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VFNW Spring2014 Transcript Lesson81
VFNW Spring2014 Transcript Lesson81
VFNW Spring2014 Transcript Lesson81
Now What?
CHICKEN POX & SHINGLES
Call #8 Transcript
By Donna Powers
Donna Powers: Welcome to the Vaccine Free: Now What? 12-week teleseminar
course. This is class eight, where we will continue talking about the infectious
childhood illnesses. And these illnesses are the ones where conventional vaccines are
used as prevention in childhood, school-aged children, teens, adults and now, when
we are talking about shingles or herpes zoster, into our senior population as well.
Today's illness being discussed is chickenpox, also known as varicella and shingles,
which is known more formally as herpes zoster.
DP: So this is an opportunity right now. Are there any questions from any of the
previous seven weeks on any of the illnesses, homeopathic remedies? Anything that
you've been wanting to ask? Okay. I don't see any hands up. So I'm going to continue
with the material today.
DP: So chickenpox. It's from the family of viruses. So this is a virus, not a bacteria, and
your bacterial illnesses are your diptheria, your tetanus, and your pertussis; your
whooping cough. And then the viruses are your measles, mumps, rubella, and now
chickenpox and shingles.
DP: Okay. So continuing on with the What is chickenpox? So, it's from the
herpesviridae family. And there are the ones, your HSV, so your herpes virus one which
are fever blisters or cold sores and these are the ones you will get under stress,
sometimes sun blisters we think of them as. And then the HSV-2 is the genital herpes
and it's sexually transmitted. And so in that same family of herpes viruses, you have
chickenpox and shingles, so the varicella. Also included in this family of viruses is the
Epstein-Barr virus or mononucleosis. In the UK, this is called glandular fever.
DP: Normally, when you have the infectious illnesses like measles, mumps, rubella,
your body and their viruses and the viruses are dumping the toxins into the
bloodstream. And so the body's immune system is creating fever, and it's creating
discharges to remove the viral toxins out of it.
DP: So with this particular virus, this chickenpox virus, and if you think about even
fever blisters or cold sores, and even genital herpes, they keep recurring sometimes.
And what the body does with the chickenpox virus is, to store it safely within the body
and in the spinal column. Later on, under stress, sometimes what happens is it's the
same herpes virus then gets expressed as shingles. So there's a very close relationship
between chickenpox and the herpes virus, chickenpox and the herpes zoster virus.
DP: Now, this is one of those TORCH. Remember we talked about the TORCH? These
are the viruses that can cross the placental barrier. So again, this is some of the
information that the medical system will promote to encourage women, mothers, to
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DP: So we'll talk a little bit about the conventional or common sense treatments.
Oatmeal baths. In my day we used something called calamine lotion. It was this pink
lotion and my mom slathered it on us when we had a lot of mosquito bites. Those were
the days when they didn't fog. And you just spent the summer, you either had sunburn,
mosquito bites or you had both at the same time. And so that we weren't scratching
and itching on a sunburned skin, we were slathered in this calamine lotion. I wouldn't
recommend it these days, again partly because you might possibly be suppressing the
expression of the discharge of the body.
DP: Common sense, Cold, soft bland food. Chickenpox can be in the mouth. And if
you have babies who have chickenpox or even kids, toddlers, you might want to put
mittens on them and that just prevents the child from scratching in their sleep. And this
is where the potential for a secondary bacterial infection is the concern. But if you've
allowed the fever, then you likely have this layer of antibiotic on the skin that will help
prevent that secondary bacterial infection as well.
DP: So the recommendation is, if the fever lasts more than four days or goes above
102 Fahrenheit or 38.8 centigrade to call the doctor. Here in Calgary, in Alberta we have
something called The Health Link. And chances are very, very good if you go through
the symptoms and what the picture is, they'll just tell you to keep your child at home
anyway. And at four days of a high fever, yeah, probably going to be some cause for
concern, so watch for your other signs and symptoms of possible meningitis or
encephalitis.
DP: And that is the head starting to tip back or painful if the chin is pulled down toward
the chest. So, severe cough or trouble breathing. My short way of saying all of this,
anything with blood, breathing, bones and breath, breathing you're on your way to the
hospital, whether you're sure it's chickenpox or not. You really need to be on the way
to the hospital. And keep track of your child's fever, what you've done, what you've
given homeopathically, how things have progressed and that's good information for the
doctors and nurses who will be seeing you in the emerge.
DP: Severe headaches, again, this is an indication of possible brain inflammation and
swelling which will come with meningitis or encephalitis. Unusually drowsy or trouble
waking up, trouble looking at bright lights, any kind of difficulty walking or if they seem
confused, very ill or vomiting, or a stiff neck, again you will recognize from all the
previous classes that what you might possibly be looking at are encephalitis or
meningitis.
