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Blood electrification is a method of alternative medicine that claims to kill viruses, bacteria and other pathogens present in the blood using small amounts of electrical current, called microcurrent (on the order of microamperes). The clinical use of microcurrents against pathogens is not FDA approved. There are no independent, peer reviewed studies showing that this technique has any significant affect against pathogens such as HIV.

History

Blood electrification was re-discovered in 1990 by researchers William Lyman and Steven Kaali, who claimed they observed that low electric current inactivated the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but did not adversely affect healthy human blood cells in a test tube. They patented two devices for treating infected blood.<ref> Electrically conductive methods and systems for treatment of blood and other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids with electric forces</ref>. The granting of patents does not in any way imply Government or scientific approval for such techniques, nor does it imply that they work.

Robert C. Beck, who claimed to have a DSc. in physics, examined the patents filed and noticed the required amount of current could be easily driven through bare skin, via electrodes, and used this non-intrusive method as part of the "Beck protocol".<ref name=Beck>1998-2004 TAKE BACK YOUR POWER! Lecture Notes, Beck, Dr. Robert (Bob) C., DSc. physics</ref><ref name=DrBeckSMD>Dr. Bob Beck - Suppressed Medical Discovery - Granada Forum, lecture notes 1998</ref> Beck also noticed that the filed patents made reference (from before the turn of the previous century) to #592735 patent for "Electrically Treating Liquids" 1897-02-23--Its primarily intent was a substitute for pasteurization of milk, but he claimed that any liquid could be so treated to kill pathogens.

Current is able to kill bacteria found within other fluids found in the body. In 2001, a scientific study conducted by dentists in Japan, that showed that application of 500 - 1000 microamperes of direct current is effective in killing oral bacteria 'in vitro'.<ref name=PubMed> Effect of Weak Electric Current on Reducing Oral bacteria in Vitro. (2001)</ref> The same study found that ions generated by weak electric current may be used for removal of dental plaque.<ref name=PubMed/>

Robert Beck suggested using 4 Hz bi-phasic square wave voltage of /- 27 Volts @ 3-7 mA alternating current through electrodes on the wrist, enabling current flow up the forearm's ulnar branch and radial artery branch from elbow to wrist starting initially for a duration of 10 minutes per day, then eventually for a duration of 2 hours per day.<ref name=Beck/><ref name=DrBeckSMD/> There is no evidence that such a method would be effective.

Dr. Beck went on numerous lecture tours to alternative medicine shows across the US states and tried to publicize the blood electrification therapy He claimed that this technology had been deliberately suppressed. After 1997 Beck claimed that he found that complementary treatment protocols accelerated spontaneous remissions from HIV infections down from 21 days or so to about a week or so.<ref name=DrBeckSMD/> Beck tested the set of four treatment protocols on himself. They included blood electrification, using a high-intensity time-varying (DC pulsed) magnetic field device (magnetic pulser), drinking colloidal silver water, and drinking high-saturation ozonated water. These experiments have not been duplicated by any credible researchers.

The strong, high field strength, rapid changing magnetic flux as occurs when a magnetic field collapses in a millisecond or less. The energy stored in the magnetic field when it collapses will produce a very large voltage EMF that will induce current flow in nearby conductors. Biological tissues containing ions and minerals will have microcurrents so induced within.

Beck himself said that this treatment regime was very anti-establishment / "politically incorrect"--an action that would normally get a doctor or pharma researcher fired from their job because, as electro-medicine, it goes counter to the established medical paradigms.<ref name=DrBeckSMD/>

In 1998, Beck reported on, and in 2000, others made testimonials to the fact that, without any coaxing, independent experimenters, cancer patients, some suffering with end-stage terminal cancer had tried the therapy. These cancer sufferers were reporting to have had spontaneous remissions when undergoing the full Beck protocol, and usually combining it with some herbal remedies recommended by Hulda Regehr Clark.<ref name=BPV>Bob Beck Protocol, Sharing Health, 2000, Carol Punt, Dr. Bob Beck, documentary - Part 1, interviews, testimonials, question and answer session</ref><ref name=DrBeckSMD/> The duration of the required application of the Beck protocol for cancer is said to depend on the condition of the patient--number of tumor sites, spread of the disease, size of the various tumors, and so on. Beck claimed that accumulated treatment results should be visible within about week so that tumor shrinkage should be evident in diagnostic images taken just before, and after such a length of time. Beck also claimed that 95 to 99% of cancers are treatable using his protocol, although he did not elaborate what type of cancer cases comprised the small percentage that would not respond.<ref name=DrBeckSMD/> Lyme disease was also mentioned as having been treated successfully. Beck mentioned also that a person from Africa had done a limited clinical trial with malaria cases. These studies were not peer reviewed, nor were they published in reputable medical journals.

Controversy

To date, no tests have been performed by Health and Safety regulators to determine the safety and effectiveness of blood electrification, and this therapy has not been approved by the US FDA.

A primary safety concern in late stage AIDS patients is the destruction of weakened white blood cells (lymphocytes - immune cells) through a process known as Lysing<ref name=ToolsH> </ref>. The rate at which these weakened white blood cells are destroyed by the electric current is dependent on the amount of time the person performs blood electrification daily,<ref name=ToolsH/> so that introduction of the blood electrification treatment protocol must be done very gradually so that initial use by people with weakened immune systems is safer. After a few months of such treatments reports have been publicized that some people wear and have their blood electrification units on 24/7 and feel great.

Fraudulent blood electrification machines have been reported to have been sold to AIDS patients.

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See also