Digest Number 1460

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Dear Beata,

 

Without meaning to be confrontational...

 

You wrote:

" Her rash is drying and receding. I know it will reappear when she has

weaned off the prednisone. I think one of the big problems with 'miracle'

drugs such as Prednisone, in addition to the more obvious and hideous

problems, is they reinforce faith in the powers of Western Medicine "

 

Well, they did work, didn¹t they? Hailey Hailey is extremely distressing and

potentially life threatening, which is why they had to Œinvent¹ conventional

treatment, for just such conditions. Now that the acute phase is clearing,

you may have the chance to offer your patient a more holistic and long term

solution. If you can convince her to come back that is...

 

All the best

 

 

Stefan Chmelik

MRCHM MBAcC MATCM MBHMA DipCHM DipAc DipCHM (Dermatology) ClinAc (Nanjing)

ClinCHM (Hangzhou) CST I/II

Oriental Medicine Physician

 

T: 07956 448085

stefan-herb

www.newmedicinegroup.com

 

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> Digest Number 1460

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> Thank you both for replying to my earlier post concerning my patient with

> Hailey Hailey disease. I will give these formulae a shot, and also the

> acupuncture protocol which you, Tom, suggested. My patient is now cooler and

> calmer, the result of being on Prednisone for a week. Her rash is drying and

> receding. I know it will reappear when she has weaned off the prednisone. I

> think one of the big problems with 'miracle' drugs such as Prednisone, in

> addition to the more obvious and hideous problems, is they reinforce faith in

> the powers of Western Medicine. I can see a change in this parient, she now is

> just a little dismissive of because we didn't achieve the

> miracle of almost immediate regression of symptoms. Too bad, I hope she sticks

> with it.