I lifted this of my local NDs site. It's a breakthrough in treating CFS from Dr. K in WA. It's a urine test, a cinch. I myself will be getting this one.
Like all holistic practitioners, Dr. Klinghardt strives to treat the
underlying causes of illness. He compares each challenging patient to an iceberg: above the surface are myriad symptoms, while underlying them are almost always myriad microbes causing chronic infections, such as parasites, yeast and fungi, viruses and bacteria (such as Lyme disease). However, underlying these infections are environmental toxins, such as heavy metals, plastics, pesticides and solvents. These impair immune function, leading to the chronic infections (and the microbes secrete potent toxins that worsen symptoms and further impair immunity). But at an even deeper level is usually unresolved emotional trauma, such as past hurts, grief, anger and resentment. These emotional wounds result in impairment of the body's ability to clear toxins. Dr. Klinghardt has known all this for years. The breakthrough is his discovery that 80% of his most challenging patients suffer from a basic and critical metabolic imbalance, sometimes called kryptopyrroluria, that is relatively easy to correct with a simple regimen of affordable nutrients. The imbalance can be purely genetic or acquired through environmental and emotional stressors. By correcting this imbalance, patients who previously responded slowly to treatment make remarkable progress. Kryptopyrroluria, also known as pyrroluria, was first noted by Abram Hoffer MD, PhD and Humphrey Osmond, MRCS, DPM in the early 1960's in their research on metabolic imbalances in people with schizophrenia This condition has been found to be relatively common in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depressive disease) by orthomolecular psychiatrists (psychiatrists who focus on nutritional therapies); they have found approximately 20% of schizophrenics have this condition, and they tend to respond well to treating it. But Dr. Klinghardt and others have found that not everyone with this condition suffers from such extreme psychiatric problems (though many may have some tendency towards anxiety and/or depression). Indeed, the breakthrough Dr. Klinghardt has made is in recognizing how common this condition may be in other people with chronic illness. In the early 1970's Carl Pfieffer MD PhD found evidence of kryptopyrroluria in 5 % of normal people he tested (people without serious psychiatric illness). This may represent the percentage of the population with a strong genetic tendency to kryptopyrroluria, but it is possible the number of people with this problem has increased due to our increasing exposure to environmental stressors (microbes and toxins). There are certain characteristic symptoms and signs suggestive of someone having pyrroluria. One is that these people tend to have a very pale complexion and do not tolerate the sun well, often burning easily and having difficulty tanning. White spots under fingernails is a strong sign of this problem. Hypoglycemia/sugar intolerance is common, as are food and environmental allergies. Other common symptoms are joint pains (especially knee pain), fatigue, headaches (especially migraine headaches), bowel dysfunction such as irritable bowel syndrome, easy bruising, dizziness, insomnia, poor memory and difficulty concentrating. Obviously, such symptoms are common, and not everyone who has them will have kryptopyrroluria. In those who do have kryptopyrroluria, there is a resultant complex metabolic imbalance that results in impaired immune function and poor detoxification mechanisms. However, the treatment to correct the imbalance is surprisingly simple and affordable. It involves taking high dose of zinc (60-200 mg/day), vitamin B6 and/or pyridoxal 5-phosphate (activated B6) in doses of 50-200 mg/day, manganese (10-20 mg/day) and GLA, an essential omega 6 fatty acid found in evening primrose, borage and black currant oil. However, just because the treatment is relatively simple to describe does not mean that it is easy to do. As patients start to take these needed nutrients they may feel terrible as heavy metals and other toxins are released into circulation and their immune system is activated, casing microbial toxins to also be released. These nutrients should be introduced gradually with the supervision of a qualified practitioner. And adding the nutrients that will correct the pyrroluria will not make all of the patients problems go away, as those who have this tend to have chronic microbial infections, a sea of accumulated toxins and a history of emotional wounds to still deal with. Correcting the pyrroluria, however, will allow them to respond appropriately to other treatments that would have been previously ineffective and help them to finally move down the road towards true healing. The best article on kryptopyrroluria I have found is a 1983 review by Donald McCabe DO: http://www.orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1983/pdf/1983-v12n01-p002.pdf Other articles of interest are http://www.orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1997/articles/1997-v12n02-p096.shtml and http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=1192 Of interest, Dr. Klinghardt has found dental amalgam (mercury) fillings to be so harmful that he will not even see a patient until their amalgams have been removed. Removing mercury from one's system is an essential aspect of healing, and it is both impossible and unsafe to detoxify mercury if one has it in their teeth. However, amalgams should only be removed by a dentist who has been trained in the proper techniques for doing so safely. The practice of medicine is exactly that- each physician tries different treatments to see what works best. I have rarely been more excited to add a new approach to my practice and will report back on my progress. --- On Thu, 5/14/09, andre_ligthart <ligtharta@...> wrote: From: andre_ligthart <ligtharta@...> |
Yahoo! Groups TipsDid you know...Want your group to be featured on the Yahoo! Groups website? Add a group photo to Flickr. |
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offline 
Send Email
