From KXAS-TVThere's a new treatment offering relief for some allergy sufferers without the pain of shots and the side affects of medication. But is it worth the cost?
For as long as she can remember, Janine Jacks has battled food allergies.
"In my case, I would get really bloated that evening or even the next day," she said. "Sometimes I would get diarrhea."
Tired of having to avoid her favorite foods, Janine decided to try the Allergicare system.
"Allergicare is literally reprogramming the nervous system and the immune system so people don't suffer from allergy problems," Dr. Ray Nannis, a chiropractor, said.
Patients are hooked up to a biofeedback machine that Dr. Nannis says pinpoints food, seasonal, airborne, and environmental allergies by sending frequencies into your body. Those allergies can then be treated by using alternative medicine.
"It's a combination of 8,000-year-old acupuncture, without needles now, 200-year-old homeopathy and brand new state-of-the-art laser technology," Dr. Nannis said.
Treatments only take about 90 seconds, but patients routinely have to undergo a series before the allergy is corrected. And that can get expensive. Dr. Nannis says that on average, patients will spend between $8 and $1,800.
Janine's had nearly two dozen treatments so far.
She says, "The big thing is I'm not as bloated, and as far as clothes and appearance, I'm real happy about that. I'm sleeping better. I just kind of feel like there's been a weight lifted off of my body."
She says as good as she's feeling it's been worth the time and money.
