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Maine Hospital and Doctor Ordered to Pay $6.5 Million For Wrongful Lyme Death

https://www.lymedisease.org/maine-hospital-ordered-to-pay-6-5-million-for-wrongful-lyme-death/

Maine hospital ordered to pay $6.5 million for wrongful Lyme death

Feb. 3, 2023

In 2017, 25-year-old Peter Smith, died of Lyme carditis in Portland, Maine.

Now, a jury has ordered the hospital and doctor that failed to recognize that he had Lyme disease to pay $6.3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.

But the award is expected to be reduced to $4 million because of a state law that caps loss-of-life damages.

Lyme carditis occurs when Lyme bacteria enter the tissues of the heart.

In June 2017, Smith was examined twice by Dr. John Henson at Mercy Hospital in Portland, for fever, chills, dizziness, headaches and a rash “that was slightly target-shaped.”

According to court documents, Henson wrote there was “no sign of Lyme disease” and diagnosed Smith with a basic viral illness and erythema multiforme, a skin disorder characterized by bull’s-eye-shaped lesions.

When Smith returned two weeks later, Henson again diagnosed him with a skin infection.

Five days later, Smith was taken by ambulance to a different Portland hospital. Physicians there immediately diagnosed him with Lyme disease and found it had invaded his heart. Smith was treated and released but died July 2, 2017.

Additional news coverage:

Maine Public Radio

Bangor Daily News

Portland Press Herold, via Yahoo News

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**Comment**

I couldn’t help but notice the crooked smile on this handsome face.  This is hallmark Lyme.  Here’s  a few more examples:

While Bell’s Palsy can be severe in some, it can also simply look like a crooked smile as seen in these pictures.  Usually one eye droops as well.  There is no test for this symptom and it is diagnosed clinically. “Authorities” want to put this symptom in a box, put all kinds of rules on it, and state it’s “rare,” but reality paints a very different picture.  “Authorities” often treat it with corticosteroids, which would not be wise in those with Lyme/MSIDS as it suppresses their immune systems even further allowing all the pathogens to come to life.  Like everything else, dealing with the root cause (bacterial or viral infection) is the best treatment, and is often successful, although the symptom has been known to persist even in those treated with antibiotics.

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Heart Issues, Lyme

CoQ10: What is It & Do You Need It?

https://holtorfmed.com/articles/mens-health/coq10-what-is-it-and-do-you-need-it?

CoQ10: What is it & Do You Need It?

By Holtdorf Medical Group

Do You Need CoQ10?

As the body ages, many systems and functions begin to decline and deteriorate. Common problems associated with aging include reduced energy, cognitive troubles, fertility issues, and of course greater risk of cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease. Many assume that these difficulties are an unavoidable part of getting older. However, this may not be the case.

Is CoQ10 the Answer?

CoQ10 is a substance that naturally occurs in the body and is an important part of healthy bodily function. As we get older, levels of CoQ10 decline, which can contribute to various difficulties and health issues associated with aging. By maintaining or restoring appropriate levels of CoQ10 through effective supplementation, you may be able to significantly reduce the risk of age-related issues and support long-term wellness. CoQ10 influences many bodily functions but perhaps its greatest impact is on energy production. CoQ10 is stored in mitochondria, which are responsible for producing cellular energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is the most widely utilized form of energy throughout the body. CoQ10 is necessary for ATP production. Therefore, without an adequate supply of CoQ10, cells can experience a cellular energy deficit resulting in widespread dysfunction. Issues associated with poor CoQ10 levels include heart disease, fibromyalgia, neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, muscle conditions, cancer, and others.

