A study of 60 patients with IBS symptoms and what is causing them

Introduction

This paper is a follow up to a paper I recently presented entitled “IBS – The Causes, Symptoms and Cure” (read the paper here) in which, amongst other topics, I explained:

1. Why Clinical Homeopathy considers IBS to be an amalgam of symptoms caused by specific pathogens (whether bacteriological, viral, parasitic, fungal or otherwise) and not (for want of a better word) a “real”, stand alone, disease/illness.

and

2. Why mainstream medicine is so spectacularly unsuccessful in treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

As a Clinical Homeopath, I consider that to deal with IBS one needs only to follow this simple equation:

Find the Cause + Remove the Cause = Get Better

To support this position, I now present data drawn from 60 IBS cases that, over the last 18 months, I have successfully treated by isolating and treating the actual pathogens that cause the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

The Main Causes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

What was most surprising is that the data showed that just over 96% of all the IBS cases were attributable to just 10 pathogenic groups (see Table 1.).

In almost every IBS case (94%) at least two pathogens were present and in 11 IBS cases (19%) four or more pathogens were present (see Table 2.).

Of course, it is not possible to tell from the data which pathogen is the primary agent. It is quite probable that there is no primary agent but rather it is the amalgamated impact of whatever pathogens are present.

Nor is it possible to tell in which order each pathogen was “caught” by the patient. However, I believe it is reasonable to conclude that, once an initial pathogen has become established, it is correspondingly easier for any subsequent pathogen “caught” to be able to establish itself because of the weakening effect of the first (or previous in cases of multiple pathogens) on the immune system.

As more pathogens take advantage of the weakening state of the immune system so the patient displays more and more symptoms of IBS. This does seem to correlate to the fact that the worst affected patients I treated had multiple pathogens present.

Table 1:
Pathogens Present in 60 Patients Suffering with IBS Symptoms

The Average Number of Pathogens found in each case was 2.75

*Pathogen Families have been grouped together. For example Brucella Abortus Bang, Brucella Abortus Bang Strain 19, Brucella Melitensis and other Brucella Bacteria that were found, are grouped together.

Table 2.
Number of Pathogens Present In Patients Suffering from IBS Symptoms

The “Double Whammy” of Inherited Toxins (Miasms)

In homeopathy it is well known that the majority of us carry inherited toxins known as “Miasms”. These inherited toxins have usually been passed down through a number of generations but still have the power to affect us. The most commonly found miasms are Luesinum (from Syphilis), Medorrhinum (from Gonorrhoea) and Bacillinum (from Tuberculosis).

Table 3.
Miasms Present In Patients Suffering from IBS Symptoms

Those who carry one or more of these miasms tend to be more susceptible to certain illnesses and are more often affected by such issues as arthritis, neuralgia, asthma, digestive problems, urinary infections, migraines etc. I have also observed that people with miasms tend to have a weaker digestive system than those who do not carry an inherited toxin and as a consequence are more likely to have multiple problems in this area.

At least one miasm was found in 65% of the study group. Such a large percentage does seem to suggest that there is a definite link between IBS and carrying an inherited toxin.

My view is that the inherited toxin has a weakening effect on an individual’s immune system thus allowing pathogens a better chance of getting established.

This is, as yet, unproven, but I am currently analysing the data I have amassed from patients with the two other major “untreatable” illnesses of our time, ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and Eczema/Psoriasis to see if the same patterns emerge.

Conclusion: What Does This Mean To Sufferers of IBS?

The data I have collected shows that, for the vast majority of IBS sufferers, there are generally only a very few main pathogens causing their symptoms.

One can reasonably conclude from this that, if they are able to confirm which pathogen(s) they have, they can (for the first time) actually treat the real causes of their condition with a real expectation of getting completely better.

However, the problem IBS sufferers face is how to diagnose which pathogens are present.

As far as I am aware, the only accurate method of diagnosing which pathogens are present is Bio-Electric Functions Diagnosis, as used by Clinical Homeopathy.

Very simply, Bio-Electric Functions Diagnosis measures the changes in galvanic skin reaction at specific acupuncture points when pathogens are introduced. By recording these changes a practitioner can confirm which pathogens are present in the body.

Once the pathogen(s) has/have been isolated the Clinical Homeopath can then treat the patient with a derivative of the pathogen(s) found, following the principles Hahnemann.

Of course, mainstream medicine will immediately decry this as un-proven, un-scientific hokum.

But the fact of the matter is that mainstream medicine has been spectacularly unsuccessful in its attempts to treat IBS whilst many thousands of real people with IBS have been treated and cured by Clinical Homeopathy.

© 2009 G. Wimbourne

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