Interesting read today in Bloomberg that as many as four in 10 cases of chronic lower back pain are probably caused by bacteria, and treatment with antibiotics may cure them, a study showed. Results from the study show that as many as 80 percent of the participants with persistent back pain following a herniated disc and swelling in the spine reported an improvement after taking antibiotics three times daily for 100 days.
Woah! That’s a lot of antibiotics! And if you follow the news about the overuse of antibiotics and the longer-term damage they can cause to your health (gut damage, eventual antibiotic resistance), then you really have to consider whether your back pain is so limiting that you are willing to take this health risk.
However, as someone who lives with chronic back pain from a herniated disk, I really had to ponder this study some more. So what else did the article say?
“The [back] pain is caused by an infection of Proprione acne bacteria inside the affected spinal disc. The bacteria normally live in hair follicles, on the gums and inside cheeks and may enter the bloodstream after the teeth are brushed and travel into the damaged disc. Patients in the trial who were prescribed the antibiotic were better able to function after one year and they had less lower back pain, less leg pain and fewer days off work due to the condition than those on the placebo.”
Interesting! The results sound so promising, but taking this many antibiotics really concerns me, not to mention most insurance companies would not cover the cost of this type of regime. However, being into holistic approaches to health & wellness, I figured there has to be some pretty powerful antibiotics that already exist from nature, right? And given the results of this study, and my chronic back pain, I am certainly willing to try any form of natural antibiotics for 100 days to see if it can help with the pain. So based on the following recommendations, I’m going to incorporate some of these foods/herbs into my daily routine:
Dr. Oz: Herbal Antibiotic Alternatives
Natural News: The 5 best natural antibiotics and anti-virals that destroy superbugs and just about everything else
Will report back in 100 days to give you an update! :)
Woah! That’s a lot of antibiotics! And if you follow the news about the overuse of antibiotics and the longer-term damage they can cause to your health (gut damage, eventual antibiotic resistance), then you really have to consider whether your back pain is so limiting that you are willing to take this health risk.
However, as someone who lives with chronic back pain from a herniated disk, I really had to ponder this study some more. So what else did the article say?
“The [back] pain is caused by an infection of Proprione acne bacteria inside the affected spinal disc. The bacteria normally live in hair follicles, on the gums and inside cheeks and may enter the bloodstream after the teeth are brushed and travel into the damaged disc. Patients in the trial who were prescribed the antibiotic were better able to function after one year and they had less lower back pain, less leg pain and fewer days off work due to the condition than those on the placebo.”
Interesting! The results sound so promising, but taking this many antibiotics really concerns me, not to mention most insurance companies would not cover the cost of this type of regime. However, being into holistic approaches to health & wellness, I figured there has to be some pretty powerful antibiotics that already exist from nature, right? And given the results of this study, and my chronic back pain, I am certainly willing to try any form of natural antibiotics for 100 days to see if it can help with the pain. So based on the following recommendations, I’m going to incorporate some of these foods/herbs into my daily routine:
Dr. Oz: Herbal Antibiotic Alternatives
Natural News: The 5 best natural antibiotics and anti-virals that destroy superbugs and just about everything else
Will report back in 100 days to give you an update! :)
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