Cypress Successful Cases

“23 year old male college student with depression, weight loss, gas, bloating, and sinus congestion.”

Presentation
This patient presented with a long standing history of digestive symptoms including diarrhea, nausea, gas, bloating, and the inability to gain weight. Virtually everything that the patient ate caused pain, discomfort and bloating in the abdomen. He also complained that he had chronic sinus congestion which worsened after meals. He reported losing 30 lbs over the past 2 years. He reported having many reactions to specific substances including eggs, milk, cheese, meat, mold, yeast, dust, and alcoholic beverages – he had a blood test and skin scratch test to confirm the reactive substances. When he consumed eggs, his personality changed drastically and he became very anxious and irritable. His spouse described him as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when he consumed eggs. Diarrhea immediately appeared on the consumption of any dairy product. Mucous was frequently found in the stools. Alcohol consumption caused extreme redness and itching of the skin, particularly around the eyes – he reported looking like a raccoon. The patient also complained of chronic fungal infections on both feet. On questioning, this patient reported having to visit the emergency room several times during his life for abdominal pain. This patient had seen several different doctors and specialists in the past, both alternative and mainstream, with very little improvement. This patient had had a lot of previous laboratory work to rule out any significant pathology. This patient was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome by his previous doctor and referred to a psychiatrist for evaluation.

Analysis
After reviewing all of this patient’s previous lab work, he was found to have several digestive abnormalities which didn’t improve with past treatment measures by other doctors. A comprehensive digestive stool analysis showed maldigestion of protein and fat, and “leaky gut syndrome”, which is a weakness in the lining of the intestinal tract that allows undigested food molecules to reach the bloodstream and react with the immune system. This is the underlying cause of what created the allergies that he was experiencing. The most likely cause of this patient’s chronic illness was a combination of longstanding poor food choices mixed with an inherent deficiency in his capacity to adequately digest food. Basically, he was born with a low functioning digestive system which became increasingly burdened over the years until it could no longer deal with the strain it was under. At this point is when significant symptoms most likely started. Previous treatment measures were focused on eliminating the yeast in the intestinal tract, but it always returned. Adequate digestion is essential in order to prevent overgrowth of yeast (candida), bacteria, and parasites in the digestive tract. By focusing on the elimination of the yeast, the underlying cause remained untreated. In order to treat the underlying cause of illness, digestive function needed to be increased while removing all the burdens on the digestive tract (in this case it was all the allergies).

Treatment
This patient was started on a full spectrum digestive enzyme supplement which included support for the digestion of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. He was also started on a high potency probiotic in order to optimize proper bowel flora. This patient was referred for NAET to permanently remove the allergies that he was experiencing.

Over the course of 2 months, through NAET, it was discovered that this patient was allergic to eggs, dairy, mold, yeast, alcohol, and dust. Each allergen was treated over this time. With NAET, a single allergen is treated at one time and then the patient must avoid that allergen for 25 hours. Once the 25 hours is complete, it is common that the allergic substance can be added back into the diet or that the patient no longer reacts when exposed to the substance. It is quite phenomenal. General acupuncture was also used to strengthen digestive function and promote balance within the body.

After 2 months, this patient was able to eat a wide variety of foods without any of the previous complaints of abdominal pain, gas, bloating, or diarrhea. The patient’s weight returned to normal and the sinus congestion was almost completely eliminated. The patient no longer experienced the redness and itchiness of the skin when exposed to alcohol. Emotionally, this patient felt like a weight had been lifted from him. His energy dramatically improved and he reported a drastic increase in mental clarity. The patient remains well, and free from his previous allergy symptoms.