Mothers often bring their children to the practice because they have been easily ill since the start of kindergarten – repeated colds, snuffles and coughs. Some of them ask, whether all the vaccinations are not supposed to protect the children from illness? Interesting enough, mothers whose children are not immunized report that their children are very stable, not at all so susceptible to colds and coughs like the other children. The many vaccinations concern mostly serious and fatal diseases which fortunately do not occur in the normal kindergarten. Rather, the many vaccinations given far too early nowadays put such great demands on the young and immature immune system, that the body becomes susceptible to the banal infections. The immune system is continuously occupied with building up defence against the vaccinated diseases.

This susceptibility to infections, which can be assumed to be normal in kindergarten age, has to do with the immune system. The system has to go through such “training” to be used to and be strengthened against illnesses.  If a child suffers too much from a weak immune defence, a microbiological therapy of the intestinal flora, a self-transfusion treatment or homoeopathy can offer help. Often, there are additional factors such as an inborn allergic (atopic) tendency and unfavorable nutrition (e.g. cow’s milk products and too much sugar). Sometimes, repeated respiratory tract infections are early signs of asthma or hay fever.

Adults also become susceptible to infections in situations of stress, crisis and exhaustion. Parallel to respiratory tract infections, symptoms of the bowels are not uncommon. 70 to 80 % of the immune system is triggered through the bowels. A “cleansing” of the bowels is thus all the more important for strengthening the immune system. Supportive therapies such as Ozone treatment and supplementation of important trace elements through infusions – orthomolecular or vitality medicine – are also helpful.