Posts Tagged ‘respiratory infection’
|“I can not tell you how refreshing it is to be seen as a person and not a disease.”
Monday, January 19th, 2009
I am a person with a physical disability. As other people living with disabilities know western conventional approaches to medicine often focus on “making you comfortable” and “masking your symptoms”. Too often I have felt with western medicine that my disability was perceived to be the root of any secondary ailment I might have.
When I first started seeing Dr. Nigh I suffered from debilitating respiratory infection associated with common colds and allergies. I have a reduced respiratory capacity do to my disability, and so a simple cold would leave me incapacitated for up to three weeks, dependent on a nebulizer every two hours to breath. Western Doctors would load me up with antibiotics and expectorants and I would suffer all winter long, lucky if I had a week or two before getting sick again.
When I began treatment with Dr. Nigh he not only helped to ease the the symptoms of what I was experiencing at the time he also spent valuable time working to develop regiments with me that would be preventative. He was mindful of my lifestyle needs and limitations yet at the same time treating each issue as a unique piece to the whole picture of me, with my disability being just one small piece. I can not tell you how refreshing it is to be seen as a person and not a disease.
I have continued to work with Dr. Nigh for over three years now and each year I have seen dramatic improvement in my health. If i do get sick I am sick for less time and do not need to rely on the nebulizer or oral steroids. I am currently halfway through the winter cold and flu season and have yet to get sick. For those of you who think there is no help out there other than “making you comfortable” I highly recommend Dr. Nigh to you!
Tags: allergies, Alternative medicine, Dr. Greg Nigh, Naturopathic medicine, physical disability, respiratory infection, spent valuable time, western medicine
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Respiratory Infections in Children
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Children’s cough/cold medicine has been shown to be more dangerous than helpful. But a recent study suggests that there are other kinds of therapies that will benefit kids with colds.
A recent study in the Journal of Pediatrics found that school-aged children supplemented with fish oil experienced upper respiratory infections with less frequency. In addition, those who did get a cold had it for a shorter length of time when compared to kids not receiving the fish oil supplementation.
The general thought within the medical community is that, if there is no conventional therapy for a given problem, then there is no useful therapy. This is just one more example of a natural therapy that not only reduces illnesses in children, but will enhance their health overall.
Do we think that pediatricians across the country are going to start recommending fish oil supplements to children to prevent colds?
Tags: Children, Fish oil, Flu, Naturopathic medicine, omega-3, respiratory infection
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