Archive for the ‘Lyme’ Category

EastEnders Star Suffers From Lyme Disease

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1801200/martine-mccutcheon-health-battle-illness

Inside Martine McCutcheon’s brave battle with illness that ‘turns world upside down’

Martine McCutcheon revealed she was hospitalized on her husband’s birthday due to her battle with crippling health conditions which make her life a “living hell”.
By LEAH STANFIELD

EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon struggles with a number of invisible illnesses which sadly left her hospitalised on her husband’s birthday last year. The actress shared her plight on Thursday, explaining that she had been left feeling so dizzy that she could not stand up.

The mum-of-one, 47, was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) in 2011, a serious and long-term illness that causes extreme tiredness.

She was then diagnosed with Lyme disease, an infectious bacterial infection which is passed on from being bitten by an infected tick. While the condition is easier to treat if diagnosed early, a few people continue to have symptoms like tiredness, aches and loss of energy.

In addition, the Love Actually star also battles fibromyalgia, an incurable condition that causes widespread pain as well as tiredness.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Misdiagnosis is a common problem with Lyme/MSIDS patients.  They are bounced from doctor to doctor who are completely in the dark and too afraid to diagnose and treat patients appropriately.  Your best help will come from a Lyme literate doctor.

Category:

Activism, Lyme

Healing Chronic Lyme Disease – A Case History

https://medium.com/@daveswallace/healing-chronic-lyme-disease

Healing Chronic Lyme Disease

Mar 10

(Note this article is intended as a case summary, a guide for those newly diagnosed, or family and friends who care enough to help them find a path back to health.)

I acquired Lyme disease in the summer of 2000 while working as a camp counselor in Western Oregon. I removed the tick from my hamstring and later mistook the bullseye for a spider bite, common in my rural upbringing. My only other serious indication of an issue was an infection in my epididymis several weeks later, which was taken care of with a few days of antibiotics. Yet I was never the same afterward. I fatigued easily, fell asleep while reading, had bizarre allergies, and often had body pain. At 18, I just thought I was getting old.

I limped along as best I could. My college and career life was a disappointment compared to my high school promise. Following a long-term relationship with a violent woman, my health collapsed. After two years of testing, I was finally diagnosed in 2012. Initial antibiotic treatments did very little, and even specialist interventions fell short.

I went to work investigating, seeking knowledge and advice while scouring journals for research studies. I then began listening to my body and making life changes. It took four years of work. I have now been symptom-free since 2016, without relapse. Due to my research experience and struggles, I acquired an MS in Organizational Psychology in 2018 and will receive my MA in Clinical Psychology in April 2023. Seven years later, I feel confident in the outcome and the stability of my recovery.

Note that while there may be a significant crossover between our cases, every Lyme infection is unique to the bio/psycho/social context of the individual. I now have an MS in Psychology but I am not a Lyme specialist or doctor. I offer this summary of the experiences and research that led to my recovery in hopes that it may lead to the recovery of others too, whether Lyme disease or other autoimmune conditions.

As concisely as I can, here is what I learned.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

One of the most thorough articles I’ve read to date with many suggestions that will help many patients.  Again, he is correct in stating that “every Lyme infection is unique,” so always keep an open mind and realize that what helps one patient may not help you.

While his initial antibiotic treatment “did very little,” they sent me to bed where I remained in a fetal position for 3 days straight due to severe a herxheimer reaction; however, I was fortunate to have bypassed mainstream medicine entirely and go to an experienced LLMD who put me on 3-4 things simultaneously.  I do believe this is a key in the puzzle of why some improve on antibiotics and some don’t.  They must be the “right” antibiotics, at the “right” dosage, for the “right” amount of time and this of course also varies for each individual.

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Category:

Lyme, Treatment

Living Well When You Don’t Feel Well: Overcoming Lyme Disease & Illness

http://  Approx. 18 Min

Living Well When You Don’t Feel Well

Overcoming Lyme Disease & Illness

Joe Trunzo PhD Professor of Psychology

Dr. Trunzo highlights a different way of thinking and coping with diseases (and life), specifically Lyme disease. 

He earned his undergraduate degree in 1993 from Marywood University in Scranton PA and completed his graduate work in 2000 at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the University of Vermont and his post-doctoral fellowship at the Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine at Brown University Medical School in Providence, RI. He is a Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology at Bryant University. He is also a licensed, practicing clinical psychologist with expertise in the psychological management of chronic medical illnesses such as cancer and Lyme disease, as well as the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders, especially obsessive compulsive disorder. He serves on several professional committees and belongs to a number of professional organizations. In his spare time, he enjoys being with his family, live music, running, and mountain climbing.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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**Comment**

A very sane and logical talk on the Lyme/MSIDS controversy involving three camps of thought, which then moves on into how to develop a mindset that focuses on living the best life you can while sick.  Dr. Trunzo utilizes the mindfulness based, values-oriented behavioral therapy called ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) to help patients.

