- I wonder how many of you have been diagnosed with autoimmune
disease or know someone else who has? I am willing to bet that just about
all of us fit into this category. Ask yourself....how many of the chronic
diseases have known or admitted causes, definitive tests or cures? Off
hand, I can't think of many...if any. I always thought the main purpose
of a charity organization was to fund research into cures for all these
separate diseases. Doesn't seem as though they are having much luck.
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- Many of you are already aware that Lyme Disease, as well
as Syphilis ( a close spirochetal cousin of lyme ), are known as the "Great
Imitators". The question we must ask is.....is lyme disease imitating
numerous other diseases or are disease labels such as Multiple Sclerosis,
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Attention Deficit Disorder,
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, etc, being handed out to different
manifestations of Lyme Disease? Unfortunately Yale University is considered
the main authority on Lyme Disease. Their position is that 4 weeks of
antibiotics is more than enough to cure the illness. If one still has
the exact same symptoms on the day after this arbitrary time limit, then
we are told we are no longer actively infected with the lyme spirochete
but that now we either have an autoimmune disease, depression or antibiotic
seeking behavior. I've spoken to so many people who "once had lyme"
and they now supposedly have Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, ALS, Fibromyalgia,
etc.
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- There is a basic misconception that Lyme Disease is primarily
an arthritic disease and that it is only carried by ticks. These stereotypical
impressions are encouraged by the mainstream medical system and result
in gross ignorance of the true symptom complex of Lyme Disease. I know
this for a fact, from first hand experience and from the experience of
others who are trying to effectively deal with these medical and government
agencies....but to no avail. Late stage or tertiary lyme disease presents
with such a plethora of symptoms that I have never taken the time or the
space in any of my previous articles to mention them. I feel that it is
now time to do so as our country is in the middle of an unimaginable health
crisis which could certainly disable our country in the near future.
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- One can present with any or almost all of the following
symptoms. Of course, having any of these symptoms does not mean you definitely
have lyme disease but it does mean that the possibility should be looked
into. If a patient has over 7 symptoms then there is a strong possibility
they may have lyme.
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- Rashes, chills, fever, sweats, weight change, fatigue
or exhaustion, sore throat, hormone irregularities, swollen glands, change
in bowel habits, irritable bladder, loss of libido, gastrointestinal problems,
heart skips or palpitations, heart block, neck stiffness, shortness of
breath, chest pain or rib soreness, joint pain, muscle twitching, tingling
in the face and or extremeties, headache, numbness, burning and or icy
cold skin sensations, Bell's Palsy, an infinite number of eye problems,
ringing in the ears, poor balance, bumping into things, dizziness, inability
to stand upright for very long, cognitive problems such as short term memory
loss, organizational difficulties, confusion, ADD type symptoms, reading
problems, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, bloated stomach, worsening
of allergies, increased sensitivities to noise and odors, a feeling that
your brain is swollen, lassitude, muscle cramps, nausea, swallowing problems,
tooth and jaw pain, anorexia, loss of muscle tone, obsessive compulsive
disorder, temperature control problems, myclonus, seizure like episodes
and more.
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- The Center For Disease Control (CDC) tells us that lyme
is a clinical diagnosis but yet they do not encourage the promotion of
this information to health departments, doctors or labs. The CDC criteria
for diagnosing Lyme Disease is very restrictive and the CDC specifically
states in writing that their criteria is to be used for surveillance purposes
only and not for the purpose of diagnosis. A clinical diagnosis is based
on the history and the symptoms of the patient. Tests can be used as an
adjunct in concluding the diagnosis but it should never be used as the
sole determining factor. Due to the over restrictiveness of CDC criteria.....most
patients remain undiagnosed. The solution is as simple as launching a campaign
to educate doctors, labs and health departments concerning this information.....but......
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- In February of 2004, Lyme activists in Connecticut organized
a Lyme Disease Hearing along with Attorney General Blumenthal. The CDC,
the NIH (National Institutes For Health) and physicians from Yale were
all invited by the Attorney General. The purpose of the Hearing was to
bring to light the vast underdiagnosis and non treatment of Lyme Disease.
All three of these institutions said they were too busy to come. We had
to ask our representatives and senators to insist that these institutions
be represented. The CDC finally accepted but not so for the NIH and Yale.
