Yes. The low blood pressure that occurs is often from brain trauma that causes damage to the autonomic nervous system. The Nemechek Protocol lowers inflammation that leads to an improvement in the brain’s ability to repair these old injuries. As a result, the low blood pressure issues resolve.
Increasing the intake of water, salt, or lying flat are the main methods that improve blood pressure. There are some medications, like Midodrine and ADD medications (Adderall, Ritalin), that can boost blood pressure to the brain but if, and which of these medications might be useful should be discussed with your neurologist or a physician.
Drugs that boost blood pressure have been known to help calm anxious, hyperactive children. They work either by stimulating the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system or by increasing the retention of saltwater in the body. Several medicines (Ritalin®, Adderall®, and Concerta®) commonly used for attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) improve the child’s behavior by boosting blood pressure into the brain as well as directly stimulating the brain (similar to caffeine).
My preference is to use midodrine (Proamantine®) with my patients suffering from symptoms associated with low brain blood pressure. When used in concert with The Nemechek Protocol, the medications will be able to eventually be tapered off as the nervous system recovers.
Low brain blood pressure leads to suboptimal delivery of oxygen to the brain. This triggers a compensatory response by the brain to boost pressure and oxygen delivery. Symptoms such as a craving for salt and sugar, increased hyperactivity, toe-walking, laying flat on the sofa frequently all increase blood flow to the brain. Low pressure can cause anxiety, aggression, poor focus (ADD/ADHD), and headaches. The low pressure will slowly improve as the brain begins to repair the underlying autonomic nervous system injuries that lead to low blood pressure.
In my private practice, I see a number of patients, young and old, misdiagnosis as Lyme Disease, and the antibiotic treatments they are exposed to for Lyme Disease are ineffective or just make their intestinal bacterial imbalance worse. I would recommend a consultation with an Infectious Disease specialist if there are serious considerations a child has Lyme’s Disease.
Most of these conditions all infectious diseases that require antibiotics for treatment. The protocol can not cure them. That being said, the infections are very often misdiagnosed by alternative health providers. It is highly improbable someone will have all these conditions simultaneously. I’d recommend a second opinion.
Yes. Macadamia nut oil has a high omega-3 fatty acid content and low omega-6 fatty acid content. Although high in omega-3 fatty acids, this is predominantly ALA and is not a replacement for fish oil which contains DHA and EPA omega-3 fatty acids.
The mast cells that might be activated in autism are from bacterial overgrowth and leaky gut (bacterial translocation). Reversal of bacterial overgrowth with either inulin or rifaximin allows the mast cells to reset to an inactive, resting state.
The Nemechek Protocol can halt bacterial translocation within the small intestine and can help stabilize the over-reactivity of white blood cells within the body. Booth of these effects would be predicted to have a calming effect on over-reactive mast cells and might alter the course of mastocytosis.