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How the CDC Uses Their Own ‘Guidelines’ To Rig the System

By Alicia Cashman, MS, Lyme patient and advocate

July 30, 2020

Recently I read an astute article by the Children’s Defense Fund which brought up many important points about COVID and children attending school in the fall. The following statement was given and should set off alarm bells with Lyme/MSIDS patients and for those of you familiar with the Lyme debacle due to its familiarity:

These new and unnecessary guidelines were instituted by the CDC in private, and without open discussion among qualified professionals that are free from conflicts of interest.  https://childrenshealthdefense.org/news/if-covid-fatalities-were-90-2-lower-how-would-you-feel-about-schools-reopening/

If I say the words, “CDC Lyme Guidelines,” every single Lyme/MSIDS patient will wince. 

That’s because these politically self-serving mandates, not guidelines, have been used for over 40 years keeping patients from diagnosis and proper treatment. And these mandates are still being used against patients.

The same CDC which is creating new COVID guidelines behind closed-doors did the same thing for Lyme disease.

In this historical piece, Pam Weintraub outlines the chronology of all the behind closed door shenanigans:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/10/the-bitter-feud-over-lymerix/

Unlike the of loose parameters to be labeled COVID, Lyme disease has very strict CDC standards that hardly any patients meet.

The article points out a travesty that occurred at a Dearborn, Michigan conference that changed testing criteria by eliminating two borrelia proteins specific to Lyme disease which essentially resulted in many of the sickest patients no longer meeting the CDC’s already strict and arbitrary standard. The reason for this was these proteins interfered with the lucrative Lyme vaccine they were working on.

Important quote:

“The CDC said the standard was not to be used for diagnosis,” said Nick Harris, president of IgeneX, a California reference laboratory that tests for vector-borne diseases, “but they did not seem to realize how difficult they were making that choice for local physicians, who look to CDC definitions for guidance and take test results at face value – positive or negative – without reading between the lines. Without OspA or OspB to serve as markers, many of the sickest patients no longer met any diagnostic standard,” Harris says. “By excluding these patients from diagnosis, we excluded them from treatment as well.”

Other correlations between the handling of the two diseases is the hurried push for a vaccine and conflicts of interest.

Regarding the Lyme vaccine, researchers were pressured to quickly complete clinical trials so the vaccine could become approved.  Many were damaged by this vaccine:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/01/28/the-secret-x-files-the-untold-history-of-the-lymerix-vaccine/

It seems history is repeating itself with a pushed COVID vaccine:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/05/14/dod-hhs-award-138-million-for-project-jumpstart-rapid-usa-for-prefilled-covid-19-vaccine-syringes/  What is the likelihood there will be vaccine damage due to an experimental DNA vaccine never used before in humans which is known to induce chronic inflammation, gene mutations, DNA replication issues, autoimmune responses and activation of cancer-causing genes that is skipping important animal safety studies?

The handwriting is on the wall for anyone looking.

Regarding conflicts of interest, we learn from Weintraub that nine voting consultants on the Dearborn panel hired by the CDC had multiple patents and authorship in studies used to create the Lyme disease case definition: ConflictReport

Interestingly, we see this same thing with COVID:  https://principia-scientific.org/a-tale-of-2-drugs-deep-state-chose-money-power-over-lives/

For a painful refresher of the CDC Lyme Disease treatment guidelines:  https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/treatment/index.html  (Hint: it’s a measly 21 day course of the mono-therapy of doxycycline, despite the fact nearly every antibiotic study done to date shows relapses after treatment)

Standing in opposition to the CDC mandates is ILADS, a group of physicians who read and understand worldwide research which clearly shows prolonged illness and infection in many patients:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/08/05/controversies-challenges-in-treating-lyme-other-tick-borne-diseases/

Similarly to doctors standing up to the CDC’s narrative on COVID-19 who are being maligned and censored, doctors who oppose the CDC narrative on tick-borne illness are also censored, maligned, and discredited:  

COVID:  

Compare and contrast this censorship with the treatment of those who treat Lyme/MSIDS:

Lyme:  

For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/04/26/cdc-playbook-learning-from-lyme/

 

 

 

 

Category:

Activism, Lyme, Treatment, Viruses

Study Shows Lyme, Helicobacter Pylori, and Cytomegalovirus Are Risk Factors for All-Cause Mortality in the Elderly

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32648237/

. 2020 Jul 9.

doi: 10.1007/s11357-020-00216-x. Online ahead of print.

