GLUE EAR: BRAIN ALLERGIES

Apr 07 2009

Not all slow learning and bad behaviour is the result of hearing that’s distorted by glue ear. I’ve treated many young people for behavioural and learning problems who didn’t have it, yet these kids were suffering from the same low resistance allergy and Candida problems as their glue ear counterparts.

It’s because we’re all biochemically unique and express our allergies, Candida infections and lowered resistance (vitamin and mineral deficiency) in different ways. In the case of glue ear sufferers the tissue targeted by the allergy or infection is the mucous membrane of the nose and throat. In those who have learning disorders but no behavioural or hearing problems the areas of the brain that facilitate learning are affected. In those cases where behaviour is bad but learning and hearing are not affected only those areas of the brain that govern the way we emote, act and react are affected. Sometimes the nose, throat, behavioural and learning centres of the brain are affected simultaneously.

The exact biochemical processes have not as yet been detailed. What is known is that in the case of allergies, Candida and viral and bacterial infections the target tissue is inflamed. Inflamed tissues anywhere in the body always function abnormally and often unpredictably. In the case of glue ear the mucous membranes of the nose become inflamed and function abnormally by producing more of their protective mucus covering than is needed.

Instead of the mucus draining forward (as it normally does) to give the predictable symptoms of a runny or stuffy nose that makes colds and allergies easy to diagnose, it drains backwards down the eustacian tube giving rise to a clutch of seemingly unrelated symptoms. The affected tissues in the brain also function abnormally.

In the case of learning and behavioural disorders the picture is further complicated by the fact that vitamin and mineral deficiencies often exist, affecting the production of special brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. These are vital for thought integration, physical co-ordination, verbal articulation and elevated mood.