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Toxic Metal Pollution Linked With Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-toxic-metal-pollution-linked-autism.html

Toxic metal pollution linked with development of autism spectrum disorder

September 14, 2018 , RUDN University

Scientists linked toxic metal pollution of the environment with the development of autism spectrum disorder and proposed new pre — *Environmental metal and metalloid pollution (lead, mercury, aluminum, and arsenic) may induce autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) Credit: Vyacheslav Sheludkov*

Russian researchers, together with their foreign colleagues, have demonstrated that environmental metal and metalloid pollution (lead, mercury, aluminum, and arsenic) may induce autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), and have considered possible mechanisms of exposure to these substances. The study may be useful for the prevention and therapy of ASD. The article is published in the journal Environmental Research.

Autism spectrum disorder is a group of disruptive neurodevelopmental disorders that cause problems in communication, socialization, and limited interests. They appear usually at the age of three years. Over the past 20 years, the prevalence of ASD has increased by 30 percent globally, although scientists have not yet reached a consensus on the causes and mechanisms of the disorder. Genetic mutations correspond to approximately 7 percent of cases of ASD. Such mutations can occur under the influence of toxic metals in the first months of prenatal and postnatal life, when the nervous system is especially sensitive to toxic environmental pollutants. This hypothesis is confirmed by recent studies. For example, scientists from RUDN University with their colleagues from Saudi Arabia and Norway have observed increased lead and mercury levels in association with selenium deficiency in erythrocytes of children with ASD. A large Korean study including 458 mother-child pairs showed a clear link between exposure to mercury in early childhood and autistic behavior at the age of five.

But how, exactly, can toxic metals cause ASD? Researchers of the RUDN University and Yaroslavl State University, under the guidance of Prof. Anatoly Skalny, believe that the main mechanism underlying the onset of ASD is inflammation in brain nervous tissue. The latter is related to increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines—signaling peptide molecules. In addition, arsenic disrupts the metabolism of neurotransmitters and promotes epigenetic changes. Finally, aluminum can cause dysfunction of glia – non-neuronal auxiliary cells of the nervous tissue, which play an important role in the functioning of the nervous system. These assumptions are confirmed by the results of the authors’ studies, which demonstrated a tight association of the level of toxic elements in the blood serum of children with ADS and neuroinflammatory markers.

Researchers from the RUDN University considered the link between exposure to three toxic metals (lead, mercury, aluminum) and arsenic with the emergence of ASD in children. They proposed three main processes that occur under the influence of toxic metals and contribute to the development of autism: neuroiflammation, apoptosis (programmed cell death), and excitotoxicity. In addition, the scientists proposed preventive measures and approaches that reduce the risk of ASD.

“Unfortunately, the contemporary methods of metal detoxification do not allow to achieve ASD remission, especially since their effectiveness in ASD is not confirmed from the positions of evidence-based medicine,” noted the co-author of the article Alexey A. Tinkov, M.D., Ph.D., senior lecturer of the Department of Medical Elementology of the RUDN University.

In the case of acute intoxication, the use chelating agents (DMPS, DMSA, CaEDTA and BAL) is recommended, but in the case of ASD, chronic metal overload usually takes place. Moreover, chelators also have a significant number of side effects. In the case of chronic intoxication, toxic metals can be successfully eliminated from the body by functional foods. A number of phytochemicals (polyphenols, etc.) decrease lead toxicity. In turn, laboratory data demonstrate that zinc and selenium compounds significantly reduce toxicity of lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Researchers recommend the use of a comprehensive approach for the correction of metal overload in ADSs. Particularly, in addition to elimination of metals exposure, it is proposed to use antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, as well as supplements containing heavy metal antagonists (selenium, zinc), and adhere to a diet.

More information: Geir Bjørklund et al. Toxic metal(loid)-based pollutants and their possible role in autism spectrum disorder, Environmental Research (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.05.020

Provided by: RUDN University

**Comment**

A prominent Wisconsin Lyme doctor states 80% of his Autistic patients also have a Lyme/MSIDS infection.

For more on the metal issue:

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/09/19/autism-aluminum-adjuvant-link-corroborated/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/15/canadian-data-more-autism-where-vaccine-coverage-is-highest/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/06/01/immunoexcitotoxicity-as-the-central-mechanism-of-etiopathology-treatment-of-autism-spectrum-disorders-a-possible-role-of-fluoride-aluminum/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/11/28/biological-mechanisms-of-vaccine-injury/

“In depositions in a trial in Tennessee, scientists from the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins University make it clear that children really should be screened before their first vaccination. If screening for individual susceptibility were done, many vulnerable children would be spared from being harmed by vaccines.” https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/09/16/how-to-end-the-autism-epidemic.aspx?