Getting the CoQ10 Your Body Needs

Most individuals are able to acquire enough CoQ10 to maintain healthy bodily functions. However, tissue levels of CoQ10 decline with age. Other factors including nutrient deficiencies, genetic issues, mitochondrial disease, medications such as statins, and oxidative stress can further contribute to CoQ10 deficiency. Despite CoQ10 being found in common foods including beef, chicken, fish, and whole grains, there are many individuals who suffer from a deficiency. Part of the reason may be that CoQ10 has a low absorption rate when acquired from food sources. Because of this, an individual may have poor CoQ10 levels even if they consume a high volume of foods containing CoQ10. An effective and safe solution to poor CoQ10 acquisition is supplementing with a product such as HoltraCeuticals’ CoQ10 Plus. CoQ10 Plus is a supplement that provides high-quality and easily absorbed CoQ10.

HoltraCeuticals developed the supplement with the goal of improving individual wellness and longevity. To achieve this goal, specific elements have been included in CoQ10 Plus. CoQ10 Plus utilizes soft gel capsules that improve absorption, meaning that the CoQ10 contained within is more easily utilized by the body. CoQ10 Plus also contains Vitamin E, which has been shown to work synergistically with CoQ10. Studies show that the combination of these two substances provides better absorption and greater antioxidant action than if they were to be taken separately. Greater absorption and quality ingredients make CoQ10 Plus an exceptional supplement that can be used to support long-term wellness.

Benefits of Supplementing with CoQ10

Supplementing with CoQ10 provides a wide range of benefits that support sustained wellness and longevity. Its influence can be seen in areas including metabolic activity, antioxidant action, and safeguarding heart health. Below are several areas that are benefited by supplementing with CoQ10.

Combatting Free Radical Damage

Free radicals cause oxidative damage, which is a primary contributor to issues and disorders commonly associated with aging. An excess of free radicals can cause oxidative damage, which weakens cell membranes, damages DNA, and disrupts cell function. When maintained at the appropriate volume, CoQ10 within mitochondria protects against free radicals and other agents of oxidation. Therefore, supplementing with CoQ10 may provide protection against age-related illness and dysfunction.

Protecting Against Neurological Disorders

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are triggered by a lack of energy in brain cells. As mentioned above, mitochondria are the primary producers of cellular energy. Mitochondrial function declines with age due in part to oxidation. In addition to cellular damage, oxidation triggers the production of harmful substances that disrupt neurological function. Such disruption can cause a reduction in memory, motor skills, and cognitive ability. Supplementing with CoQ10 helps protect mitochondrial function and may reduce the production of neurological-disrupting substances, thereby limiting the progression of neurodegenerative disease.

Reducing Risk of Heart Disease

A major contributor to heart disease is oxidative damage and inflammation in veins and arteries. Once these elements reach a certain threshold, they can inhibit the heart’s ability to contract and relax. This results in heart failure or stroke. There is a notable concentration of CoQ10 in the cardiovascular muscle that helps prevent oxidation and inflammation that can lead to cardiovascular episodes. Supplementing with CoQ10 can help protect heart health by combating oxidative and inflammatory agents in veins, arteries, and heart muscles.

Combatting Infertility

Supplementing with CoQ10 may be able to resolve infertility issues in both men and women. In men, sperm count and quality declines with age, due primarily to oxidative damage. Similarly, women experience a decline in egg production and quality as oxidative damage accrues. Regardless of gender, the antioxidant properties of CoQ10 help protect against oxidation that contributes to infertility.

Reducing Headaches & Migraines

Those who are deficient in CoQ10 frequently experience headaches and migraines. Poor mitochondrial activity can increase cellular uptake of calcium resulting in greater production of free radicals and reduced antioxidant activity. When the mitochondria in brain cells become damaged or disrupted due to increased oxidation, the brain becomes starved for energy. An energy deficit in the brain can trigger headaches and migraines. As a guardian of mitochondrial activity, CoQ10 safeguards cellular activity, limits inflammation, and supports energy production in the brain. The protective action of CoQ10 may help limit cognitive difficulties and reduce the occurrence of migraines or other head pains.

