The Herxheimer Effect Named after German physician Karl Herxheimer, M.D., Herxheimer's Effect, also called the Janish-Herxheimer effect (or Herx, for short) basically can be a side effect of any antibiotic or antibiotic-like treatment, be it Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE), pharmaceutical, herbal, or colloidal silver. When it kills pathogens faster than your eliminative organs are able to remove them from the system, it manifests itself generally with flu-like symptoms. These can include headaches, soreness/swelling in joints, swollen glands, bloating, constipation, skin rashes, diarrhea and numerous other discomforts.
Many people are in good enough physical/systemic condition to not have any noticeable indication of Herx. Those who are generally well (but not totally healthy, and many do not realize this), are surprised by and anxious to get rid of the discomfort. Relief will generally come within a day or two of stopping the medication/therapy and drinking large amounts of water to help the system flush the toxins out. Hopefully they will resume the treatment at a lesser dosage, then slowly increase the dosage. However, many who have experienced long term chronic illnesses look forward to these side effects, as an indicator that what they are doing/taking is working, and try to maintain a tolerable level of discomfort until they effect submission/ remission of their condition. _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca -- 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 <[email protected]>
