By Linda on Oct 1, 2010 in F.I.G.H.T., Infections | comments(0)
Full article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2334-10-205.pdf
Excerpt:
Results
An informative pattern was obtained by combining two of the analysed parameters: (i), the fractions of HLA-DR-expressing CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells, respectively, and (ii), the level of CD40 on CD14+ CD16- monocytes. Patients infected with gram-negative bacteria or EBV showed a marked increase in monocyte CD40, while this effect was less pronounced for tuberculosis, borrelia and influenza. The bacterial agents could be distinguished from the viral agents by the T cell result; CD4+ T cells reacting in bacterial infection, and the CD8+ T cells dominating for the viruses. Patients with systemic autoimmunity also showed a increased activation, but with similar engagement of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Analysis of soluble TNF alpha receptors was less informative due to a large inter-individual variation.
Conclusion
Immunophenotyping including the combination of the fractions of HLA-DR expressing T cell subpopulations with the level of CD40 on monocytes produces an informative pattern, differentiating between bacterial origin, viral origin and systemic autoimmunity. Furthermore, it provides some indication of a subacute bacterial infection, such as borreliosis or tuberculosis. This flow cytometric method is suitable for clinical diagnostic laboratories, and may help in the assessment of patients with uncharacteristic inflammatory symptoms.
By Linda on Nov 16, 2009 in Linda's Tips | comments(4)
Linda’s Comment: I’m in the process of reading this book and so far it ROCKS. Having battled (5) Cancers myself and beaten them on using ONLY alternative medicine and adjuncts, I can relate to much of what Suzanne has to say. Cancer is preventable, but many of us don’t pay attention until we hear those words,”You have Cancer”….Yes, it certainly gets your attention. Many forget to stop and think about how they ended up with Cancer? These are things you don’t think of ,UNTIL you hear those words, and then it is usually the last thing you even think about. Once I got over the shock of hearing those words and had my treatment protocol laid out, I wanted to know how and why? No, I didn’t question God, but I questioned myself. Thanks to my alternative doctors and friends I stepped back and began looking at what I ate. Yep, I ate a lot of GMO foods, sugar, the wrong fats and used a microwave. I began looking under my cabinets and in my medicine cabinets, as well as my laundry room. Boy was I shocked. My friends, doctors and research lead me to start removing all the toxins and chemicals I had around me. It actually isn’t hard to do, but it is a shocker that the FDA would allow the industry to sells these DEADLY products.
The chemical toxins that we use to clean and wash our clothes with are scary when you begin to read labels. The chemicals we put on our bodies and the cosmetics that are toxic and loaded with chemicals will make you angry, as they did me. How could the industry approve them? How could the industry in good faith shove these chemicals at us? I had no idea what perfume and body creams were putting into my blood stream, much less in my lungs, breasts and ovaries!! The plug-in air-fresheners and aerosol sprays are DEADLY. The good news is there are cleaning products, laundry products, body creams, shampoos that are not toxic and filling our bodies with additional toxins. Oh yea, let’s not forget the pesticides and herbicides that are giving us our toxic world!!
I only wish I had known about the FIGHT program, that I began over a year ago. Thank you Dr Gordon for developing this lifelong daily detox protocol. IT WORKS….They talk about the FIGHT program in the 16th chapter of Suzanne’s book. The FIGHT protocol has helped me begin to dissolve biofilms and reduce my total body burden of pathogens and toxins. The great thing about this program is it is lifelong. Yes, I said lifelong, but we are living in a very toxic world and are being slammed daily with hundreds of toxins from our environment. Continued
