Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  Prevents bacterial growth, inhibits pathogens, and counters sepsis.
Antispasmodic. Eases muscle cramps and psychological stress.
Antisudorific. Decreases perspiration. Antithrombotic. Prevents the formation of blood clots. Antitumor. Reduces tumors. Antitussive. Relieves coughing.
Antivenomous. Reduces the harm from venom, such as that of a snake or insect.
Antiviral. Inhibits viral replication.
Anxiolytic. Lessens anxiety.
Aperient. Is mildly laxative and stool softening. Typically used in cases of sluggish bowels.
Aphrodisiac. Increases sexual desire and potency.
Aromatic. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | The most dangerous result from the meningococcal bacteria is sepsis, or blood infection, Offit says. "You can be fine one minute, and dead four hours later," he says.
The CDC recommends giving the new vaccine to children at age 11 or at age 15, if they have not received the vaccine before; and to college students living in the close quarters of dormitories.
PERTUSSIS VACCINE
The new pertussis vaccine also comes as a relief to doctors, as whooping cough is the only vaccine-preventable disease that has not been quelled. In 1998, there were 7,405 reported cases in the United States. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts |  L were associated with an increased incidence of bacterial sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis (Meyers et al, 1986). dosage
Mode of Administration: Oral, topical, intramuscular
How Supplied: Tablet, capsule, ointment, suspension
Daily Dosage: 1 mg of alpha-tocopherol is approximately equal to 1.5 International Units (IU). Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): adults and adolescents 14 years and older - 15 mg (22 IU) daily. During pregnancy - 15 mg/day; during lactation - 19 mg/day. | | Ergot is now contraindicated for all therapeutic use, but especially in the presence of peripheral blood flow disorders such as Raynaud's disease, Thrombangitis obliterans, severe arteriosclerotic vascular changes, liver function disorders, severe coronary insufficiency, kidney damage, pregnancy, nursing, infectious diseases, sepsis, hypertonia, and severe hypotonia. precautions and adverse reactions
No health hazards are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages, but therapeutic use is not recommended because of the many side effects. | | Today the drug is used for prophylaxis and treatment of "flu," sepsis, and mild to moderate cold infections. Externally, the drug is used for treatment of poorly healing wounds and inflammatory conditions such as abscesses and leg ulcers. contraindications
Because of a possible activation of autoimmune aggressions and other overreactive immune responses, the drug should not be administered in the presence of tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis, leukosis, collagenosis, AIDS or HIV infection, and other autoimmune diseases. |
Lynne McTaggart
See book keywords and concepts |  CHAPTER 11
Praying for Yesterday
On the eve of the millennium, Leonard Leibovici, an Israeli professor of internal medicine in Israel and expert on hospital-acquired infections, conducted a study of healing prayer's effect on nearly 4,000 adults who had developed sepsis while in the hospital. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | One patient developed sepsis in the glutamine group compared to 8 (26%) in the control group (p<0.02). Glutamine-treated patients had increased plasma glutamine concentrations as well as increased concentrations of both citrulline and arginine, suggesting that glutamine caused stimulation of renal production of arginine. Arginine has been shown to stimulate lymphocyte immune responses and wound healing. Soluble tumor necrosis factors p55 and p75 were also lower compared to controls, suggesting a lower systemic inflammatory response. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
See book keywords and concepts |  THE INFLAMMATION CONNECTION
Individuals with serious physical trauma, sepsis, or burn develop GH resistance. Even though they have adequate GH, their bodies tend to go into a wasting pattern. The stress of such issues causes excess amounts of TNFa and IL-6. Researchers have shown that it is these inflammatory markers that bind to GH receptors and turn them off.457 Inflammation signals have an opposite effect on the secretion of GH compared to ghrelin.
This information has been confirmed in other studies. TNFa is shown to be elevated in sepsis, causing GH resistance and body wasting. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Necrotizing enterocolitis and sepsis have also been reported, but again only in very low birth weight, premature babies given high doses of vitamin E. Neither sepsis nor necrotizing enterocolitis have been reported in mature neonates, children, or adults taking vitamin E supplementation. At doses of 1,000 mg or less a day, vitamin E enhances immune function, especially in the elderly and in those with nutritionally related immune suppression.546
Thrombophlebitis has been reported in an uncontrolled series but larger, controlled studies have not reported such a complication. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | CONTRAINDICATIONS
Ergot is contraindicated in peripheral blood flow disorders such as Raynaud's disease, Thrombangitis obliterans, severe arteriosclerotic vascular changes, liver function disorders, severe coronary insufficiency, kidney damage, pregnancy, nursing, infectious diseases, sepsis, hypertonia, and severe hypotonia.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | The concentration of glutamine in the muscle is affected by injury, sepsis, prolonged stress, and starvation (Miller 1999). Plasma glutamine levels decrease after severe organic injuries, partly because the small intestine uses it faster than it can be produced by skeletal muscle (Cukier et al 1999).
