What actually causes the disease?
With the beginning of autumn, one of the most insidious diseases is
exacerbated – bronchial asthma, which today suffers from 5 to 15% of the
world’s population, according to WHO . Many laboratories, institutes and
organizations around the world are working to solve the mystery of this
disease. But its true reason has not been clarified to this day.
Perhaps the theory of the Moscow pulmonologist, candidate of medical sciences,
author of several books and inventions, Viktor SOLOPOV, will help scientists
get closer to unraveling … – Viktor Nikolaevich, why do you think that
everything that has so far been considered the causes of bronchial asthma is
allergies, heredity, reactivity of the airways, respiratory infections – wrong?
– This was not considered the cause of asthma. Experts of the international
committee GINA (“Global Initiative on Asthma”) refer them only to
risk factors. And the cause of the disease was still considered unexplained. –
And what about the hereditary nature of asthma? – The statement about the
hereditary nature of asthma has always been controversial. Often, one of the
identical twins has asthma from birth, while the other does not even have a
hint of the disease. But these are people with the same set of genes! And it
happens like this: the wife fell ill, and a few years later the husband
suddenly fell ill. How to explain this? – And then you decided that an
infection could be the cause of asthma? – It is known that both asthma and
allergies have common mechanisms of occurrence associated with the immune
system. But evolutionarily, immunity in humans developed as a system of
protecting the body from infection. Therefore, a causally significant microbe
should, interacting with the immune system, firstly, switch its response from
“normal” to allergic, and, secondly, lead to inflammation in the bronchial
tree, and subsequently to asthma. Five years of research allowed us to find
this microorganism. It turned out to be a yeast-like fungus Candida – the
causative agent of the well-known thrush.
– What proof of your assumption did you get? – Firstly, we found the
predominant microbe in asthma patients. Bacteriological analysis of the
contents of the respiratory tract and intestines of patients revealed fungal
microorganisms (69.8% of all tests). Moreover, yeast-like fungi of the genus
Candida were present in sputum in 63.3%. And in the intestines even more often
– in 99.6% of the case. Secondly, our data coincided with studies of recent
years, in which fungal flora is increasingly detected in sputum cultures in
patients with bronchial asthma (over 80% of cases). And, thirdly, the analysis
of epidemiological data showed that there is a direct relationship between the
increase in the prevalence of fungi of the genus Candida in the population and
the increase in the incidence of bronchial asthma.
– But then it turns out that all carriers of this fungus, and almost all of us
are, should get bronchial asthma? – In absolutely healthy people, Candida
should be detected only in 5% of cases – in the oral cavity. But in recent
years, being a saprophyte, it has been detected on the skin of people in
19–70%, in the oral cavity of adults in 20–30% and in newborns in 90% (!) of
cases, and in the intestines of adults and children in 36 and 50% respectively.
These are abnormal figures. Aggravates the spread of Candida and uncontrolled
use of antibiotics. After all, they kill not only harmful, but also beneficial
microorganisms. And in their place, Candida immediately populates . And, if we
analyze the data on the frequency of candidiasis in different years, we can see
that their growth is observed precisely with the beginning of the
“era” of active use of broad-spectrum antibiotics (late 50s – early
60s). When a massive colonization of fungi begins in the human body, the immune
system is no longer able to cope with them. Candida begin to multiply actively
and, releasing toxins, lead to inflammation in the bronchial tree. And then the
reactions of the immune system are launched, which switches its work to the
synthesis of allergic antibodies, trying to bind everything “alien”. And then
even ordinary substances, such as food or plant pollen, begin to be perceived
by the body as foreign. This is how asthma and allergies occur.
– Does this mean that cleansing the body of fungi will save a sick person from
asthma or allergies?
– Not at all. After all, fungi only “start” the process, which
further develops according to the general biological laws of the progression of
the inflammatory process. – What then do you consider an effective treatment
regimen for this disease? – The implementation of a whole program should be the
basis of treatment for an asthmatic. Conduct an examination to assess the
degree of bronchial obstruction and reversibility of obstruction, the severity
of bronchospasm and inflammation, as well as the nature of immunological
disorders.2. Choose an individual treatment aimed at restoring normal airway
patency: relieve spasm, clear them of accumulated mucus and eliminate the
inflammatory process. Moreover, all drugs, on the recommendation of WHO experts
and the GINA committee, are best administered by inhalation.3. Cleanse the body
from the Candida fungus , eliminate intestinal dysbacteriosis, cure fungal
diseases, if any.
4. After eliminating all the problems, it is necessary to conduct a course of
immune correction – to restore the normal functioning of the immune system. If
these tasks are solved successfully, a person gets rid of his problems. – What
can be said about disease prevention? – You should go in for sports, not
tolerate colds and SARS “on your feet”, eat right, harden, do not
smoke or stop smoking. A smoker with an increased reactivity of the respiratory
tract can very quickly turn into an asthmatic.