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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosed As Psoriatic Arthritis

https://danielcameronmd.com/lyme-disease-misdiagnosed-psoriatic-arthritis/

LYME DISEASE MISDIAGNOSED AS PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

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In their article, “Rare case of Lyme borreliosis in a patient presenting with dactylitis and skin rash,” Steppat et al. describe a patient with Lyme borreliosis, who was initially misdiagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy joints and skin. [1]

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The man, in his 70’s, presented with dactylitis (severe swelling of the fingers or toes), onycholysis of the nails (nail separates from the skin) and scalp psoriasis, which lead to the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis.

However, he did not respond to treatment with corticosteroids or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

“A skin biopsy was performed showing histopathological changes compatible with Lyme borreliosis (LB) and serum contained IgG antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi,” wrote Steppat and colleagues.

“To our knowledge, this is the first case of LB describing asymmetrical dactylitis in a hand.”

The man did not recall a tick bite but reported that his fingers first began to swell several weeks after gardening.

“It was concluded that the patient was not suffering from PsA but [Lyme borreliosis] with manifestations of dactylitis, arthritis and [acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans] ACA,” the authors wrote.

After 1 week of penicillin, the swelling of the patient’s fingers improved.

After 6 months, the arthritis, tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon sheath), soft tissue swelling and skin rash had completely resolved.

“… dactylitis is a common feature of [psoriatic arthritis]. However, dactylitis may also be seen as a clinical feature in several other diseases such as [Lyme borreliosis].”

Furthermore, the authors point out, that Lyme borreliosis can occur even when there is no history of a tick bite or erythema migrans rash.

When a patient is not responding to treatment for psoriatic arthritis, it is “crucial to re-evaluate the medical history, objective examinations and laboratory tests. In this case, the conclusive clue was hidden in the skin biopsy.”

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References:
  1. Steppat A, Skaarup Andersen N, Andreasen CMRare case of Lyme borreliosis in a patient presenting with dactylitis and skin rashBMJ Case Reports CP 2023;16:e253182.

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Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID “Vaccinated,” & COVID Shots ‘Saved No Lives’

https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/psychosis-panic-attacks-hallucinations-bizarre-psychiatric-cases-among-the-covid-vaccinated

Panic Attacks, Hallucinations: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases Among the COVID Vaccinated

Beginning in late 2020 with the COVID vaccine rollout, some doctors have seen an increase in unusual psychiatric illnesses.

Published on 

Written by Marina Zhang

Dr. Patrick William Slater is a 60-year-old neurotologist. A few years ago, he had a full-time medical practice in Austin and enjoyed hunting and fishing in the mountains during his downtime.

Then, in October 2021, Dr. Slater came down with cerebellar ataxia, a disease affecting movement. He couldn’t eat or go to the bathroom without help.

While his ataxia could be managed using drugs, it wasn’t always effective against his biggest complaint: unprecedented panic attacks.

Almost every night, Dr. Slater would experience panic attacks that left him in “abject terror.” He thought about killing himself many times, he told The Epoch Times.

No one could provide a satisfactory answer about why he had developed these symptoms. Nothing abnormal showed up on his laboratory reports, and his neurologists and psychiatrists dismissed his symptoms as anxiety.

But Dr. Slater is convinced that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are the culprit.

Dr. Slater was suspicious when the symptoms first appeared within about two weeks of getting the second dose of the COVID shot. The second—and worse—wave of career-ending symptoms had coincided with his third shot.

After taking the booster, “there was no question in my mind,” Dr. Slater said.

Increase In Unusual Psychiatric Illness

Beginning in late 2020 with the COVID vaccine rollout, some doctors have seen an increase in unusual psychiatric illnesses.

Psychiatrist Dr. Amanda McDonald noticed a wave of psychiatric destabilization among her stable patients. They experienced flare-ups, often manifesting with worsened or new psychiatric symptoms.

“I couldn’t figure out why,” Dr. McDonald told The Epoch Times. “My patients typically stay stable.” But many stable patients were suddenly arriving at her office with insomnia, depression, and anxiety “without any sort of rhyme or reason.”

She increased some patients’ medication doses or added new drugs to their regimen, but it had little effect.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Lyme/MSIDS patients need to be aware of this as they are already at risk for unusual psychiatric illness.  Please read the article in full as it contains a lot of important and helpful information including:

  • Helpful treatments including ivermectin, anti-inflammatories, vasodilating drugs, and hyperbaric
  • Studies show the lipid nanoparticles carried in the mRNA vaccines interact with psychotropic drugs. Some drugs may persist longer in the patient, and a normal dose may become toxic.

“Vaccine-injured people, especially those who took the vaccine out of goodwill, may experience both a breakdown of their worldview and of themselves, said Dr. Ciora.  He uses the iconic scene from the movie ‘The Matrix’ as an analogy.  Neo, the main character, takes a red pill and discovers that he has been living in a machine-generated reality for his entire life. He cannot accept this reality, and vomits in disbelief.  You don’t know who to trust.” ~ Dr. Critian Ciora, psychiatrist

https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1711106689305358478  5 Minute Video Here

‘No Lives Were Saved’ by COVID-19 “Vaccines”

As the number of deaths clearly increased, upon closer examination, scientists noticed that the excess deaths coincided with the timing of the #COVID19 “vaccine” program rollout.