He states that by not accepting what patients are feeling and going through, they can trap themselves and create more problems.  I must throw in a personal note here: one of the most helpful things I was ever told early on by another patient who reached the other side was:

“Don’t be depressed about feeling depressed.”

This may be laughingly simple; however, I found that I needed to give myself permission to feel depressed.  Knowing, understanding and accepting the fact I was going to feel miserable and have some really rotten days (or months!) helped me tremendously.  Being chronically/persistently infected with multiple pathogens that work symbiotically and that are in your brain and virtually every organ of your body wreaking havoc, not only affects you physically but emotionally and spiritually.  Add in the fact that mainstream medicine denies this fact entirely and that your friends and family may choose to believe you are a hypochondriac rather than an extremely ill person who needs help, because after-all you “look fine” – and you can become very depressed and isolated indeed, which doesn’t help the healing process at all!

Obviously, the goal here is not to remain sick, but to achieve wellness and health; however, with Lyme/MSIDS that may take years to accomplish, and even then there is a very real potential that facets of your health may never return to the way they were before you became infected.  As with all things in Lymeland, everyone’s journey is unique to them and no two cases look alike.

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Category:

Lyme, Psychological Aspects, Treatment

First Case Report of Pancreatitis in Lyme Disease

https://researchopenworld.com/first-case-report-of-pancreatitis-in-lyme-disease/

First Case Report of Pancreatitis in Lyme Disease

Publication history

Received: November 14, 2019
Accepted: November 21, 2019
Published: November 25, 2019

Citation

A Baisse, S Parreau, A Abdeh, N Pichon (2019) First Case Report of Pancreatitis in Lyme disease. Internal Med Res Open J Volume 4 (2): 1–2. DOI: 10.31038/IMROJ.2019423

Short Abstract

We report a case of Lyme disease, revealed by pancreatic damage in a 49-year-old man without any medical history. The Lyme disease was revealed by repeated abdominal pain for 4 weeks, a skin lesion of quadricipital region, biological and radiological results showing pancreatic abnormalities.

Case Report

A 49-year-old man, non-alcoholic forest worker, with no past medical history, consulted to the Emergency Department for fever and persistent abdominal pain for a week. The biological results including, C – reactive protein (CRP), lipase, hepatic assessment were normal as well as contrast-enhanced abdominal Computed Tomography (CT). On the day after, the evolution was favorable under symptomatic treatment including nefopam and paracetamol and the patient was discharged from the hospital. One week later, the patient was admitted to the Emergency Department with an identical symptomatology. A posterior quadricipital peeling skin lesion, appeared two weeks earlier according to the patient, was observed (Figure 1a.) A gastroscopy, a colonoscopy, other abdominal CT and biological tests were performed. An inflammation biomarker elevation was observed (CRP: 180 mg/L and hyperleukocytosis: 13.3 G/L) without other biological abnormalities (lipase: 48 UI/L, ALAT: 48 UI/L). The endoscopic examinations and abdominal CT were normal. The patient was discharged from the hospital without any treatment. Half a month later, the patient was admitted to the Emergency Department for the third time and recurrence of the abdominal pain. The clinical examination found a hemodynamic stability, an abdominal pain of the left hypochondrium associated with a cutaneous ulcerative and non-progressive skin lesion in the same region as previously mentioned (Figure 1b.). The biological assessment found a very mild inflammatory syndrome (CRP 86 mg/L, Procalcitonin < 0.2 ng/mL, leukocytes 9.5 G/L), a high lipase level at 1714 IU/L without hepatocellular abnormalities. The third abdominal CT revealed an aspect of pancreatic necrosis with a pseudocyst (6 cm) at the tail of the pancreas, in contact with the splenic hile and the posterior wall of the stomach (Figure 1c.). The patient was hospitalized in Intensive Care Department with the diagnosis of pancreatitis.

On admission, the work-ups looking for the usual causes of pancreatitis (alcohol, gallstones, medications induced, hypercalcemia, traumatic, chemical exposures, hereditary diseases, infections) were negative. Regarding the skin patient’s lesion and anamnesis, the diagnosis of Lyme disease was evoked. His Lyme serology was strongly IgM positive and confirmed by Western Blot. He was treated with ceftriaxone associated with effective analgesic therapy. The clinical and biological course was uneventful and the patient was discharged from the hospital after 3 weeks. The relationship between Lyme disease and acute pancreatitis was strongly suspected.