Support Sustained Wellness with CoQ10 Plus

Aging is a major concern for many people. Fortunately, it is possible to combat the oxidative damage that causes the many troubles associated with growing older. CoQ10 is a critical precursor enzyme produced by the body that supports and protects many systems including the heart and brain. Ensuring that the body has an adequate supply of this important substance protects against incremental oxidative damage and promotes long term wellness. Safeguard your future health by supplementing with a high-quality CoQ10 supplement such as HoltraCeuticals’ CoQ10 Plus

Holtorf Medical GroupThe Holtorf Medical Group specializes in optimizing quality of life and being medical detectives to uncover the underlying cause of symptoms, rather than just prescribing medications to cover-up the symptoms. We are experts in natural, prescription bioidentical hormone replacement and optimization, complex endocrine dysfunction, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and Lyme disease. We’ve dedicated our practice to providing you the best in evidenced-based, integrative medicine that’s not only safe and effective, but provides measurable results.

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Alzheimer's, diet and nutrition, Heart Issues, Pregnancy, Supplements

FAA Helping Airlines Cover up COVID Shot Injuries & Wealthy Requiring Unvaxxed Crew to Fly Their Jets

**UPDATE**

Now the FAA is considering unprecedented ‘drastic measures’ including preventing carriers from adding new routes, after a flurry of safety incidents.  United has endured multiple headline-grabbing mishaps including:

  • A plane in Houston ran off the taxiway into a grassy area
  • Another aircraft lost a tire shortly after departing from San Francisco
  • A Houston-to-Florida flight had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines began spewing flames.

https://www.brighteon.com/1c2a46a6-034f-4c67-a770-ca477398e777  Video Here (Approx. 8 Min)

The EKG and the FAA

Dr. Jane Ruby

1/18/23

The airlines are trying to avoid trillions of dollars in lawsuits coming when pilots figure out they have been duped into cardiac damage, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is trying to assist in the cover-up by loosening the cut off for cardiac damage in medical clearance for aviation. Dr. Jane explains how the EKG test plays into these crimes.

The full Dr. Jane Ruby Show: “THE EKG AND THE FAA”:
Go here to read Steve Kirsch’s newsletter: “The FAA Has Very Quietly Tacitly Admitted That the EKGs of Pilots Are No Longer Normal.  We Should Be Concerned.  Very Concerned.”
After the vaccine rolled out, the FAA secretly widened the EKG parameter range for pilots so they wouldn’t be grounded. It looks like the vax gave at least 50M Americans heart damage.

Also, go here for a news report with LT COL Theresa Long, an Army Flight Surgeon on the same topic.

Wealthy Elite Now ‘Requiring’ Unvaccinated Crew to Fly Their Jets Says Pilot

1/14/23

Former Jetstar pilot Alan Dana claims the wealthy are seeking out unvaccinated pilots to fly their private jets. Dana said Josh Yoder, the head the U.S. Freedom Flyers, an anti-vaccine mandate group of pilots, is receiving inquiries from elites interested in hiring unvaccinated pilots to fly their business trips.

“He’s getting calls now from wealthy businessmen and companies to fly their executives around on business jets with unvaccinated crew,” Dana said “They get the luxury of being able to choose, because there are still a large amount of crew available in the United States who are not vaccinated because the companies they work for didn’t mandate it.” “These wealthy businessmen are requiring unvaccinated crew on their business trips,” Dana added.

“Passengers on an airline who bought a ticket don’t have that luxury.”

Dana, a former pilot for JetStar, a Singapore-based airline, noted that such inquiries haven’t been coming in as much to Australia’s Freedom Flyers chapter because it hasn’t been around as long and isn’t as “well-connected.” Nearly all major airlines in the U.S. mandated the COVID vaccine for pilots and crew in 2021, leading dissenting pilots to form the U.S. Freedom Flyers.

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Lots of covering up going on all around.

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Activism, Heart Issues, vaccines, Viruses

After Seeing Significant “Safety” Signal for Strokes, CDC & FDA Rely on Their Data Fixers to Lose the Signal

Remember, I told you not to expect anything to come out of the CDC and FDA admitting an early “safety” signal of clot shots and strokes.  Well, I hate to say I was right:

https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/about-that-cdc-stroke-safety-signal

About That CDC Stroke “Safety” Signal We All Detected Last Year: America Suffered the Cost of Vaccine Risk, Injury & Death Denialism.

