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Hormone Secrets

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Hormones Secrets: Feel Great and Age Well Using the Bio-Identicals

By Dr. Robert Yoho

USE NATURAL HORMONES TO STAY HEALTHY, FEEL FANTASTIC, AND AVOID OVERPRICED, TOXIC DRUGS

Are you all worn out and wonder if it’s your hormones? Do you have questions about menopause or testosterone replacement? Have you heard that hormones cause cancer and heart disease?

Hormone Secrets will clear up the controversies for you.

Robert Yoho is an award-winning author who spent a career studying and prescribing hormones. He is retired, so he can tell you the truth. Hint: big Pharma and big money are involved, and you have been listening to lies.

Are some hormones dangerous? YES, and this book explains which ones. You will go to your doctor armed with exactly what to ask for. Is hormone replacement expensive? NO, not if you learn the secrets from Hormone Secrets.

THE PROMISE: Study this book and you will know more about hormones than 99 percent of doctors. THE GUARANTEE: I will help you find a doctor who can help. Hormones are difficult for physicians to prescribe—they are pressured to use toxic, expensive patent drugs instead.

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Hormone Secrets Part 2

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Activism, Hormones, Testing, thyroid, Treatment

Superior Efficacy of Combination Antibiotics Therapy Versus Monotherapy For Lyme Disease in Mouse Model

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1293300/full

Front. Microbiol., 20 November 2023
Sec. Infectious Agents and Disease
Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1293300
This article is part of the Research TopicInsights in Infectious Agents and Disease: 2023View all 11 articles

Superior efficacy of combination antibiotic therapy versus monotherapy in a mouse model of Lyme disease

Yasir Alruwaili1,2,3Mary B. Jacobs2Nicole R. Hasenkampf2Amanda C. Tardo2Celine E. McDaniel2Monica E. Embers2,3*

Lyme disease (LD) results from the most prevalent tick-borne infection in North America, with over 476,000 estimated cases annually. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) sensu lato which transmits through the bite of Ixodid ticks. Most cases treated soon after infection are resolved by a short course of oral antibiotics. However, 10–20% of patients experience chronic symptoms because of delayed or incomplete treatment, a condition called Post-Treatment Lyme Disease (PTLD). Some Bb persists in PTLD patients after the initial course of antibiotics and an effective treatment to eradicate the persistent Bb is needed. Other organisms that cause persistent infections, such as M. tuberculosis, are cleared using a combination of therapies rather than monotherapy. A group of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs previously shown to be efficacious against Bb in vitro were used in monotherapy or in combination in mice infected with Bb. Different methods of detection were used to assess the efficacy of the treatments in the infected mice including culture, xenodiagnosis, and molecular techniques. None of the monotherapies eradicated persistent Bb. However,

  • 4 dual combinations (doxycycline + ceftriaxone, dapsone + rifampicin, dapsone + clofazimine, doxycycline + cefotaxime)
  • 3 triple combinations (doxycycline + ceftriaxone+ carbomycin, doxycycline + cefotaxime+ loratadine, dapsone+ rifampicin+ clofazimine) eradicated persistent Bb infections.

These results suggest that combination therapy should be investigated in preclinical studies for treating human Lyme disease.

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**Comment**

This research demonstrates clearly why many do not get better.  Mainstream doctors are still in the Dark Ages regarding all things Lyme/MSIDS and treat with the antiquated and unscientific IDSA Lyme Guidelines which have never worked and never will.

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The Dark Reality of Living With Lyme Disease

https://www.lymedisease.org/bredberg-dark-reality-lyme/

The dark reality of living with Lyme disease

By Kyle Bredberg

I have lived in New Paltz, New York, my whole life and throughout that time, have grown accustomed to many of the seemingly odd local rituals that our town performs.

One of these oddities is that in elementary school, New Paltz students learn to tuck their jeans into their socks, stuffing them full until their feet look like weird upside down sock puppets before departing on a field trip.

