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Lyme Carditis Presents Without Typical Lyme Disease Symptoms

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LYME CARDITIS PRESENTS WITHOUT TYPICAL LYME DISEASE SYMPTOMS

By Dr. Daniel Cameron

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A case report entitled “An Atypical Case of Lyme Disease Presenting With Lyme Carditis,” by Najam et al. demonstrates the importance of considering Lyme disease in patients who present with signs and symptoms of AV block and no other manifestations of Lyme disease. [1]

The authors describe a 70-year-old male who presented to the hospital without any typical Lyme disease symptoms, but exhibited generalized symptoms of progressive orthopnea and dyspnea on exertion.

The man had a medical history of hypertension and calcific aortic stenosis. His lab results were “significant for an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 136, white blood cell count of 16.6, hemoglobin of 9.3, creatinine of 2.6, and normal liver enzymes. Troponins were negative but his brain natriuretic peptide was elevated at 877. His admitting EKG was significant for bradycardia with a heart rate in the mid-40s and a first-degree AV block.”

“We report a case of a 70-year-old male with Lyme disease presenting with a second-degree, Mobitz type 1 AV block.”

Clinicians considered his symptoms possibly due to anemia, progressive kidney disease, possible congestive heart failure exacerbation, worsening aortic stenosis, and/or pneumonia.

“Due to the prevalence of Lyme disease in the northeast and the patient’s symptomatology, a tick panel was ordered which came back positive for Lyme,” the authors wrote.

The patients were treated with IV Rocephin and oral doxycycline. He had a complete resolution of symptoms with a normal sinus rhythm without AV block.

“This incidence shows the importance of having a Lyme disease diagnosis when regionally appropriate for patients who may present with no other signs or symptoms other than an AV block.”

The authors suggest, “In highly endemic areas such as the northeast and Midwest United States, early recognition and treatment of Lyme disease is important for the prevention of long-term complications of disseminated infection.”

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Pacemakers for Lyme carditis

Successful removal of pacemakers in patients with Lyme carditis

Podcast: 3 deaths associated with Lyme carditis

References:
  1. Najam U S, Sheikh A (March 08, 2023) An Atypical Case of Lyme Disease Presenting With Lyme Carditis. Cureus 15(3): e35907. doi:10.7759/cureus.35907

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**Comment**

Please know patients present “atypically” quite often and just because something is rarely reported, doesn’t mean something is rare.  Due to this deception, patients are kicked to the curb continually.

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Borrelia Miyamotoi Can Be Transmitted From Mother Ticks To Offspring

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BORRELIA MIYAMOTOI CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM MOTHER TICKS TO OFFSPRING

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Lyme disease and Borrelia miyamotoi can be transmitted from a tick to a host and vice versa (horizontal transmission). B. miyamotoi can also be transmitted from the mother to their offspring (vertical transmission).

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In their article “Borrelia miyamotoi: A Comprehensive Review. Pathogens,” Cleveland and colleagues discuss Borrelia miyamotoi as an emerging tick-borne pathogen and and how it can be transmitted from a mother tick to their offspring.

Cleveland et al. reviewed the proposed vertical transmission of B. miyamotoi.¹

  • An adult female tick infected with B. miyamotoi lays eggs.
  • The larva hatch from these eggs infected with B. miyamotoi.
  • The larva, nymph and adult ticks remain infected.

Ticks can acquire B. miyamotoi after feeding on an infected tick – called horizontal transmission.

Cleveland et al. reviewed the proposed horizontal transmission of B. miyamoti.¹

  • The larva, nymph and adult ticks acquire B. miyamoti from feeding on an infected host.
  • The larva, nymph and adult ticks remain infected.

“B. miyamotoi can be transmitted from infected ticks to naïve mice during the first 24 hours of feeding,” the authors wrote.

B. miyamotoi can be transmitted to mice initially through the salivary glands and subsequently transmitted through the midgut.

Concerns surrounding Borrelia miyamotoi

Shapiro and Wormser summarized the challenges associated with B. miyamotoi in the Journal of the American Medical Association.²

  • “This bacterium can be transmitted within the first 24 hours of tick attachment.”
  • “The probability of transmission increases with every day an infected tick is allowed to remain attached.”
  • While some patients with Lyme disease may exhibit a rash, “patients infected with B. miyamotoi in the United States typically do not have a rash.” But they may present with “a fever in conjunction with headache (96%), myalgia (84%), arthralgia (76%), and malaise/fatigue (82%).”
  • There are no diagnostic tests for B. miyamotoi infection that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
  • The fever may be relapsing.
  • “Laboratory abnormalities include leukopenia (51%) and thrombocytopenia (60%), which are rarely seen in Lyme disease.” [Editor’s note: These are also seen in Ehrlichia and Anaplasmosis.]
  • “Severely immunocompromised patients may develop chronic meningitis.”

