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mediator of immune system

The nervous system has conclusively been discerned as one which
mediates the immune response. I wrote a paper concerning this point over
fifteen years ago, along with documentation from scientific studies from
around the world. Trauma to the cervical spine can most assuredly create
malpositions/aberrent motions of this region with an accompanying
inflammation effecting nerve pressure/interference associated with the
causation/exacerbation of abnormal immune system responses. I would also
look to a possible underlying copper/zinc/iron nutritional imbalance, and
on a more basic level, agnesium/calcium balance implicating also
potassium, with accompanying dehydration.

Competing interests: No competing interests

19 July 2000
John Brunnig
chiropractic physician