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Can Using Echinacea Help To Increase The Immunity In A Patient Suffering From DiGeorge Syndrome?

Hi my name is Melissa, my son has been diagnosed with Di-George syndrome and has no immune system at all, the thymus is non existant. He had open heart surgery at 3 and a half weeks old (vsd, aortic arch was almost closed and a hole that was misaligned (blood was flowing from the right ventrical back into the left)He is six years old, had the lower right lobe of his lung removed last year, I have battled for six years with pneumonia and related infections, I have had him on echinacea for the last few months, and is the healthiest he has been ever. My question is, can the echinacea be providing him with some sort of an immune system. Thank you
Tue, 29 Nov 2016
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yes there arevsome evidences that this herb may strengthen immune system. this may help the child to fight against infection.
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Can Using Echinacea Help To Increase The Immunity In A Patient Suffering From DiGeorge Syndrome?

yes there arevsome evidences that this herb may strengthen immune system. this may help the child to fight against infection.