Tick season is here! While most tick bites are harmless, some ticks can carry diseases, such as Lyme disease. Knowing what steps to take following a tick bite can reduce your risk of infection.
Remove the embedded tick as soon as possible. The longer a tick is attached, the higher the risk of transmitting tick-borne illnesses.
Follow these steps:
Gently pull the tick out with tweezers by grasping its head as close to the skin as possible.
If the head remains, try to remove with a sterile needle.
Wash the bite site with soap and water. Rubbing alcohol may be used to disinfect the area.
Apply an ice pack to reduce pain.
Avoid the following:
Do not grab the tick at the rear of the body
Do not twist or jerk tick while pulling it out
Do not use alternative methods to remove it; such as fingernail polish, alcohol, petroleum products, or a hot match.
Identify the tick. Take note of the size and color of the tick, whether it was attached to the skin (ticks must bite you to spread their germs), if it was engorged (full of blood) and about how long it was attached. A healthcare provider may ask you these questions if you begin to experience symptoms.
Watch for symptoms. If signs of infection, rash or flu-like symptoms occur within 30 days of the tick bite, seek medical attention.
Remember, a tick that is crawling on you but has not attached to your skin cannot infect you. However, if you find one tick, there could be more. Check your body carefully and use these tips to prevent future bites. Prevention is the best medicine.
Taking the “wait and see” approach has doomed thousands to a life-time of misery. Wisconsin has a high rate of infected ticks, which simply means you have a higher likelihood of becoming infected. Any risk involved with taking a few weeks of antibiotics is well worth it. This 5 year old article states:
On average, about 22 percent of deer tick nymphs in Wisconsin have been found to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection rate for adults is about twice as high, around 40-45 percent. In some locations, though, researchers have found infection rates as high as 75 percent of the tick population.
I assure you, it’s only getting worse.
ILADS recommends at least 20 days of doxycycline for an acute tick-bite. It’s important to remember that this mono therapy will not cover many of the confections so it’s important to track symptoms and keep in close contact with your doctor – preferably an ILADS-trained doctor who understand the nuances of treatment. And coinfections are just as bad if not worse than Lyme disease. Some of these infections can be transmitted within minutes and have a high mortality rate, so each and every tick bite needs to be taken as seriously as a heart attack.
This article is much more thorough. Please file it away for future reference if you get a tick bite.
My father developed end-stage heart failure in his early 60’s, despite decades of top cardiology care. They said heart transplant was his only hope—They were wrong. Treating an overlooked infection permanently fixed his heart, averting the need for heart transplant. He passed away on 5/9/2021, 1 year ago today, at almost 90, may he rest in peace. This work is dedicated to my Dad. May it save someone you love.
Heart failure is the heart’s inability to ably pump blood. When the heart muscle chronically weakens, it’s called cardiomyopathy. Myocarditis describes acute inflammation of the heart—Sometimes also causing heart failure.
A major cause of disability and death, the many causes of cardiomyopathy include coronary artery disease, hypertension, and diabetes. But up to 50% of cases (75% when it’s in kids!) are “idiopathic,” of unknown origin. I dislike that word. It makes me feel like the medical profession is trying to compensate for its ignorance by using a lofty Latin-derived term to …
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The infection Dr. Phillips’ dad had was a tick-borne illness and is a perfect example of why treating the infection(s) is so important. As it stands, the ‘powers that be’ want us all to fall for the belief that those of us chronically/persistently infected are just dealing with some simple immune issues that need ironing out.
Well, that’s true in a sense because infections cause immune issues.
To sum it up best I will repeat what Dr. Hoffman (RIP) one of the most experienced WI LLMD’s told me on the issue:
If you treat the infection(s), most if not all symptoms just disappear.
This has certainly been the case for myself, my husband, and thousands of others, but this simple, logical fact is completely ignored by mainstream medicine and current scientific inquiry. It’s sad that we are still dealing with an issue Polly Murray writes about in the 70’s in “The Widening Circle,” a story about a woman’s observation of severe illness in her entire family and the Connecticut area in which they lived.
