Detox Treatment for Children

Treatment of Children with the Detoxification Method Developed by Hubbard

Treatment Results

The treatment of the cohort resulted in significant improvement in their symptom profiles. Patients rated the severity of eighty-seven symptoms before and after treatment. These symptoms were grouped in several categories with the average severity calculated before and after treatment.

Figure I demonstrates marked improvement in patient symptom severity following the detoxification treatment. On follow-up 89% reported long-term improvements in symptom profiles.

Figure 1

Severity of Symptoms by Category

The following summarizes two such cases.

Case History 1

Case One is a six year old girl exposed in utero to fumes from new carpeting. The entire family of two adults and five children became ill after the installation of new carpeting. After three weeks the family was forced to abandon their home which was permeated by fumes. Carpet samples were sent to Anderson Laboratories for study, where mice with special diagnostic monitors attached are exposed to carpet samples within a controlled environment and observed. When exposed to the specific carpet, they all died within several hours. This lab result was unprecedented. 4 phenyicyclohexane was the suspect agent as the latex backing of the carpet had admittedly not been properly cured. This celebrated case eventually resulted in the mother testifying before Congress, which then enacted new labeling criteria for carpeting.

The patient had extreme multiple chemical sensitivities. She was unable to leave the home and was quite ill. She was unable to perform rudimentary tasks expected of a six year old. Her initial niacin dose was 25 mg with increments of 25 to 50 mg on subsequent treatment days to an end point dose of 212 mg. Her average oil intake was one to two teaspoons. She averaged three hours per day on treatment. She completed treatment in twenty-nine days. Detoxification effected long-term improvement in her environmental sensitivities. Her task performance improved, and she was able to go outside her home and take art classes for the first time.

Case History 2

Case Two is a fourteen year old girl. Her family was stricken ill by repeated misapplications of dieldrin to their home two years previously. Her chief complaints were headaches, acne, and nausea. Due to her body size she was able to do a full protocol with addition supervision paid to diet and communication. She underwent a fat biopsy before and after detoxification. The adipose tissue was extracted and a GC scan for organochlorines was performed. Dieldrin metabolites were below detection limits; however, the DDT metabolite, DDE, was found at 2.08 ppm before detoxification, and 0.24 ppm after detoxification. Following treatment she reported significant improvements in headaches and acne.

Conclusion

Familial chemical contamination will continue to occur in our modem society. Where children have become ill following chemical contamination, detoxification treatment provides a viable approach. The treatment is safe and provides long-term improvements in the health profiles of exposed children increasing their ability to become productive members of society.

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