Re: Fwd: Food allergies - a quasi-scientific explanation of ears

January 7, 2001

Willie's ears are very sensitive barometers of his allergies/sensitivities,

too. They aren't specific to phenols but seem to react to many things.

Why?

Redness results from increased blood flow (flushing after exercise for

example) or blood vessel constriction. Redness from an infected cut follows

the immune system sending in cells and the resulting die off, which irritate

and put pressure on the vessels.

The ears are the thinnest, fully visible parts of the body, full of blood

vessels. If the blood vessels in the head begin to contract, or if

inflammatory processes begin, the ears are likely to turn red. Because

Willie is very fair, his ears show this inflammatory process more than most

allergic people. (He also has large ears. lol but so did Gable.)

Think of migraine headaches, where the increased blood pressure in the

vessels in the brain make you think you will explode. The pressure in

migraines comes from contraction in the vessels.

Just writing this is giving me a headache.

Re: Fwd: Food allergies

> JoAnne,

>

> I distinctly remember reading in some book that red ears are a sign of an

> allergy. also gets red ears and the nutritionist I wen to see, Dr.

Cody

> said it is an allergic reaction. I commented to her that it is usually

's

> right ear, not the left, but once in a great while it is both. She said

that

> each ear means a different allergy but couldn't help me pinpoint it any

more

> than that.

> ne

>

> Mosaic meets the 2nd Thursday morning and the 3rd Wednesday evening of

every month.

>

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