Clinical studies suggest that glutamine may be helpful for treating impaired intestinal permeability, short-bowel syndrome, cancer, critical illness and trauma, infection, and as an adjunct and protective agent during chemotherapy and radiation therapy. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
See book keywords and concepts |  Energy requirements of persons with IBD are not usually increased except with sepsis and fever, but protein requirements often are. Energy requirements may be increased to restore weight, to return to normal growth curves, or to compensate for malabsorption. The presence of active disease, by itself, however, does not appear to raise energy requirements appreciably [63, 64]. Refeeding severely depleted patients too quickly may result in more harm than good. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  NAC also can help people with sepsis and septic shock. sepsis, an infection of the blood, often pushes hospitalized patients to a life-or-death situation—not by a pathogen but by an overwhelming immune response to the infection. Researchers reported in the journal Chest that NAC reduced recovery times in patients with septic shock. NAC works in part by boosting glutathione, the most powerful of the body's own antioxidants. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Neither sepsis nor necrotizing enterocolitis have been reported in mature neonates, children, or adults taking vitamin E supplementation. At doses of 1,000 mg or less a day, vitamin E enhances immune function, especially in the elderly and in those with nutritionally related immune suppression.546
Thrombophlebitis has been reported in an uncontrolled series but larger, controlled studies have not reported such a complication. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts |  Pyemia/Pus in the Blood Due to sepsis, after gunshot wounds of bone, compound fractures, gonorrhea, and prostate abscesses; with rapid and recurring fever of 103Atol05AF.,chill, sweating, temperature drop then spiking; thirst, no appetite, nausea; exhaustion, comatose-like; thrombosis and embolism spreading inflammation and abscesses in the lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, Brain, joints, and their connective tissues. Treat as Septicemia. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  But if the bacteria escape from the site of the infection and invade the bloodstream (a condition known as sepsis), you may develop chills, shaking, weakness, and fever. In severe cases, the body may go into septic shock, a condition in which the bacteria in the bloodstream trigger a crash in blood pressure and malfunction of the organs, which can be fatal.
But even if the bacteria stay out of the bloodstream, if they continue to grow at the site of the infection, they can devour nearby healthy tissues. In the most serious cases, an infected limb may have to be amputated. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts | | Sepsis, an infection of the blood, often pushes hospitalized patients to a life-or-death situation—not by a pathogen but by an overwhelming immune response to the infection. Researchers reported in the journal Chest that NAC reduced recovery times in patients with septic shock. NAC works in part by boosting glutathione, the most powerful of the body's own antioxidants. Selenium, part of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase, increases survival among patients with a condition that has similarities to sepsis, severe system inflammatory response syndrome.
What Else Might Help? |
Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD and Michael Smith, BPharm, MRPharmS, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  The authors suggest that this was due to its ability to prevent a systemic inflammatory response to infection through platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonism, inhibition of amplification of sepsis-induced tumor necrosis factor and thromboxane B2 release, plasma trypsin-like activity and several other steps of the immuno-inflammatory cascade associated with gram negative bacterial sepsis.45
Persons irradiated (either for therapeutic reasons or accidentally) have clastogenic factors in their plasma. |
Jacky Law
See book keywords and concepts |  The steroids were introduced, widely seen as a wonder drug for a whole range of inflammatory disorders, including rheumatism, skin conditions and sepsis. And revolutionary new products for schizophrenia and depression allowed many patients to live in the community for the first time. Even lifestyle medicines, such as the contraceptive pill, which was introduced in the 1960s, were welcomed for their clear benefits to society.
It didn't seem to matter that no one knew how these medicines worked. |
Michael Friedman, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  Effect of selenium administration on various laboratory parameters of patients at risk for sepsis syndrome. Med Klin 1997;92:14-16. [Article in German]
113. Kauf E, Dawczynski H, Jahreis G, et al. Sodium selenite therapy and thyroid-hormone status in cystic fibrosis and congenital hypothyroidism. Biol Trace Elem Res 1994;40:247-53.
114. Eder K, Kralik A, Kirchgessner M. Effect on metabolism of thyroid hormones in deficient to subtoxic selenium supply levels. Z Emahrungswiss 1995;34:277-83. [Article in German]
115. Bratter P, Negretti de Bratter VE. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
See book keywords and concepts |  Clinical situations, such as injury, sepsis, prolonged stress, endurance training, gastrointestinal disease, cancer, surgery, trauma, and HlV-posi-tive/AIDS, require large amounts of glutamine to replenish what is lost.
