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One Drop of Blood

So what can one drop of blood possibly show me?

sluggishness of the immune components

liver and spleen stress

some vitamin and mineral lack

hormonal imbalances

fungal conditions and pH imbalances

possible parasites / candida

digestive issues and intestinal bacteria overgrowth

atherosclerotic predisposition

heavy metal toxicity

predisposition to chronic and degenerative disease

One drop gives a snapshot of your health! When you first see your live blood sample on a monitor you see a multitude of living, various shaped, particles doing the back-stroke, as well as red and white cells and more - a complete microcosm.

Schools of subtly moving red cells! How they wear their information on their exteriors! These little flexible 7.2 micron discs, that look like frisbees, are always uniform in size and shape in a healthy person. But when we see irregularities, we can also see where the imbalances are. For example, a dark internal ring in the centre of the red cells means the microscope’s light is refracting differently and indicating a thinner and too shallow a centre and compromised and often have a shorter shelf life. This structural defect is an iron deficiency - lack of rebar! Then there are red blood cells that are larger than the norm and we know they are missing B12 and Folic acid - an essential requirement for each cell in our bodies - a serious requirement, as it allows our cells to make a polymerase in order for us to replicate DNA in each new cell our bodies make - we make new cells by the hundreds of thousands per minute. With this deficiency the nucleus in the forming new red cells grow more slowly but not the rest of the cell surrounding the nucleus and so when the nucleus is finally mature and the red cell is released to do business, the rest of the cell is extra mature and larger and therefore differing in size. First, you feel tired and if enough of this hanky panky is going on you could acquire peripheral nerve pain. And all just because of a lack of B12 and Folic acid. B12 can be stored in the liver - a year’s supply, in fact, and Folic acid is available in foliage. To eat foliage is one thing but to convert greens to Folic acid is another, even if we eat enough greens. There are several key chemical reactions between the food on our plates and the growth factors at the cellular level and 20% of us have a folate activation challenge! Good to know and see.

White cells... they are such interesting creations!
We all have six different kinds on board and each has it’s own form and functions! When you watch them go about their business you can only marvel at the honourable display of workaholic behavior and after a few moments of raptured viewing, these infinitesimally small bits of life, which can only be seen at 9000X magnification, seem to behave like beings on their own - in pursuit of their targets, changing shape and contents and moving about their business in a steady and unfaltering way weaving in and amongst the red cells and being in service. Some white cells are in the majority - neutrophils. Some white cell types only show up when your body is focused on allergies or parasites. Some white cells are spectacularly bright and beautiful and some appear dull and boring. For example, the monocyte, looking like a modest wall-flower, is one powerhouse when necessary - when there is an infection, then the more the merrier. No infections - then very few monocytes to be found.

Trillions of Red Cells

Each red cell has a positive charge internally and requires a negative charge around the outside - zeta potential. When this charge is faulty, the red cells are not repelling each other nor staying separated. When this sort of “hugging” goes on, often in neat and tidy rolls of discs like a roll of coins (below), then we have lots of information! We know that red cells need to be like Lone Rangers and travel on their own when. When they are rolled up together and when these rolls are even sometimes rolled up against each other, then it’s more like a posse trying to ride on one horse. One little flexible red cell can just barely roll itself up to make it through the capillaries to travel throughout and a party of discs doesn’t stand a chance of going through these narrow spaces = circulatory problems. So, how are the nutrients going to be passed on to the cells and have the garbage picked up?

Why don’t I have this evaluation done at my G.P’s office?

Darkfield microscopy is used almost exclusively by alternative health advisors, rather than conventional physicians. The reason is not that darkfield microscopes are exotic: they are standard equipment employed in high-end microbiology laboratories. With their unique benefits, then, why is darkfield not used by primary care physicians?

Few doctors have the time to look for themselves at their patients’ blood, let alone show patients what they see and explain what it all means. Neither does microscopy work into the modern medical paradigm of one disease, one drug, one outcome. Live blood analysis shows the complexity and variability of the entire blood ecology. Preventative use, before any serious symptoms appear, is educational and also time consuming. According to today’s standards of practice, that relegates microscopy to the sidelines.