Allergic Kids

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I thought if some of you are not on the LDN list you might be interested in this

thread:

ALLERGIC KIDS: Other than the IgG and IgE allergy/sensitivity testing, I

can't think of anything better than the tests Dr. Vojdani and I came up with for

the LDN study, as we are trying to see what LDN as an immune modulator does to

the various regulatory endorphins. (This list does not nearly exhaust the

possible good tests, but there is a financial limit to the investment we can put

into investigative lab work - we tried to pick the most relevant ones within a

range that some at least could afford.)

The situation is extremely complex, being affected by genetics (do allergies

run in the family?), history (how soon did milk allergy or other allergies show

up?), Goddess-only-knows various toxicant exposures, more of which we

horrifyingly learn about daily, our kids' difficulty excreting accumulated

metals and other poisons, and possible chronic viral as well as other pathogenic

infestations. To get a complete picture, the three primary autoimmune

instigators, FOOD ALLERGENS, TOXINS - ESPECIALLY HEAVY METALS, AND PATHOGENIC

INFECTIONS (bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitical) all have to be investigated

in terms of accumulations, infestations, and inflammatory markers creating

oxidative stress to the body. One could spend a fortune investigating all these

and then trying to create an allergen free (or as free as possible) environment

for our children, but they are still faced with having to go out into and

survive in an increasingly toxic world. Continuous avoidance of

allergens, toxins, and use of antibiotic treatments is not a good way to live.

The only solution in my mind is to establish as good an immune system as

possible or none of us will survive. This is definitely the medicine of the

future, as there is no way we can defeat all the pathogens, the toxic

influences, and our genetics except through a healthy immunity. Dr. JM

Note: The CD4+CD25+ is a regulatory chemokine and is one of the tests on our

panel; just uncovered an excellent article showing that this test is

related to the ability of the body to immunosuppress food allergy reactions.

Now I hope to show what LDN does to this marker for our kids.