1. What it is and how it works

Autovaccine therapy is a relatively unknown method of effectively treating chronic inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases. To understand how it works, it is necessary to have a bit of background information about infections.

Although it is generally accepted that acute inflammations and infections can be caused by viruses or bacteria, it is not generally known that there is evidence that the cause of most chronic illnesses can be traced back to bacterial DNA left in the body after the acute symptoms have gone. This DNA hides in tissue or blood in a disguised bacterial state called either L-form bacteria or pleiomorphic bacteria, or Cell Wall Deficient Bacteria (CWDB). In this morphed state it circumvents the immune system, and is unrecognizable using standard diagnostic tests like blood culture, staining and microscopic diagnosis. The manner in which we use autovaccine therapy is designed to release the malignant DNA from its disguise in order to enable the immune system to recognize it and then deal with it. We do this by removing a number of phials of blood from the patient. This blood is stored for a length of time under specific conditions in which the encapsulated – and thus hidden – DNA is released from the blood. This process turns the patient’s own blood into a vaccine which once injected back into the patient, triggers the immune system to effectively deal with the malignant bacterial DNA.

The true elegance of this system lies in the fact that it is not necessary to do any of the very expensive and time consuming tests that are sometimes available to determine the true nature of the DNA. The immune system does not need a name, it just deals with any foreign bodies that are revealed by the autovaccine therapy. There is however, one test that can, in fact, determine the presence of L-forms in the blood. Using the Fluoresence In Situ Hybridisation (FISH) technique, a patient's CWDB load can be determined. A thorough anamnesis can lead to identification of the particular L-form of the bacteria in question.