At the Hearing Blumenthal strongly suggested that the CDC distribute some
sort of warning or notice to health departments, labs and physicians which
would state that the CDC surveillance criteria should not be used for diagnostic
purposes. It has now been several months and we have yet to see any response
from the CDC. It certainly appears that these government agencies are
trying to keep the proportions of this epidemic under wraps. We need to
ask ourselves some difficult questions as to why this is so. Why are we
being denied proper diagnosis and treatment for Lyme Disease. Several
reasons for this criminal behavior come to mind.
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- 1. To create or keep alive charity organizations which
depend on all the separate disease labels.
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- 2. insurance issues
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- 3. Pharmaceutical profits stemming from drugs which
only treat the symptoms instead of utilizing drugs which cure.
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- 4. reducing the elderly population
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- 5. Intentionally disabling our country in order for
it to blend in with third world countries and eventually allow for world
government.
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- Alzheimer's and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) have
recently been brought to my attention. I was directed to a study from
Neuro Report vol. 4 No. 7, July 1993 which focused on autopsies of 14 Alzheimer's
patients. It was entitled "Alzheimer's Disease - A Spirochetosis?"
by Judith Miklossy. The report revealed that spirochetes were found in
the blood, cerebrospinal fluid and brains of 14 Alzheimer's patients during
autopsy. Thirteen age matched control cases were without spirochetes.
To summarize , the observations suggested that perhaps several strains
of spirochetes, including borrelia burgdorferi (the causative agent of
lyme disease ), are responsible for Alzheimer's Disease. One would think
that researching the role of antibiotics in the treatment of Alzheimer's
would be a prime concern.
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) appears to be another
very common misdiagnosis. A very concerned and distressed microbiologist
contacted me recently stating that they were finding the lyme spirochete
in numerous ALS patients, many of which are children. After testing positive
for lyme, these patients were referred to lyme literate doctors for treatment
with appropriate antibiotics. Many lyme patients have to travel far and
wide to recieve proper treatment. Most physicians are either ignorant concerning
lyme or they are too fearful to diagnose and or treat this very controversial
disease. The patients who had been diagnosed with ALS and were then treated
with antibiotics, gained back their mobility. However, once they had to
return to their local doctors, they were predictably taken off antibiotics
and subsequently reverted to their previous incapacitated condition.
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- This dividing of infectious disease into non treatable
or supposedly incurable conditions and disease labels is criminal, unforgivable
and must be exposed. Because of certain actions and or lack of action by
government agencies, who are responsible for the healthcare of our nation,
it is becoming very questionable as to whether or not they have our best
interests at heart.
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- The following informal poll was conducted by a lyme activist...Tincup.
Considering that accurate testing is a crucial factor in determining whether
someone gets treatment or not, it is helpful to know which labs are getting
what results. 72 lab tests were tallied. Lyme patients from 9 different
states...from California to Indianna, to New York and Florida, sent in
their results from their respective labs. Here is a summary.
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- Igenex Lab - more than 85% of tests submitted were positive
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- MDL Lab - slightly more than 65% were positive
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- Stoney Brook - slightly more than 30% of tests were positive
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- Labcorp - slightly more than 25% were positive
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- Quest labs - 20% positive
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- Note ... Bowen tests are not usually influenced by taking
antibiotics prior to testing. A number of the patients were at various
stages of taking antibiotics when the tests were performed at the other
labs, which may have influenced the results, therefore I am allowing for
that and am reporting Bowen results separately.
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- Bowen - slightly over 95%of those tested were positive.
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- I think this poll reveals the undependability of current
lyme testing. I am not a scientist but from what I can determine, the
Bowen lab is perhaps revealing the true nature of the Lyme Disease epidemic.
The Bowen test identifies the actual spirochete through flourescent staining,
where the antibody tests used by the other labs, depend on the reaction
of the patient's immune system. There are many factors which can interfere
with the production of antibodies and therefore contribute to the unreliabilty
of the antibody tests.
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- I keep asking myself....how many more disease labels
can they invent? Don't we have an almost infinite amount already? Perhaps
this is another angle being used to "divide and conquer". We
can no longer expect government health agencies to properly educate our
physicians. We need to find our own novel ways of bringing this information
to the attention of doctors. Preferably this would need to be done while
medical students are still forming their ideas and beliefs. Once they are
brainwashed by the medical industrial complex...it is much more difficult.
We also need to somehow encourage individual doctors to form their own
medical journals...independant of the AMA or government institutions. It
would also be in the doctors' best interests to form supportive units with
each other. Eventually this could result in less power for those who are
now in control...and not doing a very good job. Our current medical system
suppresses curative treatment and is much too controlling....to our detriment.
The American people need to take back the responsibility for their healthcare.
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