Symptoms of what we call “dis ease” are inflammation , including coughing , nasal dripping, pneumonia , fever that are caused by chemical messengers , symptoms are caused by (cytokine) proteins and the cascading effects of these in your body not by ” viruses”( that dont exist ) or by “germs”.
How your state of mind does effect your health and can cause disease: a mainstreamish dialog
The “parasympathetic nervous system”( another name for when you are being calm, present in the here and now without fear ) is about healing whereas in stress the “sympathetic nervous system”( fear , aka fight or flight) is all about tissue breakdown. You can see how stress( fear) can be a cause of disease( inflammation, tissue damage and disfunction ) as purely biochemical reactions. The body attacking itself as the idea of body is in the mind .
Stress, anxiety, anger it is all fear.
Stress causes the body to release proteins pro-inflammatory cytokines . These small proteins also signal other cells to release bradykinin and prostaglandins. Inducing synthesis of prostaglandins which are the central mediators of the coordinated responses leading to the needed fever. The blood vessels dilate to increase the number of inflammatory cells, white blood cells, tissue breakdown cascading protein cell death and mucus secretions. Hello pneumonia. Pneumonia is not a “new symptom” not a new dis ease it is just severe lung “inflammation”.
What’s more, because regular stress( fear) causes a chronic response , the body elicits a chronic response against something that’s not really dangerous. Allergic reactions have been found to increase in cases of stress. This is why meditation/mindfulness is critical and should be seen as primary in health to prevent dis-ease. Do all you can everyday to do things that make you relax and reconnect with nature as this is a very healing activity. Become aware of your inner state.
If your mind is telling the body that it is under attack, it is, and it will behave as though it is. Which means releasing protein chemical cascades, a physical inflammation reaction. Constant stress creates constant “inflammation” and that is what they call a “compromised immune system” . A body that’s always breaking down tissue and releasing proteins -inflammatory chemicals .
Its no surprise that chronic disease and medical conditions are at an all time high at the same time as fear = stress is also at a peak. If the medical system worked or was effective our health outcomes in westernized big pharma medical model would not have record numbers per capita of daily medicated chronically ill people.
Its a good time in our history to review what and how we think about dis ease and the whole medical system that seems to act primarily as a dis-empowering drug pusher for Big Pharma.
And to see the cause of illness.
The unhealed mind.
I havn't paid enough attention to dentists but having another root canal suggested for my mouth has sent me on an investigation and what I've found is disturbing. My dentist knows that your teeth and gums can reflect and cause disease elsewhere in your body but he's still pushing standard dental work, even amalgam to a guy who had his amalgam taken out 30 years ago.
Agree about fear but it's not just about fear. You need to keep yourself fit and keep away from modern medicine *and* dentistry.