Seropositivity for pathogens associated with chronic infections is a risk factor for all-cause mortality in the elderly: findings from the Memory and Morbidity in Augsburg Elderly (MEMO) Study

Marius Zeeb123, Tobias Kerrinnes3, Luka Cicin-Sain4567, Carlos A Guzman4, Wolfram Puppe578, Thomas F Schulz578, Annette Peters19, Klaus Berger10, Stefanie Castell3, André Karch11

Abstract

Immunostimulation by chronic infection has been linked to an increased risk for different non-communicable diseases, which in turn are leading causes of death in high- and middle-income countries. Thus, we investigated if a positive serostatus for pathogens responsible for common chronic infections is individually or synergistically related to reduced overall survival in community dwelling elderly. We used data of 365 individuals from the German MEMO (Memory and Morbidity in Augsburg Elderly) cohort study with a median age of 73 years at baseline and a median follow-up of 14 years. We examined the effect of a positive serostatus at baseline for the following selected pathogens associated with chronic infections on all-cause mortality with multivariable parametric survival models:

  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • cytomegalovirus
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • herpes simplex virus 1/2, and human herpesvirus 6

We found a reduced survival time in individuals with a positive serostatus for the following pathogens after adjusting for potential confounders:

  • Helicobacter pylori (accelerated failure time (AFT) – 15.92, 95% CI – 29.96; – 1.88)
  • cytomegalovirus (AFT – 22.81, 95% CI – 36.41; – 9.22)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (AFT – 25.25, 95% CI – 43.40; – 7.10)
The number of infectious agents an individual was seropositive for had a linear effect on all-cause mortality (AFT per additional infection – 12.42 95% CI – 18.55; – 6.30).

Our results suggest an effect of seropositivity for Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus, and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato on all-cause mortality in older community dwelling individuals. Further research with larger cohorts and additional biomarkers is required, to assess mediators and molecular pathways of this effect.

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**Comment**

Recently I posted this article and that Cytomegalovirus, EBV, and Herpes Virus 6 has been found in those with ME/CFS:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/23/cytomegalovirus-ebv-and-human-herpesvirus-6-infections-in-patients-with-me-cfs/

Some have been misdiagnosed with EBV but had Lyme:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/04/11/diagnosed-with-ebv-had-lyme/

Dr. Waisbren, an IDSA founder and Wisconsin Doctor found that his Lyme patients often had high EBV titers:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/07/09/idsa-founder-used-potent-iv-antibiotics-for-chronic-lyme/

Another important finding: The more pathogens a patient tested positive for, the higher the mortality, demonstrating that coinfected patients are sicker.

 

 

 

 

Category:

Lyme, research, Viruses

She Tested Negative For Lyme Disease. So What Was Wrong?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/magazine/borrelia-miyamotoi-diagnosis.

Credit…Photo illustration by Ina Jang

By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

The 50-year-old physician dropped into the leather chair in her psychiatrist’s Manhattan office. Her new normal, she announced to Dr. Deborah Cabaniss, was constant fatigue.

Cabaniss noted that although her patient looked put together as usual, she could see the exhaustion in her eyes.

“You don’t look like yourself,” the therapist agreed.

The patient had seen Cabaniss for more than a decade. She valued the sessions as a chance to talk about the stresses of balancing a medical practice with the demands of family, but since a few months earlier, all the patient could talk about was how awful she felt. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

And so it goes……patient after patient after patient.

This one had intermitted fevers, ached all over, and had diarrhea.  All tests for Lyme were negative.

Telling quote:

She slept but never felt rested.

Thankfully her psychiatrist knew of Dr. Fallon of Columbia University who specializes in tick-borne illness.

And this is how most patients get help – because somebody knows somebody who knows somebody.  Should it be this hard to get medical care?

