OT: Tea Tree and Hepatitus

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You can also get drug induced hepatitis which is ruled out or in after

the others are not diagnosed. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver

and drugs that are broken down in the liver that an individual doesn't

tolerate may cause damage to the liver, which produces inflammation.

The liver is therefore not working properly and not breaking down

Bilirubin for example and when that is elevated you see yellow skin,

sclera-whites of eyes, nail beds and even urine which is caused

jaundice. There will be other elevated liver enzymes with occur in all

the hepatitis's as well as drug induced. These are the first clues of

Hepatitis. Then the doctor does some futher investigation testing for

antibody and antigens for the Hep A, B, C etc. When these are negative,

then there is a thorough investigation of ingested drugs/substance. All

of this to say, there is a science to this and we do have to be very

careful about what we put in our bodies even if there is evidence of its

benefits. I would seek advise of an Aromotherapist and a Medical

Doctor. It can only help to have the most information.

Butch Owen wrote:

> Hi folks,

>

> I have no doubt that Tea Tree EO is one of the most misused oils in

> the

> AT field - folks preach using it straight for this and that,

> especially

> for nail fungus, but it hasn't been tested for sensitization at levels

>

> higher than a 1% dilution. The fact that folks escape sensitivity

> gives

> them the impression that it's safe - sorta like driving drunk and not

> having an accident. Only difference is we don't usually support

> driving

> drunk but we do support neat use of Tea Tree EO.

>

> Gena wrote:

>

> > I have never heard of Tea Tree oil (or any essential oil) causing

> Hepititis. The only way I can see it happening is if the oil was

> tainted. For that to be, it wasn't pure. It was cut with something

> else. Allways double check any essential oils you buy for purity.

> However, being an aromatherapist, I might learn differently. I shall

> keep you all informed if I do learn anything new. Yap Later Gena

>

> BUT - considering that Tea Tree is antiseptic, perhaps anti-viral,

> anti-

> infectious, a bactericidal, antifungal and an immune stimulant, it's

> big

> time doubtful that it could be contaminated and have that

> contamination

> substance survive for more than minutes - or maybe seconds.

>

> BUT - considering that hepatitis is generally an inflammation of the

> liver caused by viruses, toxic substances or immunological

> abnormalities

> it could possibly, perhaps, maybe or whatever be caused as a result of

>

> toxicity of overuse of Tea Tree - but I doubt it! I doubt it because

> a

> person would probably have to use a lot of Tea Tree for a real long

> time

> to get enough into the system to be toxic enough to the liver to cause

> a

> condition similar to or in fact hepatitis. But - I've also heard of

> some medications that came with warnings that folks with liver

> problems

> could face danger of hepatitis infection when using that medicine -

> but

> we're talking about ingestion - not absorption through the skin.

>

> Hepatitis A is transmitted by contaminated food or drink. Hepatitus B

>

> is transmitted by infected blood or blood products contaminated by

> hypodermic needles, transfusions, sexual contact, tattoo needles, etc.

>

> Hepatitus C is caused by a virus and is transmitted in the same manner

>

> as Hepatitus B. Hepatitus D is also caused by a virus but it can only

>

> occur in those who have already been infected with Hepatitis B. Then

> we

> have Hepatitus E which occurs in epidemics in locations with very poor

>

> sanitation - quite often in India and some of the African countries.

> I

> see no room for misuse of Tea Tree or any other EO in this equation

> but

> it's possible I guess. But I don't buy it! I would buy the

> possibility

> of a doctor becoming confused or just plain not knowing what s/he was

> talking about. We've all met at least one of these folks - huh?

>

> Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

>

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> Angie writes:

>

> > I had a visit to my dermatologist on Friday and we were discussing

> Tea Tree

> > to help rid of some skin problems..

> > My Dr said that in the past year, he has seen two blown cases of

> Hepatitis

> > (sp??) because of misuse of Tea Tree Oil. He said it is one of the

> most

> > missued dangerous aeromatheropy oils on the market, and unless you

> are a

> > qualified Aeromatherapis to not use it.

> > Anyone who has any sort of degree on this know of this?

> > IM in Canada, and the cases my Dr have seen are from Canadians on

> the west

> > coast. >>

> > This sounds interesting---I work for the health department here in

> SC in the

> > area of infectious disease and have never heard of hepatitis being

>

> > transmitted through tea tree oil???? I would be curious to know

> how it is

> > supposed to be transmitted.

> > Angie

>

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Hi Tima,

Yes - you can get hepatitus from drugs or other toxic materials ingested

but the internal medicine doctor I talked with today (a PhD MD) said it

would be mighty difficult to get it via absorption of an EO and she was

blessed with not having to deal with the controversy of whether or not

we really get all that much absorption as she's not an AT practitioner.

> You can also get drug induced hepatitis which is ruled out or in after

> the others are not diagnosed. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver

> and drugs that are broken down in the liver that an individual doesn't

> tolerate may cause damage to the liver, which produces inflammation.

>

> then there is a thorough investigation of ingested drugs/substance. >

> I would seek advise of an Aromotherapist and a Medical Doctor.

I don't think I would seek the advice of ANY aromatherapist unless that

practitioner was also a medical doctor. I think all aromatherapists

will agree with me on this. Well - all of them except maybe some of the

Young Living folks who act as if they are doctors anyway ... :-(

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

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> Butch Owen wrote:

> > I've also heard of some medications that came with warnings that

> > folks with liver problems could face danger of hepatitus when using

> > that medicine - but we're talking about ingestion - not absorption

> > through the skin.