For those who believe the CDC’s rhetoric that “vaccines do not cause Autism,” please see slide #5 of James Lyons Weiler’s work showing at least 12 studies showing an association: vials-health-summit-slides-james-lyonsweiler-magic

The Russian study stated that genetic mutations are responsible for 7% of children with Autism. The study in this link https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/10/26/clinical-trial-shows-most-kids-with-autism-are-not-born-with-it/ showed a similar finding that most children with Autism are NOT born with it: Autologous Cord Blood Infusions Are Safe and Feasible in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results of a Single-Center Phase I Open-Label Trial

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/05/pans-autism-the-immune-system-an-interview-with-expert-neurologist-dr-richard-frye/

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Hotter Bodies Better at Fighting Disease

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/hotter-bodies-better-fighting-disease

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Having a “hot body” has more benefits than ever before, thanks to new scientific findings on the role that elevated body temperature plays in helping fight infections and ward-off disease

A 2018 study examining the role that temperature plays in the body’s inflammatory response has demonstrated that the hotter our body temperature, the more effective our immune system becomes at fighting tumors, healing wounds, and fighting infections.

Researchers at the Universities of Warwick and Manchester in the UK recently published the paper entitled, Temperature regulates NF-κB dynamics and function through timing of A20 transcription,[1] in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Acknowledging that inflammation is often accompanied by changes in body temperature, researchers sought to close the gap of information on how these phenomena may be linked.

Using an experimentation method incorporating mathematical modeling, researchers from the University’s Mathematics Institute partnered with biologists, infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists and other scientists to better understand these systemic interactions. These models were used to calculate cellular responses to inflammation, such as how small increases in body temperature affect specific genes, including keyinflammatory regulators.

Biologists focused on the actions of a protein called ‘Nuclear Factor kappa B’ (NF-κB). When inflammation markers are in the bloodstream, NF-κB proteins “switch on” by moving into and out of the nucleus of cells, turning genes on and off in response to inflammation. This cellular-signaling works on a biological clock, with cells activated for a period of time to respond to the perceived source of inflammation. A healthy NF-κB response allows the body to effectively suppress tumors and infections, and aids in rapid wound-healing. An uncontrolled NF-κB response is associated with inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Crohn’s disease.

Mathematical models were used to test the correlation of the rate of this NF-κB “clock” to changes in body temperature. Researchers discovered that if the body temperature is lower than normal, around 94℉, the NF-κB clock slows down. This has the effect of slowing the body’s response rate to wounds and infections. When the body temperature is higher than normal (>98.6℉), as in the case of fever, the NF-κB clock speeds up and continues to increase with each degree of uptick in body temperature. This increased physiological response to inflammation is associated with rapid wound healing, fewer and shorter infections, and even anti-cancer benefits.

Researchers correctly predicted that a protein called A20 holds a critical key in this process. When A20, the central gatekeeper in inflammation and immunity,[2] was removed from cells during experimentation, the NF-κB clock lost its correlative link with body temperature. This link helps explain why our bodies cycle through normal changes in body temperature (+/- 1.5 degrees) over the course of a 24-hour day.

Lead mathematician David Rand, Professor of Mathematics and member of the University of Warwick’s Zeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, commented:

“The lower body temperature during sleep might provide a fascinating explanation into how shift work, jet lag or sleep disorders cause increased inflammatory disease.”

Researchers concluded that cellular response to inflammation may be “mechanistically and functionally regulated by temperature,” clearing the way for new drugs that control inflammation by more precisely targeting the A20 protein.

Professor Mike White, lead biologist from the University of Manchester, noted that these findings validate our understanding of why

“influenza and cold epidemics tend to be worse in the winter when temperatures are cooler,” and that “mice living at higher temperatures suffer less from inflammation and cancer.” Said White: “These changes may now be explained by altered immune responses at different temperatures.”

Bring the Heat to Boost Immunity

Fever is a normal part of a healthy immune response that is often met by over-reaction. Fever is produced when we come into contact with toxins, E. coli bacterium, for example, that introduce pyrogens into the bloodstream. Pyrogens are toxins that infect the body and stimulate a fever-response. The immune system identifies pyrogens as threats, alerting the hypothalamus to signal the body to generate and retain heat in the form of a fever.

