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Many things may be involved, as we shall see. It often requires learning a set of techniques far beyond the simple "pull down" that some perform. I have seen many people with fatigue/fibromyalgia and/or food, chemical and electromagnetic sensitivities. Over 90 per cent of these people had HHS. It's no coincidence. I cannot blame the reader for any initial disbelief, but 27 years of working on this problem in people from around the world has made the matter clear to me. Seemingly unrelated illnesses or symptoms can often immediately be relieved when "the stomach goes down" and/or the vagus nerve is rebalanced. I have also found that the PFO, the hidden heart defect hat one out of three people have, is deeply linked to HHS/VNI. This may be one reason why only some people with hiatal hernia suffer so much, and others with HH do not. I would advise anyone who is prone to suffer bouts of panic, breathlessness, arrhythmia, tachycardia, ypertension, pulmonary hypertension, orthostatic ypotension or fainting to get tested for both the PFO and HHS. It is also possible that other underlying heart problems are adversely affected by HHS/VNI. | have observed that angina, leaky valves, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, mitral valve prolapse, pulmonary hypertension and other heart problems can all become "active" due to the effects of HHS/VNI. So it can be crucial for anyone with any heart condition to find out if s/he h | ocsopnagis) has HHS/VNI. Possible Symptoms all become "active" due to the effects of HHS/VNI. So it Below is a list of some of the many can be crucial for anyone with any possible symptoms of HHS and/or heart condition to find out if s/he VNI. Iam not saying that HHS/VNI is has HHS/VNI. the sole cause of each of these In many people, serious illness complaints or conditions. begins unfolding even if the amount Sometimes it exacerbates a of protrusion is small. In many condition, and other elements are sufferers, any such protrusion causes involved. The symptoms include: major hyperexcitability of the vagus panic attack; belching; bloating; gas; nerve. Or, as this researcher has anxiety; tachycardia; bradycardia; found, the vagus nerve may already be other heart conditions; palpitations; damaged/imbalanced from numerous ypertension or hypotension; possible underlying and hidden conditions. asthma (may be the non-wheezing These hidden causative factors for variation); shortness of breath; vagus nerve imbalance must be iccups; no deep breathing, or tested and corrected—if possible— yperventilation occurs; swallowing individually for wellness to be air; reflux; dental enamel erosion; maintained. Allergies, heavy metal en ne ene - Sal ane ‘upper stomach (or fundus) ulcers; regurgitation, including dry Figure |: Hiatal hernia—above the poisoning, parasitosis, porphyria eaves; waist sensitivity; nausea; diaphragm, where it doesn't belong! and other factors could already be diminished or excessive appetite; imbalancing the vagus nerve. That colic in infants; diarrhoea or constipation; fatigue; the vagus nerve is a key factor is indicated when we see oarseness; coughing; pain (diaphragm, lungs, ribs, | people with large hernias but who are asymptomatic. hroat, chest, abdomen, shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, spine, | They may have a very balanced vagus nerve and perhaps extremities or back); arthritis; fatigue; nervousness; a defect-free heart. insecurity feelings; facial flushing; depression; orthostatic The extensive vagus nerve is so diverse, and so ypotension; food, chemical and electromagnetic interconnected to the visceral organs, that it has been allergies; TMJ; bruxism; headaches; dizziness; poor nicknamed "the wanderer". The vagus nerve is the tenth balance; numbness; paralysis; hypoglycaemia; shakiness; cranial nerve, and is also called the pneumogastric nerve. ainting; confusion; poor stress tolerance; vision t is the only nerve that starts in the brainstem—within weakness; learning/behaviour problems; premenstrual he medulla—which contains the cardiac, respiratory, syndrome; prostatitis; bladder weakness; weight gain or vomiting and vasomotor centres, and involves autonomic oss; intestinal disease; gallbladder disease; adrenal unctions such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, atigue; hypothyroidism; hyperthyroidism; kidney disease; | maintaining consciousness and regulating the sleep epilepsy; insomnia; sleep apnoea, obstructive or central; cycle. The vagus nerve innervates the crucial visceral many pregnancy complaints; porphyria, acute attacks. organs (heart, lungs, gastro-intestinal [GI] tract, pancreas, iver, kidneys, stomach) and also conveys sensory Hidden Health Problems information about the state of these visceral organs to Let's look at how HHS/VNI can cause so many he central nervous system. The vagus nerve is part of complaints and organ problems. Many factors can he parasympathetic nervous system, which must be in prevent the stomach from "going back down" or "staying balance with the sympathetic nervous system. Both are down". My own improved techniques may make this part of the autonomic nervous system, and are thus change last longer, and thus the improvement in these involved in cardiac muscle and smooth muscle many seemingly unrelated conditions is observable. regulation. Figure 1: Hiatal hernia—above the diaphragm, where it doesn't belong! Hidden Health Problems Let's look at how HHS/VNI can cause so many complaints and organ problems. Many factors can prevent the stomach from "going back down" or "staying down". My own improved techniques may make this change last longer, and thus the improvement in these many seemingly unrelated conditions is observable. 26 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com