For more on tick-borne illness causing heart issues:
Five Republican senators have asked the NIH for a comprehensive accounting of every royalty payment by an outside source to an employee of the federal agency since 2009. Unfortunately, this need for transparency appears to be divided by party line, with democrats being remarkably silent. Don’t let politics divide us. Being honest and transparent when it comes to a federal agency, paid for by our tax dollars, that spearheads research and all the money connected with it, as well as is instrumental in public health emergencies and affecting the entire medical profession is a requirement despite political affiliation.
Each year, NIH awards tens of billions of dollars in the form of federal grants, and under 401.10 of the Patent and Trademark Law Amendments (Bayh–Dole) Act, federal agencies and employees may receive royalty payments for products and inventions when listed as an inventor or ‘co-inventor’ on a product’s patent.
In 2005, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) implemented a policy requiring its employees to disclose these royalty payments on the consent forms for clinical trial participants; however, the agency has taken no action to disclose such payments to the public at large,” the letter states. It shouldn’t take a lawsuit or FOIA request to obtain pivotal information on how our tax dollars are being spent. Source
It’s another example of the wolf guarding the hen house. Hopefully these past two years have demonstrated how important accountability from outside/independent sources is.
$350M in Secret Payments Were Sent to Dr. Fauci Over a 10-year Span
By Roman Balmakov
According to a treasure trove of new documents recently uncovered by a nonprofit watchdog group, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins alongside other scientists at the NIH received an estimated $350million worth of secret, undisclosed royalty payments.
Contrary to its disclaimer that “the CDC does not accept commercial support”, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported, in 2015, that “the CDC does receive millions of dollars in industry gifts and funding, both directly and indirectly.”
A petition filed in 2019 by several watchdog groups contends that the CDC’s assertion that it is free from influence peddling and has “no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products” are “indisputably false.”
The petition states the CDC, “knows the claims are false because it has procedures to address from whom and under what circumstances it accepts millions of dollars from contributors, including manufacturers of commercial products.”
This allegation is supported by multiple examples from the CDC’s own Active Program’s Report.
For instance, Pfizer Inc. contributed $3.435 million since 2016 to the CDC Foundation for a program on the prevention of Cryptococcal disease. Major sources of cash for the Foundation include:
“Fauci and the NIH have repeatedly abused the trust of the American people.
“From lying about gain of function research to walking back claims about COVID-19, this latest allegation is just another nail in the coffin of the integrity of our public health system.
“Dr. Fauci should have been fired a long time ago, and that remains true today,” ~ Rep. Buddy Carter
This recent article reiterates an April post that details how a FOIA request shows there are no documents to support the CDC’s claims that COVID injections do not integrate into DNA. Another FOIA request also shows the CDC has ZERO data to support its claim that the shots do not cause variants. Vaccinologist Geert Vanden Bossche states mass vaccination is driving Covid-19 to produce variants – perhaps even deadlier variants.
In short, there is ZERO data to support the following CDC’s claims:
“The genetic material delivered by the viral vector does not integrate into a person’s DNA,”
“They [viral vector vaccines] do not affect or interact with our DNA in any way,”
“The “mRNA never enters the nucleus of the cell where our DNA (genetic material) is located, so it cannot change or influence our genes,” and,
“They [mRNA vaccines] do not affect or interact with our DNA in any way.”
The three COVID-19 vaccines administered in the United States contain genetic material in the form of RNA (Pfizer and Moderna) or DNA (Johnson & Johnson) to tell our body to produce the virus’s spike protein.
Another perfect example of how science is now done by press release. No data required.
The FDA, also without any data, states that these shots only instruct cells to make the spike protein and then magically eliminates components in about 36 hours. POOF! Gone.
But inconvenient truths just keep rolling out of the barrel of monkeys.
Scientists from the MIT published a study showing SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be reversed-transcribed and integrated into the DNA of human cells and that “transcription of the integrated sequences might account for some of the positive PCR tests seen in patients.”
An in-vitro study out of Sweden showed that mRNA from Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot is able to enter human liver cells and be quickly reverse-transcribed into spike DNA.
A presentation in Pennsylvania put on by a group of free speech and information advocates showed shots were not sufficiently tested and important groups were excluded, but despite lack of data, mandates continue.