Medication designed to suppress a therapeutic fevercan do more harm than good. According to Harvard Medical School, an adult has a fever when his or her temperature exceeds 100.4℉. A fever is not considered medically urgent until it exceeds 104℉,[3] at which point measures should be taken to cool the body and seek immediate medical attention.

Pyrogens signal the immune system when a dangerous toxin has entered the bloodstream. But what about microtoxins that we are exposed to everyday? Persistent organic pollutants such as chemical fertilizers from agro-runoff are in the soil, air, and water of most places in America. Heavy metals loosed from the Earth by industrial operations become airborne and seep into soil and water tables. Plasticizers like phthalates are found in umbilical cord tissue and breast milk, and in the fat cells of most Americans. Most of us don’t get a fever every time we walk outside, but we should not mistake this apparent lack of bodily reaction for a lack of bodily harm.

“The dose makes the poison,” is more than just a colloquialism; it is a chemical reality that has allowed for questionable standards for public drinking water, mass-produced foods, and air quality in the United States. Until recently, medical science had essentially discounted the dangers of low-dose toxins. Difficulty with accurate testing methods, as well as the inability to affect rapid policy and procedural change, are among the reasons why scientists had left this question largely unexplored. Thankfully, this has changed in the last decade, and not a moment too soon: recent studies show that low-dose toxins can be among the most dangerous of all chemical exposures.[4]

In a landmark study released at the end of 2017,[5] scientists found that

“widely disseminated chemicals and pollutants…are proportionately more toxic at the lowest levels of exposure,” and “we will need to achieve near-zero exposures to protect public health.”

Other recent studies have shown that microdoses can and do impact health, including increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases,[6] hormonal disturbances,[7] and increased risk of cancers.[8] Since we can’t snap our fingers and make environmental toxins go away, a diligent approach to disease prevention includes enhancing our immune system and efficiently dumping toxins on a regular basis.

Thankfully, we don’t need to become sick with fever to reap the disease-fighting advantages of a body temperature boost. There are natural ways to hack our body heat that also speed detox—and are often downright enjoyable! Whether you patronize a health club or implement a DIY solution, here are three healthful therapies that will help you turn up the heat.

Break a Sweat

Your body has a powerful, natural system for detoxifying that doesn’t require you to suffer the discomforts of being under-the-weather. All you have to do is pick your favorite exercise and break a sweat! Sweating is one of mankind’s primary mechanisms for eliminating toxins and purifying the body. Sweating naturally raises body temperature, dumps wastes, and stimulates biochemical activity, including increased circulation of blood and lymphatic fluid.

A 2011 study published in the Archives of Environmental and Contamination Toxicology, observed that dangerous metals and petrochemicals were detected in the sweat of study participants that were not seen, or were seen in differing levels, in urinalysis and blood serum tests conducted on the same patients. This finding prompted researchers to call for “sweat analysis to be considered as an additional method for monitoring bioaccumulation of toxic elements in humans.”

You can induce a sweat with intense exercise or take a more leisurely approach through sunbathing. Sunbathing raises body temperature when photons penetrate the skin, stimulating production of Vitamin D and energizing the water in our cells. UV and radiant heat make H2O’s charge, polarity, and conductivity stronger, while blood, lymph, and other body fluids become thinner. This speeds circulation, moving oxygen-rich blood in, and waste products, out. Getting a deep, purifying sweat several times per week can greatly enhance the efficiency at which our bodies remove these everyday toxins.

Sauna Therapy

Another low-impact option for increasing body temperature is sauna therapy. Saunas can be enjoyed in many forms, including traditional dry sauna, steam sauna, and infrared sauna. In a dry sauna, humidity is kept between 10-20%, with temperatures reaching as high as 185℉. Body temperatures easily reach elevated levels during sauna, and can be safely sustained for around 15-30 minutes, for most individuals.

Dry or Finnish sauna is the standard in many countries and is widely regarded as a healthful way to purify and relax the body. But the benefits of sauna extend well beyond relaxation. A 2002 study introduced twenty patients suffering from chronic heart failure to daily, 15-minute dry sauna sessions. Results showed that 17 of the 20 patients had improved vascular and cardiac function after just two weeks of sauna therapy.

