From our original vibrant health state, we had continuously abused our body by ingesting toxins and accumulating them in our body. The body is infinitely smart and tries to eliminate the toxins and even warn us with symptoms and irritations by making us go through 6 stages before reaching the 7th which is the Cancer Stage.
So far, I have talked about Stage 1 (Enervation), Stage 2 (Toxemia) and Stage 3 (Irritation). At any of these stages, if we take action to remove the cause of our health problems, the disease process will stop and good health returns.
But when we continue to ignore these 3 stages, the body will inevitably progress to the next stage which is....
Stage 4 : Inflammation
Inflammation is the body's most intense effort to cleanse and restore itself. When this process occurs, you become keenly aware that a problem exists for it involves pain.
None of us like pain. But believe it or not, pain is our friend! It has a purpose and that is to warn us something is wrong somewhere.
Imagine if you can't feel pain. What happens when you rest your hand on a hot stove without feeling pain? What happens when you step on broken glass without feeling pain? So you see, pain is the body's most effective warning signal.
If the last 3 stages gave you irritations and minor discomfort, you may chose to ignore them. But will you still choose to ignore pain?
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When pain is chronic and unrelenting, it is a sign that the body is desperately attempting to get rid of the ever increasing level of toxemia before it causes devastating damage. With inflammation, the toxins in the system have usually been concentrated at a particular organ or a particular area of the body for a massive elimination effort. The area becomes inflamed due to the constant irritation from toxic material.
When inflammation exists, we are diagnosed with words that end with "itis".
Ever heard of tonsillitis? It's the inflammation of the tonsils.
How about appendicitis? It's inflammation of the appendix.
Hepatitis? Inflammation of the liver.
Arthritis? Inflammation of the joints.
Colitis? Inflammation of the colon.
Nephritis? Inflammation of the kidneys.
Sinusitis? Inflammation of the sinus.
Dermatitis? Inflammation of the skin.
OK, I'm sure you get the idea. But what do most people do when they feel pain? Off they go to see the doctor in search for relief. And what does the doctor do? Prescribe drugs to take away the pain.
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Unfortunately, the drugs do nothing to remove the cause of the problem. They only serve to lessen the pain temporarily. Worse, the drugs are adding to the body's level of toxemia which the body is desperately trying to get rid of!
Stage 4 is crucial for it is in the middle of the 7 stages and actions taken at this point will determine whether or not you are going to recover your health and return to a state of vibrancy, or fall deeper into the diseased state.
If you do not start to detoxify your body at this stage, you will most likely progress to Stage 5 : Ulceration, which I shall talk about next!
FIRST COMMENTER
great..very informative.
gudness. this is getting teribble! :(
lucky i still can feel PAIN! so is this mean im still okay? lol.
Noooooo I am too late!
too late for FC I mean :p
I think the best way to prevent all this is more exercises. I don't take painkillers. Just not worth it :/
okie.. i know Eric used to has sinusitis. but now no more. lol.
i dnt like those medicines cz dey r all drugs and taste yucks. :S
informative!
Aloha from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
Sometimes drugs only act as temporary relieves only.....
I think I've got sinusitis! How to cure?? :P I don't want drugs!
useful information here, foong.
Whoa!
Ulceration? That's one scary term.
As for me, I abhor pain. I hate pain. But I try, as long as could take it, not to take any pain reliever whenever I feel a headache or some bodyache.
it is always nice to know things like this. very informative indeed.
O_O so u mean its better without taking pain medicine?
What? There are 6 stages in order to get cancer? How come I feel...getting cancer is like getting a cold right now? :/
Continuously abuse? Hmm...yeah. We are the one who is causing ourselves all this cancer thingy right! :( But then again...sometimes it is not about food.
So what you are trying to say is that our body actually gives us the opportunity to repent and lead a healthy lifestyle again before everything becomes irreversible right?
Ouh...so when inflammation happens...it means the alarm has been raised?
I agreed bro. if not for pain we wouldn't know what is going on with us until it is too late right? :( having said that, symptoms are equally important to warn us of our health status.
Ouh....when inflammation occurs, it means all the toxins are congregating in a particular organ....wow...sounds dangerous ler.
Ouh...so anything medical term with "itis", it meant inflaammation lar? Now only I know bro. :) Thanks for the heads up. :)
I agreed bro. What doctors do...is diagnose and give medicine according to his or her diagnosis...and sometimes...their diagnosis is terribly wrong...
Ouh...so meaning that the doctor is actually aggravating our body's health? Hmm....
Sounds like stage 4 is the now or never stage? :( So dangerous...
A great post bro. Very informative. Just RT it. :D
Hey can give some examples how you detox your body?
Very informative. I know many people quickly pop a painkiller whenever they get a headache or experience any discomfort which is not necessarily a wise thing to do. If the pain is manageable, we should let our body get rid of the toxins and repair itself rather than putting in more chemicals from the painkiller pills.
Painkiller is like stimulus plan during recession. It doesn't solve the problem, but does buy us time. So I wouldn't say it is useless.
Headache Headache!! Reading all those facts gimme a headache! Never before I came across so many words that I dont understand in ONE post!! :P
Very educational as always, almost forgot about this series, as the last post on this was done some time back by you.
Looking forward to know about Ulceration.
On a side note, at the end of your series, you should SERIOUSLY combine all these parts to become an e-book or something, and sell it online. If you are lazy, drop me an email and I'll do the dirty work for ya at a profit sharing thingy, serious.
I don't rush into medicines right away when I feel pain. This is another good part of your diseases chapters foong.
happy weekend!
wow, quite informative~~
may I ask, r u working in the medicine industry~~?
hahahaha, keep in touch^^
oh i see now thats the reason why i keep hearing diseases with "itis" in the end of their names
the step five is something interesting..
i got Ulcer before... actually until now,.. but mild case only
oh my i missed a lot of your entries foong... so sorry about that... but i would like to grab this opportunity to thank you for your continuous support despite of my absences
but i will try to ctah up again here
have agreat day and happy blogging my friend
i'm getting a migraine. too complicated for me to understand. LOL!
This blog post is good and interesting!
I am still a volunteer at Hospice Malaysia and deal with all Stage 4 Cancer patients who are terminally ill. So painful to see them in great pain!
I kena appendicitis over 10 years ago and my intestine exploaded! I was rushed to SJMC for emergency operation. Almost mati lah!!
I would also like to partner with the “Ovarian Cancer National Alliance”. Their mission is to “conquer ovarian cancer by uniting individuals and organizations in a national movement....
Thanks for this post. Not only this one but for all the posts on this topic. We all must definitely prevent the occurrence of any type of disease rather than fighting it. Prevention is better than cure.