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Welcome
The e-books "HISTAMINE CONFUSION" and "CANDIDA CONFUSION" are now available at www.confusionshop.com
IMMUNE CLINIC LONDON
 We test for and treat immune deficiencies in central London’s Integrated Immune Clinic. Clinic director Dirk Budka and a team of highly qualified and successful conventional and complementary practitioners will help to increase your immunity and fight immune diseases.
We are specialised in CFS, Histamine Intolerance, Histaminosis, IBS related symptoms, long term viral and bacterial infections, skin diseases.
For tests we use our own laboratories and partner-labs all over Europe. For treatment we often use PHOTO LASER MEDICINE/LLLT (low level laser therapy).
To read more about it:
www.lasercliniclondon.com
Top Picture: Hepatitisvirus
courtesy CDC, Atlanta
for Chronic Fatigue Syndrom click here
visit our research website and read about our exiting projects:
- Snake Venom
- HistRelief/Histamine Intolerance
- Systemic Laser Treatment
- Colonic Irrigation Contra-indications
go to
www.immuneclinicresearch.com
Our Snake Venom Research on TV:
Title of the shows “The Man Who Injects Venom”
16th of March 2010 on ANIMAL PLANET, USA (Discovery)
14th of April 2010 on UK Channel 5
repeats in Autumn 2010
We are specialists in:
Gastrointestinal disorders
Chronic Fatigue
Hypersensitivity Disorders
Histaminosis
Histamine Intolerance
Systemic Laser Therapy
THIS PAGE:
LINKS
OUR APPROACH
OUR ADDRESS
WHAT ARE IMMUNE DISORDERS?
THE DEGENERATION OF OUR IMMUNE-SYSTEM
TESTS AND PRACTITIONERS
e-mail: aimcinfo@gmail.com
Address
121 Crawford Street
London W1U 6BE
Our other websites:
for Nutrition London click here
for IBS Forum click here
for Bacteria Clinic click here
for Parasite Clinic click here
for Laser Clinic London click here
for MSML Laboratories click here
for the Stop Ready Meals Campaign click here
for Information about Histamine Intolerance click here
IMMUNE CLINIC LONDON
OUR APPROACH
The integrated immune clinic London has an interdisciplinary approach to immune diseases, which includes psychology, neuroscience, immunology, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry, behavioural medicine, infectious diseases, healing, etc.
When approaching immune disorders, we sometimes have to look at the interactions between psychological processes with the nervous and immune system. The immune system and the nervous system are linked in several ways. One well-known connection involves the adrenal glands. In response to stress messages from the brain, the adrenal glands release hormones into the blood. In addition to helping a person to respond to emergencies by mobilizing the body’s energy reserves, these “stress hormones” can stifle the protective effects of antibodies and lymphocytes.
Hormones and other chemicals known to convey messages among nerve cells have been found to “speak” to cells of the immune system. Indeed, some immune cells are able to manufacture typical nerve cell products, while some lymphokines can transmit information to the nervous system. What’s more, the brain may send messages directly down nerve cells to the immune system. Networks of nerve fibres have been found connecting to the lymphoid organs.
We are also highly qualified in microbial diseases/microbial detection:
BACTERIA
PARASITES
VIRUSES
FUNGI/YEASTS
OUR ADDRESS
Dirk Budka and his staff practice in own clinics and laboratories in London, Belgium, Jordan, Germany and USA:
One Life Clinic/
Sherlock Holmes Pharmacy
82a Baker Street
London W1U 6AA
02079351540
WHAT ARE IMMUNE DISORDERS?
There are overactive, underactive and inflammatory immune disorders and autoimmune diseases. It is not always possible to categorize them clearly into one group:
- an underactive immune disorder could be at the same time an inflammatory disease,
- what was formerly categorized as an overactive immune disorder is seen by some scientist as an underactive problem,
- there is growing evidence, that some autoimmune disorders are triggered/caused by bacteria and viruses.
Some examples of immune diseases:
overactive immune disorders include allergies, asthma, urticaria/hives, rhinitis, eczema;
underactive immune disorders include influenza, HIV, hepatitis C, hepatitis B, cancer and many infections which are caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites;
inflammatory immune disorders include fibromyalgia, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis;
autoimmune disorders include diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis.
Cytomegalovirus: an infection
of the lungs. Picture courtesy of CDC.
THE DEGENERATION OF OUR IMMUNE-SYSTEM
It is a sad fact that the immune strength declines with age. In recent years it has become clear that this immune-system decay, which contributes to age-related frailty, suffering and death is NOT caused by a wide range of immunological threats, but one type of virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), is largely responsible for the entire problem.