A concerning passage in the article states that a tick has to be attached for 2-3 days before Lyme can be transmitted.  This is a bunch of hooey.  Lyme has been transmitted within hours and minimum transmission time has NEVER been determined:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/04/14/transmission-time-for-lymemsids-infection/

Medical professionals are not up on the latest research on ticks and this study shows that ticks often partial feed, drop off, and then reattach.  This means the Lyme spirochete can be in the salivary glands which will make transmission much quicker.  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/05/interrupted-blood-feeding-in-ticks-causes-and-consequences/

This patient ended up having B. miyamotoi, which lives in the mouth of the tick which means it can infect you almost immediately.

Another passage in the article states that joint pain caused by Lyme is usually limited to one side.  

I would be careful about such generalizations.

I kept track of my symptoms and my husband’s symptoms for over 5 years and joint pain moved around like the wind.  There are times I questioned by own sanity – it’s so bizarre & highly variable.  I do highly recommend you track your symptoms daily & write them down.  Then, try and notice trends.  I always wrote up an executive monthly summary for our doctor.  It helps them treat you accordingly.

Another concerning passage: Babesia causes anemia.  Dr. Horowitz states that Babesia is one of the most tenacious coinfections he treats and it often presents subclinically – which means it causes untold grief but doesn’t present with exact clinical standards.

Another very concerning passage: the recommended treatment is two weeks of an antibiotic called doxycycline.

Again, these generalities have been killing people.  Each case is extremely complex and individual.  Research has repeatedly shown treatment failures in nearly every antibiotic study done:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/02/22/why-mainstream-lyme-msids-research-remains-in-the-dark-ages/  There are many reasons for this:

  1. patients aren’t treated long enough
  2. patients aren’t treated with high enough dosages
  3. patients aren’t treated for the numerous coinfections they have
  4. patients aren’t using a “cycling” approach

Lastly, this article brings up a very important point: there are many strains of borrelia that testing isn’t picking up – besides the fact antibody testing is the wrong test for this:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/12/lyme-testing-problems-solutions/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/05/27/letter-to-cdc-dr-beard-why-isnt-direct-detection-of-lyme-disease-a-priority/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/12/13/suppression-of-microscopy-for-lyme-diagnostics-professor-laane/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/10/13/direct-test-for-ld-carl-tuttle-chews-up-cdc-spits-them-out/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/15/milford-pathologist-fires-broadside-at-cdc-motion-to-discuss/

 

 

 

 

 

Category:

Activism, Lyme

An Open Letter About My Health: Elena Delle Donne

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/elena-delle-donne-wnba-season-lyme-disease

Elena Delle Donne

WASHINGTON MYSTICS
JUL 15 2020

I take 64 pills a day.

Sixty-four pills: That’s 25 before breakfast, another 20 after breakfast, another 10 before dinner, and another 9 before bed.

I take 64 pills a day, and I feel like it’s slowly killing me. Or if it’s not killing me, directly, then I at least know one thing for sure: It’s really bad for me. Longterm, taking that much medicine on that regular of a regimen is just straight-up bad for you. It’s literally an elaborate trick that you play on yourself — a lie that you tell your body so it keeps thinking everything is fine.

It’s a never-ending, exhausting, miserable cycle.

But I do it anyway.

I do it anyway because I have Lyme disease.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Elena states what I hear so often –

“I want to help.”

Admirable sentiment for sure.

But, speaking from experience, tread carefully.

Lyme/MSIDS (multi systemic infectious disease syndrome – a far better moniker than Lyme because we are typically infected with numerous pathogens) is not only hard on the body – it’s very hard on the mind.  Patients can’t handle stress.  

Since this is a hotly contested and politically incorrect disease which has caused a complete polarization within the medical community, even family and friends can oppose you and make you miserable..  It can be a very isolating journey where you question your own sanity.

So here’s what I tell these patients who want to help:  get better first.  Or – at least able to handle a bit of stress.

That’s not to say we can’t all educate those in our sphere of influence – but if you face a lot of resistance in your efforts, know when to “call it a day.”  Stress from ignorant people can actually make your symptoms flare and make you feel very despondent. Lyme/MSIDS can also give you rage, anxiety, fear, and a whole host of psychological symptoms that in your right mind you could handle but due to an infection in the brain leave you feeling powerless in controlling your emotions.  