From the study “COVID-19 Vaccine-Associated Mortality in the Southern Hemisphere.”

The large age dependence and large values of vDFR quantified in this study of 17 countries on 4 continents, using all the main COVID-19 vaccine types and manufacturers, should induce governments to immediately end the baseless public health policy of prioritizing elderly residents for injection with COVID-19 vaccines, until valid risk-benefit analyses are made.  Source

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Investigation: 80% of Carbon Offset Schemes ‘Likely Junk Or Worthless’ But in the Global Plan

UPDATE:

Go here to watch an informative video on the staggering amount of energy and resources required to build a single wind turbine. According to this, there are 75,633 turbines covering 45 states plus Guam and Puerto Rico.  Recently there’s been a slow down due to defects that according to manufacturers can affect up to 30% of turbines which can cause anything from fires to complete breakdowns where they fall to the ground.

The following information is imperative to understand as it is continually being woven into tick and medical research, despite independent research showing ticks are ecoadaptive and not reliant upon the environment/weather.  Biased, faulty, tick research continues to be done and is all built upon the house of cards of faulty modeling.  Researchers continue to fudge numbers and corrupt data as well as provide no data only narrative.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/corporate-carbon-offset-schemes-junk-worthless-cd/

Investigation: Most Corporate Carbon Offset Schemes ‘Likely Junk or Worthless’

According to a joint report by the watchdog group Corporate Accountability and The Guardian, nearly 80% of the top 50 global carbon offset projects claiming to compensate for corporate CO2 emissions exaggerate the benefits or shift their greenhouse gas burden elsewhere.

By Jake Johnson

A joint investigation published Tuesday by the watchdog group Corporate Accountability and The Guardian finds that nearly 80% of the leading carbon offset schemes backed by corporations and governments in a purported attempt to reduce planet-warming pollution should be deemed “likely junk or worthless.”

Carbon offset projects are billed as a way for corporations, governmental bodies and individuals to compensate for their emissions footprints by investing in efforts to curb pollution elsewhere.

Environmentalists have long warned that carbon offset schemes — part of the so-called voluntary carbon market (VCM) — are a way for fossil fuel companies such as Chevron to justify continued oil and gas extraction.

Citing the emissions trading database AlliedOffsets, The Guardian noted Tuesday that “the 50 most popular global projects include forestry schemes, hydroelectric dams, solar and wind farms, waste disposal, and greener household appliances schemes across 20 (mostly) developing countries.”  (See link for article)

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Why a Global Government Is the Ultimate Goal of Billionaires

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Oct. 6, 2023

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • The European Union’s “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive” — the legislative instrument that dictates the energy performance standards for buildings within the EU — will be used to achieve a massive wealth transfer scheme
  • By 2030, the EU must meet a minimum 55% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050, they want every building — commercial, public and residential — in the EU to meet zero-emission standards. To achieve that, they will impose a slew of new renewal energy requirements on homeowners
  • For example, heating systems that use fossil fuels are to be completely phased out of existence by 2035. Homeowners will be required to install new “green,” presumably electric, heating systems — and pay for it out of pocket. The cost for these new energy requirements are estimated to be around 100,000 euros for a residential house
  • The goal is to force people out of their homes. If you cannot afford the required upgrades, you’ll be forced to sell your home. Asset management companies will then buy them and turn them into rentals
  • September 20, 2023, the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) president approved a declaration on pandemic prevention, which assigns pandemic authority to the WHO, without a full assembly vote and over the objections of 11 member states. The objections should have prevented a consensus adoption the declaration, but the U.N. is skirting the rules by having the UNGA president, rather than the General Assembly, approve the declaration

http://  Approx. 7 Min

How They Plan to Take Your House: Agenda 2023 Wealth Transfer

Bull-Hansen, best-selling Norwegian novelist

  • In the U.S., BlackRock and Vanguard started bulk-buying residential homes in earnest in early 2021, which they then rent out rather than resell, thereby eroding middle class homeownership. They also artificially drove up home prices by paying above-asking price, thereby pushing homeownership further out of reach.
  • The price of rent has also skyrocketed, and renters will have to pay even more after these energy upgrades. So, not only is homeownership something many young people can no longer achieve, many can’t even afford to rent, and are forced to live with their parents or multiple roommates. We can eventually expect the number of homeless to skyrocket as well.
  • As noted by Bull-Hansen, the elimination of personal property ownership is all part of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Great Reset agenda, Agenda 2030 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These are just different names for the same overarching plan.
  • The WEF’s “8 Predictions for the World in 2030” video, in which they cheerfully declared that by 2030 “you will own nothing,” spelled out many of the aspects of this global plan, including the goal to eliminate personal ownership rights. “All products will become services,” the WEF explains on its website.
  • If you go along with these “green” proposals then you are actively choosing poverty and slavery for yourself and your descendants.
  • If we agree to pay the price now, and refuse en masse, this globalist power grab will absolutely fail. They cannot do it without mass obedience.
  • Go here to read the June 5, 2023, UN document spelling out its commitment to make the WHO the central global governance body. The final text of this document was published September 1, 2023, and in that version, all of the headings have been removed, but the overall intent to make the WHO a de facto governing body for the world remains unchanged.
  • The final text of the UN’s “Political Declaration” even declares that health is an indicator of “sustainable development,” thereby directly linking the WHO’s pandemic authority to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030.
  • The declaration makes the COVID-19 power grabs permanent and calls for universal vaccination, increased surveillance, vaccine passports, social media censorship, and an “integrated One Health approach,” which will end up governing all aspects of human life.