A newly released study shows that messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) from the vaccine stays in the body much longer than expected (in lymph nodes months after the shot).
Another paper shows “reverse transcription” is happening with a segment getting into human chromosomes. If the entire code gets into human chromosomes and expresses spike protein within human cells regularly or on demand, and is passed from parent cells to daughter cells, and to the developing embryo, Dr. McCullough states we are in a world of trouble.
A new study in The Lancet is showing a potential for multi-inflammatory syndrome in COVID-19 “vaccinated” previously health children with some on ventilators fighting for their lives.
Dr. Urso explains how the synthetic materials within these shots act inside the body and that the spike protein production enters the nucleus and has lasting production as well as is connected with vascular events.
Stunning New Emails Reveal Ongoing Pattern of Lying From Government Officials Regarding Wuhan Lab
By Jeff Carlson and Hans Mahncke
Bill Gates recently put forth the unproven argument that COVID-19 emerged in the human population naturally through contact with animals.
That Gates would make this argument at this late juncture—and do so publicly—is highly curious, as his comments run counter not only to much of what has been discovered in the last year about the virus’s origin, but also in relation to the conclusions from those closest to the virus’s emergence in early 2020.
We know that James Le Duc, director of the Fauci-funded Galvelston lab—which trained Wuhan lab staff—was very concerned that the virus came from the Wuhan lab.
We also know that Le Duc relayed these concerns to both the director of the Wuhan lab and to a shadowy governmental official who was connected to both Peter Dazsak’s EcoHealth Alliance and to Le Duc himself.
A new batch of Freedom of Information emails from Le Duc’s lab now sheds additional light on the fact that all major players knew very early on that the virus had come out of the lab. (See video in top link)
Despite being unconstitutional, the Biden Administration has created a ‘Ministry of Truth’ within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to oversee what information is and isn’t “truthful.” Heading it up is Nina Jankowicz, a “Russian disinformation expert” who is herself known for spreading disinformation, is opposed to free speech, and sings show tunes about disinformation and erotic Harry Pottery songs on TikTok in her spare time. This reminds me of the colorful characters involved in one of the fraudulent studies used to malign HCQ.
“Now that they know scientists can lie, who will believe us again?” ~ Patricia García, a Solidarity Trial investigator and the former health minister of Peru
“just a matter of time before you find yourself wrongly accused, investigated and confronted by police based on a data-driven algorithm or risk assessment culled together by a computer program run by artificial intelligence.” Even Social Services is getting in on the action, with computer algorithms attempting to predict which households might be guilty of child abuse and neglect. Source
It was recently shown that the CDC bought cellphone data to track “vaccination” and lockdown compliance.
Similarly on Wed. May 11, 2022, the EU Commission is expected to publish draft legislation on an AI-based classification of all message content and images directly on devices called “chat control,” in an excessive and misguided surveillance justified by the fight against child abuse.
Despite increasing worldwide opposition to facial recognition technology, significant risks associated with its use, and lawsuits, companies – including Clearview AI – continued to create it and promote its use until recently. Source This will be an ongoing fight.
All of this spells doom for freedom as we know it but is particularly troubling for Lyme/MSIDS patients as the disease(s) is already hotly contested and can cause all manner of cognitive and mental issues – including anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and rage. Parents in Lymeland have already been accused of child abuse. Imagine what will happen if centralized data and AI come to pass. Many that are believers in the CARES Act, do not understand how this government overreach has been used to hand-cuffdoctors and virtually kill patients.
Chula Vista, CA is becoming the first city in America to be completely monitored by spy drones.
DHS and other government agencies coordinated with with Chinese drone manufacturers and Big Tech and have implemented the program over the course of several years.
The Free Thought Project reported on this problem in 2020 and since then it has gotten much worse.
“What we saw in China, and what we’re probably going to see around the world, is using drones with cameras and loudspeakers to fly around to see if people are gathering where they shouldn’t be, and telling them to go home,” Spencer Gore, chief executive of U.S.-based drone company Impossible Aerospace, said. “It seems a little Orwellian, but this could save lives.”
Do not be fooled. Corrupt government is a heavy task-master.
