Marshall wrote a bit sarcastically I think, "They thought putting leaches on people was helpful too."
Actually, Marshall, I believe putting leaches on some people did serve a medically useful purpose and is still used today for the same medical purpose. Some physicians say that It removes blood from the patient in such a way that it helps to lower and keep at a safer lower level the ferritin (stored iron) in the patient. This is useful in people with a ferritin level considered to be excessive and dangerous. Physicians differ somewhat as to what is a safe and what is a dangerous ferrtin level. Today some physicians believe that we can get this ferritin lowering done by donating blood or dumping blood (with a prescription) at a blood collection center if done on a certain tight schedule. The trick is to trick the brain into signaling the body to release stored iron from cells and put them back into the bloodstream without lowering the ferritin too low. Who knows, maybe leaches steadily sucking blood accomplish this trickery better than pint blood donations spaced many weeks apart. A physician who still uses leaches may have the answer to this question. The people most likely in need of this bloodletting are said to be people with one or two genes that are said to be traceable back to the Celtic tribes of France. These genes enable the gene owner to absorb more iron from their food than the average person. Thus, leeching was popular in England where there are many inbred Celtic descendants (Celtics marrying Celtics). The medical problem is sometimes called hemochromatosis. Full blown hemochromatosis is said to occur when you have both of the two Celtic genes. One gene is said to be enough to get you a lot of iron in your cells if you don't engage in some kind of bloodletting. Some call it iron overload syndrome. Stored iron is said to promote (as a catalyst for oxidation) cell degradation, now called damage from oxygen free radicals. Chelation, oral and IV, may be another way of combating the problem. I conjecture as to whether spikey red blood cells may be related to this problem. I have noted that several major TV networks in the past few years have run short med news segments on the subject of blood donation with the advice to people of Western European descent that "your regular blood donations may be helping you the donor as much as it helps the donated blood recipient." Carlos LeClair at spiro...@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@execonn.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:12 PM Subject: Re: CS>Parasites are beneficial??? > mama2b...@aol.com wrote: > > > I'm almost embarrassed to say so but several people tell me internal > > parasites perform a vital function in the body. Old timers used to think > > they helped digest food. Of course I know better, so don't laugh at me. > > One doctor, a cancer specialist, says everyone has them and they "serve a > > purpose." Any comments? > > They thought putting leaches on people was helpful too. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
