The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (referred to as "Herx" often) is believed to be a reaction caused by organisms (bacteria) dying off and releasing toxins into the body faster than the body may comfortably handle it.
Kendra B Blythe wrote: > > What is a herx reaction? That term had been applied several times on this > list, and I wondered what it means. > Kendra > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:20:49 EDT [email protected] writes: > > Dear Kevin, > > > > I am far from an expert but I didn't have lyme (or any serious > > illness that > > I knew of) when I started CS and I started with just a few teaspoons > > per day > > and I had a herx reaction. > > > > Please stop or cut down your CS intake until the herx reaction > > subsides or > > stabilizes. 8 oz is too much to start with for anyone, in my view. > > A > > person's reaction should be tested slowly at first. Very slowly. > > > > Laura > > > > In a message dated 10/23/02 3:00:15 AM Central Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > PLEASE RESPOND TO [email protected] AS I AM NOT ABLE TO > > READ ALL > > > THE MESSAGES ON THE LIST SO I JUST DELETE THEM AUTOMATICALLY. > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am very sick with CS right now as evidenced by sleeping/being > > in a coma > > > for 4 days then slowly coming out of it and having , > > paradoxically, 1 day > > > where I can walk for 30 mins and feel 'OK' for 24-36 hours. > > > > > > I have VERY LONG TERM SEVERE LYME IN EVERY PART OF MY BODY so I > > don't > > expect > > > miracles, that would be stupid. > > > > > > What should I do ? Stop all together -> it's tempting to be less > > sick than > > > this sick, it's frightening. > > > > > > I believe that the CS is releasing way too much of the powerful > > acidic > > > toxins that the LD spirochete known to produce and which cause > > all of the > > > symptoms (exhuation, mental symptoms, weakness, and God knows what > > else > > ...). > > > I can see and smell it in my urine etc (sorry about explicit > > details). > > > > > > How some people can take 8 oz a day is beyond me. > > > > > > Any advice on dosage -> I'm thinking of stopping all together, > > this just > > isn' > > > t worth it, it's worsr than cancer therapy and I've seen that > > first hand. > > At > > > least those people died quickly. > > > > > > Jesus, this is hell on earth with no end in > > sight................ > > > > > > Kevin, manchester, UK > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > > silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: > > http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > Silver-list archive: > > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > >
