Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Role of Fever (A Philosophical Explanation)

The experiments of Dr. Kluger and Bernheim at the Department of Physiology, University of Michigan demonstrate the the value of fever as a bodily defense mechanism. This has been the position of the chiropractor for many years and, at Selimo Chiropractic located in the Parsippany area, I share the same belief as that of Dr. Kluger and Bernheim. However, the fact remains that at times fever can be harmful. It can lead to convulsions and on rare occasions, brain damage. It appears there are two types of fever. For the purpose of this three part article we will refer to them as harmful and beneficial.
In this three part article I will be explaining the types of fevers and the benefits and/or dangers of these fevers. Then I will be informing you on the fallacy of a so called "normal temperature". Lastly, I will explain the vital role chiropractic plays in this and its role in your overall health.
Before I address the types of fever, there is a very important philosophical principle to keep in mind. Each and everyone of us have a built in wisdom that governs and runs the body. This intelligence, known as the "Innate Intelligence" will never do anything to harm the tissues in which it resides. That would not be intelligent and the innate intelligence always functions intelligently. Since the innate intelligence will never do anything to harm the body and since fevers can be harmful, it logically follows that the temperature regulating mechanism is able to dysfunction. The location of the temperature-regulating mechanism and the means by which the dysfunction occurs is not necessary to a philosophical discussion, but it is related directly to nerve interference at the vertebral level. At Selimo Chiropractic, located in the Parsippany area, I have experienced adjusting a small, feverish child brought in by a concerned parent and seeing the body normalize its temperature almost immediately. This is a clinical demonstration of the body's ability to regulate itself and do it much better without vertebral subluxation. This was obviously a harmful fever which the body did not want. It was due to a dysfunction of the fever-regulating mechanism. When the interference was removed the body began to work better and normalized the temperature almost immediately.
This is the first type of fever. I will be explaining the beneficial fever in
my next blog.

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