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Science Behind Inflammation Therapy Our peer-reviewed article
has been published in the October 2014 issue of Inflammation Research.
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Therapy Tip
When a patient with obvious inflammatory symptoms, doesn't test strongly for dysregulated vitamin D metabolism via the D-metabolites tests or doesn't test at all, it's possible to determine if Inflammation Therapy will be an effective treatment by doing a therapeutic probe. Treatment is started to see how the patient reacts to avoidance of sunlight, vitamin D elimination, Benicar and the addition of Minocycline. For details, see Therapeutic Probe.
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We have to tell you that we love the work we do at Chronic Illness Recovery! Nothing is as rewarding as helping educate people about Inflammation Therapy or following up with doctors as they see success in their patients. This year was chock full of education, with seven medical conferences, a patient workshop, a radio interview and - we're happy to say - our paper was cited by four scientific publications. Meg has had very positive feedback from the doctors who follow her on Twitter and take the time to comment on our paper. Next year we plan to be just as busy! Please take a look at our website for testimonials and recovery stories by people who have successfully used IT. We hope this brightens your spirits and gives you hope for another year of battling chronic illness. May the remainder of this year, as well as the coming year, be full of joy, love and health for you and all of yours!
To a memorable season,
Whew!
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About Inflammation Therapy
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Vitamin D and Rickets
Rickets is a disease of the hypertrophic chondrocytes in the skeletal growth plate resulting in a softening of bones in children. Rickets is characterized by impeded growth and deformity of the long bones. (Osteomalacia is the milder, adult form of the disease. Osteomalacia symptoms include diffuse body pains, muscle weakness, and fragility of the bones.)
Low levels of vitamin D are associated with rickets. Rickets is caused by impaired metabolism of vitamin D, phosphorus, or calcium. [1-3] Hypophosphatemia (low phosphorus) is the common denominator of all rickets; low calcium intake leads to hyperparathyroidism, which leads to high phosphorus excretion and, thus, phosphorus deficiency. [4]
 Adequate vitamin D is essential to prevent rickets, but adequate calcium is equally important; if either calcium or vitamin D is deficient, bone health suffers. [5]
Rickets is rare in the developed world; [6] however, children in developing countries, who usually photosynthesize enough vitamin D from sunlight, develop rickets if poverty prevents them from eating enough calcium rich food. [7] Studies found rickets occurs in sunny countries due to poor calcium intake [8, 9] and is cured with increased calcium ingestion. [10, 11]
References
- Brown JE. Nutrition through the life cycle. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth; 2008.
- Favus MJ. Nutritional and drug-induced rickets and osteomalacia. Primer on the metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism. 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: Rittenhouse; 2006.
- Zagar AH, Mithal A, Wanai AI, et al. Pseudovitamin D deficiency rickets-a report from the Indian subcontinent. Postgrad Med J. Jun 2000;76(896):369-72.
- Tiosano D, Hochberg Z. Hypophosphatemia: the common denominator of all rickets. J Bone Miner Metab. 2009;27(4):392-401.
- Aloia J, Bojadzievski T, Yusupov E, Shahzad G, Pollack S, Mikhail M, Yeh J. The relative influence of calcium intake and vitamin D status on serum parathyroid hormone and bone turnover biomarkers in a double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group, longitudinal factorial design. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Jul;95(7):3216-24.
- Rickets. MedlinePlus. Aug 1, 2012. Available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000344.htm.
- Lerch C, Meissner T. Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Oct 2007;(4):CD006164.
- Pettifor JM, Ross P, Wang J, Moodley G, Couper-Smith J. Rickets in children of rural origin in South Africa: is low dietary calcium a factor? J Pediatr. Feb 1978;92(2):320-4.
- Craviari T, Pettifor JM, Thacher TD, Meisner C, Arnaud J, Fischer PR. Rickets: an overview and future directions, with special reference to Bangladesh. A summary of the Rickets Convergence Group meeting, Dhaka, 26-27 January 2006. J Health Popul Nutr. Mar 2008;26(1):112-21.
- Oginni LM, Sharp CA, Badru OS, Risteli j, Davie MW, Worsfold M. Radiological and biochemical resolution of nutritional rickets with calcium. Arch Dis Child. Sep 2003;88(9):812-7.
- Pettifor JM. Nutritional rickets: deficiency of vitamin D, calcium, or both? Am J Clin Nutr. Dec 2004;80(6 Suppl):1725S-9S.
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Vitamin D Alerts
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients of a recall of multivitamins containing high amounts of vitamin D3. The FDA has received reports of several adverse events potentially associated with these compounded capsules made by Glades Drugs. Consumption of this product may result in vitamin D toxicity, which may be severe and may lead to life-threatening outcomes if left untreated.
"Many people are taking too much vitamin D," says Brigham and Women's Hospital researcher Dr. Joanne Manson. "When I heard that various groups are recommending 10,000 [international units] a day, or even 5,000 IUs a day routinely, I really want to say 'Show me the data, show me the evidence,' " she told the fifth estate.
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CIR Counseling Service
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For information about how to enroll in the CIR counseling program please email or call toll-free in the US and Canada 888.846.2474.
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Recovery Reports
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We are contacted daily by people with chronic illnesses who are looking for an effective treatment. Many ask us to provide evidence of efficacy in the form of statistics or stories. If you have recovered your health or had significant symptom improvement with Inflammation Therapy,
please help us 'pay it forward' by telling your story. We will post it in the public section of our website to encourage others. Any report, short or long, with or without objective data (e.g., lab results, imaging reports) would be helpful. Please email your story to us. Thank you!
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Quotes
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"I feel like I am doing better with good improvements." Hope
"Thank you for helping me recover. I'm so glad I found you, CIR!" Dorrie
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