately, and without preservatives, but it

has to be ordered by the doctor, and picked up by the patient at the

chemist, and then taken to the doctor at the hospital where it would

be administered.

 

 

FREE WORKSHOP ON ASTHMA

 

Dr Harald Gaier, the 'medical detective' of What Doctors Don't Tell

You, will present two more workshops in February, which are free to

all Enews readers. The first - on Thursday, 10 February - is on

asthma. The workshop begins at 6.30pm at Harald's offices at 50 New

Cavendish Street, London W1. Finishing time will be around 8pm when

wine and cheese will be offered. The second workshop, on 24 February,

revisits gut problems. Places are limited, so please reserve your

free place by contacting Karin on 020 7009 4650.

* Harald writes the Medical Detective every month in What Doctors

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AOB

 

Italians live longer: Yes, a reader tells us, the Italians are the

longest livers in Europe and some years even rival the Japanese. Come

to Montelibretti for the best olive oil in Italy, our reader tells us.

You really don't get this sort of travel knowledge with other Email

alerts.

 

 

Heart attacks: Our news piece last Thursday revealed that heart

attack victims fared worse in high-tech units than those who were sent

to general hospitals. But, asks a reader, is this because the more

serious cases went to the specialist units? Well, no, the location is

not determined by the severity of the attack, but by the proximity of

the unit to the sufferer's home (or wherever he suffered the attack).