A brief overview of some of the findings can give an interesting picture....
More studies are pointing to the fact that the "over prescribing" of antibiotics is increasing the incidence of asthma in children if given in the early months and years of childhood. These antibiotics will alter the make up of the gut flora and allow for the more opportunistic bacteria and fungus to take hold and establish themselves, disturbing the peaceful and symbiotic relationship that should be developing in the gut. While antibiotics have been shown in many cases to be invaluable for life threatening infections they can also become "too much of a good thing" if overused.
The last item worth mentioning has to do with how we sometimes - with the best will in the world and compassion for the suffering of our children - interrupt the inherent wisdom of the body. When the immune system senses an intruder and musters its forces to eliminate this, it does it by raising the body's temperature. When this is done and the body overcomes this challenge it becomes stronger. Out of compassion for the suffering of our children there is a lot of use of drugs to interrupt the body's own wisdom and artificially bring down the temperature, which some research is showing can possibly be interrupting the natural development of the immune system. U.S scientists have discovered that babies who have had regular fevers in their first year have stronger immune systems and are at less risk of allergies such as eczema and asthma than those children whose fevers are suppressed. (Important note: we are talking about slight to moderate temperatures here, not high fevers and fevers with severe spiking).
This article was written for patients at the Neurolink Centre, where the NIS system is the only method of care used. The Centre is also the hub of NIS research and head office for our international seminar program.
