
It's funny how "science" imitates occult symbols...
Really, not much to be said here.
I don't know much about ultrasounds, so I can't say what would be a safe levels in pregnancy. I remembered those Chinese studies after Sharpstuff mentioned pre-birth ultrasounds.
After doing a little bit of searching on google, I found these recommendations by a Chinese scientist. The Chinese scientist seems even more concerned about the dangers than I remembered. It sounds like his opinion is no level is completely safe for babies in the first trimester. The recommendations are from a blog at this link;
https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com ... ltrasound/
The GP recommended ultrasonography in order to determine whether or not I had an inguinal hernia. I felt a bit adventurous and thought, “Sure, why not? There’s a first time for everything.”Diagnosis:
848.5 S39.013A STRAIN OF MUSCLE, FASCIA AND TENDON OF PELVIS, INIT ENCNTR-S39.013A
Terms like, “normal in diameter, proportions appear patent, unremarkable, normal echogenecity, negative sonographic Murph’y sign, normal contour, homogeneous echotexture” were used to indicate my aorta, IVC, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, common bile duct, kidneys and spleen were all apparently A-OK.INDICATION: Work injury, concern for hernia.
COMPARISON: None.
TECHNIQUE: Abdomen was scanned with grayscale and color Doppler imaging.
FINDINGS:
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The report was emailed to the referring GP. The following day I went back to his office.ADDITIONAL FINDINGS: There is severe thickening of the bladder wall, a finding concerning for malignancy or perhaps cystitis. CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast is recommended.
No evidence for ventral abdominal wall hernia despite Valsalva maneuver.
IMPRESSION:
There is severe thickening of the bladder wall, a finding concerning for malignancy or perhaps cystitis. CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast is recommended. This is unrelated to work injury.
Last month, at a grocery store, I was asked by the cashier if I wanted to contribute a dollar to breast cancer research....An offering of cash must also be given for full protection from this evil. Although mostly attended by women men are starting to participate more and more...
Yes, Kham, I find it sickening that they make a killing in donations this time of year. St. Jude, in the Roman Catholic Church, is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes. A sick inside joke of the cancer industry? Who knows? I distinctly remember my childhood pilgrimages to the monastery which sits on the site where he was purportedly martyred. So many fond memories...For other cancers, especially those that affect children, one can give tithings to places like St. Jude’s to protect your children against the evil cancer.
MONASTERY OF ST. THADDEUS
http://thecompletepilgrim.com/monastery-st-thaddeus/
ICfreely responded:Postby ICfreely on Fri Dec 28, 2018 7:36 am
Labelling is useful to some degree but when we attach labels and then assume they have a concrete existence of their own, then we run into very real problems. A great deal of the confrontations we seem to have with other members of this forum (for example) is that 'labels rule' and thus we cannot separate the trees from the forest. Labels need to be precisely defined and that is very difficult when we use labels to describe other labels.
I couldn’t agree more, dear sharpstuff. When we discuss what causes “cancer” and what’s the most effective way of treating “cancer” we’ve already bought into the medical establishment’s corporeality of “cancer.” Their premises. Their vague and ever changing definitions. Their vague and ever changing causes (bacteria, fungi, viruses, genetics, etc…). Why should we play by their rules? Perhaps a different approach would be more effective.
May I suggest the following in respect of some (possible) answers. I will repeat your questions.Just what exactly is “cancer”?
How exactly is it diagnosed?
Do the diagnostic methods have any merit?
What are the negative “side” effects of said diagnostic methods?
Would we be better off avoiding “cancer” screening altogether?
Could it be that we've medicalized a nonproblem?
Perhaps if we started asking/answering those questions first there'd be less confusion. I’m not sure. What are your thoughts on this? Do you have any suggestions? These are open questions to all CF contributors. C’mon folks help a brother out.
Cancer in the mass print media: Fear, uncertainty and the medical model
Abstract
Cancer is increasing in incidence and prevalence in North America and around the world. The mass print media play an important role in information provision about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this disease, as well as informing health policy and personal experience. This paper reports on a content analysis of the portrayal of cancer in the highest circulating magazines available in Canada and published in Canada or the USA in 1991, 1996, 2001. It includes both manifest and latent analysis of the framing and content of cancer stories. Manifest analysis documented the dominance of the medical as compared to the lifestyle and political economy frames and the predominance of articles on breast as compared to other cancers. Latent themes included: an emphasis on fear of cancer in that: (1) cancer and fear are frequently conflated; cancer is said to grow outside of awareness; cancer is portrayed as (almost) inevitable; cancer is associated with normal experiences; early detection is associated with diagnosis; and scary statistics are emphasized; (2) contradictions and confusion exist within and between articles; and (3) metaphors of war and battle are used frequently. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the linking of fear with cancer in the context of medicine as the solution.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 3605006088
Fear not, I say, they fear themselves more than us.