First of all, it’s a signal of risk, not safety. Second, we detected the signal over a year ago, long before the CDC. They appear now to have lost the signal. How many strokes could have been averted?

James Lyons-Weiler

This is a compendium of useful resources – evidence – that proves that the signal of stroke was present early on and persisted through the process to “pharmacovigilance”.

May 2021

Dr. Gregory Michael

From Seneff et al (May, 2021): “Dr. Gregory Michael, an obstetrician in Miami Beach, died of a cerebral hemorrhage 16 days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Within three days of the vaccine, he developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), an autoimmune disorder in which the immune cells attack and destroy the platelets. His platelet count dropped precipitously, and this caused an inability to stop internal bleeding, leading to the stroke, as described in an article in the New York Times (Grady and Mazzei, 2021). The New York Times followed up with a second article that discussed several other cases of ITP following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (Grady, 2021), and several other incidences of precipitous drop of platelets and thrombocytopenia following SARSCoV-2 vaccination have been reported in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).”

October 2021

Dr. Blaylock, October 2021 – Covid-19 pandemic: What is the truth? Surg Neurol. In 2021 doi: 10.25259/SNI_1008_2021. eCollection 2021.

“These vaccines can also trigger seizures, strokes, and even neuropsychiatric disorders. Keep in mind that in some cases these disorders do not appear for years or even decades. Dr. Peter McCullough, a professor of internal medicine and cardiology, cited a case in which a woman lost all memory after receiving the first vaccine dose.[26] He also told of a fully vaccinated woman who lost her baby after breastfeeding. The child died of a thrombotic/hemorrhagic episode.”

Full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8720447/

Dec 2021

A comment on Steve Kirsch’s newsletter, Dec, 2021:

“Ancedotally (sic), I was in the ER a couple of weeks ago. Hospital beds in the area were full of stroke, heart attack, and clotting patients. This nurse offered this when I asked. I was, under protest, being worked up for heart attack and clotting because I casually mentioned chest pain in a telehealth appointment. I had a cold. I tried to walk it back and they wouldn’t let me. D-dimer, ekg, traponin (sic) test. I am 41, low bmi, exercise 5 times a week, take no medications, no history of heart issues. I was like, uh, you guys seeing a lot of heart attacks? They were like, OMG SO MANY. And strokes too, and blood clots. They just the last two, I did not prompy(sic) them.”

(See link for article)

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**Comment**

Weiler’s Substack presents example after example of blood clots, hemorrhages, strokes, heart attacks, pathogenic priming, deep vein thrombosis, myocardial infarctions, pulmonary embolisms, and deaths.  Further, a postmortem study of patients “vaccinated” for COVID in Colombia showed that nearly 60% of deaths were classified as sudden cardiac death. 

“Despite the author’s claim of “no association,” its my interpretation of the data that 78% of the deaths could be directly attributed to a known mechanism of COVID-19 vaccination. This is very consistent with the recent report from Schwab et al from Germany whose data revealed 71% of deaths within 20 days of vaccination occurred in the context of acute problems known to be caused by the vaccines….when autopsies done by separate teams in different countries arrive at similar findings, we have external consistency.”  ~ Dr. Peter McCullough

But, the CDC and FDA suddenly find no increased risk of strokes for the elderly who got the Pfizer bivalent booster, just like the DOD didn’t find a massive increase in sickness and injury diagnoses in 2021 over previous years, particularly in the neurological, cardiovascular, oncological, and reproductive health categories, after whistleblowers came forward.  Why’s this, you ask?  They simply “recalibrated” their health surveillance data to make it all disappear, kind of like when the CDC ‘disappeared’ nearly 13,000 VAERS reports, and kind of like when the FAA helped airlines cover up “vaccine” injuries by loosening the cut-off for cardiac damage in medical clearance for aviation.

