Asthma Prevention Methods - OmniMedicalSearch.com, by Martha M Grout, MD, MD(H)

Conditions & Diseases: Lung & Respiratory Diseases & Disorders

Asthma

Prevention Methods

Avoidance of the inciting agents – if they can be identified – is almost always curative. Unfortunately some inciting exposures are known to cause such hyper-reactivity in the lungs that the wheezing can then be triggered by almost anything irritating, not just the original irritant. Thus someone with an original exposure to mold antigen in the workplace or in their home may be able to get away from the original mold, but may still be left with chronically hyper-reactive lungs, and wheezing triggered by the smallest whiff of someone’s cologne, or the scents in the soap aisle at the supermarket.

Alternative, Complementary, or Functional Medicine looks at the root cause of the increased inflammatory response seen in asthmatics, and eliminates the cause, thereby eliminating the resulting symptoms, the syndrome of asthma.

Allergies to foods can be diagnosed by intradermal testing (standard allergy testing), and treated in two ways: first, by elimination of the offending food; and second, using antigen to neutralize the reaction, if the food cannot always be eliminated.
Allergies to chemicals, pollens, or molds can be diagnosed and treated in the same way.
Diagnosis of other toxicities which may be present in the body – for example heavy metals like aluminum, lead, arsenic or mercury – is important, if allergy treatment does not solve the problem. Heavy metals also set up a chronic inflammatory state which will predisposed to reactive airway disease.
Abnormal bacteria in the intestinal tract – as is frequently seen in children with multiple ear infections and multiple courses of antibiotics – is another cause of chronic inflammatory state.
A diet rich in carbohydrate (sugars, grains) and food additives(preservatives, flavor-enhancers, flavor-dispersing agents, conditioning agents, etc) or food colorings may also be highly inflammatory, and can be a major contributing factor to persistent hyper-reactivity of the airways.
Viruses like RSV can cause a chronic hyper-reactive state of the small airways of the lungs. These viruses may leave a signature in the body which can predispose the victim to reacting to any similar virus with similar symptoms. These signatures can be treated bioenergetically, using homeopathic remedies or other methods of manipulating the body’s information systems, to allow healing of the respiratory system.

Decrease the total toxic load – so that the body is not trying to fight on multiple fronts. Toxins may include food additives, chemicals, airborne pollutants, household cleaning products, cosmetics – anything that we can eat, breathe or touch. They may also include things to which we have been exposed in the past, now stored in our fatty tissues (including brain) or in our bones – things like lead, mercury, organic solvents, insecticides, other pesticides.

Article by Martha M Grout, MD, MD(H)
Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine

Sources:

[1] Asthma’s Impact on Children and Adolescents, downloaded 10/18/08 from http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/children.htm

[2] Richard Perez-Peña. Study Finds Asthma In 25% of Children In Central Harlem. Published in the New York Times, April 19, 2003.

[3] Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 23^rd edition, pp 612-619. Accessed online through Merck Medicus at www.merckmedicus.com.

[4] Li YF, Langholz B et al. Maternal and grandmaternal smoking patterns are associated with early childhood asthma. Chest. 2005 Apr;127(4):1232-41.

[5] Rowe BH, Edmonds ML, et al. Evidence-based treatments for acute asthma. Respir Care. 2001 Dec;46(12):1380-90; discussion 1390-1.

[6] See the following link for more complete description of the testing and therapy: http://arizonaadvancedmedicine.com/therapies/allergy_testing.html

[7] See the following link for more complete description of the concept of treating the total toxic load: http://www.aaemonline.org/introduction.html

Dr Martha Grout of Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona

Martha M. Grout, MD, MD(H) has two decades in emergency medicine and a decade in homeopathic medicine. She specializes in chronic diseases and HEG-based brain training for ADHD, memory loss, and depression. Her environmentally friendly office at the Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine makes preservative-free antigens for testing and treatment of allergies.