Long
Term Remission and Alleviation of Symptoms in Allergy and Crohn's
Disease Patients Following Spinal Adjustment for Reduction of Vertebral
Subluxations
Background:
An association between visceral disease and immune dysfunction from
sympathetic segmental disturbances secondary to vertebral subluxation
has been put forward by chiropractic, osteopathic and medical
practitioners. We report on the positive results of a controlled study
using chiropractic adjustments to reduce subluxations in patients with
Crohn's disease and allergies. We also discuss possible mechanisms for
the relationship between visceral and immune dysfunction and
subluxation.
Methods:
We divided 57 Crohn's disease patients into two groups. A treatment
group consisting of 17 patients and a control group consisting of 34
patients. 6 patients were excluded from the study because of their
symptoms, progress and changes in blood test values and because
vertebral subluxations were present only in the lumbar region. With all
patients continuing their present medication, we subjected the
treatment group of 17 patients to spinal adjustment in order to reduce
the vertebral subluxations in the thoracic and lumbar regions and
compared them with the 34 patients who did not receive spinal
adjustments.
Results:
Of the 17 patients who received spinal adjustments,
12 showed long-term and stable remission of their symptoms and 9
experienced an alleviation effect. We found that vertebral subluxation
is a common and characteristic finding in patients with allergies and
Crohn's disease.
Conclusion:
According to the results of this study the possibility may be
considered that chronic nerve compression secondary to vertebral
subluxation in the thoracic and lumbar regions had a significant effect
on the immune function of these allergy and Crohn's disease patients.
It is further postulated that this nerve compression leads to a chronic
functional disorder having a significant effect on digestion,
absorption of nutrients and liquids, conveyance of food as well as
various other functions of the digestive tract extending to excretion.
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