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Flourescent Lights Cause of Certain Conditions
Fluorescent Light Bulbs Linked with Eczema, Seizures, Migraines, Skin Rashes
by David Gutierrez
(NaturalNews) Health advocates have warned that the United Kingdom's plan to phase out conventional light bulbs in favor of fluorescents may lead to serious health problems for people with light-sensitive medical conditions.
"Incandescent light bulbs are the only source of electric light for many thousands of people with light-sensitive conditions," said Andrew Langford, chief executive officer of the Skin Care Campaign. "Add to this the thousands of people whose conditions or treatments may secondarily cause them to be light sensitive, and you have a large number of people potentially being isolated in the dark.
The British government plans to ban the sale of the less energy-efficient incandescent light bulbs after 2011, as part of an effort to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But according to health advocates including the Skin Care Campaign, Spectrum and even the British Association of Dermatologists, fluorescent light bulbs are known to worsen skin rashes in people with a variety of diseases and conditions including dermatitis, eczema, lupus, photosensitivity, porphyria and Xeroderma Pigmentosum.
Fluorescent bulbs have also been known to cause migraines and even seizures in epileptics.
Approximately 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have medical conditions that make their skin sensitive to fluorescent light.
The groups warned that a complete ban on incandescent lighting for people with such conditions would violate the Disability Discrimination Act, and that employers should also be allowed to purchase incandescent lights if their employees have a need for them.
"It is important that patients with photosensitive skin eruptions are allowed to use lights that don't exacerbate their condition," said Dr Colin Holden, president of the British Association of Dermatologists. "It is essential that such patients are able to protect themselves from specific wavelengths of light emitted by fluorescent bulbs, especially as they are often trapped indoors because they can't venture out in natural sunlight."
by David Gutierrez
(NaturalNews) Health advocates have warned that the United Kingdom's plan to phase out conventional light bulbs in favor of fluorescents may lead to serious health problems for people with light-sensitive medical conditions.
"Incandescent light bulbs are the only source of electric light for many thousands of people with light-sensitive conditions," said Andrew Langford, chief executive officer of the Skin Care Campaign. "Add to this the thousands of people whose conditions or treatments may secondarily cause them to be light sensitive, and you have a large number of people potentially being isolated in the dark.
The British government plans to ban the sale of the less energy-efficient incandescent light bulbs after 2011, as part of an effort to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But according to health advocates including the Skin Care Campaign, Spectrum and even the British Association of Dermatologists, fluorescent light bulbs are known to worsen skin rashes in people with a variety of diseases and conditions including dermatitis, eczema, lupus, photosensitivity, porphyria and Xeroderma Pigmentosum.
Fluorescent bulbs have also been known to cause migraines and even seizures in epileptics.
Approximately 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have medical conditions that make their skin sensitive to fluorescent light.
The groups warned that a complete ban on incandescent lighting for people with such conditions would violate the Disability Discrimination Act, and that employers should also be allowed to purchase incandescent lights if their employees have a need for them.
"It is important that patients with photosensitive skin eruptions are allowed to use lights that don't exacerbate their condition," said Dr Colin Holden, president of the British Association of Dermatologists. "It is essential that such patients are able to protect themselves from specific wavelengths of light emitted by fluorescent bulbs, especially as they are often trapped indoors because they can't venture out in natural sunlight."
Death by Doctors - RIP Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac Another Casualty of Conventional Medicine?
by Mike Adams (see all articles by this author)
(NaturalNews) The number of famous people dying at the hands of conventional medical doctors is increasing at an alarming rate. Today comedian Bernie Mac (best known for appearing in Oceans Eleven and The Bernie Mac Show) died following hospitalization and treatment for pneumonia. At the young age of 50, Bernie Mac joins an increasing roster of other notable celebrities who have died while being treated with conventional pharmaceuticals or chemotherapy: Heath Ledger, Peter Jennings, Tim Russert and many more.
Pneumonia is the name given to a common infection that fails to be properly handled by the body's own immune system. Bernie Mac's immune system, it turns out, was suppressed by pharmaceuticals due to treatments for an autoimmune disorder he was previously diagnosed with, called sarcoidosis.
The most common treatments for sarcoidosis are dangerous steroids (like Prednisone) or immune system suppressing drugs like Methotrexate. Following his treatment with one or both of these pharmaceuticals, Bernie Mac was described as having his sarcoidosis go into "remission." That's conventional medicine's code word for masking symptoms with dangerous chemicals while ignoring the underlying cause of the disease.
