By Linda on Feb 12, 2010 in Infections | comments(0)
Lyme disease (borreliosis) is a systemic illness resulting from infection
with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by the
bites of infected ticks belonging to several species of the genus Ixodes.
After the bacteria enter the body via the dermis, most patients develop the
early, localised form of Lyme disease, which is characterised by erythema
migrans and influenza-like symptoms. This disease may also affect the heart,
nervous system and joints. The neurological findings of this disease may
include peripheral and central nervous system signs.
A 21-year-old woman attended a family medicine outpatient clinic complaining
of unexplained pain and muscle power loss in her lower extremities. The
problem had started in her right leg 3 months earlier and worsened in the
last week. She had a neurology consultation and was hospitalised. Her
neurological examination revealed bilateral facial paralysis and sensory
impairment. Immunoglobulin M antibody to B. burgdorferi was positive on
Western blotting in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was
diagnosed with subacute neuroborreliosis and treated.
Acta Neurol Belg. 2009 Dec;109(4):326-9.
Koc F, Bozdemir H, Pekoz T, Aksu HS, Ozcan S, Kurdak H.
Department of Neurology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana,
Turkey.
koc.filiz@gmail.com
By Linda on Dec 4, 2009 in Infections | comments(0)
We report the case of a 62-yr-old man who presented with Lyme pericarditis leading to cardiac tamponade shortly followed by an arthritis. IgM and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi were demonstrated in serum by indirect immunofluorescence. Borrelia burgdorferi was demonstrated and identified in pericardial fluid by indirect immunofluorescence using serum from a patient with proven Lyme disease and by a monoclonal antibody immuno-gold silver stain. Spirochetes were also found in synovial biopsies using a silver stain. The tamponade was treated with pericardiocentesis; the arthritis was treated with intravenous ceftriaxone (2 g once daily) for 14 days. The patient recovered completely within days of commencing treatment. This case report demonstrates that borrelial infection may lead to pericarditis and cardiac tamponade. Continued
By Linda on Nov 16, 2009 in Toxins | comments(0)
Linda’s comment: Mercury is in everything….learn to read your labels…..high fructose corn syrup is in EVERYTHING and HFC is full of mercury. I certainly believe that Mercury Toxicity is epidemic and for those with chronic illness and children are in trouble ingesting all this mercury. I have been on the FIGHT protocol for over a year now and I am very pleased at how I feel.
I challenge all of those interested in reducing their heavy metal loads, to give the FIGHT program a 3 month try. You might be surprised at how you feel. We must constantly be reducing our total body burden of pathogens and toxins and this lifelong daily detox program is the way to go.
Angel Huggzzz
Linda
Is Mercury Toxicity an Epidemic?
Author: Joseph Pizzorno, ND
Source: Vitamin Retailer Magazine, June 2009
Conventional medicine has dismissed mercury toxicity as a clinical concern except in cases of obvious poisoning. This is due to the poor correlation between the various measures of mercury body load and clinical symptoms. It is also the reason the dental community has in the past so consistently denied that amalgam fillings are a health risk. (Although called “silver” fillings, they are actually about 55 percent mercury.) However, the integrative medicine community has for decades believed that chronic low-level mercury exposure is the root cause of many chronic diseases ranging from autism to heart disease to “brain fog.” Continued