If you are unaware of the tyranny currently occurring in China, please see:
“Nobody’s Allowed to Leave”: Inside Shanghai’s Brutal COVID Lockdown
Shanghai resident and Dutch journalist Jaap Grolleman says it is hard to tell when the city’s strict lockdown will end as the authorities are “very set” on achieving a COVID zero target.
Multiple districts in the city were issued notices ordering residents not to leave their homes or receive deliveries for at least a week.
Terrifying footage has also emerged showing suspected COVID-19 positive residents being forced from their homes to be taken to quarantine facilities.
The videos which circulated through Chinese social media have since been removed from some platforms.
The current policy in China requires positive cases and close contacts to isolate in a government quarantine facility. “The two top rules are like if you get infected you have to go to the quarantine camp and also nobody’s allowed to leave your compound or apartment.”
Lyme/MSIDS patients (and everyone else) need to ask themselves one simple question: what would your plight look like if you believed and accepted mainstream medicine’s approach to tick-borne illness? Simply put, you would be handed 21 day of doxycyline and told to “go home and be well.” If your symptoms remained after that, you would be told it’s all simply in your head and you would be handed ineffective anti-depressants. This scenario is happening globally, but there is true help from those outside the system who have formed their own group, and who treat this complex disease(s) effectively. But under a “ministry of truth” anyone defying consensus based medicine or “group think” led by unelected corrupt bureaucrats in bed with Big Pharma will be banned.
Impact of the Gut Microbiome on Immunity and Inflammation
Description
The gut microbiome consists of a complex set of microbial communities that shape human physiology in multiple ways, both subtle and profound. Two-thirds of the body’s lymphocytes reside in gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) or traverse GALT and return home to other organs. Interaction between gut microbes and GALT creates a basal state of immune activation that starts at the mucosal surface and impacts the entire body. The composition and metabolic activity of intestinal microbes yields effects that promote inflammation and that help resolve inflammation. These effects result from the impact of structural components of microbial cells (e.g., lipopolysaccharides) and metabolites of microbial enzyme activity (e.g., butyrate, hydrogen sulfide).
Recent studies have shown that T-lymphocyte function is especially sensitive to the bacterial composition of the microbiome. The structure and function of the gut microbiome is molded by personal genetics, diet, co-habitation, environmental toxins, hygiene, personal care products, psychosocial stress, intercurrent infections, vitamin D, tryptophan metabolites, nutritional status, medications, herbs, probiotics, and prebiotics. Disturbances in the ecology of the microbiome/host relationship create a condition called dysbiosis, which influences the development and the outcome of many different diseases. The ability to recognize and correct dysbiosis is a skill that can help clinicians improve the outcomes of infectious, allergic, and autoimmune disorders and may aid the immunotherapy of malignancy.
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2022-05-18 16:00:00 MT
Speaker:
Leo Galland, M.D., is recognized as a world leader in functional and integrative medicine and a pioneer in the study of intestinal permeability and the gut microbiome as they impact immune function and systemic health. Educated at Harvard University and the NYU School of Medicine, he completed a residency in internal medicine at the N.Y.U.-Bellevue Medical Center and held faculty positions at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Stony Brook University and the University of Connecticut, where he also completed a fellowship in Behavioral Medicine. He subsequently served as Director of Clinical Research at the Gesell Institute of Human Development in New Haven, Connecticut. Since 1985, he has maintained a private consulting practice in New York City where he evaluates and treats patients with complex medical disorders, who visit him from all over the world. Board certified in internal medicine, he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Galland has received the Albert Norris Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who for his contributions to medical innovation and the Linus Pauling Award from the Institute of Functional Medicine for developing basic principles of functional medicine. He is recognized in The Leading Physicians of the Worldand America’s Top Doctors. Dr. Galland has contributed to world medical literature with several dozen articles in scientific journals and chapters in medical textbooks. He created the section on Functional Foods for the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. An international best-selling author, Dr. Galland has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, on the Dr. Oz Show, The Today Show, and Good Morning America, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. His PBS Special, The Allergy Solution, aired over a thousand times. Since January 2020, he has studied the COVID-19 pandemic in depth, compiling his findings in an online, extensively referenced and free Coronavirus Guidebook, and has created educational videos on the long COVID syndrome.
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