"Sarcoidosis," meanwhile, is just a fancy-sounding name for an out-of-control autoimmune response caused by an imbalanced immune system which is disrupted by dietary imbalances and exposure to toxic chemicals through processed foods, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and other environmental sources (like pesticides or cleaning solvents). Bernie Mac didn't really have sarcoidosis; he was merely given that label by doctors who attached a fancy name to a pattern of symptoms that Bernie Mac expressed.
How doctors destroyed Bernie Mac's immune system
Rather than addressing the underlying causes of his autoimmune disorders, doctors pumped him up with more chemicals that suppressed his immune system. From there, Bernie Mac was a pneumonia case just waiting to happen, because at that point he was walking around with a suppressed immune system.
In my opinion, this is why Bernie Mac has now passed away: Because his doctors destroyed his immune system and called it "treatment" for a disease, practically guaranteeing that he would be vulnerable to infections. Meanwhile, doctors completely ignored the underlying lifestyle factors that Bernie should have been told were causing his symptoms in the first place.
Bernie Mac was a brilliant comedian. He was wildly entertaining in Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve and other movies in which he appeared.
He radiated a likeable charm and possessed a captivating wit both on and off the screen. Sadly, conventional medicine's dangerous medications have hastened his death and taken from us an uplifting artist who could have lived another 20 - 30 years if he had not has his life stolen from him by modern medicine.
Modern medicine takes another talented soul from our world
Modern medical treatments are the leading cause of death in the western world, surpassing even the number of people killed by cancer. That's because most cancer deaths, of course, are actually "deaths by medicine." It is the chemotherapy that kills the patient before the cancer! Individuals who put their faith in modern medicine are playing roulette with their lives, and many of them pay the ultimate price for that misplaced faith.
So what should Bernie Mac have done instead? It's simple: Visit a naturopath, get off all the chemicals and medications, eliminate all the junk from his diet (processed foods, etc.) and transition to a mostly plant-based diet rich in superfoods and living foods. His lung condition would have disappeared and his immune system would have been strong enough to withstand common infections. (He also would have experienced increased energy and lost some excess body fat.)
But doctors never told Bernie Mac this information. They never even gave him the option to be healthy. Doctors are predominantly in the business of causing the deaths of patients through a process of authoritative ignorance -- keeping patients unaware of natural alternatives, and thereby forcing them to rely on toxic treatments that unfortunately harm more people than they help.
I truly believe that Bernie Mac would be alive right now if he had been given the option to pursue natural medicine (which BOOSTS immune function) rather than conventional medicine (with DESTROYS immune function).
Bernie Mac will be missed.
I agree with the Author, everyone should follow their heart but at the same time remain openminded to alternative non destructive modalities. BettiAnne
by Mike Adams (see all articles by this author)
(NaturalNews) The number of famous people dying at the hands of conventional medical doctors is increasing at an alarming rate. Today comedian Bernie Mac (best known for appearing in Oceans Eleven and The Bernie Mac Show) died following hospitalization and treatment for pneumonia. At the young age of 50, Bernie Mac joins an increasing roster of other notable celebrities who have died while being treated with conventional pharmaceuticals or chemotherapy: Heath Ledger, Peter Jennings, Tim Russert and many more.
Pneumonia is the name given to a common infection that fails to be properly handled by the body's own immune system. Bernie Mac's immune system, it turns out, was suppressed by pharmaceuticals due to treatments for an autoimmune disorder he was previously diagnosed with, called sarcoidosis.
The most common treatments for sarcoidosis are dangerous steroids (like Prednisone) or immune system suppressing drugs like Methotrexate. Following his treatment with one or both of these pharmaceuticals, Bernie Mac was described as having his sarcoidosis go into "remission." That's conventional medicine's code word for masking symptoms with dangerous chemicals while ignoring the underlying cause of the disease.
"Sarcoidosis," meanwhile, is just a fancy-sounding name for an out-of-control autoimmune response caused by an imbalanced immune system which is disrupted by dietary imbalances and exposure to toxic chemicals through processed foods, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and other environmental sources (like pesticides or cleaning solvents). Bernie Mac didn't really have sarcoidosis; he was merely given that label by doctors who attached a fancy name to a pattern of symptoms that Bernie Mac expressed.
How doctors destroyed Bernie Mac's immune system
Rather than addressing the underlying causes of his autoimmune disorders, doctors pumped him up with more chemicals that suppressed his immune system. From there, Bernie Mac was a pneumonia case just waiting to happen, because at that point he was walking around with a suppressed immune system.
