Can SET-DB™ Cause a Reaction?

I received a call from a practitioner a few weeks ago about reactions a couple of her patients had some time after receiving a SET-DB™ treatment. Both patients were children, siblings, about the same age. As I recall, one broke out with hives about four hours after a treatment for amino acids, the other about four days after the same treatment. The parent claims neither were given a protein meal during the four-hour avoidance period.

So, what gives?

First, after performing thousands of SET-DB™ treatments, no patient of mine ever reported a negative reaction after a treatment, other than what I write about in the Practitioner’s Manual. If the treatment was performed correctly and the patient observed the avoidance period, the only negative reactions ever reported to me were fatigue and a dull headache (from the New-Stim).

That’s not to say a negative reaction to a treatment could never happen, but the odds are right up there with winning the Powerball—not real likely.

So, again, what gives?

The obvious answer is they reacted to something they weren’t treated for, which could be just about anything as they’d only had one treatment. To put a finer point on it, it’s likely they reacted to something new in their shared environment. New allergen — new symptom.

Here’s what I would’ve done if this had happened to me:

1. First, I would’ve entered the conversation with complete “faith” that the treatment cannot cause negative symptoms if the patient observes the avoidance period of four hours (other than what I wrote above). Having said that, I’ve had patients who didn’t think the treatment would work and wanted to test it immediately by eating what they had just been treated for. The treatment still worked. There’s a good chance that with many people, the treatment is complete within 10–15 minutes. I would never tell a patient that because wouldn’t you know it, they’d be one of the few who needed the full four hours.
2. The parent would’ve read my Kids and Allergies report so I know she should remember that any sensitivity can cause any symptom anywhere. I would remind her of that.
3. I would’ve said something like, “The treatment has never caused side effects, let alone something like this. Plus, your children have only had one treatment. They’re sensitive to many things they’ve yet to be treated for so it makes sense they got hives after being exposed to something they haven’t been treated for. Since they both had a new kind of reaction, it’s probably something new. What’s new in their environment?” Then dig into that.
4. If the patient or guardian is taught that any sensitivity can cause any symptom they will understand why people need to go through a treatment program. Anything less is asking you, the practitioner, to look for the needle in the haystack. The “handle” for this takes place when the patient or guardian is educated, which takes place before any treatment is done. 
5. Please, make sure you’re doing the treatment correctly. If you’re missing the treatment spot you’re not doing anything at all to the patient.

However, you can understand the parent’s concern. Her children had never had hives (or she forgot they did—it happens a lot), yet after getting a treatment from you, they did. It would be pretty easy to point the finger at your treatment if they weren’t educated properly.

To sum up, as a general rule it’s always better to try to get the patient to go through the treatment program you think they need. This should be the inhalants program or the food and nutrient program, or both. Anything less is doing the patient a disservice by allowing them to leave your care with sensitivities, which will over time contribute to poor health. (Small children can be an exception.)

Also, properly educate your patients/clients BEFORE they come to see you. This not only saves you time on the first visit, a better-educated patient is a better patient, and better patients will understand they need to get all their sensitivities corrected.