By Dr. Sally Daughtry
Tired of ‘living with’ allergy symptoms or ‘avoiding’ things to prevent symptoms? Do you have mysterious symptoms, an autoimmune disease, or bad reactions to foods, scents, mold, chemicals, hormones?
Low Dose Allergy/ Immunotherapy is an innovative treatment for allergies and negative immune responses to many things, including mold and mildew, vog, foods, inhaled items (like animal dander and pollen), and chemicals. It has a success/cure rate with these (normally hard to cure issues) of up to 80% (with an astounding 95% success in rash/eczema cases). LDA uses low doses of a specific mix of allergens prepared in a homeopathic manner. It is used by MDs and NDs who are specially trained through Dr Shrader, MD, through the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, for the relief of allergic responses (including both IgG and IgE mediated allergies). It is the only safe outpatient immunotherapy currently available for the treatment of IGE (immediate onset/anaphylactic) food allergies. This treatment has been used in the European Union since the 1960’s and is the only allergy treatment currently performed outside of a hospital setting in the UK. LDA has been used safely in the US by thousands of patients since 1965.
As a ‘cellular’ treatment, (in contrast, standard ‘scratch test type’ allergy therapy available in the US is a ‘humoral response’ therapy) LDA is consistent and aligned with the Naturopathic principle of treating the cause of disease rather than suppressing symptoms. LDA works to stop ‘molecular mimicry.’
Molecular mimicry is scientifically proven condition. It is a basic misunderstanding of the immune system which causes it to attack your own body tissues, causing a wide variety of problems and symptoms. LDA is very affordable (especially in contrast to standard allergy therapies), and it has a thoroughly documented long term safety record.
The exciting practice of LDA has recently been expanded to include the treatment of many different autoimmune diseases, such as hypothyroid/Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, and more, as Low Dose Immunotherapy. It is also being used for the ‘sequellae’ (negative after effects) of many infectious diseases, such as Lyme disease and Covid.
Can it help me? This nontoxic sublingual therapy can help many different conditions because it works by balancing and modulating the immune system. Because the immune system affects so many (all, in fact) organs, there are many, many symptoms and conditions that can be helped by LDA. It has been used most frequently for:
Food allergies
Hives, itching, rash,
Abdominal gas, bloating, constipation
Hayfever, Sinus infections/rhinitis, chronic stuffy nose
Colitis/IBS/Crohn’s disease, spastic colon
Rashes, Eczema
Interstitial cystitis (bladder pain)
Chemical Sensitivity, heavy metal sensitivity
Asthma
Migraines
ADHD/Hyperactivity
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, depression and anxiety
Yeast infections
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthritis or joint pain, especially that flares or ‘comes and goes’
Autoimmune diseas