Wet or steam sauna has a different host of health benefits. Steam is healing for many respiratory ailments, and can deeply penetrate sore, aching muscles. Hot tubs can reach temperatures of 104℉, and for some, is a gentler way of achieving increased body heat. According to Harvard Health, “a study of 15 men with coronary artery disease showed that 15 minutes in a hot tub produced less circulatory stress than 15 minutes on a stationary bike.” Hot tubbing has also been shown to safely lower high blood pressure.[9]

Infrared saunas use warm, infrared heaters to emit light waved that are absorbed by the surface of the skin. In a 2010 study comparing infrared and steam saunas, researchers found that the sweat from the infrared sauna contained more bismuth, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and uranium. The steam sauna caused higher levels of arsenic, aluminum, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, lead, tin, thallium, and zinc to be excreted.

Whatever form of sauna you choose, you can achieve an even greater immunity boost by plunging into cold water in-between bouts of heat. This quick temperature shift agitates body fluids that have become stagnant from periods of inactivity and is great for enhancing circulation.

Thermotherapy

Therapeutic heating, or thermotherapy, applies to any form of therapy in which heat is applied to achieve physical improvement or relief from symptoms. Whether it’s applying a hot water bottle to an aching muscle group or taking a hot bath with Epsom salts, thermotherapy can achieve low-level increases in body temperature, and is a useful form of easy-to-render comfort and relief from aches and pains.

Heat wraps and pads are employed to great efficacy for treating muscle spasms, herniated disks, eye pain, and other types of musculoskeletal issues. A 2002 study found that warm paraffin wax baths were useful in improving range-of-motion in sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis.[10]Objective improvements were seen in ability to pinch fingers together, improved grip strength, and reduced pain and stiffness when compared to controls after four consecutive weeks of treatment. Treatments such as these can be a useful adjunct to traditional arthritis treatment and may allay the need for habitual pain medication.

Thermotherapy isn’t limited to mundane applications like heating pads—you can also find it in-use as a space-age, laser beam used to fight cancer. Intense heat is directed via infrared laser into the eyes of cancer patients, where it effectively heats and kills retinoblastoma tumor cells that form inside the eye.[11] Other low-level laser therapies are being employed for the treatment of chronic pain[12]and arthritis, with other therapeutic uses for laser currently under development.

References

[1]http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/05/09/1803609115/tab-article-info

[2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659177/

[3]https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/fever-in-adults2

[4]https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003066

[5]IBID

[6]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750015300974

[7]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23867546

[8]https://www.nature.com/articles/bjc2011489

[9]https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/saunas-and-your-health

[10]https://www.cochrane.org/CD002826/MUSKEL_thermotherapy-heat-treatment-for-treating-rheumatoid-arthritis

[11]https://www.cancer.org/cancer/retinoblastoma/treating/thermotherapy.html

[12]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137223/

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of GreenMedInfo or its staff.

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Is Ozone 10-Pass Safe? Free Webinar

WEDNESDAY, Oct 10 8:00 PM Eastern Time, 7:00 pm in Wisconsin

The Webinar

Ozone therapy is taking the world by storm, but is 10x the average dose actually safe? A new but controversial method used by a small number of doctors in Europe and now here in the USA has the ozone world doing battle.

Hear straight from Dr. Rowen why he believes that 10 Pass is not only safe, but also more effective.

Dr. Robert Rowen is an innovator who isn’t afraid to lead the charge on the medical frontier. He has used ozone therapy for many years in his own clinic, is a recognized ozone therapy trainer and has travelled the world to educate doctors on the use of ozone therapy.

Tom Lowe, President, SOPMed, is a gifted inventor and entrepreneur who has developed a passion for alternative medicine. He intends that the Society of Progressive Medical Education (SOPMed) be a platform for fighting human suffering and promoting human flourishing.

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For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/12/04/ozone-ten-pass-lyme-msids-treatment-in-ca/

For testimonials of using ozone 10-pass: https://www.youtube.com/user/RobertRowenMD

Approx. 7 Min.

Husband and wife, both doctors, tell of their ozone experience.

Their daughter also tells of her experience.

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Glandular Tularemia

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1801531

Glandular Tularemia

Laura Marks, M.D., Ph.D.,
and Andrej Spec, M.D.

