Fig 4. Age association of acute conditions with concurrent
chronic diseases
The trend was similar to that in the chronic group, i.e., with
increasing age, the incidence of concurrent acute and chronic
inflammatory disease was reduced. Additionally, the same three chronic
diseases emerged as those most associated with acute concurrent
pathology in this group.
When both these samples were pooled and the chi-squared test was
conducted to assess the prevalence of a single inflammatory state as
opposed to concurrent states, the analysis showed a strong prevalence of
single inflammatory states (chi-squared statistic 60.65; p<
.00001).
Twenty-one chronic conditions that improved considerably under treatment
were mapped for the pattern of acute and chronic inflammatory conditions
(supplementary material). For this mapping, the frequency (episodes of
acute inflammatory diseases) and relative severity (e.g., fever
temperature, severity of chronic symptoms, and the Childhood Autism
Rating Scale – as applicable) of these conditions were analysed over
the course of the individual’s history. In 18 cases, there was a clear
increase in acute inflammatory conditions as the chronic disease showed
improvement; however, prior to the onset of chronic disease, many cases
showed repeated acute inflammatory diseases, which did not occur while
the chronic disease was active. There was another interesting pattern in
two cases, where previously suppressed skin conditions re-emerged as the
chronic neurological conditions improved. According to homeopathic
principles, this is the best evidence for improvement of a condition
that is considered to be deeper than the skin (such as neurological
conditions) [1, 9, 10]. The discussion of this phenomenon, however,
is not within the scope of this paper.