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As Lyme Disease Cases Increase in Licking County (OH), So Do Frustrations
NEWARK – More than two times as many cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease have been reported to the Licking County Health Department thus far this year, as compared to all of 2018. And the amount confirmed is even more noteworthy.
There were 17 suspected, two probable and three confirmed cases last year for a total of 22. Through Wednesday morning, there were 52 total cases, with the vast majority being confirmed.
In 2017, it was 16 suspected and 10 confirmed for a total of 26 cases.
A 2017 alert, issued by Gale Neville, Licking County Health Department Infectious Disease Nurse, said that prior to 2010, there were no known established populations of blacklegged ticks, or deer ticks, in Ohio. Since then, the tick has been found in at least 60 Ohio counties including Licking, and spreads Lyme disease through its bacteria-infected bite.
Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue and a characteristic “bulls-eye” skin rash. Most cases can be treated successfully with a few weeks of antibiotics. But if untreated, the infection can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous system. Early treatment is key for the disease, so the quicker it’s detected, the better the outcome for the patient.
“Because Lyme disease symptoms are common to many other illnesses, including common viral infections, and because Lyme disease transmission is fairly new to Ohio, it is often mis-diagnosed and under-reported,” Licking County health commissioner Joe Ebel said last month. “Increased public education and (medical) provider awareness results in higher case counts. However, a Lyme diagnosis is sometimes missed until the symptoms have progressed.”
“We don’t have Lyme Disease in Arkansas, we have the ticks that transmit Lyme Disease but we don’t have any recorded cases of Lyme Disease.”
So because they didn’t have any “recorded” cases of Lyme, these children couldn’t have Lyme disease.
This is still a glaring problem.
November 9, 2019 Meeting Reminder
Don’t forget the support group meeting this Saturday. For more info:
- Saturday, November 9, 2019
- East Madison Police Station – 809 S Thompson Dr. Madison, WI
- 2:30-4:30pm
Hope to see you all there!
Mycobacterium bovid Found in Michigan Deer Hunter
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Rare M. bovis Infection Found in Michigan Deer Hunter
By Ethan Covey
A new report highlights the risk posed to deer hunters, especially those who live or hunt in Michigan, of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis bacteria.
Although the risk for exposure is rare, epidemiologists have noted that deer populations in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan have far higher rates of M. bovis infection than other areas (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68[37]:807-808).
“The M. bovis bacteria can cause a latent infection that sometimes progresses to active disease, similar to other forms of tuberculosis,” said Laura E. Power, MD, a clinical assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.
In May 2017, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was notified of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis, cased by M. bovis, in a 77-year-old man. The individual reported frequent deer hunting and field dressing of deer carcasses.
The man lived in the northeastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, where rates of M. bovis have been estimated to affect 1.4% of deer. This rate of incidence is far higher than the estimated 0.05% of deer infected in other parts of the state. Two other cases of hunting-related human infections with M. bovis were reported in Michigan in 2002 and 2004.
“The study alerts health care providers that there is potential for hunters to acquire M. bovis infection while field dressing deer,” Dr. Power said. “The risk is generally low and more relevant in the northeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.”
Dr. Power noted that hunters can minimize risk by wearing protective gloves when field dressing deer. Also, if evidence of M. bovis disease is discovered in a carcass—such as tan or yellow pea-sized lumps, often in the wall of the rib cage or in the lungs—individuals should immediately stop handling the carcass and contact the local wildlife agency.
“The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has an excellent surveillance system for this disease,” Dr. Power added. “Hunters can submit a deer head to DNR check stations in Michigan, and the DNR will assess the deer head and notify the hunter if any evidence of M. bovis or another chronic wasting disease is found.”