DP: So I am going to talk just briefly about some of the complications that are
extremely rare in normal, healthy children, but it's good to know what might be
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DP: So I want to mention one other site, the University of Maryland Medical. The link
should be in your handout, but if you go to www.umm.edu and even just do their
search box for shingles and chickenpox. What I like about it is, they're promoting
vaccines, but what I like about it is is they've got nice illustrations. It's really wellpresented information, so it's just a good one to go to. They also give, interestingly
enough, alternative and complementary medicine suggestions, so I like them for that.
They present it all.
DP: So Dr. Mercola's article is excellent and again, before the live virus chickenpox
vaccine was licensed most children acquired a natural long-lasting immunity by age
six, and for 99.9% of the people it's actually a very mild illness without any
complications. So again, Neil Miller has a really good description. His book is called
Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners, and he's
written what actually is in the VARIVAX vaccine. So again, really encourage yourself,
family, friends to read the product inserts before thinking about even having the
chickenpox vaccine.
DP: So again, because it's a virus, an RNA virus, it has to be grown and it is grown on
human embryonic lung cell cultures. And then they use embryonic guinea pig cell
cultures, and then it's finally grown and propagated in the human diploid cell cultures,
which are the fetal tissues, the aborted ones. So to be aware that there is sucrose in it,
hydrolysed gelatin for anybody, that's your bovine, sodium chloride, MSG as a
preservative, and there are often residual components of this MRC-5 cells, including
DNA and protein. Neomycin, if anybody has antibiotic allergies, and the antibiotics are
included to prevent secondary bacterial infections.
DP: So Neil Miller, in his book, also talks about a Dr. Gary Goldman. He's an expert
chickenpox research analyst hired by the Center for Disease Control to collect data
and monitor trends with the newly introduced chickenpox vaccine. And what he says is
"the universal varicella chickenpox vaccination program in the United States will leave
our population vulnerable to shingles epidemics. In fact, there appears to be no way to
avoid a mass epidemic of shingles lasting as long as several generations among
adults."
DP: And this is really, really important information because many of you likely have
parents, and the shingles vaccine is being advertised on TV. Like I said my sister-in-law
and brother-in-law both get it every year, and my brother-in-law now has severe
shaking that looks like Parkinson's, and they have ruled out all possible diseases. And
it's this inexplicable hand shaking that he has. So you know, what to do, what to say.
DP: So it's mostly adults who get chickenpox who probably have more complications
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DP: So, often with these eruptive fever illnesses, you will get these coughs.
Antimonium tart, how you will be able to distinguish between whether it's antimonium
crud or antimonium tart, are the food cravings. Antimonium tart typically are craving
apples and apple juice. And again, it's a take to the bank situation. Belladonna, we've
talked about. The throbbing, the pulsating, the lot of heat, the dilated pupils. Pulsatilla
children are often the ones who are weepy, clingy, they want to be held.
DP: They feel better when they've got you. But if they get overheated, even when
you're holding them, they will start to get very upset, and their skin eruptions will even
get worse from becoming overheated. These are the babies that you realize, "Oh, I
have to go pick up the other child at school," and you go out and it's much cooler
outside. They will probably do better overall. So, it's a clue, it's the fresh air, cooler air.
Or maybe it's a hot summer day when they do have chickenpox and you go into the air
conditioning and you notice that they're less whiny, less clingy. This is the Pulsatilla
picture.
DP: The concern with children and babies needing Pulsatilla is that they're generally
thirstless. They're not thirsty at all, and these are the kids and babies that you will
wonder if they're getting enough hydration, if they're getting enough water, enough
liquid. And we've gone over the signs of dehydration: The skin standing up when it's
pinched, dry diapers, crying without tears, watch the soft spot on the top of babies'
heads, sticky lips, dry lips, all of that. And then you'll know that you need to get some
hydration.
DP: So if you have an emergency situation where you suspect that this is what's
happening, you can give Pulsatilla and then when you go to the hospital, just say, "I
know my child just needs vitamin C, vitamin A and hydration intravenously". And this is
scary stuff.
DP: I've had my situation today where a newspaper journalist has contacted me
because of my recent blog post on measles here in Calgary. So, I used it as an
opportunity to really stay with my feelings of fear and panic. It comes up, and so I
reminded myself, "This is what parent's are facing every day who are choosing to be
vaccine-free when you need to access medical help and you are a vaccine-free
parent".
DP: So that's Pulsatilla. Now, Rhus tox... So, again, remember these are the pictures
you can use for shingles as well. Now, Rhus tox, I have used very successfully in a
number of cases with adults who have shingles. Rhus tox tends to be more on the right
side of where it starts, and Rhus tox is made from poison ivy. So if you've had poison
ivy, you know that typically it's worse, the itching is worse in the evening. It's worse
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