Herx is also called a healing crisis. Bascially if a person has any type of chronic infection, the pathogens are usually able to hide from the immune system rather well.
Once you kill the pathogens they are no longer able to hide, and also if they are bacteria, they will spit open and spill their guts and often times toxins. The body reacts to the sudden visible presence of the pathogens (although dead), the spilled guts and toxins released upon killing of the pathogens. This reaction can vary from person to person, and from pathogen to pathogen. In some it may appear as an allergic reaction, ie. rash or itching, and in others it may appear as something similar to the flu. In call cases one should drink lots of water to flush out the toxins as quickly as possible. One would expect that when killing pathogens quickly enough to produce a Herx reaction then the level of pathogens should be dropping. Thus one should expect to be able to gradually increase their dosage of antibiotic (whether it be penecillin, CS or olive leave extract), until all pathogens are killed, and no Herx occurs no matter how much antibiotic is taken. (However pennecillin and Olive Leave extract can cause allergic reactions directly so one cannot be certain that Herx type symptoms will go away with them). One should be very aware of herx reactions. It can a person who is gravely ill if not monitored properly. Happens all the time in hospitals (which is a good reason to try to nip any infection in the bud). Marshall "G. T." wrote: > Could someone please explain the Herxheimer's response? Is it just > itching, or is it a rash? Thanks. GT > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail > message to: [email protected] -or- > [email protected] with the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: > [email protected] Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: > Mike Devour
