New Hope For COPD and Pulmonary Fibrosis.

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New Hope For COPD and Pulmonary Fibrosis.

By: William Wong ND, PhD, Member World Sports Medicine Hall of Fame

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Likely one of the worst feelings one can have is the inability to breathe in

fully. The feeling of lack of a full breath, of not being able to pull in

enough air, of only being able to pull the air down to “hereâ€, seems like a

form of strangulation. As a childhood asthmatic I’m familiar with the

feeling.

Having had the bouts of bronchitis and pneumonia I’ve experienced in my life

I can relate somewhat to the many COPD patients I’ve helped to rehab.

What causes breathing disorders of COPD and Pulmonary Fibrosis? These

conditions can stem from many things: inhaled irritants such as textile lint,

rock

and coal dust, asbestos, chemical fumes, smoke (cigarette and otherwise).

Sometimes these ills form for no plausible reason at all. In such cases, where

a

recognized root cause for the condition has not been found, the word

idiopathic is used as part of the diagnosis.

What is happening in COPD and PF? In these conditions we see a chronic

inflammation in the tissues of the lungs. This inflammation can be sparked by

the

constant irritation of inhaled substances that either can’t get out of the

lungs once they are in (such as lint and rock dust) or from the caustic burning

of chemical and smoke exposure. In idiopathic PF, we’ve usually no idea why

the inflammation is there. Now, this long term low to mid level inflammation

creates a monster of its own - scar tissue. The lungs inside are very

delicate and scar over really easily. The inflammation of bronchitis and asthma

can

scar the lungs even though their inflammation is measured in days not the

months or years of inflammation as with COPD and PF patients.

The lungs contain little sacs called alveoli. These sacs are very elastic

and they are the structures responsible for transferring oxygen from the air

into the blood. The opening to these sacs are relatively small as the opening

to a balloon is small compared to the balloon itself. When scar tissue builds

in the lungs this spider web of human silk not only keeps the lungs from

fully expanding, restricting them from the inside, the fibrosis also builds up

over the openings to the alveoli keeping air from being able to get into them

and in turn from getting into the blood. The result is the inability to take

in a full breath of air and lowered blood levels of oxygen. Oxygen levels in

the blood ideally should be at 95% saturation rate or better. From 90 to 95

is ok but not great. Most healthy folks would faint if their blood saturation

went below 89%! Many COPD and PF patients live with saturation rates in the 80

’s and as you can imagine at that level of oxygenation brain function is not

at its optimum and just doing the activities of daily living can be a chore

equal to running a marathon.

What treatments hare standard for COPD and PF patients? Cortico steroid anti

inflammatory drugs. Anyone familiar with the dreadful side effects of

prednisone and the cortisone family of drugs doesn’t need a lecture from me

as to

how bad they are to use long term. For those of you not familiar with the side

effects of the cortico steroid drugs look them up on the internet or better

yet, speak to someone who’s been on them for a while.

The Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID’s) cannot be used with COPD

or PF patients as they would be toxic for long term use at the level of

dosing needed to bring down lung inflammation. Also, it’s been shown through

he

deaths of thousands of patients using the newer COX 2 drugs, that these

medications can actually create inflammation in the heart, lungs and internal

organs! A pharmacological Oxymoron!

It is through the medium of the cortico steroids that medicine tries to

bring down the inflammation and by so doing tries to reduce the rate at which

the

lungs fill with fibrosis. Most everywhere except for Germany, Japan and

Central Europe medicine has not heard of systemic enzymes and don’t use them

widely. So in most of the countries of the world there is nothing available to

eat (lyse) away at the fibrosis growing within the lungs of COPD and PF

patients. Most docs will tell you there is nothing that can be done to get rid

of

the scar tissue of these conditions or to get rid of scar tissue / fibrosis in

general. The use of systemic enzymes with these or any patients is

completely safe as they have no toxicity what so ever (No LD-50) and can be

taken

along side any medication except for coumadin, warfarin or heparin.

My first exposure with the application of systemic enzymes (Vitalzym)

against PF came from the work of the pulmonologist the late Dr. White of

Winston

Salem North Carolina. He used Vitalzym systemic enzyme to control the chronic

inflammation of a PF patient of his and was amazed to find the patient had

greatly increased his Pulmonary Capacity and oxygen saturation in just 7 days!

In the ensuing years since Dr. Whites work, I’ve spoken to a number of COPD

and PF patients who have tried Vitalzym either on the recommendation of a

health care professional or on their own. So far there hasn't been a single one

of those patients who did not benefit from taking the enzymes. Increased

Vital Capacity (total volume of air drawn into the lungs), increased blood

oxygen

saturation, thinner lung mucous which is easier to bring up and be rid of.

Their stories are so consistent that I’ve proposed a study to finally put the

imprimatur of “science†on the clinical results we’ve been seeing.

For those COPD and PF patients reading this, don’t wait for the studies to

be published. You might not have that long... Get on the Vitalzym enzymes, (at

3 to 5 capsules 3 times daily taken in between meals) and in 1 months time

go get your lungs retested. Your doc will be very surprised, you’ll already

have figured it out and be running rings around the old you!