Infection Protection: How to Fight the Germs That Make You Sick PDF
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HOWTOFIGHTTHEGERMS THATMAKEYOUSICK Infection Protection L RONALD M. KLATZ, M.D., D.O., AND ROBERT M. GOLDMAN, M.D., D.O., PH.D. WITH CATHERINE CEBULA Dedication L Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. —American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi This work pays tribute to the thousands of medical innovators who, despite the harshest of circumstances and intellectual climates,perse- vered to accomplish some of the greatest advancements through which medicine has evolved for the betterment of its patients. Take the example of the now obvious recommendation that to avoid spreading infectious diseases, physicians wash their hands and medical instruments between patient examinations. In the 1850s, Hungarian physician Dr.Ignas Semmelweiss noticed that fewer of his patients were dying since he had adopted this procedure.Year after year, Semmelweiss held steadfastly to the notion that his colleagues follow his advice. He was called all sorts of names for what was branded a strange and preposterous theory. In an ironic twist, Sem- melweiss died of an infectious disease contracted as a patient in a local hospital.Today we owe a great debt to Dr.Semmelweiss for maintain- ing an unwavering commitment to his beliefs—beliefs that ultimately improved medical care for every man, woman, and child in every nation across the globe. Dedication [ iii ] The great leap in health care of the twenty-first century is offered by antiaging medicine.A patient-centric, wellness-based model that delivers life-enhancing and life-extending medical care, antiaging medicine is a medical specialty that applies advanced scientific and medical technologies for the prevention, early detection, treatment, and reversal of age-related diseases.It is a health care model promot- ing innovative science and research to prolong the healthy life span in humans.As such, antiaging medicine is based on principles of sound and responsible medical care that are consistent with those applied in other preventive health specialties. As Dr. von Szent-Gyorgyi intimated, the success of antiaging physicians,health practitioners,and scientists is in their ability to see what everyone else has seen but to think anew with this evidence.To this spirit of unbridled creativity and relentless pursuit of the same, the authors pay tribute and dedicate this work. May each of us alive today, and the generations to follow, reap the life-enhancing, life- extending benefits of the seeds that the innovative science of antiaging medicine is sowing today. With our most sincere wishes for your personal longevity. ronald m. klatz, m.d., d.o., president robert m. goldman, m.d., d.o., ph.d., chairman american academy of anti-aging medicine A nonprofit medical society of 10,000 physicians, health practitioners,and scientists hailing from 60 countries worldwide who believe, “Aging is not inevitable.” [ v ] They’re everywhere on us,in us,around us;they are a life force without which humans could not survive.We are as whales floating in a sea of microorganisms,most of which ignore us, some of which sustain us,and a few of which would like to eat us. Contents L PerectBound E-Book Extras Travel-Wise vs.Travel-Weary Resolution to Reduce Stress Ageless Beauty L Epigraph vii Preface xv Please Read—Important Notice xix Introduction:From Immunity to Infinity 1 1: It’s a Bug’s Life 5 Be Afraid,Be Very Afraid—Germs Are Out to Get You! Horror Headlines Biological Terrorism Fearful Forecasts Heart Disease Stroke Cancer Alzheimer’s Disease Bug-Busting Blockbusters [ viii ] Contents 2: Sworn to Defend, Protect, and Serve 45 The Endocrine System:Command and Control Central The Immune System:The Defense Department The Lymphatic System:Soldiers That Battle Invaders The Nervous System:Sentries Watching Over the Immune Response Bug-Busting Blockbusters 3: You Are What You Eat 65 The Digestive Process Modern-Day Dining Trends Food-Borne Disease Food Safety for Home Food Safety for Dining Out Stomach Health in the Age of Rising Food-Borne Disease Bug-Busting Blockbusters 4: Digestion, Immunity, and Parasites 90 Flora Bowel Function Using Natural Products Bug-Busting Blockbusters 5: Bladder, Kidneys, and Genitourinary Complaints 109 Urinary Tract Infections Yeast Overgrowth and Infection Vaginal Infections Bacterial Prostatitis Bug-Busting Blockbusters 6: The Breath of Life: The Respiratory System 123 Sneezing Coughing Colds and Flu Pneumonia Sinusitis Ear Infections Asthma Tuberculosis Contents [ ix ] Mononucleosis Meningitis Bug-Busting Blockbusters 7: More Than Skin Deep 158 Hands Abrasions Bites Streptococcus and Staphylococcus Ringworm Stubborn Nail Fungus Lice Bug-Busting Blockbusters 8: ABCs of Hepatitis 181 Types of Hepatitis Basics About Hepatitis A,B,and C The Nation’s Blood Supply Bug-Busting Blockbusters 9: Oral Infections 196 Watch Your Mouth Gum Disease Tooth Decay Bad Breath Canker Sores Bug-Busting Blockbusters 10:STD Fundamentals 209 A Triad of Diseases with a Common Viral Basis Risky Business All About STDs Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Bug-Busting Blockbusters
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