Additionally, Dr. Power noted that the American Veterinary Medical Association provides a list of precautions that deer hunters can take to protect themselves from M. bovis and other infections, at this link: Disease Precautions for Hunters
Fighting Polycystic Ovary Syndrome – New Developments in Symptoms Management & Treatment
Fighting Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) – New Developments in Symptoms Management & Treatment
with Dr. Carolyn Alexander
Nov 7, 2019, 6 PM ET
PCOS is a little understood life changing syndrome. What we know about PCOS are the disturbing symptoms it creates in our bodies, but we only know the tip of the iceberg when it comes to reasons behind why these symptoms occur. Moreover, almost 70% of teenage girls/women remain undiagnosed mainly because they dont understand their symptoms and avoid discussing them. We are talking to Dr Carolyn Alexander of Southern California Reproductive Center, about new developments in PCOS symptom management & treatment and PCOS updates from recently held #ASRM2019 Conference. Dr Alexander has conducted extensive research on PCOS and specializes in the treatment of patients facing the diagnosis of PCOS and infertility. Guiding the discussion from the patient panel will be Ashley Levinson @PCOSgurl who has been advocating for PCOS since the last 20 years. Michelle Schwarz, a PCOS patient and researcher, will also be on the panel to discuss about funding and gaps in research in the field of PCOS.
PANELISTS
Dr Carolyn Alexander, Ashley Levinson, Dr Michelle Schwarz, Shweta Mishra
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**Comment**
PCOS-like symptoms were my initial symptoms with Lyme/MSIDS. https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/02/24/pcos-lyme-my-story/ I imagine there are many more women out there similarly infected but who will never be properly diagnosed as supposedly Lyme/MSIDS isn’t sexually transmitted.
Lida Mattman PhD, and an expert in spirochetes, explains the many ways she has isolated borrelia: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/04/02/transmission-of-lyme-disease-lida-mattman-phd/
Excerpt:
Mattman isolated living Borrelia spirochetes in mosquitoes, fleas, mites, semen, urine, blood, plasma and Cerebral Spinal Fluid. She discovered that this bacteria is dangerous because it can survive and spread without cell wall (L shape). Because L-forms do not possess cell wall, they are resistant to antibiotics that act upon the cell wall.
Others have found various ways Bb is transmitted as well:
- Burgess could infect cats with Bb orally, ocularly, and via IV
- Bb oral infection in mice with subsequent transmission to deer ticks: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19334437_Oral_Infection_of_Peromyscus_maniculatus_with_Borrelia_burgdorferi_and_Subsequent_Transmission_by_Ixodes_dammini
- Contact transmission in dogs: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19606769_Experimental_inoculation_of_dogs_with_Borrelia_burgdorferi …. dogs can be subclinically infected with B. burgdorferi and have persistent infections.
- Lischer found Borrelia burgdorferi in synovial fluid and cow’s milk
- A 2014 study found Bb in genital secretions, and recently they showed live Bb in a genital lesion that could be grown in a special culture broth: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/02/24/pcos-lyme-my-story/Researcher Marianne Middelveen stated,
“The presence of live spirochetes in a genital lesion strongly suggests that sexual transmission of Lyme disease occurs,” said Middelveen. “We need to do more research to determine the risk of sexual transmission of this syphilis-like organism.”
THE CDC/IDSA/NIH ARE ON VACATION AND STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED THE MEMO
As to PCOS, my daughter after years of suffering, finally found an effective treatment with Dr. Lichten who was an OBGYN for 35 years but who switched to hormones after going through male andropause and not being after to find effective help. For some unknown reason doctors are deathly afraid of hormones and propagate the myth that they are somehow harmful when our own bodies make them. https://www.theendocure.com
Excerpt:
BLOCKING the TOXINS
Lichten has spent 30-years researching how these xeno-estrogens enter the cell. All standard FDA medications only reduce production of normal hormones. Both natural and xeno-estrogens and androgens compete to get in to the cell through the A-R receptor in the cell wall. Lichten found that naturally occurring, bio-identical nandrolone has 30 times more binding affinity than any estrogen.
*Weekly small dose of nandrolone Works to Stop Pain!
Estrogens stimulate SHBG production that pulls the good nandrolone away, letting estrogens get in.
*Small dose of stanozolol reduces SHBG by 80%!
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 
Written
on November 14, 2019