Discussion

Lyme disease is an endemic zoonosis, transmitted to humans by a tick bite causing a multisystemic impairment due to a Gram-negative bacillus, Borrellia burgdorferi [1]. The disease schematically includes two phases and a polymorphism in clinical manifestations: a primary phase with chronical migrans erythema and articular signs (80% of cases), a secondary phase of heterogeneous and lymphatic dissemination, inaugurated by flu-like symptoms and associating neurological, cardiac or articular signs that could become chronic [2]. Each of these attacks could be inaugural or/and isolated [3]. Concerning the anamnesis, only 30% of patients remember a tick bite [4].

The heterogeneity of presentation in Lyme disease includes the serodiagnosis as a central investigation for confirmation [5]. Hepatic impairment due to Lyme disease, including hepatitis and hepatomegaly, is inconsistent, commonly found in early stage but often asymptomatic and with plasmatic manifestations [6]. A moderate hypertransaminasemia (2 to 3 N) could be noted, predominating on the ALAT. This hepatic biologic involvement is present in 27 to 66% of cases [7]. This can be explained by a systemic, lymphatic migration of the incriminated bacteria and a secondary hepatic sequestration [8]. To our knowledge, this physiopathological evolution to explain liver disorders has never been described for pancreas but is probably similar.

Regarding the treatment of Lyme disease, the cycline are recommended for the uncomplicated forms. An antibiotic treatment with cephalosporins could be considered for cardiac, neurological or complicated cases [2]. The evolution is favorable in 85% of patients, including hepatic acute injuries [9].

In our case, the skin lesion associated with a supposed tick bite, the anamnesis, the absence of other cause of pancreatitis, the favorable evolution under antibiotic treatment and especially the strong positivity of the serology are in favor of a Borrelia burgdoferi infection.

Conclusion

The authors report the first case of pancreatitis revealing a Lyme disease. Clinical, biological and evolutionary findings support the responsibility of Lyme disease in the pathogenesis of our pancreatitis case.  (See link for article and pictures)

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**Comment**

How many patients have had this or similar issues but didn’t have the rash, had negative serology and didn’t fit the other arbitrary standards that mainstream medicine has imposed that thousands of other patients don’t fit?  God only knows.

Category:

Lyme, research, Testing, Treatment

Research Suggests Cancer Medication Could Help Fight Lyme Disease

https://www.wamc.org/news/2023-08-08/research-suggests-cancer-medication-could-help-fight-lyme-disease

Research suggests cancer medication could help fight Lyme Disease

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Jim Levulis
Published August 8, 2023
U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture

Research out of UMass Amherst suggests medication used to stop the spread of cancer may help fight tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme Disease. WAMC’s Jim Levulis spoke with Stephen Rich, the executive director of the New England Regional Center of Vector-borne Diseases, about the study and how it relates to existing Lyme treatments.

Rich: Generally that’s antibiotic treatments, most often doxycycline. A reasonable course of doxycycline takes care of most early detected Lyme disease cases. There other antibiotics where doxycycline is contraindicated, there are other antibiotics that work as well. Things like amoxicillin, but basically antibiotics.

(See link for article and interview)

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SUMMARY:

  • Lyme spirochetes have a dependency upon a particular pathway called glycolysis which is dependent upon lactate dehydrogenase or LDH.
  • Certain cancer cells are similarly constrained in their metabolic profiles.
  • Inhibitors of the LDH molecule have been used to treat cancerous tumors.
  • The inhibitors, when tested in the test tube against Lyme spirochetes didn’t eliminate the borrelia, but they stopped it from growing (bacteriostatic).
  • They are now going to test this in lab animals and then companion animals or people.
  • Despite it being a wet, warm July in Massachusetts, there were lots of ticks at work.

For more on Lyme treatments utilized by experienced Lyme literate doctors (LLMDs) go here.

I must add that this proves ticks are ecoadaptive and tick and disease proliferation has nothing to do with the weather or supposed ‘climate change,’ which is simply a propaganda narrative touted by climate scientists who are on a “gravy train” to secure funding via government grants.

Expert after expert has stated “there is no climate emergency.”

Further, ‘the powers that be’ are using the climate agenda to desperately push a much bigger diabolical plan:  UN’s  Our Common Agenda platform, the WHO’s Pandemic Treaty, and the WEF’s depopulation, massive surveillance, and censorship designs which will give unelected officials unlimited power with ZERO oversight.

Do not fall for the unscientific clap-trap of ‘climate change.’  It’s part of an evil dystopian plan.

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Cancer, Lyme, research, Treatment