For more on this:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2015/10/18/psychiatric-lymemsids/  Mainstream medicine is woefully ignorant of the mental/psychological effects of Lyme/MSIDS but it’s very real.

Recently, I posted a man’s admission that this complex illness nearly did him in:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/17/lyme-disease-made-man-consider-suicide/

He’s not alone.  Make sure you get help if you find yourself feeling despondent.

And now we learn Elena is facing another battle.  She’s been vocal about Lyme and now they will make an example out of her:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/07/23/its-ridiculous-the-wnba-is-forcing-elena-delle-donne-to-choose-between-her-health-and-her-paycheck/

Category:

Activism, Lyme

What is PANS/PANDAS? And Why Are Cases On The Rise?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-panspandas-why-cases-rise-jill-c-carnahan-md/

What Is PANS/PANDAS? And Why Are Cases on the Rise?

Jill C. Carnahan, MD
Founder, Medical Director, Flatiron Functional Medicine

Imagine a loving child who’s been hitting all of their developmentary milestones. Then, seemingly overnight, she becomes so aggressive and full of rage that she’s kicked out of her preschool.

Or, a high-achieving, straight-A middle school student that suddenly begins having difficulty concentrating or even remembering what he learned the day before.

Or, how about a bubbly and social teenager that has a complete personality change and can no longer leave the house due to severe anxiety.

Unfortunately, for a growing number of parents, these frightening and heartbreaking scenarios have become their reality. More and more children are being diagnosed with autoinflammatory neurological disorders known as PANS and/or PANDAS. Today, we’re going to dive into exactly what PANS/PANDAS is, why cases are on the rise, and what you can do to minimize your own child’s risk of developing these disorders.

What is PANS?

PANS and PANDAS are both related autoimmune conditions that disrupt children’s neurological function. PANS is an acronym for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. PANS is a broad classification and can be caused by nearly any infection. Some more common infectious agents that have been linked to PANS includes:1

  • Mycoplasma pneumonia
  • Influenza (the flu)
  • Epstein Barr (Mono)
  • Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
  • Varicella (Chickenpox)
  • Herpes simplex
But any infection that triggers an immune response can potentially cause PANS.

What is PANDAS?

PANS also encompasses the more well-known subset of this disorder known as PANDAS. PANDAS is an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal infection.2 As the name implies, PANDAS is triggered by a streptococcal (strep) infection.

PAN and PANDAS are grouped together because PANDAS is considered a subset of PANS – with both conditions causing severe neurological symptoms. Let’s take a look at exactly what these oftentimes alarming and scary symptoms can look like.

What Are the Symptoms of PANS/PANDAS?

PANS and PANDAS cause a sudden, and rapid-onset onset of neurological symptoms – meaning symptoms involving the brain, spinal cord, and all nerves throughout the body. PANS and PANDAS affect children, typically anywhere from age three through puberty. Seemingly overnight, children can present with symptoms including:3

  • Obsessive-compulsive thoughts: the inability to put thoughts out of their mind or a strong urge to perform repetitive actions.
  • Tics or purposeless motor movements: this may be uncontrolled repetitive symptoms such as jerky movements, sounds (like grunts), or repeating words over and over.
  • Mood changes and mood swings: this can include irritability and moodiness as well as inappropriate emotional responses such as laughing or crying unexpectedly.
  • ADHD type symptoms: such as difficulty concentrating, fidgeting, inability to sit still, and hyperactivity.
  • Separation anxiety: severe “clinginess” or difficulty being separated from parents or caregivers.
  • Changes in motor skills: often this is seen as a sudden acute difficulty with handwriting and other fine motor skills.
  • Sleep problems: children may have difficulty falling or staying asleep.
  • Increased urination: this can manifest as night-time bedwetting, an increase in urination frequency during the day, or both.

These symptoms are almost always abrupt and dramatic – causing children to change almost overnight and out of the blue. But how exactly does PANS/PANDAS cause these sudden and frightening changes in children?

What Causes PANS/PANDAS?

