About Cytokines in Lyme Disease and Related Conditions
Lowering inflammatory cytokines made by the immune system is essential for persistent infections, like Lyme disease, and related conditions recovery. In this article, I discuss why this is so and lay out a nutritional support plan using supplements to lower cytokines. I also recommend adequate sleep.
Cytokines are proteins made by various types of white blood cells to turn on the immune system to attack invaders like:
bacteria (for example, Lyme germs and the co-infections),
intestinal yeast,
parasites,
viruses like Covid,
mold toxins,
environmental toxins, and
heavy metals toxins, like lead and mercury.
In the video found in the top link, Dr. Ross discusses cytokines plus two of his favorite supplements to address cytokine excess. For dosing information see the Treatment Approach in the article.
Cytokines are Good, Right? Well, Yes and No.
In the right amount, cytokines promote healing. In excess, they cause most of the major persistent infection and mold toxicity symptoms and dysregulate the immune system. The problem in persistent infections and mold toxicity is that cytokines are usually made in excess. Fortunately, there are some great steps you can take to lower cytokines.
Good: The Right Amount of Cytokines
make antibodies work more effectively,
increase active white blood cells,
recruit white blood cells to where they are needed,
turn on white blood cells, and
decrease viral and bacterial replication.
Bad: Too Many Cytokines
dysregulate the immune system,
cause pain,
decrease hormone production from organs, like the thyroid and the adrenal glands,
disturb sleep,
decrease brain function,
increase fatigue and tiredness,
waste muscles,
cause depression, and
decrease the function of various organs throughout the body, resulting in many other symptoms and medical problems. (See link for article and video)
I purposely sat on claims that ivermectin affects fertility until someone with a higher pay grade then mine took it on. Thankfully, that someone came forward.
**UPDATE**
Now, Dr. Lawrie has added this analysis of ivermectin usage in Africa where it has been taken safely for decades. Ever since its introduction, countries using ivermectin have had greater fertility than non-ivermectin countries. There is no evidence that ivermectin reduces fertility. A study on heifers showed fertility improved 25-56% in cows treated with ivermectin.
It is now clear to many including me that the globalist agenda is one of eugenics, with the aim of significantly reducing world’s population and changing the genetics of the remainder of us.
The possibility that ivermectin, through a potential effect on fertility, may be part of the globalists dastardly genocidal plan is a fairly novel one that I will explore here today.
The notion that ivermectin may cause infertility has been floating around since 2021 based on decade-old, mainly animal studies. After scanning such studies in 2021, I did not find the claim to be credible based on the supporting evidence. The animal studies being shared as proof, I found to involve very high doses of ivermectin, given for long periods with very short term follow up. Anything given in high doses, including overdosing on water, can cause harm. In my opinion as a research scientist with expertise in evaluating bodies of evidence, much more research was needed before making a claim that ivermectin is harmful to human fertility. (See link for article)
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**Comment**
While most of the rabbits in the study did not have offspring during the two months of observation, there were more offspring during the second mating, suggesting that fertility might have returned to normal after time; however, giving a female 20X the normal dose of ivermectin for 56 days is probably not a good idea. 20X the normal dosage of aspirin for 56 days would probably kill a person. The fact 20X the normal dose of ivermectin didn’t kill the rabbits actually demonstrates how safe it is. A world famous toxicologist couldn’t find a single death caused by ivermectin overdose.
While everyone is different, 12mg of ivermectin on days 1,3,6, and 14 helped me tremendously with COVID, along with IV C.
Ivermectin has been attacked mercilessly since COVID rollout despite being found effective for both COVID and cancer. It doesn’t make a lot of sense for globalists to be using this drug for their depopulation plan due to these facts.
To zoom out for the bigger picture, go here to read about the global ten-year transition to an authoritarian political system called Stakeholder Capitalism. Part of this plan is ‘One Health,’ which merges environmentalism with infectious diseases for global control.
“…Secretary amended the April 19, 2013, determination made pursuant to the FD&C Act, regarding the avian influenza A (H79N) virus, and determined pursuant to his authority under the Act that there is a significant potential for a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad and that involves biological agents, namely pandemic influenza A viruses and influenza A viruses with pandemic potential.”
John Fredericks on Outside the Beltway asked some hard hitting questions on this move, which post-pandemic gets our attention. Chances are before COVID-19, no one would have noticed this use of the law to expand emergency powers. What is the real motivation? Find out on Real America’s Voice! (See link for article and video)
**Comment**
McCullough aptly states that this move gives the government sweeping powers to mandate lockdowns, masks, and ‘vaccines’ all over again. Think martial law under the auspice of ‘biosecurity measures.’
Despite a 1%-200% chance of death, Finland has mandated the ineffective Bird Flu shot which the FDA approved in 2021 despite deaths in the trials. It’s all on the package insert.
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Health Officials Push Whooping Cough Vaccine Amid Uptick in Cases, But Scientists Say Shots Don’t Prevent Transmission
As media hype outbreaks of whooping cough, public health officials are pushing the pertussis vaccine for babies, kids and pregnant women. Scientists told The Defender the vaccines contain dangerous toxins and don’t prevent transmission.
