Monday, September 28, 2009

Why Do We Get Sick In the First Place?

Consider this:

1. You are one of 100 people in a room completely enclosed from the outside with no air from the outside world. ( This room can barely hold the 100 people from its small size!)
2. The air in the room is set to "high" for full circulation!
3. There is a person in the room with the worst FLU you have ever seen and you are hoping they don't look at you, much less cough.
4. That person then begins to sneeze rampantly for a full 5 minutes!
5. Are you afraid!
6. It would be agreable to assume that the germs that person spewed out have come into contact with EVERYONE in the room over the next few minutes!
7. Are you going to get sick? Many by reflex would say YES do to fear. However, let's ask that question in a different way. As with many things, the WAY a question or idea is posed is of dire importance and can often lend to greater common sense.
8. The question re-asked: " Is EVERYONE in that room going to become sick, or even symptomatic?"
9. EVERY patient I have ever asked the question to in this manner has ALWAYS said "well, no!"
10. Second question is then WHY?
11. Most people at this time fundamentally with common sense then understand that not all people get sick from "all" germs.......otherwise we would all, always be sick!
12. The difference as my patients then tell me: Is that everyone has their own tolerance ( immune competence)!
*** If the difference is ALWAYS in each individuals competence or tolerance due to their immune systems ability at that time ( only some times do we get sick from the same germ we encounter every single day) ......................... then why don't we focus more on teaching patients how to properly care for their own health and competence with good, self-empowering ideas and tactics??????????
****More to follow later, however ponder why we would cover every symptom of a "healthy" body fighting an infection, or that we would administer every pill, potion, or shot to a person "assuming" the worst case possiblity of fear, rather than using a little "common sense."

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