Jenna’s Lyme Blog

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ITT/Cytokine Testing for Definitive Diagnosis of Active Lyme Infection

ITT/Cytokine Testing for Definitive Diagnosis of Active Lyme Infection

Finally, a test to ask for (unless you live in Europe)! This revolutionary new test determines the existence of acute and chronic Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme) by evaluating the specific immune response in patients. The NEI (Neuro-Endo-Immune) Connection published the following information by in November 2010.

Best Supplement for Chronic Lyme Disease

Best Supplement for Chronic Lyme Disease

Not another Supplement!  Please!  Have you seen the boxes of supplements I already have for the 142 symptoms I suffer with daily?  And paying for these “critical” supplements is impossible because I am far too sick to work.  The doctors are all on payment plans that I am barely managing to cover and now there is another “MUST HAVE” supplement.

Thankfully Propax NT is a high-quality combination vitamin/mineral supplement designed to be completely absorbed into the body replacing many of the individual vitamins you may currently buy.

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Detox Those Nasty Neurotoxins

Detox Those Nasty Neurotoxins

Neurotoxin effectively means “nerve poison”. Neurotoxins act directly on neurons, or nerve cells, by interfering with membrane proteins and ion channels in the central nervous system.  Common external substances that cause neurotoxins in the body are: venom from poisonous insects or reptiles, carbon monoxide, mercury and other heavy metals, ethanol and various other chemical substances. Chemical weapons make use of neurotoxins to impair or kill their enemies.

The destruction of spirochetes also creates neurotoxins which flood the body causing all Lyme symptoms to flare up.  This event is known as a “Herxheimer reaction” or more commonly a “herx”.  The problem is easy to see…if you want to destroy Lyme disease and reclaim your life, it means you have to find the courage to actually feel worse before you can feel better.  And not all people handle neurotoxins the same way.  Some bodies eliminate neurotoxins more easily than others, but regardless of the relative “ease” with which we rid ourselves of these poisons; pain on top of pain equals more pain.  Killing Lyme is very different than getting rid of mucous after a bad cold.

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Did You See Boston Chronicle’s Series on Chronic Lyme Disease?

Did You See Boston Chronicle's Series on Chronic Lyme Disease?

I am sorry to say that I missed it.  But thanks to Kettmann.com,  we are all able to watch it, and download it to share with friends and family.

Please watch it now or later  (the video is 40 minutes long.)  Just follow these simple steps – courtesy of Channel 5, Boston Massachusetts, ABC-TV WCVB.

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Is Lyme the Co-infection for Bartonella?

Is Lyme the Co-infection for Bartonella?

People who are sick with Lyme disease and treating the disease for years with antibiotics and/or alternative treatments – sometimes with a single protocol and sometimes using several protocols at once – are beginning to wonder, “…maybe I don’t have Lyme, maybe it is something else.”

The  problem continues to rest with inadequate testing for a clear diagnosis. Researchers in Italy and subsequently in the UK have recently (October and November 2011) published findings that demonstrate Bartonella heslslae transferring DNA to human endothelial cells. Endothelial cells are the thin layer of cells that line the interior of blood vessels.  It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to consider the impact of this information with respect to the neurological aspect of our disease(s).

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Watch ILADS Conference live on Chronic Lyme disease

Watch ILADS Conference live on Chronic Lyme disease

Watch ILADS Lyme disease conference lectures as leading professionals examine the cutting edge research and state-of-the-art clinical applications in the treatment and diagnosis of Lyme disease.

We will be restreaming select presentations on December 17, 2011 that were not seen due to technical difficulties on October 27th & 28th, 2011 free of charge.

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Chronic Lyme Proven in Recent Medical Research

Chronic Lyme Proven in Recent Medical Research

The following two studies (see summary here) demonstrate that Bb spirochetes can persist in the mouse after ceftriaxone therapy.  This supports the claims of chronic Lyme sufferers who maintain that they still have the disease after antibiotic treatment – even IV antibiotics.

The Finish study was remarkable in that the culture and PCR were negative after ceftriaxone, but after additional treatment with anti-TNF-alpha, viable spirochetes were recovered.

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Lyme Boost – Moose Dying In Maine from Ticks

Lyme Boost - Moose Dying In Maine from Ticks

In a vast section of the Maine Wilderness there were one hundred and forty-two (142) moose found dead according to a recent article in the Bangor Daily News (December 2, 2011). These apparently healthy moose are found dead covered with ticks which points to the astronomical increase in tick population, and fuels the raging epidemic of Lyme disease and other potentially fatal tick born diseases. (Article link at end of post)

The moose were unmarked and dead for no apparent reason other than the fact that they were completely covered in ticks.  Their natural predators will not eat the moose in this condition,but the ticks will.  The ticks fill their bellies and hop off to breed more – up to three thousand youngsters each.

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New Biofilm Research Validates Co-Infection Challenge for Chronic Lyme Disease

New Biofilm Research Validates Co-Infection Challenge for Chronic Lyme Disease

Medical researchers and Lyme-literate doctors have known for some time that co-infections complicate the recovery from Lyme borreliosis and in some cases prevent it but the reason for such difficult complications was unclear.

After the discovery of the role of biofilms in Lyme disease by Dr. MacDonald, subsequent research has uncovered evidence of communication within the biofilm between different pathogens that may illuminate the key factors of the problem and hopefully lead to reliable solutions. See 2008 slide show re Borrelia in Biofilm.

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German Guidelines for Treating Lyme Disease

German Guidelines for Treating Lyme Disease

The German  “Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lyme borreliosis” is a far cry from the US standard written by IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America).  In fact it reads more like Dr. Burrascano’s Guide and therefore deserves a careful read.

Not only does the guide define chronic Lyme disease but it clearly validates it.  Also noteworthy is the statement, “A negative serological finding does not rule out Lyme borreliosis.”