Public health officials are urging families to get vaccinated against whooping cough, citing an uptick in cases, particularly among adolescents. However, critics say the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission and contains dangerous toxins that may harm human health.
Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani said that there were 111 confirmed cases of pertussis in the state so far in 2024 — nearly a 10-fold increase compared to 2023, NBC Connecticut reported this week.
Juthani told The Hour that public health officials are concerned the spread will increase when school begins in just a few weeks.
“We are raising attention to this, both to providers and to families,” she said, “so that theoretically, people can get back up to date on their vaccines before children potentially are going back to day care, are going back to school.”
Other states, including New York and Pennsylvania, have also seen an uptick in whooping cough cases this year, Newsweek reported in early June. Outside the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia have also reported increases. (See link for article)
**Comment**
Pertussis can be treated with antibiotics and high dose vitamin C.
The vaccine, which contains aluminum and formaldehyde, doesn’t prevent transmission, doesn’t reduce viral circulation,doesn’t exert herd immunity effect, and has been linked to pertussis outbreaks. Children primed by DTaP vaccines are more susceptible to pertussis throughout their lives, and have an increased risk of febrile seizures.
Bird-Brained Public Health Management of H5N1 Avian Influenza
Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex Inept or Methodically Slow-Walking World into Mass Vaccination?
AUG 16, 2024
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Natural immunity has handled the problem of avian influenza or bird flu over a century of observation. Human agency has worsened the global burden of this viral zoonosis with every public health intervention. About 20 years ago China and other countries in Southeast Asia started vaccinating poultry. Because the shots are not sterilizing, they allowed more birds to carry the virus, spread it, and the birds failed to develop natural mucosal immunity.
In the summer of 2023, the French attempted to vaccinate meat ducks and it backfired with greater spread of the virus and a response from the US and Japan by banning French duck meat.
The current strain of H5N1 or highly pathogenic avian influenza circulating in the United States is most likely a result of serial passage or gain-of-function research conducted in the US Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia. The experiments were successful in expanding the host range into mallard ducks and migratory waterfowl allowing spread from farm to farm. However, this adaptation resulted in the virus no longer being characterized as “highly pathogenic” with no large numbers of lethal cases in birds and very mild and rare cases in farm workers.
Legacy reports carried forward to May 30, 2024, indicate the case fatality rate (CFR) for human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus was 52%, with 463 deaths out of 889 reported cases largely from Southeast Asia since January 2003. Malnutrition, very poor working conditions, families sleeping with sick chickens, lack of early therapeutics and care for secondary bacterial pneumonia appear to be the explanation for deaths from this treatable illness.
McCullough Foundation was unable to find any human deaths in the US over decades of avain influenza.
(See link for article & video with Dr. Clayton Baker)
**Comment**
But, these logical facts don’t make a difference to the medical industrial complex which is hell-bent on sticking a needle into every arm. Texas, Michigan, Iowa, and Colorado are all PCR testing poultry, despite the known flaws of the test, and are culling flocks of chickens – with farmers getting government payouts for doing so.
The FDA approved an antigen vaccine which killed 11 people in the trial.
Nobody cares.
Moderna got $176 MILLION to develop human bird flu mRNA gene therapy shots.
Go here to become educated on the difference between Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) compared to the risks of the Hib vaccine.
In short, Hib infection:
Most Hib infections are asymptomatic (have no symptoms).
Before the introduction of the Hib vaccine, invasive Hib was a disease of low incidence, occurring in about 1 in 68,000 (0.0015%) in the U.S. population.
Exclusive breastfeeding can prevent invasive Hib infections. The majority of invasive Hib infections occur in children who are not exclusively breastfed for 13 weeks or more.
Before the introduction of the Hib vaccine, annually about 1 in 143,000 or 0007% of children under age 5 who were exclusively breastfed for 13 weeks or more contracted invasive Hib that was fatal or led to permanent disability.
versus the HIB vaccine:
The Hib vaccine has reduced the incidence of reported cases of Hib infections; however, studies have observed that mass vaccination may lead to an increase in the prevalence of non-type b Haemophilus influenzae
The PedvaxHib vaccine contains 225 mcg of aluminum, an amount that is more than 40 times greater than the maximum safe level of aluminum in the bloodstream per day for an 11.7-pound infant, which is derived from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Institute of Medicine has not ruled out the possibility that Hib vaccination can lead to transverse myelitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, thrombocytopenia, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Seizures may occur in about 1 in 1,098 children vaccinated with Hib vaccine.
A study published in Autoimmunity observed an increased risk of type 1 diabetes of 1 in 1,852 among children who received 4 doses of the Hib vaccine.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) did not rule out the possibility that the Hib vaccine may cause permanent disability 58 times more often than Hib can cause permanent disability or death in U.S. children who were breastfed exclusively for 13 weeks or more.
The Hib vaccine has not been proven safer than Hib.
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Moneypox
Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose.
Despite WHO Director Tedro’s declaration of a global health emergency for Monkeypox, the South Africa “vaccine” Injury Medico-Legal Study-Group disagrees, and points out many salient facts:
It is established that monkeypox is predominantly a self-limiting condition. This does not warrant vaccine intervention.