This is all part of the general awareness for ticks that the Hudson Valley strongly promotes to its residents. Students learn to buddy up and do tick checks and their noses often become normalized to the scent of DEET as parents worryingly spray down their clothes.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Bredberg admits that he became infected when tick awareness was nowhere near what it is today.  Similarly to others in Lymeland, despite severe hallmark symptoms all tests returned ‘negative.’

If it wasn’t for a relentless mother, he probably never would have gotten help.

Unfortunately he uses the wrong statistic that up to 20% go on to suffer long-term symptoms when in reality it’s somewhere between 40-60%. I also must disagree that ‘research, treatment, and awareness has come a long way from where it was 10 years ago.’

Despite climbing numbers, we are no further along in understanding why some develop chronic Lyme/MSIDS and others don’t, and how to effectively treat it.

While awareness efforts have increased, this is entirely due to sick people who have done what they can in their sphere of influence.

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Sadly, the stories are plentiful, but nothing changes in the world of Lyme/MSIDS.

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Activism, Lyme, Prevention, Testing, Ticks

Meningitis Secondary to Lyme Disease: Case Report

https://danielcameronmd.com/case-report-meningitis-secondary-to-lyme-disease/

CASE REPORT: MENINGITIS SECONDARY TO LYME DISEASE

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In this case report, “Meningitis in the Guise of Dementia: Lyme-Induced Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus,” Liu and colleagues review the case of an elderly patient with dementia, found to have Lyme meningitis in the setting of a normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). [1]

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An 80-year-old man was admitted to a hospital in Pennsylvania, an area endemic for Lyme disease, due to increased weakness and confusion. He had “several days of nausea with decreased appetite, generalized malaise, fatigue, and weakness,” according to the authors.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies suggested aseptic meningitis. And a CT scan showed dilated ventricles. Treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus relieved his symptoms.

On the fourth day of hospitalization, the man tested positive for Lyme disease by Western blot on bands 23KD and 39KD.

“Healthcare providers treating patients with NPH should consider Lyme disease as a differential diagnosis because of the multiple reported cases of NPH secondary to Lyme disease.”

“The patient was subsequently diagnosed with aseptic meningitis secondary to Lyme,” the authors state.

He was treated with IV and oral doxycycline. But his dementia did not completely resolve, “likely due to primary dementia or other condition.”

“In the case of our patient, infectious meningitis was suspected due to this patient reportedly having had fevers and leukocytosis. Additionally, Lyme disease is among the most common reportable infections in Pennsylvania,” the authors state.

Authors Conclude:

“Lyme disease … can present with multiple complications, including arthritis, heart rhythm defects, facial nerve palsy, impaired memory, and meningitis. Hence, Lyme disease should be considered as part of the differential etiology of meningitis.

Related Articles:

Lyme disease presents as brachial plexopathy and meningitis
One year after infection, patient shows signs of Lyme meningitis
Lyme meningitis leading to hyponatremia

References:
  1. Liu R, Polly M, Lennon RP, Reedy-Cooper A. Meningitis in the Guise of Dementia: Lyme-Induced Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Clin Med Res. 2023 Dec;21(4):226-229. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2023.1829. PMID: 38296639.

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**Comment**

Again, doxy is a great front-line drug but hardly a panacea.

Coinfections are never considered or talked about.

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Lyme, research, Testing, Treatment

Deadly Meat Allergy

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Deadly Meat Allergy

A man suddenly has a cardiac arrest at home and the cause of his medical emergency is a mystery! Let’s solve the mystery together and learn about shock, septic shock, anaphylactic allergies and more!  Scroll to about the 14 minute mark to finally hear he has Alpha Gal.

This video was adapted from a published medical case report: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti…

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It’s far from straight-forward just like Lyme/MSIDS.  So many unknowns.
 

 

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Activism, Alpha Gal Meat Allergy, Gut Health, research, Testing, Ticks