Your Delicate Immune System
I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. If you understand this one story, you’ll understand the power of your own immune system.
A new mother was told that her twin babies had died after birth, but the truth was they were sent to an institute to be studied. This was to be the fate of the twins called “Masha” and “Dasha,” conjoined at birth. Conjoined—or Siamese—twins are formed in the same way as identical twins, but for some reason the egg doesn’t completely separate; instead, they remain partially attached while they develop into embryos and then fetuses. As a result, their circulatory systems are interconnected, so the twins share each other’s blood. Thus a germ that enters one twin’s bloodstream will soon be seen in the blood of the twin because of this.
Surprisingly, however, it became clear that illness affected Masha and Dasha differently. Dasha was near-sighted, prone to colds, and right-handed; Masha had a healthier constitution, higher blood pressure than her sister, good eyesight, and was left-handed. The twins’ differing health patterns presented a mystery: Why did one become ill with a childhood disease while the other did not? The measles “bug” was in both of their bodies, in their collective bloodstream, so why didn’t both get the measles? This phenomenon was seen over and over again with the girls (flu, colds, and other diseases were all experienced separately). If germs alone had the power to cause infectious diseases—which was the belief at the time—why would one of the twins be disease-free while the other was ill? What was it in their makeup that differentiated one from the other?
The answer was their nervous system. Although the twins had the same common circulatory (blood), digestive, excretory, lymphatic, endocrine and skeletal systems (they were joined at the hips), they had separate spinal columns and spinal cords. This was a very important difference between the girls. In these extraordinary twins, nature’s “laboratory” devised an experiment that no researcher could ever duplicate. The twins are an invaluable example confirming that there is much more to “catching” a disease than simply breathing in germs; germs can make you sick if—and only if—your body provides them fertile ground in which to grow and multiply.
So the state or health of your nervous system can determine whether or not (and how quickly) you will recover from a disease. By keeping your spinal column and nervous system free from subluxation stress (pinched nerves), chiropractic care keeps your immune system in a higher state of health and therefore keeps you healthier, with or without symptoms.
There is no shortage of theories to explain the role of the subluxation in disease and the effect of the adjustment in relieving your symptoms. Your autonomic nervous system (that part of your nervous system which controls vital function) will be affected by spinal dysfunction or misalignment, causing a compromise in your nervous function. Your immune system is one such function which can be adversely affected by a nervous system imbalance.
Dr. Scott Cabazolo
(540) 622-6400
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Front Royal, VA 22630
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