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An allergist is a doctor whose specialty attempt to deal with the problem of allergy. An allergy is an inappropriate response of the immune system to a harmless substance. One of the functions of the immune system is to make antibodies to attack dangerous bacteria, parasites, and viruses. When such an organism is detected by the circulating cells of the immune system it takes information from the invading organism and reports that information back to headquarters. There antibodies are made which are both carried by immune cells and released to circulate throughout the body. When these antibodies contact the invading cells, they are destroyed. When the antibodies contact the invading organism histamine is released by surrounding cells. (Histamine is normally present inside cells) This causes local blood vessels to dilate and brings a flood of immune cells into the area to assist in the fight. This is seen as an "inflammation," one of the cardinal signs of an infection. This is a description of the way the immune system is supposed to work.

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Hypnotherapy is the induction of a trance state during which there is access to that aspect of the mind which creates the experience of reality. During this state of relaxation and trance that aspect of the mind is open to suggestion. Because it has integral connections to the entire nervous system, and thus the entire body, skilled trance induction and proper suggestion has earned a place in medicine and dentistry for treatment of a variety of conditions. It has also earned a place as an adjunctive tool in the hands of psychotherapists.

For hypnotherapy, the road to acceptance met the usual barriers along the way by the closed- minded mental set of traditional medicine and dentistry, however the usefulness of hypnotherapy inspired its proponents to persist until the majority of the medical and dental communities at least acquiesced to its use. Ironically, nutritional medicine as well as other natural medicine approaches are now in the same position vis-a-vis the medical establishment which was endured by hypnotherapists earlier in the twentieth century and late in the nineteenth century.