Fortunately, doxycycline and amoxicillin have been shown to effectively treat B. miyamotoi infection in patients, including those who are immunocompromised.

Editor’s notes: Fevers are infrequent and often do not relapse. The laboratory abnormalities seen in B. miyamotoi are also seen in Ehrlichia and Anaplasmosis. Long-term outcome studies are needed.

References:
  1. Cleveland DW, Anderson CC, Brissette CA. Borrelia miyamotoi: A Comprehensive Review. Pathogens. Feb 7 2023;12(2)doi:10.3390/pathogens12020267
  2. Shapiro ED, Wormser GP. Lyme Disease in 2018: What Is New (and What Is Not). JAMA. Aug 21 2018;320(7):635-636. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.10974

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Fatal Case of Heartland Virus

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FATAL CASE OF HEARTLAND VIRUS

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The Heartland virus (HRTV) is an emerging tick-borne illness which can be acquired through the bite of an infected Lone Star tick. The virus was first reported in 2009 in Missouri. Since then, it has spread to other states including Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York, and North Carolina, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Now, investigators have identified the Heartland virus in the Maryland and Virginia region – an area where the virus is not widely recognized.

In their article “Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States,”¹ Liu and colleagues describe the fatal case of a man in his 60’s who acquired the Heartland virus in either Maryland or Virginia.

The man was admitted to the hospital in November 2021 with a fever, diarrhea, dyspnea, myalgias, and malaise which had been ongoing for 5 days. He had a history of a splenectomy, hypertension, remote trauma, coronary artery disease, and hypertension.

The patient did not recall a tick bite and did not have an erythema migrans rash.

“The range of [Heartland virus] could be expanding in the United States.”

“An arboviral disease was the leading diagnostic consideration, but limited availability of commercial diagnostic testing for tickborne diseases delayed diagnosis,” wrote Liu et al.

The man was treated clinically for a tick-borne infection with doxycycline.

“Two days later, on day 7 after symptom onset, the patient returned to the emergency department with confusion, an unsteady gait, and new fecal and urinary incontinence,” according to the authors.

He subsequently developed encephalopathy, low sodium, abnormal liver function tests, and fatigue.

“He had acute respiratory failure, renal failure, and a cardiac arrest. He was transitioned to comfort care and died on day 13 after symptom onset,” wrote Liu et al.

An autopsy revealed that the heart, spleen, kidney, and liver samples were positive for Heartland virus.

The Virginia Department of Health conducted a drag of the man’s property and found 193 Lone Star ticks. However, none of the ticks contained HRTV.

Tick-borne diseases identified by the CDC, as of 2/26/23.²

  • Anaplasmosis
  • Babesiosis
  • Borrelia mayonii
  • Borrelia miyamotoi
  • Bourbon virus
  • Colorado tick fever
  • Ehrlichiosis
  • Heartland virus
  • Lyme disease
  • Powassan disease
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
  • STARI (Southern tick-associated rash illness)
  • Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF)
  • Tularemia
  • 364D rickettsiosis (Rickettsia phillipi, proposed)
Related Articles:

10 cases of Heartland virus reviewed

References:
  1. Liu S, Kannan S, Meeks M, et al. Fatal Case of Heartland Virus Disease Acquired in the Mid-Atlantic Region, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. Feb 23 2023;29(5)doi:10.3201/eid2905.221488
  2. Diseases Transmitted by Ticks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/index.html Last accessed 2/26/23.

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Australia’s Pharma Regulator Suppressed Damning Pfizer COVID Shot Report: Proof Spike Protein Goes Everywhere & Persists Impairing DNA Damage Repair, Causing Autoimmune Disease

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TGA Makes COVID Shot Report Public

Recently, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) made a report from 2021 available to the public. Titled “Nonclinical Evaluation Report BNT162b2 [mRNA] COVID-19 Vaccine (COMIRNATYTM)” the document provides inputs from the preclinical work involving the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Comirnaty) via Pfizer Australia pty Ltd.  A bombshell actually, the TGA, the agency that is supposed to “safeguard and enhance the health of the Australian community through effective and timely regulation of therapeutic goods” seemingly let the pharmaceutical company dictate the risk-benefit analysis. At the height of the pandemic and the onset of the mass COVID-19 “vaccination” rollout starting February 22, 2021, the data in this document wasn’t shared with the public. But why not? Would the data (or lack thereof) associated with this report lead to more “vaccine” hesitancy?

You bet it would.

