Hilary's Desk

This was first published on November 15, 2010.  I've uploaded the medical articles and embedded them, and updated it.  This updation is inspired by the wet-behind-the-ears July 2011 announcement from Wellington experts, that paracetamol shouldn't be used in the treatment of fever during influenza, as well as the ignorance displayed on the Sunday's facebook page..  Why do the Wellington experts only discuss "influenza"?  Have they not read the decades of medical literature which shows this applies to NOT ONLY all infections, but after vaccines as well?  There is also a whole raft of medical articles I have on the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and childhood infections and it's active role in the development of asthma and allergies. 

Over a decade ago, Auckland AUT invited me to talk about vaccines at a day seminar.  I didn't end up doing that, because I was so disgusted at the nurse's presentation, prior to mine. about how wonderful paracetamol was, and how it could be used safely for just about everything, that come my turn, I stepped up to the white board and detailed the medical literature showing the opposite.  If looks could have killed, I would have been dead before I had started.  I was, and continue to be seriously disturbed at the INABILITY of nurses and doctors to do the research required, to understand these crucial, fundamental issues. Instead, when we parents call them on it, they ask US... for proof.  The articles embedded here, are a fraction of the total proof that exists.  So any nurses and doctors directed to this blog, download the medical articles provided here. This should be sufficient for you to then do a much more thorough pubmed search and google scholar search, and download a huge comprehensive database. 

Then ask yourself the question, "WHY wasn't I taught this?" 

And also ask yourself whether or not your "service" to "clients" has been safe.  After all, your primary responsibility is to "first do no harm". Ignorance is no excuse.  And please stop making derogatory comments about those of us, who do actually possess, and know the medical literature, on many more topics that you appear to have even a fundamental grasp of.  Read Full Blog

Dear Professor Crane,  In my print copy of the Herald (attached) the following comment is attributable to you: “The benefits of paracetamol for fever control still outweigh the potential of later allergy development..” and…”there were few other options for fever control in young children.” and that you don’t know how paracetamol is causing allergies.

The use of paracetamol for fever control, is immunologically irrational according to the medical research. All the of medical literature shows that paracetamol, which can reduce fever in some people, but fortunately, not in most, does so by down-regulating very important parts of the inate immune system – (ome of which are used in the allergy process), resulting in advantage to the pathogen.

You say there are no alternatives to fever control. Firstly, why does the medical profession believe that parents need to control infectious fevers in the first place? And if there is considered a “need” to reduce a fever, then why not use the methods that parents may have used, who have children 30 years and older, and who have NEVER used paracetamol at all?

The medical literature tells us that fever is a very important adaptive advantage for the host, and has a pre-programmed immunological process which up-regulates the immune system in order to help the person throw off the pathogens causing fever, and to survive better.

Not all doctors are continuing the dogma of infectious fever control in the face of thirty years evidence against it’s use.  Read Full Blog

 "Surprise: Scientists discover that inflammation helps to heal wounds".  Interesting headline, huh? Remind you of anything?  Like "Fever helps the body successfully fight disease, and using drugs to reduce fever, gives the infection the advantage." ??  So why did the medical mantra of treating sprains with RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation), become so popular? Because the ONLY mantra acceptable to the medical profession, is, "Don't stand there, do something!"  It's never a question of "Should we?".  It's one of, "Can we? And if so, what?"  Researchers have finally caught up with people who have experienced the fact that ICING a sprain hurts it more, and leaving it alone heals it quicker. The body hates ice on a sprain, and it's is a stupid treatment.  Read Full Blog

Not that' you'd know with what many medical articles call both medical and parental "fever-phobia"!  What other explanation can there be to the fact that not one person in the skeptics or the medical profession questions the use of drugs to squelch fever?  Or even the function of fever?  Read Full Blog

Where are the skeptics, when it comes to looking at the “responsibility” of using intravenous vitamin C in serious illness? Where you’d predict them to be. Shoring up the medical system like good little marionettes.  Read Full Blog

Ever wondered about paediatricians who blog? This is one time where it would be of educational value to read all the embedded links. The full implications of some types of medical "practice" might not sink in, unless you do. Read Full Blog

Painkiller doses boost child asthma risk, study finds Open letter to the Herald: Read Full Blog