3 year old with Ear Infection (again)

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Now my 3 year old is sick again. My daughter just got over strep

throat (although she is still coughing like crazy) but now my 3 year

old has green and orange/yellow stuff coming out from his ear, I

suspect it's another inner ear infection. He also has a tummy ache,

will not get off of the couch and feels awful, only a slight fever

though.

 

Both of my kids keep telling me that the back of their knees hurt,

which I find to be very strange. Growing pains are at night, so I

know these are not growing pains, these pains are in the morning

mostly and in the day. What type of a virus or bacteria could cause

both of my children to hurt behind their knees? They both have a bad

cough at night time as well.

 

I am just so overwhelmed right now, sickness is a constant in my home

and I am so tired of it. I want to throw in the towel and give up.

 

I too have severe candida, which leaves me crippled on most days, so

it's enough just taking care of my own illness, let alone the kids. I

want to get them well, but I just don't know how.

 

I don't trust regular doctors. Sometimes I think it's my home making

us sick, but we are the only ones who have ever lived in this home

for the past 11 years since it was built. I have lived here 5 years

and my husband for 11 years. My husband isn't sick, only me and our 2

kids though.

 

I just need some guidance and help here, I prefer homeopathy, but

don't know much about it yet. I used it on my daughter's strep along

with colloidal silver.

 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

Mia

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, " mia2amazeu "

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> I am just so overwhelmed right now, sickness is a constant in my home

> and I am so tired of it.

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> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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> Thanks

> Mia

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Dear Mia,

 

 

My heart goes out to you and your kids. I'm so sorry you're not

feeling well.

 

I've been studying and learning a lot about 'alternative,' holistic

and natural approaches to healing and wellness for a while now and

there are several things that have become very clear to me with

regards to the real reasons why we get sick and how we can heal. I

thought maybe it would be helpful to share some of my insights with

you here.

 

 

 

Two of the most common reasons why we become chronically ill are because:

 

 

a) we're not being properly nourished by the food we eat

 

b) our bodies have become overburdened with toxins

 

 

Even here in the west where most people have plenty to eat, chronic

illness is becoming more and more common these days, due in large part

to an appalling lack of proper nourishment. One big reason for this

is because so many of us eat so much processed food. Highly processed

foods generally contain much fewer high quality nutrients as compared

to whole, unprocessed food. So even if we have plenty to eat and

think we're eating well, for many of us, much of what we are actually

consuming these days is quite devitalized and incredibly nutrient-poor.

 

Another reason many of us are not being nourished properly is because

the soil in which much of our food is grown has become extremely

depleted of minerals and other vital nutrients. This is due to the

rampant overuse by industrialized agriculture of petrochemicals like

pesticides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers. These poisons have

essentially destroyed much of our soil and left it lifeless, infertile

and incapable of growing nourishing, nutrient dense foods.

 

And because there are so many environmental toxins in the air we

breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat, some peoples' bodies

are unable to eliminate these toxins from their systems in a timely

manner. When too many toxins build up in our cells, tissues and

organs, this can also cause us to become chronically ill.

 

To add insult to injury, many people take round after round of

antibiotics (and other toxic pharmaceuticals) which destroy the

delicate balance of friendly/putrefactive bacteria in our guts. Once

this balance is upset, this can leave us much more vulnerable than

ever to chronic illness. This is partly because our gut flora is

integrally tied to our immune system. So if the balance of flora is

disrupted, this often compromises the ability of our immune system to

function properly. Also, when the balance of gut flora is knocked out

of kilter, our digestive system can no longer digest our food

properly. If the food we eat isn't being digested properly, its

nutrition isn't being assimilated properly, which means our bodies

cannot be nourished properly. And without proper digestion,

assimilation and nourishment, not only will we become chronically

malnourished, but our body's ability to effectively remove and

eliminate accumulated toxins becomes compromised also.

 

When looked at from this perspective, it becomes clearer how a

combination of poor nutrition, the build up of toxins in our bodies,

and the repeated use pharmaceutical drugs can become a vicious cycle

of chronic illness.

 

The unfortunate truth is that for the most part, pharmaceutical drugs

simply do not address the root cause of the problem (which more often

than not originates from malnutrition and toxicity.) Rather they're

only designed to suppress symptoms (and make billions of dollars for

the pharmaceutical/medical industrial complex.)

 

The most effective, holistic and natural way to approach this problem

in order to start breaking this cycle of chronic illness in your

family is to address its root causes. This means it's really

important to take a good hard look at what you're eating.

 

The most powerful and effective tool you can utilize right now with

regard to your health and the health of your family is your diet.

Start exploring how you can begin to shift your diet to include more

and more of the most nourishing, nutrient dense foods (and perhaps

high quality supplements and/or superfoods) possible, while

simultaneously reducing the amount of processed, nutrient-poor foods

you consume.

 

Hippocrates said " Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. "

This is sage advice because as we all know, we are what we eat. And

there are many, many foods that contain powerful nutrients,

phytonutrients and compounds that are actually medicinal in nature.

 

What many people aren't aware of is that high quality nourishment not

only supports, but actually facilitates the body's own natural healing

capabilities.

 

In addition to addressing diet, it's also important to always stay

well hydrated by drinking plenty of the purest, cleanest water

possible. Generally speaking, this means avoiding tap water, which

often contains harmful chemicals like sodium fluoride and chlorine,

and in some places even all sorts of other nasties, including drugs:

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-09-water_N.htm

 

 

Another important consideration is regularity, which is vital on any

path to wellness. If we're not eliminating solid wastes at least once

or twice a day (preferably we should have as many movements each day

as we have meals) this needs to be addressed if we intend to get well

and stay well.

 

Regular physical activity of some sort is always recommended and very

beneficial, and you may also wish to consider looking into doing some

sort of detoxification or internal cleansing. Your kids are too young

to do any real internal detoxifying, but they would certainly benefit

from regularly soaking in salt and/or clay baths, which are very

cleansing, healing and therapeutic.

 

One of the most important things we should bear in mind when we're

suffering from chronic illness is that the body has a powerful innate

healing wisdom and an amazing ability to heal itself. But for this to

happen, there has to be at least a modicum of balance within us. And

that kind of balance is only present when our bodies are well

oxygenated and nourished, and when wastes and toxins are being

properly eliminated by and from our bodies in a timely manner.

 

Chronic illness is essentially a signal that our natural internal

balance has gone off kilter, and many of the symptoms we have when

we're sick are really just our body's way of attempting to restore

that balance.

 

 

I hope this helps, Mia. If you have any questions, please feel free

to ask. If you're interested, I can point you to any number of links

with articles containing good information that may be helpful for you

to read so you can learn more about how you can help yourself and your

family take some concrete steps toward the road to wellness - and do

so naturally and holistically.

 

 

 

Elan