Take a look at the graph where it’s clear the “vaccine” spreads into the brain, liver, bone marrow, spleen, thyroid, small intestine, ovaries and virtually everywhere in the body.  Dr. Byram Bridle obtained the biodistribution data nearly two years ago from the Japanese government through a FOIA and made this information known back then but was vilified mercilessly over it.

https://rumble.com/vtxa0c-the-vaccine-accentuates-comorbidities-and-accelerates-aging..html  Video Here (Approx. 11 Min)

COVID Injections Accentuates Comorbidities &

The spike proteins within the “vaccine” have destroyed the ability to repair single and double stranded DNA. This will cause the body to adapt and attempt survival as the body fails at replenishing vital cells that need to be repaired. The result will be accelerated aging due to the inability to repair damaged DNA. The “vaccine” will exploit and accentuate any and all comorbidities leading to deterioration of health. Although most “vaccinated” individuals know that something has gone terribly wrong within their bodies, they want to “cure” this feeling with another booster. Unfortunately, with every shot, their minds are becoming more forgetful, body aches are becoming painful, dizziness episodes increase as well as periodic fluttering heart events, and exhaustion.  The study at the end looked at how the spike protein inhibits repair pathways which would affect women who inherit a specific gene mutation (BRCA1) and have a much higher risk (over 70%) of developing breast cancer, as well as causes an aberrant expression of a specific gene (53BP1) which contributes to tumor occurrence and development – which will affect a host of cancers.

For a deeper dive into the research, read independent researcher Walter M Chesnut’s article:  Persistence of the Spike Protein May be Inducing Systemic Autoimmune Disease MIMICKING Sjogren’s, Arthritis, Vasculitis, Diabetes, etc.

The spike protein, in essence, works as the perfect bioweapon sowing seeds of self-destruction via most efficient endothelial delivery.

Excerpt:

…the Spike Protein is a designed viral fragment that has been attached to a coronavirus as a delivery mechanism. This viral fragment causes ARDS, multiple organ failure and death in a very few due to the initial phase of the Syndrome it induces. This is what I have called SPED. Spike Protein Endothelial Disease.

The second phase of this Syndrome I had initially thought was a Progeria syndrome. I now no longer believe that to be the case. However, Phase II would certainly be PART of a Progeria syndrome. I now believe that, given recent evidence, Phase II is the induction of a SYSTEMIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE which I will call Spike Protein Autoimmune Syndrome.

Interestingly, the complete virus is NOT found in those with Long COVID – the spike protein IS.

Chesnut feels the key is in clearing the body of the Spike Protein, but he is concerned that the Spike’s mRNA has been retrotranscribed into DNA.

The diabolical scheme of course is that this induced illness will not be attributed back to the “vaccines.”

Read on how the “vaccine” causes DIC, and ADE.

Please see FLCCC’s Recovery protocols which included the use of intermittent fasting, ivermectin, LDN, nattokinase, aspirin, melatonin, magnesium, methylene blue, sunlight, and resveratrol along with numerous second line and third line therapies.  Please note that many of these treatments have been attacked by ‘the powers that be’:  https://covid19criticalcare.com/treatment-protocols/i-recover/

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TGA Document Revelations

March 25, 2023

Dr. John Campbell goes through the document thoroughly showing the shots were approved on scant data filled with a multitude of holes in understanding, and the fact lung inflammation was observed in both infected animal controls and immunized animals.  Page 45 shows the lipid nanoparticles are systemically distributed but there is no data on how long the spike protein persists or any investigation into potential for autoimmune diseases.

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More Window Dressing: Blumenthal Announces New Federal Funding For Tick Research

https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2023-03-24/blumenthal-announces-new-federal-funding-for-tick-research

Blumenthal announces new federal funding for tick research

WSHU | By Molly Ingram
Published March 24, 2023
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Molly Ingram/WSHU  U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal holds a tick, swollen from drinking blood.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has announced millions of dollars in funding for research into tick-borne diseases.

Diseases caused by ticks have more than doubled in the last ten years across the Northeast.

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, located in New Haven, will receive $200,000.

Blumenthal said the money will fund vital research at the nationally recognized facility.

(See link for article)

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SUMMARY:

  • Money to New Haven will be used to hire staff for testing ticks
  • $26 Million will go to the corrupt CDC to study Lyme disease
  • $7 Million will go to the complicit DOD‘s Tick-borne Disease Research Program

In the words of Willy Burgdorfer, the “discoverer” of Lyme:

“The controversy in Lyme Disease research is a shameful affair.  I say that because the whole thing is politically tainted.  Money goes to people that have for the past 30 years produced the same thing.  Nothing.” ~ Dr. Willy Burgdorferi

Money lining the pockets of the same people in corrupt agencies will come to nothing.
Mark my words.

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