Common Cold

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Nasal specific technique as part of a chiropractic approach to chronic sinusitis and sinus headaches.   Folweiler DS, Lynch OT.   J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1995 (Jan);18 (1): 38-41

• Chiropractic manipulation and soft tissue manipulation administered 2-6 times per month for approximately 1 yr had minimal long-term effect on the patient's head pain. When additional interventions (nasal specific technique and light force cranial adjusting) were added to the treatment regimen, significant relief of symptoms was achieved after the nasal specific technique was performed. The duration of the relief increased with successive therapeutic sessions, with minimally persistent symptoms after 2 months of therapy.

Manipulative therapy of upper respiratory tract infections in children.   Purse FM.   J Am Osteopath Assoc 1966 (May);65 (9): 964-972

• In a case study of over 4,600 incidents of upper respiratory tract infections, only 5% of cases treated with spinal manipulative therapy developed secondary complications. As shown in this study, the results are superior to those obtained by antimicrobial therapy or symptomatic therapy alone. It would seem unnecessary to use any therapy other than manipulative therapy. Prescribing anti microbial agents because of uncertainty of diagnosis or because of pressure from the family is no substitute for application of good principles of medicine.

The common cold, pattern sensitivity and contrast sensitivity.   Smith AP, ET al.   Psychol Med. 1992 (May);22 (2): 487-494

• This evidence indicates a possible link between vertebral subluxation complex, susceptibility to the common cold and vision sensitivity.

Other Publications:

Upper respiratory infections in children.   Fysh, P.N.,   Dynamic Chiropractic 1994: 12 (26):

• Patients with manifestations of upper respiratory infection, especially those in the pediatric age group, frequently present to chiropractic clinics. Case reports frequently describe rapid improvement in upper respiratory symptoms following adjustment of minor vertebral subluxations, especially in the cervical spine. In this issue, we examine one possible anatomical and physiological mechanism for the etiology and preponderance of the group of conditions generally called upper respiratory infection.

Chiropractic and Infectious Disease: Expanding the Viewpoint, Part II   Michael A. Schmidt, BS, DC, CCN   Dynamic Chiropractic 1993: 11 (25):

• For example, children with Down's syndrome succumb easily to infection of the ears and upper respiratory tract by H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae, and as a result experience considerable antibiotic exposure in their early years. Children with Down's syndrome are known to produce significantly lower levels of IgG2 and IgG4 antibodies than their healthy counterparts. These are precisely the antibodies that are directed against H. influenzae and S. pneumoniae. Anneren et al., showed that when children with Down's syndrome were given selenium (10 mcg/kg) their IgG2 and IgG4 levels returned to normal and incidence of infection decreased significantly.^16,17

Medical Treatment of the Common Cold.   Dynamic Chiropractic 1996: 14 (24):

• When an MD is armed only with a prescription pad, the treatment regime for the common cold is fairly predictable. Consider how 1,439 patients in 2,144 medical encounters were treated for the common cold:
  
  

  • Antibiotics Prescription Only -- 32%
    
  • Symptomatic Medication Prescription Only -- 6%
    
  • Antibiotics and Symptomatic Medication -- 28%
    
  • Never Filled the Prescription -- 35%

References from Koren Publications' brochure: Colds, Flu and Chiropractic

• Chopra, D. Quantum Healing. New York: Bantam Books, 1989, p. 142.
  
  

• Jackson, G.G. "The Common Cold." In Cecil-Loeb Textbook of Medicine. 13th edition, ed. P. Beeson, and W. McDermott. Phila: Saunders, 1971, p. 361.
  
  

• Interview, Valeric, C.: The American Chiropractor. Sept. 1989.  
  
  

• Purse, F.M. "Manipulative Therapy of Upper Respiratory Infections." Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1966.
  
  

• Goldstein, M. Ed. The Research Status of Spinal Manipulative Therapy. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health, 1975.
  
  

• Schmidt, I.C. "Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy As a Primary Factor in the Management of Upper, Middle and Pararespiratory Infections". Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 61;6, pp. 382-88.
  
  

• Rumney, I.C. "Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment of Infectious Diseases". Osteopathic Annals, July 1974, pp. 29-33.
  
  

• Mendelsohn, R. The People's Doctor, A Medical Newsletter for Consumers, 9;6 p.7. P.O. Box 982, Evanston, Il. 60204.
  
  

• Center for Disease Control, Influenza Branch, Jan. 24/25, 1985.
  
  

• Scripps-Howard News Service reports, Nov. 5, 1986.