PANS/PANDAS is directly caused by an infection, either streptococcal or otherwise. Regardless of the infectious agent, the process goes something like this:3,4

  • Step 1: Your child comes into contact with an infectious agent and an infection is contracted. Streptococcal bacteria and other infectious microorganisms have evolved to survive in the human body by evading our immune systems for as long as possible. These microbes essentially “hideout” in your child’s body – putting specific molecules on their cell walls that are nearly identical to the molecules found on your child’s own tissues. This is called “molecular mimicry” and helps these foreign invaders evade detection so they can begin replicating.
  • Step 2: Eventually the immune system is alerted to these foreign invaders and an attack is launched in an attempt to neutralize the threat. But because these foreign microbes closely resemble the host cells, the immune system begins mistakenly attacking the invading microorganisms and the healthy cells that were mimicked.
  • Step 3: In PANS/PANDAS, the immune system begins targeting a part of the brain known as the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia is responsible for motor functions and learning as well as behaviors and emotions.5 So, as the immune system launches its misguided attack on the basal ganglia, inflammation levels skyrocket – causing a rapid and severe onset of neurological symptoms.

So what are the next steps if your child presents with the intense and debilitating symptoms seen in PANS/PANDAS?

Is There Treatment for PANS/PANDAS?

Unfortunately, because PANS/PANDAS manifests as neuropsychiatric issues, cases are often misdiagnosed as behavioral disorders or mental illness – oftentimes resulting in children being placed on psychiatric meds. But when properly diagnosed, treatment of PANS/PANDAS requires addressing the root cause of the symptoms – the underlying infection and subsequent inflammation and autoimmune response.

Typically PANS/PANDAS is treated with anti-infective and/or immunological treatments. Anti-infectives target the underlying infection, and immunological treatments target the immune system. Treatment may resolve symptoms, but in some cases, symptoms may only be diminished – leaving children with ongoing neuropsychiatric issues. This often requires cognitive-behavioral therapies to manage lingering symptoms. 

Undoubtedly, as a parent, the thought of your child potentially contracting PANS/PANDAS and dealing with the life-altering effects of these disorders is extremely concerning. And what’s more concerning, is that cases of PANS/PANDAS are on the rise.

Why Are PAN/PANDAS Cases Are on the Rise?

Exposure to germs and the contraction of infections are inevitable in children. In fact, this activation of the immune system is a crucial part of development and building acquired immunity. But the problem arises when exposure to these infectious agents causes the immune system to go awry.

You see, modern life has a major impact on both children’s and adult’s immune systems. Certain factors can increase the likelihood of a child’s immune system misfiring and causing autoinflammatory conditions such as PANS/PANDAS. Factors that negatively impact the immune system and increase the risk of autoimmunity include:

  • Increased exposure to toxins and inability to properly detox
  • Gut dysbiosis and nutritional deficiencies
  • Increased stress levels and inadequate sleep

Let’s take a deeper look at how addressing these factors and prioritizing immune health can decrease your child’s risk of developing autoinflammatory disorders like PANS/PANDAS.

Ways to Support Your Child’s Immune System

While there are certainly no guarantees when it comes to your child’s health, the most powerful weapon we have against autoinflammatory disorders is keeping the immune system in tip-top shape. Some of the best ways you can keep your child’s immune system firing on all cylinders include:

Reducing Toxic Burden

We’re all exposed to countless potentially harmful toxins on a daily basis. Our bodies are designed to process out these toxins and maintain homeostasis. But when exposure to toxins overwhelms the body’s ability to properly detox and they begin to accumulate, it can spell trouble.

You see, a build-up of toxins activates your child’s immune system, causing low-level inflammation. Over time, this constant activation overworks the immune system. This not only depletes your child’s immune system’s resources – leaving it with less energy to direct at potential threats – but can also increase the chances of their immune system misfiring and the development of autoinflammatory conditions.

While it’s impossible to entirely avoid exposure to toxins, there are some simple steps you can take to make your child’s environment less toxic and reduce their overall toxic burden. Head over to my article How to Boost Your Immune System by Reducing Your Toxic Burden to learn exactly how you can start addressing the toxin levels in your home today.

Focusing on Gut Health

The immune system and the gut are intricately linked. In fact, the gut houses approximately 70% of your immune cells and plays an integral role in coordinating and regulating immune responses. So it’s no surprise that if gut health is out of whack, then the immune system can’t function properly.