Contrast Dye and the Kidneys
Diagnostic tests such as MRIs, CT scans and angiograms are routinely used because they provide important information about many diseases or injuries and can help in diagnosis and treatment. In many cases, the use of a contrast dye is necessary to enhance these tests, but sometimes these dyes can either lead to kidney problems, or cause problems in patients with kidney disease. There are two rare but serious disorders associated with contrast dyes and the kidneys: contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
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Can NSF and CIN be treated?
There are no proven treatments for NSF and CIN, but symptoms may gradually improve over time. New medications are showing promising results [] but prevention remains key.
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https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/Con ... nd-Kidneys
UK to Remove Two Gadolinium Contrast Agents from Market
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Physicians Expected to Use Alternative Products
In its advice for healthcare professionals, the agency notes that gadolinium-based dyes should only be used when the diagnostic information is essential and cannot be obtained except through the use of a dye. Furthermore, healthcare professionals are expected to have switched to alternative gadolinium-based contrast agents by February 1, 2018.
Macrocyclic agents, such as Prohance, Gadovist, and Dotarem, are still authorized for use with MRIs.
https://cutterlaw.com/dangerous-drugs/u ... reloaded=1
With all due respect, dear Kham, I don't think acid is the be-all end-all.When long term acidosis happens, then more and more damage is done.
Acid & Alkaline Nutrition: Shattering the Myths – Metabolic Healing
Michael McEvoy
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Reality
There are numerous kinds of acid/alkaline balances in the body:
• Respiratory alkalosis
• Potassium depletion alkalosis
• Metabolic alkalosis
• Metabolic acidosis
• Potassium excess acidosis
• Respiratory acidosis
Your blood pH is reflected in your personality, or as I like to say your behavior range.
Acidiosis
When in a state of metabolic acidosis, the enzyme systems of the body are running on high speed. This pushes the sympathetic nerves of the body, and forces the adrenal glands into overdrive. In this state a person will:
• Have Agitation
• Feel Nervousness
• Have Anxiety
• Feel more like the ‘hare’, less like the ‘tortoise’
• Feel physically tired but mentally wired
• Compensate by tending to take deeper inhalations
• Have a low tolerance for carbon dioxide and can hold breath for less than 45 seconds in metabolic acidosis
Alkalosis
When in a state of metabolic alkalosis, the enzyme systems of the body are running sub-par. This pushes down pulse and blood pressure, inhibits sympathetic activity and can contribute to low thyroid activity. In this state a person will:
• Have a difficult time getting out of bed in the morning
• Feel more like the ‘tortoise’, less like the ‘hare’
• Feel sluggish
• Feel burned out and tired
• Have a much higher tolerance for carbon dioxide, and should be able to hold breath for 60 seconds or more.
• In metabolic alkalosis, and in potassium depletion alkalosis the saliva pH will be less than 6.6 and the urine pH will be greater than 6.3. In
respiratory alkalosis, the saliva pH will tend to be higher than 6.8.
How To Effect Ph Levels
Eat the foods that are most compatible for your type of metabolism.
If you are a para-sympathetic protein type, your blood tends to be too alkaline. Adenine and purine-containing nucleo proteins are essential at every meal. These types of proteins will create the necessary acidic pH shift towards the median, 7.46. If you are a fast-oxidizing protein type, your blood tends to be too acidic. You also need higher purine foods like the para-sympathetic types, but these foods produce the necessary alkaline effect on your blood, bringing it back to 7.46.
If you are a sympathetic carb type, your blood tends towards acidosis. Your metabolism needs lots of vegetables and VERY LITTLE nucleo-proteins. Eating this way will create the necessary alkaline shift towards 7.46. If you are a slow-oxidizing carb type, your blood tends towards being too alkaline. Unlike the para-sympathetic-protein type, you need more vegetables and less purines. This will create the necessary Acidic shift in you blood pH, bringing it back to 7.46
If you have ever wondered why ‘one person’s food is another person’s poison’, this article should shed some light on that.
https://metabolichealing.com/acid-alkal ... the-myths/
And not one mention of LYMPHATIC fluid. There are two main fluids in the body, blood and lymph. It's the acidic LYMPH fluid (congested within the body, with kidneys that aren't optimally able to filter out the waste) that causes health problems.ICfreely » December 29th, 2018, 10:40 pm wrote:Your blood pH
state of metabolic acidosis
state of metabolic alkalosis
respiratory alkalosis
your blood tends to be too alkaline
your blood tends to be too acidic
alkaline effect on your blood
your blood tends towards acidosis
your blood tends towards being too alkaline
blood pH
Strictly speaking, the cause of health problems is lifestyle choices. How today's culturally predominant lifestyle choices manifest in the body is easily seen in the [effects of] backed up and overly acidic lymphatic fluids in the lymphatic systems of most people.ICfreely » December 30th, 2018, 12:32 am wrote: When that balance is thrown out of whack health problems can arise. They, in and of themselves, aren't the cause of health problems.