Therapeutic Uses
Alcoholism: Dr Roger Williams used glutamine many years ago to decrease the use of alcohol by rats. Studies with alcoholics showed a similar therapeutic effect. It also decreased craving for alcohol. The dose to use in order to reduce craving for alcohol is 2000 mg each day. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, sepsis, and gangrene have killed more people throughout history than all wars combined. In the 1930s, the number one killer in the United States was infection; only after the widespread introduction of antibiotics and better sanitation did this statistic change. In underdeveloped countries, infection continues to be the single greatest killer. Once infectious diseases were brought under better control in the developed countries, other diseases began to command our attention, diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes, and diabetes. |
Amarjit S. Basra
See book keywords and concepts |  Ample evidence links gut barrier dysfunction to multiorgan system failure in sepsis and immune dysregulation. In addition, the contribution of gut barrier dysfunction to Gl disease is an evolving concept and is the focus of a thorough review by DeMeo et al.18 Many responses, including immune system responses within the Gl tract, may be induced or repressed through the use of medicinal herbs and the ingestion of active natural products. It is thus important to review the factors that may be activated or deactivated by dietary substances. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
See book keywords and concepts | | TNFa is shown to be elevated in sepsis, causing GH resistance and body wasting.458 Mice that genetically make too much IL-6 have normal or high levels of GH, yet have growth retardation, reflecting the problem of growth hormone resistance. The excess IL-6 production of these mice reduces the GH receptor function of the liver in half.459
Patients with fibromyalgia, a painful condition of muscle aching, have a nighttime surge of GH that is only about one-third that of normal.460
Patients with cancer and cachexia lose weight and muscle even when they eat, reflecting a condition of GH resistance. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Diagnosis of hypoglycemia can be difficult because the symptoms often mimic those of other disorders, including adrenal dysfunction, allergies, asthma, candidiasis, chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive or intestinal disorders, eating disorders, food allergies, hypothyroidism, kidney failure, malabsorption syndrome, menopause, mental disorders, neurological problems, nutritional deficiencies, sepsis (blood infection), stress, and weight problems.
To diagnose hypoglycemia, a health care provider may perform a glucose tolerance test (GTT). | | Bleeding, urinary retention, impotence, and sepsis ("blood poisoning") have been reported.
Another important measure, the Gleason score, gauges the probable aggressiveness of a tumor based on the cellular characteristics of the cancer. Tumor cells that look more similar to normal cells tend to be less aggressive, while those that are distributed randomly with uneven edges are likely to spread rapidly. The dosages given below are for adults. supplement
NUTRIENTS suggested dosage comments
Essential
Coenzyme Q-io plus
Coenzyme A from
Coenzyme-A
Technologies
100 mg daily. |
Joseph E. Mario
See book keywords and concepts | | Septic infection, Septicemia, sepsis Bacterial blood poisoning, orputrefaction from toxins.
Septicemia SEE Blood Poisoning. Serous Thin and watery fluid or pus. Serpeginosa Creeping eczema.
Sjogren's Syndrome Deficient mouth saliva from TemperoMandibular Joint dysfunction (TM J); can make eating and speaking difficult. Spermatorrhea Involuntarynoctumalsemendischargewithoutorgasm. Take 15-
30 grains Potassium Bromide 3x times daily; Hops, Conium, Belladonna,
Camphor, and tonics. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  These symptoms are found in patients with HIV infection, cancer, major injuries, sepsis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, CFS, and to some extent in overtrained athletes (Droge et al. 1997).
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS FOR CFS
Patient Management of CFS
Physicians advise patients with CFS to pace themselves carefully and to avoid unusual emotional or physical stress. Follow a regular and manageable daily routine and take modest regular exercise under the supervision of a physician or physical therapist. |
Dianne Onstad
See book keywords and concepts |  Antiseptic A substance that prevents sepsis, or putrefaction and decay, by arresting the growth or action of noxious microorganisms, either by inhibiting their activity or by destroying them. The term antiseptic generally refers to agents applied to living tissue, the term disinfectant to those used on inanimate objects such as floots, walls, or clothing.
Antispasmodic A relaxant or nervine that relieves or prevents involuntary muscle contractions or spasms, such as those occurring in epilepsy, painful menstruation, intestinal cramping, or muscle "shock. |
Marcia Angell, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  In 2001, Xigris was approved to treat severe sepsis, blood-borne infections that are a common cause of death in intensive care units (ICUs). Its approval was not a sure thing. In the key clinical trial submitted to the FDA, 25 percent of patients taking Xigris died, compared with 31 percent of those on standard treatment. That is not a big difference, although it was statistically significant. The FDA advisory panel split evenly on whether to recommend approval, with some saying another clinical trial was needed. |
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