There are two primary components to keeping your gut – and subsequently your immune system – happy and healthy:

  1. The integrity of the lining of your gut: Your child’s digestive tract is frequently exposed to foreign pathogens through the food and drinks they ingest. The lining of the gut is designed to keep these potentially dangerous microorganisms sealed up tight so they can be safely eliminated.
  2. The microbiome: Millions of different beneficial microorganisms reside in your child’s gut. This delicate ecosystem plays a crucial role in communicating with the immune system, keeping “bad” bacteria in check, and producing essential metabolic compounds.

Supporting both of these components of gut health is pivotal when it comes to supporting immune function. Some simple ways to help keep your child’s gut healthy and happy include:

  • Build meals around real whole foods. Teach your children to fill up on fresh fruits and veggies, high-quality protein, and healthy fats.
  • Minimize sugary foods and simple carbs. Sugar-laden and processed foods can cause an imbalanced microbiome and increase inflammation.
  • Introduce beneficial bacteria by incorporating fermented foods like sauerkraut, coconut yogurt, kombucha, and kefir. Or try a kid-friendly probiotic – just make sure to consult with your pediatrician first.

To learn more about how a healthy gut equals a stronger immune system, head over to my article How to Heal Your Gut for a Stronger Immune System.

Prioritizing Rest and Relaxation

With schoolwork, standardized tests, sports, and extracurricular activities, kids today have a lot of stress and seem to be constantly on the go. And that stress can put a serious damper on their immune systems.

Teaching your kids to balance activities and achievements with rest, fun, and connecting with others is crucial to their overall health. Help them find ways to channel and process the unavoidable stress with things like journaling or meditation. Keeping stress levels in check is one of the most powerful ways to support your child’s immune function.

So, How Worried Should I Be About PANS/PANDAS?

As a parent, you love your children and the thought of them developing PANS/PANDAS feels like a nightmare that you never want them to go through. That’s why staying informed and supporting your children’s immune systems is crucial.

If you’re concerned that your child may be suffering from the effects of either of these debilitating disorders, I strongly encourage you to seek the expertise of an experienced Integrative and Functional Medicine Practitioner. If you’ve never worked with an Integrative and Functional Medicine Practitioner, click here to learn how to pick the right one for your family.

When it comes to the health of your family and bolstering your child’s defenses against autoinflammatory disorders like PANS/PANDAS, you are your child’s best advocate. Staying educated, creating a healthy lifestyle for your family, and teaching your children to prioritize their own health is a powerful way to minimize the risk of developing autoimmunity.

And I’m here to help you. I’m dedicated to bringing my patients and readers the knowledge and resources they need to stay educated and feel empowered. So if you want access to my exclusive and very best tips when it comes to staying healthy, I encourage you to sign up for my newsletter. All you have to do is enter your name and email in the form below and you’ll get all my best content delivered straight to your inbox!

If you’d like to read more on PAN/PANDAS you may also want to read blog articles like these by my friend, Dr. Suzanne Gazda, Integrative Neurologist.

References

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340805/
  2. https://www.pandasppn.org/what-are-pans-pandas/
  3. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/pandas/index.shtml
  4. https://www.moleculeralabs.com/pans-and-pandas-overview/
  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543080/

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The product mentioned in this article are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information in this article is not intended to replace any recommendations or relationship with your physician. Please review references sited at end of article for scientific support of any claims made.

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For more:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/01/panspandas-steroids-autoimmune-disease-lymemsids-the-need-for-medical-collaboration/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/12/01/guidelines-for-treating-pans-its-real/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/03/24/is-your-child-crazy-or-sick-mental-illness-vs-medical-disorder/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/08/misdiagnosed-how-children-with-treatable-medical-issues-are-mistakenly-labeled-as-mentally-ill/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/13/one-familys-story-of-strep-lyme-disease-and-pans-pandas/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/07/08/psychosis-and-pans-meet-plasmapheresis-our-final-slam-dunk/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/01/the-3-pans-myths-that-are-ruining-lives/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/07/28/stories-of-pandas/

Category:

Lyme, Mycoplasma, PANS, Psychological Aspects, Treatment