Do you know what prevention means to live peacefully by reducing the probability of contracting diseases? The topic requires further study.
Vaccines, preventive analysis, immune system and holistic vision
This article was born from the observation of some very polemical tones in the contrast between the various positions taken with respect to vaccines , without the claim of being exhaustive on a topic that would deserve entire treatises by several authors, but simply for the desire to give a vision of some aspects of the problem of diseases and pandemics that we don’t hear much about: obviously it is a holistic biased opinion but outside the polemics and absolutisms from which I feel I should distance myself.
Early diagnosis or true prevention: the holistic vision
In the allopathic vision, when we talk about prevention, no importance is given to the differences between people, to the efficiency of the immune system and to the daily behaviors useful for maintaining it.
Many people think that prevention is all about getting vaccinated, maybe even getting the flu shot to avoid getting sick in the winter, having blood tests done at regular intervals and other periodic tests to detect early-stage tumors such as colonoscopies, mammograms, pap tests and prostate tests. In these cases the correct term is not prevention of tumors, but rather early diagnosis , because nothing is done in the preventive phase to eliminate the tendency for a tumor to develop.
Are we sure this is enough?
And that all available vaccinations are necessary for everyone?
I note that rarely, together with requests for analysis and vaccinations, information is given on the right diet to keep one’s immune system efficient, to prevent the onset of tumors. There are well-documented studies on the correlation between certain foods or unhealthy behaviors and the onset of cancer, and there is clear data on how certain diets can be helpful in slowing the progression or keeping autoimmune diseases under control, and on how contact with certain environments or toxic substances can favor the weakening of the defenses.
In most cases these factors are not considered, just as it is not pointed out that an excess of repeated antibiotic therapies may have weakened the immune system, when things go well we are often generically advised to eat more fruit and vegetables and do a bit of exercise, without indicating what type of physical activity may be most suitable for the person in front of us.
A subjective analysis of the state of health
In the holistic vision, one cannot avoid making a subjective analysis of the person’s state of health , considering all aspects, the physical constitution, the emotional situation and the environment in which the person moves, all circumstances that influence the onset of problems and illnesses.
The simple question that comes to mind when – for example – there are flu epidemics is the following:
Why do some people, even when they come into contact with the same environment in which the virus spreads, not get sick, while others do?
And to follow:
What can be done to make a person stronger and more resistant to external attacks?
Certainly, increasing attention to the efficiency of one’s body and immune system, taking care of the ‘structure’ of the person, improving ‘the terrain’ in order to make it more resistant to bacterial or viral attacks are not impossible, expensive undertakings or ones that require decades of studies.
All it would take is a greater dissemination of 360-degree information on the efficiency and maintenance of the ‘human machine’ which is not only composed of organs in a mechanical functioning.
To understand better – and reiterating that this is one of the many mappings of natural therapies, there are in reality many others each very valid, I take an example from Kinesiology – a psychosomatic technique – in which the efficiency of the health system is traced back to three aspects:
- Structural : the physical structure, the system of bones, tendons and muscles
- Biochemistry : nutrition, minerals, vitamins, deficiencies and excesses
- Emotional : the psychological and emotional circumstances, how the person reacts to external events
It is important to be able to determine which of these groups is what makes us most weakened or strengthened and, also through self-analysis, therefore not always delegating the responsibility of our health to others, establish which are the components that are our ‘Achilles’ heel’ to keep under control and in balance.
From a general analysis it can be noted that there are people who get sick more easily when they are in a situation of emotional stress (typically the onset of cold sores in moments of stress), those who get the flu at a time when they have worked too much without allowing themselves the normal rest (the structure ‘gives way’ and forces the person to rest forcibly with a high fever), those who after excessive food , perhaps by overindulging in sugar, cheese and alcohol feel weakened and sickly and ‘always have a cold’.