How are the waste products removed from the body? Through the kidneys. What if the kidneys are not filtering the waste products from the lymph in order that these wastes can leave the body? The skin acts as the third kidney, which manifest as various skin conditions. What if the kidneys are not filtering, and there are more wastes than the skin can handle in a timely manner? Cells are swimming in the acidic wastes in the lymph fluid. What happens to cells that are swimming in acidic wastes for any length of time? Since acids are corrosive, the cells are damaged and begin to break down.ICfreely » December 30th, 2018, 12:32 am wrote: Waste products are removed via lymph fluids.
Here's the deal. It's our lifestyle that keeps one healthy, and it's our lifestyle that gets one in states of illness. That's nature, that's reality, and no amount of "treatment" is going to change the fundamentals of reality. Nature doesn't malfunction; it is man with his mind who makes the errors, and nature always moves toward homeostasis in a given system.aa5 » December 30th, 2018, 1:20 am wrote:Is there laboratory tests for lymphatic fluid health. To help make sense of it, imagine we are 30 years in the future and the science has advanced a long ways in nephrology. So as part of routine tests, let us say the person is found to have lymph and kidney function going downhill.
Ideally then the person could be started on a treatment protocol that was really effective in regaining full function of the system. In people with severe disease states or vulnerability to malfunction in this system, this will probably mean drugs to heal up the system. I don't think those drugs even exist yet, but I could be wrong, as I've only spent 5-10 hours reading clinical studies on kidney disease. For other people with less severe disease, lifestyle changes might be able to help their system to regain full function.
There are two major limitations with lifestyle changes. The first is that in some severe disease states, advanced age, genetic predisposition, etc., even lifestyle changes are not able to ameliorate the damage.
The second limitation of lifestyle changes is that most people are not able to maintain them. So it can be good in theory, but not deliver much results in the real world.
1) You forgot the liver, spleen and pancreas.How are the waste products removed from the body? Through the kidneys. What if the kidneys are not filtering the waste products from the lymph in order that these wastes can leave the body? The skin acts as the third kidney, which manifest as various skin conditions. What if the kidneys are not filtering, and there are more wastes than the skin can handle in a timely manner? Cells are swimming in the acidic wastes in the lymph fluid. What happens to cells that are swimming in acidic wastes for any length of time? Since acids are corrosive, the cells are damaged and begin to break down.
Why Companies Deliberately Sell Dangerous Products
It is illegal to patent any natural product. The way to big profits in the medicine industry is to create an unnatural substance that never before existed in nature, then patent it, and obtain a monopoly. Hence, the molecules of pharmaceutical drugs are all strange to the human body. In all the history of humankind, such molecules were never encountered or taken into any human body. Hence, the body does not easily metabolize them. God never made your body to accept and deal with these chemicals and antibiotics.
Non-toxic natural organic substances are usually easily eliminated by the body when their usefulness has run their course. Up to a point, your body can even deal with and eliminate natural toxic substances. But when your body receives a synthetic substance, even one that may seem benign or inert (like plastic), your body does not know how to metabolize and eliminate it. If sent to the liver to break it down into disposable compounds, the liver says, “Hey. What is this? I don’t know what to do with it. Here kidneys, you take it.” Then the kidneys react saying, “Hey liver, don’t send it to us. We don’t know what it is either. Send it to the pancreas. Maybe it will have an enzyme that can deal with it.” Then the pancreas objects, “Hey guys, what do you think you are doing? I don’t want this stuff. Dump it in the blood or the lymph or try the spleen. Maybe the spleen can filter this thing out or something.” Finally, the substance ends up in the long term waste holding area of the body (usually fat tissue, including the brain) where it can remain for years and even for a lifetime, perturbing normal body functions as long as it remains. That’s why you can find traces of prescription drugs in your body taken in childhood, decades ago.
On the other hand, natural molecules, such as those found in essential oils, are easily metabolized by the body. In fact, your body was created to handle them. When an essential oil molecule finds the receptor sites it was designed to fit and conveys its information to the cell, or participates in other therapeutic functions, it then goes on its way to the liver and the kidneys and moves out of the body. Its benefits have been conveyed and its job is complete.
By contrast, the unnatural molecules of man-made drugs attach themselves to various tissues, disrupting normal function for years while the body tries to figure out what to do with them. Meanwhile, they wreak mischief with our bodily functions and even our minds.
http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/why-es ... rugs-dont/
This is an oft quoted saying of which there are but a few instances. Since the cell metabolic waste of our trillions of cells is acidic and never ending, and poor eating habits are also acidic to the lymph system, along with a kidney that can’t keep up with filtering out of those acids, acidosis is by far the most common affliction. A poisoning such as bleach poisoning as it is a base chemical is one of the few ways to become over alkaline in such a way as to cause injury. There might also be the person in perfect health who over time consumes a limited diet of highly alkaline foods, but this is rare indeed.1- Severe alkalosis can be just as harmful as severe acidosis.