Children, Infectious Diseases, Chiropractic

Infectious Diseases

Studies on how Chiropractic optimizes children’s health:

The study

shows that children who grow up under chiropractic care are less likely to contract infectious processes such as otitis, tonsillitis, and their immune system is stronger and better prepared to fight against allergens like pollen, weeds, etc., compared to children who grow up under conventional medical treatment. (Infectious Diseases)

There is also a significant decrease in the use of antibiotic treatments in children who are under “chiropractic care,” indicating a lower susceptibility to bacterial infections as a result of having a good immune response. Additionally, the response from chiropractors who provided further comments was that the recovery period for children under chiropractic care with illnesses or other traumas was faster than that of their peers under conventional medical treatment.

While children treated with conventional medicine showed a lower propensity for childhood diseases compared to those under “Chiropractic” care, an average of 94.4% of children treated with vaccines in the first group was the reason for their low incidence of measles. Chiropractors commented that although the children they treated presented symptoms such as a rash, the children were not adversely affected, and the presence of evidence of a rash did not guarantee that it was obvious they had measles. The hypothesis of chiropractic care is that it maintains and strengthens the immune system, supported by observations made about children who, despite having the illness, were not affected in their daily lives and had a shorter recovery period.

It is suspected that the negative impact of the confounding effect of immunization on the immune system regarding non-specific childhood diseases (such as otitis media, tonsillitis, etc.) could not be statistically proven through the study of a population sample, nor with other groups. It was found that maintaining a high immune system had a beneficial effect in preventing these specific diseases.

The sampling of this study did not provide data indicating negative effects on the immune system.

From the comments made by several pediatricians, the misconception regarding children’s health was evident. 5 out of 71 pediatricians stated that in their opinion, the issue regarding otitis media was not valid since “9 out of 10 suffer from this.” Similarly, many pediatricians consider the issue regarding antibiotics to be invalid, as “all children have had antibiotic treatment at some point,” and this topic rarely can determine the number of prescribed treatments. These opinions are fallacies propagated in allopathic (conventional) medicine, as this study has demonstrated.

In conclusion,

the study demonstrates that the premises formulated regarding chiropractic having positive effects on health are valid and prevent and help eliminate Infectious Diseases.

Acknowledgments

We especially thank the faculty advisors Chester Jones, M.D. Judy Silvestrone, DC, and Don Specht, D.C for the time, effort, and interest shown during the progress of this study. To Tom Terbilcox, D.C., thank you for publishing this study, your understanding, and encouragement.

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