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Activism, Heart Issues, vaccines

How Common is Lyme Carditis in Patients Referred For Pacemaker Implantation?

https://danielcameronmd.com/lyme-carditis-in-patients-pacemaker-implantation/

HOW COMMON IS LYME CARDITIS IN PATIENTS REFERRED FOR PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION?

Doctor looking at ECG machine to diagnose lyme carditis in patient admitted for a pacemaker.

Atrioventricular blocks (AVBs) due to an infection have rarely been reported. However, “Borrelia burgdorferi is increasingly noted as responsible for a considerable number of infection-related AVBs, and AVBs have been reported as the most common clinical presentation of [Lyme carditis],” according to the authors of a newly published study.

By Dr. Daniel Cameron

In the study “Prevalence of Lyme Carditis in Patients with Atrioventricular Blocks,” Kaczmarek and colleagues aim to identify patients in whom Lyme carditis (LC) should be considered as the underlying cause of AV conduction disturbances.¹

Investigators examined 130 patients with AVB who had been consecutively admitted over a 12-month period, to the Department of Electrocardiology Medical University of Lodz, Poland, for implantation of a permanent pacemaker.

All of the patients underwent serological testing for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl).

The majority of the patients had arterial hypertension (64.6%), approximately 1 in 4 had ischemic heart disease (26.2%) and 1 in 5 suffered from diabetes (19.9%) and dyslipidemia (21.9%).
“Atrial fibrillation was reported by 23 patients (17.7%). One sixth (22; 16.9%) of the patients had a history of heart failure, including 13 individuals (10.0%) with a reduced and mildly reduced ejection fraction,” according to Kaczmarek et al.

Lyme carditis in patients admitted for pacemaker implants

Out of the 130 patients, 30 (23.1%) individuals tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. “IgM seropositivity indicating acute phase was found in 16 of them (12.3%), which together with clinical scenario of AVB led to initial diagnosis of LC.”

The authors found that Lyme carditis was assumed as the initial diagnosis in 16 patients based on ABV and IgM Bbsl seropositivity.

In 10% of these patients, Lyme carditis was identified as the potential cause of AV conduction disturbances.

“In clinical practice, patients with [Lyme carditis] diagnosis at admission typically receive antibiotics, which seem to be highly effective in resolving advanced atrioventricular conduction abnormalities.”

The clinical characteristics were similar between the Lyme carditis and non-LC group. Nearly 40% of patients in both groups had complete heart block, while second-degree AVB was identified in over 50% of patients in the LC and non-LC group.

The patients did not exhibit any signs or symptoms of acute myocarditis or endocarditis. “Therefore, the atrioventricular conduction disturbances were found to be the unique clinical presentation of [Lyme carditis] in our study group.”

Additionally, Lyme carditis patients were younger and more often exhibited constitutional symptoms of infection, along with fluctuating atrioventricular conduction abnormalities.

Authors Conclude:

  • “Lyme carditis should be considered as the initial diagnosis in a relatively high number of patients (8%) admitted with atrioventricular blocks for a permanent pacemaker implantation.”
  • “The prevalence of LC was even higher (12%) in the patients without obvious causes of a cardiac conduction system dysfunction.”
  • “We confirmed that the fluctuating nature of AVBs reported previously in case reports should be taken into account as a strong predictor of LC in patients referred for a pacemaker implantation.”
  • “We suggest that atrioventricular conduction behavior observed on ECG monitoring should be included in the diagnostic process of AVBs that could be potentially [Lyme carditis-related].”
Related Articles:

Lyme carditis presenting as atrial fibrillation treated successfully

Another cardiac manifestation of Lyme myocarditis

Lyme myocarditis in patient with no other signs of Lyme disease

References:
  1. Kaczmarek KA, Szwabe K, Urbanek I, Ptaszynski P, Strzelecki A, Wranicz JK, Cygankiewicz I. Prevalence of Lyme Carditis in Patients with Atrioventricular Blocks. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(22):14893. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214893

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**Comment**

Imagine all the patients who are seronegative who are kicked to the curb even though they very well may have Lyme carditis and would improve or become well with appropriate treatment.

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Heart Issues, Lyme, research