It is time to rename LYME;  if we call it LIMES it will change the paradigm and help many more people on the road to recovery than if IV antibiotics suddenly were free for everyone, as often as they wanted them. That is not the best answer for most patients today.  Oxidative treatment would make more sense (UVB/OZONE).

Lyme is all around us but I believe we will help many more if we give up on blaming everything on the tick related introduction of more pathogens than we had the day before we are bit.  Continued

Linda’s comment:::: This man is dangerous…..FOLLOW THE MONEY FOLKS….

The bacterial organism behind a newly identified tick-borne illness found halfway across the world showed up in Durland Fish’s lab in Connecticut a decade ago.

http://www.ctmirror.org/story/13955/lyme-new-tick-borne-disease-yale

Strange????????? Fishboy, should be locked up to protect us….FOLLOW THE MONEY!!

Linda’s comment…Evidence is emerging for differential pathogenicity among Borrelia burgdorferi genotypes in the United States. By using two linked genotyping systems, ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer type (RST) and outer surface protein C (OspC), we studied the inflammatory potential of B. burgdorferi genotypes in cells and patients with erythema migrans or Lyme arthritis.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21641395

Excerpt:

Differences among genotypes were not as great in patients
with Lyme arthritis, but those infected with RST1 strains more often had
antibiotic-refractory arthritis. Thus, the B. burgdorferi RST1 (OspC type A)
genotype, followed by the RST3 (OspC type I) genotype, causes greater
inflammation and more severe disease, establishing a link between spirochetal
virulence and host inflammation

Linda’s comment:  CXCL13 in CSF could be an important component for diagnosing Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB),  Don’t you just love these studies.  WHY are they not doing the follow through of this deadly disease…???

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Discriminating%20Lyme%20neuroborreliosis%20from%20other%20neuro-inflammatory%20diseases

Excerpt:

In the diagnosis of LNB elevated
levels of CXCL13 can aid the diagnosis, but levels should be interpreted
with care.

Excerpt:

March 25th, 2010

(2004) I am a member of the Chelation Discussion Group, headed by the guru of Chelation therapy, Garry Gordon, M.D., D.O. It may have well over 2000 health professional members now on a worldwide basis. The theme seems to be primarily questions answered by Dr. Gordon as well as astute contributions from the members. Well, there is a tremendous number of communications per week. I used to print them all out and save them, but now I have decided to record the essence of many of the teachings in my brain.

FOR REST OF ARTICLE>>>

http://fight4yourhealth.com/answers/chronic-infections-treatments-that-work

Linda’s comment:  Ok so some may respond to antibiotics, where does the tatigue, joint pain and cognitive dysfunction come from….While IDSA says there is no such thing as chronic Lyme or post treatment LD, this very report speaks of them…..

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21305487&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

Excerpt:

Conclusions: In an appropriate clinical setting,
evaluation for POTS in patients suffering from post LD syndrome may lead to
early recognition and treatment, with subsequent improvement in symptoms of
orthostatic intolerance. (Cardiol J 2011; 18, 1: 63-66).

Linda’s comment:  There are many many strains of Lyme.  The species from different countries makes it difficult to find the right treatment….PCR analysis revealed Rickettsia bacteria in two Haemaphysalis species. This is a first time support for Thailand.

Excerpt:

In this study, we identified two Haemaphysalis species present at the Khao Yai
National Park in Thailand and investigated the presence of rickettsia in these
ticks.

 

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21318277&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

Linda’s comment:  There are so many different types of European Lyme Borreliosis in whom borreliae were isolated from the blood are rare and nearly exclusively is limited to those ith solitary or mltiple erythema migrans.

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21153429&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks 

Excerpt:

CONCLUSIONS: In European patients with Lyme borreliosis, borreliae can be
cultured from the blood not only early in the course of the disease but also
occasionally later during disease progression.

Linda’s comments:  These types of stories make me mad as hell….This poor woman suffered unnecessarily thanks to IDSA and the medical boards….This statement along >>>>“He wouldn’t give me a test for it,” she said. “He said my symptoms weren’t Lyme.”<<<<is criminal in my book, but we have the CDC, IDSA and the medical boards to thank for this kind of thinking from doctors….THIS MUST STOP…WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS MENTALITITY….

Link: http://www.kccommunitynews.com/miami-county-friday-community-living/28257976/detail.html

Excerpt:

Kathryn Puvogel never saw the tick that infected her, but she felt the effects of its bite long afterward — losing her job, most of her health and much of what she knew of as her life.

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