Anyone who lives in an area with a high number of oak trees is all too familiar with the huge amounts of pollen that these trees produce and the oak pollen allergy symptoms that result. Looking almost like fuzzy little worms, the pollen pods release the oak pollen into the air to be carried by the wind, and the pods drop to the ground to pile up and make a mess on the ground.During the oak pollen season, the effects of the pollen are everywhere, with cars and windows covered with the orange-brown film the pollen creates. Even pavement where the spent pollen pods accumulate will get stained brown. Those suffering from oak pollen allergies can experience severe reactions. Massive sinus drainage, watery eyes, sneezing, and/or coughing will develop that can defy almost any allergy treatment available, at least until the oak pollen subsides.Oak allergies drive people to try any number of remedies, with some even turning to drastic measures like steroid injections. Some will decide to handle the situation once and for all by starting allergy shots, even though the needles are less than pleasant, without realizing that it often takes years to finally […]
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Whilst ‘coeliac’, in its strictest medical sense may refer to gluten intolerance only, in more general terms it means, simply, ‘of or in the abdominal cavity’.
The primary, and most important, treatment is the elimination of grains containing gluten from the diet. In addition, it may be necessary to severely restrict intake of non-glutinous grains and refined carbohydrate. If these rules are not adhered to, a severe relapse, especially in later life, will generally follow. It is therefore essential to avoid eating any food containing wheat, rye, barley and oats. This covers a fairly wide range of foodstuffs, and it is important to read the labels on canned, bottled and packaged foods to ensure that fillers containing gluten, have not been used. For the coeliac, even small amounts of gluten, in the form of breadcrumbs, batter, gravy, sauces, etc., can cause serious damage to the small intestine.
Because of malabsorption of nutrients, due to intestinal damage, a course of supplements is extremely useful in aiding the body to recover. Many coeliacs are found to be anemic due to deficiencies or iron and folic acid. Calcium deficiency is common and is due partly, to vitamin D deficiency and partly to calcium binding to […]
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These differ from the conventional allergy as they are frequently exhibited in a masked form. For this reason, clinical ecology has been slow in gaining medical acceptance. However, these days the doctor specializing as a clinical ecologist is gaining recognition in Europe and the United States. Speaking on the situation in Australia, Professor Ian Lewis of the University of Tasmania says that the current medical training is not geared towards producing doctors that can solve problems. He feels that doctors should be taught to consider alternatives to drug therapy, rather than be over crammed with factual knowledge. This may lead, in time, to a resumption in use of the physician’s greatest historical tool - a thorough investigation of the patient’s diet and environment.
In effect, ecological illness is one large allergy. Most people today have it, to varying degrees. Within this general malaise, more specific allergies or sensitivities occur. Invariably however, exposure to the allergen does not produce an immediate or detectable response. Symptoms tend to be masked and therefore very difficult to trace back to a specific cause. For this reason most doctors are not able to diagnose a food or chemical sensitivity occurring as a masked allergy. Their lack […]
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