Stealth Germs in Your Body

by Erno Daniel

Book Overview

Faced with mounting evidence that stealth germs are at the root of numerous health problems, Dr. Erno Daniel provides the first-ever medical reference book on the subject for the general public.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140275342X
• ISBN13: 9781402753428
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A More Scientific Approach to Medicine

I am not an md, but I am interested in medicine and read most of this book. I found it to be very well written, fascinating and informative. The writer provides an entirely different perspective on how to diagnose and treat many important ailments, the importance of unrecognized "stealth germs" and he makes a strong case for taking a more scientific approach in medicine. In contrast to most mds who concentrate on single ailments and dispense cookbook treatments, Dr. Daniel views the complete patient where a variety of ailments may provide important clues on underlying causes which need to be addressed. Medicine is, unfortunately, still mainly an art and is still in a state of flux, as Daniel points out. Much remains to be discovered, and we are fortunate to have people, like Dr. Daniel, who can think outside the box and help advance our state of knowledge. I am pleased to give this book a strong positive recommendation both to mds and laymen who are interested in medicine. Roger Manasse

How germs can hide in your body waiting to cause disease

This is an easy to read, rather thorough look at how some ailments are caused or triggered by microbes that reside hidden in our bodies, sometimes dormant for years. Dr. Daniel gives the symptoms, the causes, the possible treatments for dozens of infections. He emphasizes thorough diagnostic techniques combining the expertise of physicians with the most modern equipment. He tells the reader what can be discovered with body scans and what cannot; and part of what cannot are what he calls "stealth germs." Stealth germs such as the various herpes viruses once acquired stay within our bodies for decades, something erupting to cause disease, and sometimes lying dormant waiting for a compromise in our immune system caused by stress or the invasion of other pathogens before becoming active. Daniel devotes over a hundred pages in Chapter 4: "Stealth Infections of Body Regions" detailing the symptoms, the diagnoses, the infective agents, tests to consider taking, and potential treatments for various ailments. He gives a descriptive analysis of each ailment under the heading "Case in point." Perhaps the hallmark experience that taught physicians that undetected germs can be present in the body causing disease or waiting to cause disease involves the case of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers and gastritis. Prior to the discovery of H. pylori it was thought that stress caused stomach ulcers mainly because it was not realized that bacteria could live continuously in the digestive juices of the stomach. Subsequently, Daniel reports, we have discovered that such stealth germs as H. pylori may cause other complaints as well. In this case H. pylori may be indicated in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and as a trigger for cancer of the stomach. I knew that viruses can cause or trigger cancer, especially cervical cancer caused by the human papillomavirus. But I was surprised to learn that schizophrenia or at least schizophrenic symptoms can be caused by the human endogenous retrovirus or the herpes simplex virus type 2 or cytomegalovirus (see p. 114). It may well be that other forms of cancer are caused or triggered by viruses and perhaps some chronic conditions as well. Daniel reports on a link between human adenoviruses and obesity on pages 174-175. He adds that "there is also some evidence that an imbalance of certain bacteria in the gut may be associated with weight gain." Daniel notes that many microbes such as staph and Candida are resident in and on our bodies and usually cause no harm. However should our immune systems become compromised or should these germs somehow migrate to other regions of the body they can cause disease. He also points out that using antibiotics can kill not only the disease-causing bacteria but upset the usual balance of microbes in the body and allow dangerous microbes to proliferate. A possible treatment is with the use of probiotics which can be administered along with prebiotics (food ingredient