News and resources for neurological Lyme disease and co-infections.
Several years ago I admitted a patient with Lyme disease (LD) to a psychiatric unit. He was paranoid and assaulted five police officers in an episode of rage. During the hospital stay, the patient went to the river behind the hospital to watch the Fourth of July fireworks display. When the fireworks began, the patient jumped into the river. It appeared the loud noise was responsible for an acoustic startle reaction.
The core of the project offers a highly-sensitive “lab-on-a-chip” device built using a nanoimprinting technology to enable much faster production at minimal costs. An optical reader will also be developed to enable user-friendly readout and interpretation of results. The resulting tool can easily be adapted to a wider infectious disease market for other pleomorphic bacteria such as chronic Lyme disease and bacteria involved in other serious diseases.
Plus - “prominent calcification of the invertebral cranial artery”. My next “event” is expected to be terminal. (oopsie) Add to that; degenerative disc disease - I am fused L4-S1 w/ fusion of L3-4 pending + C1-4. Fibromyalgia & CFS, Major arthritic changes of every joint viewed so far. Reconstructive surgery to my left shoulder and both wrists. My knees are a wreck; stay swollen to about the size of grapefruits 24/7, swelling to melon size frequently.
Out of the tragic and deadly AIDS epidemic; medical researchers have brought about a wave of new scientific breakthroughs which has benefited hundreds if not thousands of suffering people with related diseases due to immune dysfunction.
As the search for better tools and treatments continue to advance for “AIDS”, there have been more and more infections [...]
According to neuro.psychiatryonline.org, as many as 48% of patients with late-stage neuro-Lyme disease may develop hyperacusis, more commonly known as “tinnitus”.
The symptoms of hyperacusis include continual ringing, buzzing and/or hissing sounds and can cause intense pain and even a post-traumatic stress disorder.
To use conventional diagnostic tests such as the Western Blot, one has to think in paradoxes: the patient has to be treated with an effective treatment modality first before the patient recovers enough to produce the antibodies, which then are looked for in the test. A positive Western Blot proves that the treatment given worked to some degree. A negative Western Blot does not and cannot prove the absence of the infection.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to read Dr. Burrascano’s updated guidelines, stop whatever you are doing and go here to read it: Advanced Topic in Lyme Disease; Diagnostic Hints and Treatment Guidelines for Lyme and Other Tick Borne Illnesses - Sixteenth Edition - Copyright October, 2008 by Dr Joseph Burrascano.
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A Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, shortened to “herx” as slang, is a predictable and temporary “flare-up” or worsening of symptoms caused by the die-off of spirochete bacteria. This condition was discovered and named after the German dermatologist, Karl Herxheimer (1844-1947). The condition was originally observed in syphilis patients. This recurring flare up is physically and emotionally devastating - especially for those who have very chronic and/or severe cases of chronic Lyme disease.
Like Lyme, the symptoms of Syphilis are many, and diverse. It has also been called “The Great Imitator” due to the difficulty medical practitioners have had through time in accurately diagnosing the disease and for many centuries, difficulties treating the disease.
The following thought-provoking information has been generously given by Geraldine, a chronic Lyme sufferer.
Geraldine owned a massage school “BL” (before Lyme) 15 years ago, and has researched many aspects of coping with Lyme and the parasites and co-infections that are so common with chronic Lyme sufferers. I have added some links and further references [...]