One main reason the immune system fails with age appears to be that chronic infections by the likes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) cause too many of the immune cells to be specialised. Our immune system has evolved to get rid of acute infections in young bodies but it has not been selected to get rid of subclinical viral infections in old age. ...
The constant attempt to suppress slow-acting viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) will throw the immune system out of balance ... CMV is a passive infection in many old people - and more and more of the immune system is devoted to fighting it.
- Your immune system is capped in its use of resources; it can only have a set number of T cells in operation at one time.
- A reserve of naive T cells is needed to effectively respond to new threats. These are untrained cells that will be educated and drafted to combat new intrusions.
- A small reserve of memory cells is needed to respond effectively to previously encountered threats - one reserve per threat.
- The more threats you have encountered, the more cells become devoted to memory; eventually you don't have enough naive T cells left to mount any sort of effective defence.
Activities of "latent viruses" from the Herpesviridae family (Epstein-Barr-Virus, EBV, the cause of Glandaluar Fever and also CMV, Herpes Zoster, Herpes Simplex, Shingles) can cause severe health problems, which are difficult to identify and diagnose. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Irritability, Migraines, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Depression... just to mention a few. What happens in your body is a decline of immune responses - the immune system is overworked -which can lead to imbalances in your microbial community. Result: more and more health problems.
TESTS AVAILABLE IN OUR OWN MSML - Microbiology and Special Medical Laboratory. We also use associated research and diagnostic laboratories all over Europe
for MSML Laboratories click here
ABOUT THE CLINIC
Dirk Budka, clinic director, who runs the OneLife Clinic and Immune Clinic leads a team of highly qualified practitioners from the fields of Environmental Science, Laser Technology, Immune-Biology, Microbiology and Food Science.
Dirk Budka appeared recently on several CHANNEL 5 News editions with his research on READY MEALS, on BBC with Giles Coran's THE SUPERSIZERS and CBBC with GASTRO NUTS, on C5 and Discovery Channel with his "snake venom research"
His main fields of research are:
- IBS, Crohn's Disease, SIBO, Ulcerative Colitis
- migraine and cluster headaches
- chronic fatigue
- bacterial products and their health implications
- food poisonings and long-term implications
- histamines, tyramines and other elusive/biogenic amines
- parasites and bacteria - prevention and treatment with natural products
- bashing the 'Candida Myth'
- the dangers of Ready Meals
- food-borne pathogens: Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, etc.
- H5N1 - is there a gastrointestinal portal for the bird flu virus?
- Blastocystis hominis - a dangerous or harmless parasite?
- Emerging and re-emerging pathogens
NEWS:
A study published in Science found the retrovirus XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) in 67% of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). This virus belongs to the group of gamma-retroviruses and is thought to be transmitted by bodily fluids, but genes and other predisposing factors also play a role.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is very much related to other viruses as well:
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV-6)
And also:
enteroviruses (polioviruses, Coxsackie viruses, echoviruses)
parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV-5)
parvovirus B19
various retroviruses
To read about Dirk Budka in MAIL ON SUNDAY (5th May 2009) and ELLE (JUNE 09) CLICK HERE
I made it very clear in the article that I hate the word "detox"... so calling me Dr. Detox is...well not really right, isn't it?
Dirk Budka's "Ready Meal Research" on Channel 5, Monday 18th August at 12.30, 17.00 and 19.00h (To see the programme go to http://news.five.tv/news.php?news=869)
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IN THE NEWS: "High Street food allergy tests mislead consumers"
SUNDAY TIMES 23/02/2010 LINK:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7034867.ece
COMMENT:
Yes, many of these tests are misleading and inaccurate!
We see the "victims" of absurd and crazy tests every day!
Every serious medical practitioner and medical scientists knows that only an IgE test can determine a 'classical' allergy.
Please...! If a VEGA or BICOM or whatever machine can really tests for certain yeasts and bacteria in the intestines… or hundreds of food-sensitivities, it would be a world sensation... This machine would probably cost a couple of million pounds... and not just 400 or so...
And York? IgG? Even accepted by Allergy UK? ... I remember the case where a friend did send three samples to York laboratories... under three different names...
now guess... RIGHT! Three completely different results.
LINKS
for Nutrition London click here
for IBS Forum click here
for Bacteria Clinic click here
for Parasite Clinic click here
for Laser Clinic London click here
for MSML Laboratories click here
for the Stop Ready Meals Campaign click here
for Information about Histamine Intolerance click here
Disclaimer
The contents of our website is for general guidance only and should not be regarded as constituting medical advice or opinion and should not be relied upon as such.The transmission or receipt of any information is not intended to create or constitute any medical - patient relationship. Specific information can only be given at a consultation. We do not accept responsibility for loss, which may arise from any reliance on information contained in this website and shall not be liable for any errors or omissions within our web pages.
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