Is Salt and Vitamin C a Cure for Morgellons Disease?
Morgellons Disease, a condition in which victims feel like millions of insects are crawling underneath their skin, has been an item of skepticism among both the medical and psychological communities. The lack of knowledge of the origin or the cure of Morgellons makes the claim for a cure very frustrating when the claim ends up as being false of fraudulent. The failure of doctors to recognize and diagnose the disease is also a hindrance for Morgellons sufferers. With the majority of the news and information coming from the internet, news interest television, and sketchy newspaper reports, the person looking for a cure has to rely on common sense to wade through all the misinformation out there. This text offers another solution that has worked for some and not for others.
Morgellons is often compared to Lyme disease, so the same holistic or home remedies are associated with those that have worked with Lyme’s. Both Lyme and Morgellons are being recognized as a bacterial disease, but they are both being scrutinized as an infestation of micofilarial worms. Micofilarial worms and bacteria live in a symbiotic relationship in which the actions and productions of each benefit the other. To get rid of both and ruin this relationship, researchers have recommended a treatment of using salt and vitamin C.
The treatment consists of 3 grams of salt and 300 grams of vitamin C be taken four times a day. A recommendation that the dosage not exceed 18 grams a day of either substance is suggested. The salt in your body will cause water weight and dehydration. Make sure you drink plenty of water watch for swelling. You can take salt tablets if you can’t stomach the taste of table salt straight up. Do not use salt with any additives, basic NaCl is the best for you. You can use any quality vitamin C supplement which you can find in any nutritional store or local big box store. Watch the amount you intake, the extra salt and vitamin C will cause some serious side effects if taken in excess.
Here is the downside to this treatment. Your body is going to go through some serious detoxification and will make you feel uncomfortable during the treatment. Not only is your body be undulated with an excess of both salt and vitamin C, but millions of bacteria is trying to leave your body at the same time. You will suffer from nausea or extreme diarrhea, another reason you need to drink plenty of water. Other symptoms might include more than normal sweating or body order. You are detoxifying your body and both the bacteria and the worms will try to find any escape they can from your, to them, poisoned body. If extreme conditions of the side effects are noticed, consult your doctor. It may be the doctor’s suggestion is that you quit the treatment entirely. Do not be discouraged. Give your body time to adjust and start the treatment again at a lower dosage. Remember that weight gain is a side effect of salt, your hands and feet may begin to swell. Again, see your doctor if you are worried about your health.