**Comment**

I remember hearing Timothy Lepore, MD, FACS, surgeon at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, at a Lyme conference. He explained that Tularemia is also a disease of those who work with the land such as landscapers and farmers, as well as those who get bit by a tick. There are cases reported in every state but Hawaii, and many other wild and domestic animals can be infected. The highest rates of infection are in Arkansas. Please see this link for more details but know that this is a bioweaponized pathogen: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/10/25/of-rabbits-and-men/ The WHO estimates that an aerosol dispersal of 50 kg of F. tularensis over an area with 5 million people would result in 25,000 incapacitating casualties including 19,000 deaths.

For hunters: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/07/tularemia-hunting-dogs-as-possible-vectors/ “The frequency of about seven percent shows that hunting dogs can also become infected regularly. As vectors of the disease, even without symptoms, the animals must also be considered unexpected carriers,” Posautz adds.

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Lyme Carditis: Heart Block & Other Complications of LD

**Please see independent tick researcher John Scott’s comment regarding climate change and tick expansion after the article.**

https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-carditis-heart-block/

Lyme Carditis: Heart Block and Other Complications of Lyme Disease

by Adrian Baranchuk, MD, FACC ,FRCPC, FCCS, and Cynthia Yeung, BSc

The incidence of Lyme disease, a tick-borne bacterial infection, is rapidly increasing in North America. Risk modeling suggests that the incidence of Lyme disease will continue to rise as the migratory birds that are responsible for transmitting the Ixodes tick are affected by climate change and consequently, contribute to the expansion of at-risk regions. Lyme disease can affect many organ systems, including the heart, nerves, and joints.

In this article, the authors intend to highlight one of the most dramatic complications of Lyme disease, early dissemination Lyme carditis.

How Common Are Lyme Disease And Lyme Carditis?

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in North America, with an annual incidence of approximately 25, 000 confirmed cases in the United States. However, estimates suggest that the true incidence is closer to 300, 000 cases annually. Lyme disease affects the heart in 0.3-10% of cases.

Lyme Carditis: How Spirochetes Affect The Heart

In Lyme carditis, Borrelia burgdorferi (the spirochete responsible for Lyme disease) directly affects the heart. Damage to the heart tissue occurs from the direct invasion by the bacteria, as well as from the body’s exaggerated immune response to the infection.

In 90% of cases, the most common consequence of Lyme carditis is heart block. Electrical signals from the upper chambers of the heart are not properly relayed to the lower chambers of the heart, which can dramatically slow down the heart rate.

The severity of the heart block can fluctuate rapidly and the progression to complete heart block can be fatal. Importantly, the heart block in Lyme carditis can be transient and usually resolves with antibiotic therapy. Additionally, Lyme carditis can affect other parts of the heart’s conduction system, as well as the heart’s muscle, valves, and outer layer of the heart wall.

Symptoms Of Lyme Carditis

Patients with Lyme carditis may report light-headedness, fainting, shortness of breath, palpitations, and/or chest pain. Conversely, patients with Lyme carditis may also experience no symptoms, which contributes to the elusive nature of the diagnosis.

Systematic Approach For Lyme Carditis

To help healthcare providers consider Lyme carditis as a potential cause for heart block, our research team developed the Suspicious Index in Lyme Carditis (SILC) score.

It allots points for specific risk factors. The resulting score classifies patients into low, intermediate, and high-risk categories for the likelihood that the heart block is due to Lyme carditis. The variables in the SILC score can be associated with the mnemonic “CO-STAR”: Constitutional symptoms, Outdoor activity/endemic area, Sex (male), Tick bite, Age (< 50 years), and Rash.

Table 1. The Suspicious Index in Lyme Carditis (SILC) score evaluates the likelihood that a patient’s high-degree heart block is caused by Lyme carditis. The total score indicates low (0-2), intermediate (3-6), or high (7-12) suspicion of Lyme carditis.

Variable Value
Age < 50 years 1
Male 1
Outdoor activity/endemic area 1
Constitutional symptoms* 2
Tick bite 3
Erythema migrans rash 4

* fever, malaise, arthralgia, and dyspnea

Patients with high-degree heart block and a SILC score of three or higher should be investigated immediately for Lyme disease. They should also receive antibiotic treatment while awaiting the results of testing.

Importance Of Prompt Recognition And Treatment Of Lyme Carditis

The standard protocol for high-degree heart block calls for implanting a permanent pacemaker. However, the heart block in Lyme carditis will most likely resolve with antibiotic therapy. Thus, identifying Lyme carditis as the underlying cause of the heart block can prevent the unnecessary implantation of permanent pacemakers.

