treatment for pain associated with infections

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Treatment of acute or chronic severe, intractable pain and other

intractable medical problems associated with unrecognized viral or

bacterial infection: Part I.

Omura Y.

Heart Disease Research Foundation, New York, N.Y.

In many cases of chronic intractable pain without any discernible

causes, when both Western medical treatment and acupuncture

treatment failed to eliminate the pain, this pain is often due to

the unrecognized presence of viral or bacterial infection. Even

effective anti-viral or bacterial agents often fail to eliminate or

inhibit the infection, as these drugs may also fail to reach the

most painful area where often unrecognizable circulatory

disturbances co-exist. Using the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test Molecular

Identification Method, we were able to localize substance P and

thromboxane B2 (a good indicator of the presence and degree of

circulatory disturbances) in the painful area along with virus or

bacteria. Based on the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test localization method

for specific substances or microbes, the author has successfully

treated cases of chronic intractable pain by the combination of anti-

viral or bacterial agents with either manual acupuncture, electro-

acupuncture or transcutaneous electrical stimulation through a pair

of surface electrodes.

Among a variety of infections, the most common cause of severe

intractable pain was herpes simplex virus, and the most common

bacterial cause of intractable pain of moderate degree was

campylobacter. In addition, chlamydia was a very common cause of

mild intractable pain. When peripheral nerve fibers are

hypersensitive from nerve injury due to viral infection, in addition

to the drug therapy for infection, use of Vitamin B1 25 mg., 2 times

a day for an average adult often accelerates recovery time. As an

anti-viral agent for the herpes virus family, the author found that

EPA (Omega 3 fish oil, Eicosa Pentaenoic Acid, C20:5 omega 3), at

doses between 180 mg. and 350 mg (depending upon body weight) 4

times a day for 2 to 6 weeks, without prescribing the common anti-

viral agent Acyclovir, often eliminated the symptoms due to viral

infection including all well-known types of the herpes virus, such

as herpes simplex virus, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus.

Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus are usually not associated

with intractable severe pain, but they are often associated with a

recurrent burning or itching sensation and they can cause

intractable frequent muscle twitching. Viruses belonging to the

herpes family almost always exist between the midline of one side of

the spinal cord and the midline of the front of the body where these

nerves from the spinal cord end and the same virus is localized only

on one side of the body at the same spinal level.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED

AT 400 WORDS)

PMID: 1973580 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]