In my opinion, this is why Bernie Mac has now passed away: Because his doctors destroyed his immune system and called it "treatment" for a disease, practically guaranteeing that he would be vulnerable to infections. Meanwhile, doctors completely ignored the underlying lifestyle factors that Bernie should have been told were causing his symptoms in the first place.
Bernie Mac was a brilliant comedian. He was wildly entertaining in Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve and other movies in which he appeared.
He radiated a likeable charm and possessed a captivating wit both on and off the screen. Sadly, conventional medicine's dangerous medications have hastened his death and taken from us an uplifting artist who could have lived another 20 - 30 years if he had not has his life stolen from him by modern medicine.
Modern medicine takes another talented soul from our world
Modern medical treatments are the leading cause of death in the western world, surpassing even the number of people killed by cancer. That's because most cancer deaths, of course, are actually "deaths by medicine." It is the chemotherapy that kills the patient before the cancer! Individuals who put their faith in modern medicine are playing roulette with their lives, and many of them pay the ultimate price for that misplaced faith.
So what should Bernie Mac have done instead? It's simple: Visit a naturopath, get off all the chemicals and medications, eliminate all the junk from his diet (processed foods, etc.) and transition to a mostly plant-based diet rich in superfoods and living foods. His lung condition would have disappeared and his immune system would have been strong enough to withstand common infections. (He also would have experienced increased energy and lost some excess body fat.)
But doctors never told Bernie Mac this information. They never even gave him the option to be healthy. Doctors are predominantly in the business of causing the deaths of patients through a process of authoritative ignorance -- keeping patients unaware of natural alternatives, and thereby forcing them to rely on toxic treatments that unfortunately harm more people than they help.
I truly believe that Bernie Mac would be alive right now if he had been given the option to pursue natural medicine (which BOOSTS immune function) rather than conventional medicine (with DESTROYS immune function).
Bernie Mac will be missed.
I agree with the Author, everyone should follow their heart but at the same time remain openminded to alternative non destructive modalities. BettiAnne
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Just Saying Hello Again
Hopefully everyone just checks the info and finds what they are looking for because this is a quiet, quiet area.
Newbie here
I have been with EONS for quite awhile
I have Lupus, Fibro, Sleep apnea, diabetes and several other health issues.
I have Lupus, Fibro, Sleep apnea, diabetes and several other health issues.
Just thought I'd pop in & say hi again!
Summer is so beneficial to the skin. Hope everyone is using it moderately. Take care !!!
Hello and new...
....I suffer from both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. The first started when I was in 8th grade. It came and went throughout my whole life. But within the last few years...well several few years the arthritis side started. My entire right hand looks pretty gnarly. If I could get my money back on all the gallons of milk, orange juice, coffee caraffes--well I'd be sitting pretty! LOL
I eventually adjusted. I mean what else can we do? And docs started me on different meds. 2 1/2 years ago I started Enbrel....is has been the best drug for me. But now our new insurance company will only allow one 50 mg shot a week...where prior to this, I was taking 2 50 mg shots a week. Pain is coming back, but mildly for now. I fear winter. And my psoriasis that was getting under control, well it's rearing it's ugly head again...
But that's just a small part of me...I am a SAHM of 3 girls... I am married, I love to read, crochet, do word games, play tetris, be on my computer--make webpages, sig tags, and meet new and interesting friends!
G'nite everyone and have a great week!
Xsie =))
I eventually adjusted. I mean what else can we do? And docs started me on different meds. 2 1/2 years ago I started Enbrel....is has been the best drug for me. But now our new insurance company will only allow one 50 mg shot a week...where prior to this, I was taking 2 50 mg shots a week. Pain is coming back, but mildly for now. I fear winter. And my psoriasis that was getting under control, well it's rearing it's ugly head again...
But that's just a small part of me...I am a SAHM of 3 girls... I am married, I love to read, crochet, do word games, play tetris, be on my computer--make webpages, sig tags, and meet new and interesting friends!
G'nite everyone and have a great week!
Xsie =))
Hello All
I manage to battle both Psoriasis ( female side - male side inherits Gout & Diabetes ) & Desert Valley Fever ( acquired in the Southwest-inhalation of spores ) without medications. I have a full life and you would never know I have any "diseases". I smoke like a fiend & I eat all the carbs I like. Could be genetics....but I believe I know why my body is easily maintained. And everyone has their own fix. My best to all. Bobbi