The battery of a pacemaker lasts 7-10 years. Thus, a missed diagnosis could subject an otherwise young, healthy patient to 5-7 battery replacements over a lifetime—with each procedure bringing potential adverse events. These risks associated with the initial pacemaker implantation can be mitigated by intravenous and oral antibiotic treatment for heart block caused by Lyme carditis.

Educating Healthcare Providers

We aim to raise awareness about the cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease in endemic areas, so that healthcare providers are educated and alert about Lyme carditis. The conduction disorders associated with Lyme carditis can progress quickly. Patients often seek medical attention several times before Lyme carditis is suspected. The prompt diagnosis and treatment of Lyme carditis is essential to prevent unnecessary implantation of permanent pacemakers and further complications of Lyme disease.

Additional resources

Wan D, Baranchuk A. Lyme carditis and atrioventricular block. CMAJ 2018;190:E622.
Fuster LS, Gul EE, Baranchuk A. Electrocardiographic progression of acute Lyme disease. Am J Emerg Med 2017;35:1040 e5-1040 e6.
Wan D, Blakely C, Branscombe P, Suarez-Fuster L, Glover B, Baranchuk A. Lyme Carditis and High-Degree Atrioventricular Block. Am J Cardiol 2018;121:1102-1104.

Dr. Baranchuk, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, is one of the world’s leading experts on Lyme carditis. Cynthia Yeung is a medical student.

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https://www.thewhig.com/2018/02/05/letters-to-the-editor-feb-5/wcm/04cb0a0c-5253-8a4b-1f34-ca2b8ae54057

Birds, not climate change, brought ticks

Re: “Balance key to addressing climate change: expert,” Jan. 19.

I do not agree with Roberta Bondar’s statement: “The migration of deer ticks [blacklegged ticks] into the Kingston area, and the increased incidents of Lyme disease is an example of the kind of environmental changes that climate change is bringing.”

My peer-reviewed scientific research shows that migratory songbirds import blacklegged tick larvae and nymphs into Canada, and are widely dispersing them countrywide. In fact, a heavily tick-infested songbird can initiate a new blacklegged tick population. The number of immature blacklegged ticks on migratory song birds has remained constant for decades — long before climate change was coined. Furthermore, the adult female blacklegged tick does not migrate at all, and crawls a maximum of six metres in her lifetime.

I believe federally funded researchers who publish peer-reviewed papers on tick expansion numbers, ascribed to being caused by climate change, are wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. Moreover, their research is not helping patients get diagnosed and treated in a timely manner. Alarmingly, we have 3,000 patients going to the United States for diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and associated tick-borne diseases.

Any daily temperature increases are not putting any extinction stressors on the blacklegged female. She lays her eggs in the cool, moist leaf litter, where she has typically laid them for millennia, and is very comfortable in this microhabitat. She does not have extinction stress in this environment and, thus, does not lay more eggs. The seemingly more ticks in the Kingston area, and everywhere else, is not because of climate changing. In reality, public awareness is the key factor because more people, veterinarians and pet groomers are looking for them.

John D. Scott

Fergus, Ontario

Please know there’s a ton of money when it is ear-marked with the words “climate change,” but regarding tick expansion and therefore the spread of Lyme, it isn’t being honest and it’s taking valuable resources and money away from things that really matter. Scott goes as far to say it’s a nefarious plot protecting authorities from the lack of helpful research and care for patients that’s occurred over the span of 40 years.

http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/Legislature/2017Auerbach.pdf This pdf by Lyme Advocate Jill Auerbach shows that while there were only 5,700 cases of WNV in 2012, research dollars were $29 million, whereas, Lyme cases in 2012 were 312,000 but received only $25 million. Another stark contrast is Hepatitis C in 2012 with 1,300 cases but with $112 million in research dollars.

While the number of the infected continue to soar, the research dollars for Lyme are radically reduced in successive years. Go here for a quick table comparing research dollars for various diseases: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/09/17/study-shows-tick-infection-transmission-potential-for-both-dtv-wnv/

THIS DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE OTHER TICK-BORNE DISEASES

Don’t kid yourself. Words mean things and any research ear marked with the words “climate change” have not and will not help patients one iota.

For more: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/08/13/study-shows-lyme-not-propelled-by-climate-change/

https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/08/14/canadian-tick-expert-climate-change-is-not-behind-lyme-disease/

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