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Herbs & Wellness Podcast

https://cynthiathurlow.com/ep-300-herbs-wellness-dr-rawls-on-cellular-regeneration-healing/?  Go here for Podcast

Herbs & Wellness

Dr. Rawls on Cellular Regeneration & Healing

Sept. 30, 2023

I am honored to connect with Dr. Bill Rawls today! He is a distinguished figure in the healthcare field, having departed from conventional allopathic medicine to illuminate the profound potential of herbs in revitalizing health through the principles of cellular healing and regeneration.

With a foundation in classical obstetrics and gynecology and backed by scientific research, Dr. Rawls joins me today to furnish us with his actionable recommendations for optimal health and well-being.

In our conversation, Dr. Rawls dives into his background and explains the inherent limitations of the traditional allopathic model that has guided modern medicine for generations. We explore questions surrounding the alarming state of health in our society and examine the factors contributing to disease. We navigate the landscape of cellular biology, shining a light on the role of mitochondria and the impact of diet, environmental toxins, stress, and microbial pressures on our well-being. Dr. Rawls also unveils the distinctions that set herbs apart from pharmaceutical agents, and we journey through the realm of phytochemicals, the spectrum of herbal safety, and the health concerns around perimenopause, menopause, bone health, and sleep.

Dr. Rawls is a source of profound wisdom in the world of health and wellness, and his invaluable insights promise to empower us on the path to a healthier and more vibrant existence!

“Inflammation is a process of illness. It is not a cause of illness, and unless you are addressing the underlying causes of the inflammation, you are not going to make somebody well.”

– Dr. Bill Rawls

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Why Dr. Rawls chose to go into obstetrics and gynecology
  • What prompted Dr. Rawls to redirect the focus of his work?
  • How Dr. Rawls has spent the past decade and a half figuring out what herbs were doing and what chronic illness is
  • The differences between acute medicine and functional medicine
  • How mitochondrial power and illness are intertwined
  • How stress factors impact cellular health
  • How does the safety and efficacy of a particular herb get determined?
  • What is an adaptogen?
  • The value of taking herbs for essential hypertension
  • The importance of bone health for women
  • The impact of sleep pressure on sleep
  • The importance of restoring natural sleep cycle

Connect with Cynthia Thurlow

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Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com

Connect with Dr. Bill Rawls

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Dr. Rawls at https://rawlsmd.com

Dr. Rawls’s book, The Cellular Wellness Solution

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Altered Mental Status Due to Lyme Disease

https://danielcameronmd.com/altered-mental-status-due-to-lyme-disease/

ALTERED MENTAL STATUS DUE TO LYME DISEASE

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An 84-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due to an altered mental status. He had a history of stroke and mild to moderate dementia.

According to his wife, he had been having hallucinations 3 to 4 days prior to his hospitalization. And although he suffered from dementia, his symptoms had recently worsened.

Four weeks prior to the onset of symptoms, the man had been vacationing in Maine, a region endemic for Lyme disease.

“Oral intake had diminished considerably and he was found to have decrease in functional capacity,” Chabria wrote. Additionally, the patient was agitated, confused and at times mumbling incoherently.

He did not show any signs of an infection and his white blood cell (WBC) count and temperature were normal.

However, the man had a small bruise on his arm, which his wife attributed to an insect bite, likely a ‘black fly.’ But this could not be confirmed. Therefore, clinicians opted to treat empirically for Lyme disease.

“The presence of an atypical rash which looked more like a bruise prompted the authors to look for possible central nervous system involvement in Lyme disease,” the authors wrote.

An EEG showed diffuse slowing consistent with encephalopathy.

Test results revealed an elevated protein level, and a WBC count of 43/mm3 with 83% mono nuclear cells. Red blood cells were absent.

Based on these findings, the man was treated empirically on IV Ceftriaxone.

“This case illustrates the importance of an index of suspicion for the diagnosis of Lyme involvement of the central nervous system in a patient who at baseline had dementia.”

Testing later revealed he was positive for Lyme disease. And after several days of treatment, his mental status improved.

References:
  1. Chabria SB, Lawrason J. Altered mental status, an unusual manifestation of early disseminated Lyme disease: A case report. J Med Case Rep. 2007 Aug 9;1:62. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-62. PMID: 17688693; PMCID: PMC1973078.

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If you have a family member or friend whose child is struggling with mental health issues, please educate them on how Lyme/MSIDS is associated with this and when the infection(s) are dealt with the mental health issue improves or disappears altogether.

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