The current WHO recommended live virus vaccines, Jynneos and ACAM2000, are (a) intended for smallpox and are thus experimental for monkeypox; (b) have reported serious adverse effects and (c) contain live viral strains which may instigate a resurgence of the eradicated smallpox virus. Effectiveness and safety have not been reliably determined by Level 1 clinical trials.
There is no scientific evidence supporting the use of any mRNA vaccine to prevent or mitigate any infectious disease. The observed data of adverse reactions to experimental mRNA vaccines far outweighs any benefit.
Three fundamental criteria are needed for clinical informed consent: the patient must be competent, adequately informed, and not coerced. It is not possible for any recipient of these vaccines to receive a legitimate informed consent based on the current research.
The article by Allan-Blitz et al, “A position statement on Mpox as a Sexually Transmitted Disease,” concluded that monkeypox is a sexually transmitted disease.” Preventative measures for this scenario should necessitate and provoke relevant clinical and primary health care and education initiatives directed at the high-risk group. There is no merit for the recommendation of experimental vaccines to the general population.
Statistics and analysis used must be independently audited. What tests were done to investigate and exclude other diseases, including communicable diseases?
There have been no autopsy reports published on deaths being blamed on Monkeypox.
(Please note that this exact scenario happened for COVID as well)
Not only does nobody care, Dr. Peter Hotez began circulating with a Big Pharma insider calling for the United Nations and NATO to deploy security forces against “anti-vaxxers” in the United States.
In clips of Hotez’s interview that continue to circulate on X, he claims “anti-vaxxers” caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the United States. I uploaded one clip to my YouTube channel which you can watch here:
What I’ve said to the Biden administration is, the health sector can’t solve this on its own. We’re going to have to bring in Homeland Security, the Commerce Department, Justice Department to help us understand how to do this.
I’ve said the same with… I met with [WHO general director] Dr. Tedros last month… to say, I don’t know that the World Health Organization can solve this on our own. We need the other United Nations agencies—NATO. This is a security problem, because it’s no longer a theoretical construct or some arcane academic exercise. Two hundred thousand Americans died because of anti-vaccine aggression, anti-science aggression.
And so, this is now a lethal force… and now I feel as a pediatric vaccine scientist… it’s important, just as important for me to make new vaccines, to save lives. The other side of saving lives is countering this anti-vaccine aggression.
Hotez has long been noted for promoting controversial and sometimes false statements about the Covid pandemic and then accusing his critics of “anti-science.” He denied natural immunity after COVID recovery.
Hotez has called for deploying federal police against ‘anti-vaxxers’ before. Source
UN to Vaccinate Over Half a Million Children with Deadly Polio Vaccine Over Fake Polio “Outbreak”
by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News
Aug. 19, 2024
Article Excerpts:
….a report published by the UN last month (July, 2024), stated that the “virus” had been identified (using the infamous PCR test protocol) in 6 locations, NOT people, by testing sewage samples.
We can now summarize the facts from these two official news reports from the UN.
In July, a total of 6 cases of a positive polio PCR test result were found in sewage samples (fecal matter) at 6 locations. It was admitted that these cases were “vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2″.
This was the beginning of the “polio outbreak” that is now being reported, even though at the time these tests were conducted, there was not a single person being treated for polio, nor anyone showing any symptoms of polio.
Nevertheless, it was declared an “outbreak” and plans were immediately put into effect to produce hundreds of thousands of doses of the oral polio vaccines.
One month later, in August, “three children presenting with suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), a common symptom of polio” was reported.
That’s it, 3 children, who did not even have a positive polio PCR test diagnosis, but only “symptoms” of polio, was all that was needed to determine that this was a deadly “outbreak” of polio and kick into gear the production of 1.6 million doses of the oral polio vaccine to give to children in Gaza. (See link for article)
The media isn’t reporting that these ‘cases’ of polio came from the vaccine.
This scam has been repeated many, many times during crisis. The oral vaccine is notorious for ‘shedding’ and has actually been banned in many countries. MSM has even admitted it since 2019.
During the reporting period, UNICEF also managed to conduct a mission to the North Gaza governorate in order to deliver vaccines including 10,000 oral Polio vaccines, 5,000 Rotavirus vaccine drops, 6,000 Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines, as well as Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis vaccines. (Source.)
Bingo! Now we know the source of the current “outbreak” of polio in Gaza, which so far has not even officially been found in a single child….
The article author did a search for ‘oral polio vaccine’ after Jan. 1, 2021 as those cases should be for the new OPV vaccine and of those 40 cases recorded in VAERS, 10 of those cases of oral polio vaccine side effects resulted in DEATH (25%), with 30 hospitalizations. (Source.) Sixty-five percent were in infants below age 6 months and were recorded as SIDS, the leading cause of death for infants, because that’s how the CDC hides thousands of infant deaths caused by vaccines.
A case report by Weise and colleagues demonstrates that Lyme disease can induce temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and may be misdiagnosed as a common temporomandibular disorder (TMD).
Over a 5-year period, the woman’s distal bite was treated with removable and fixed orthodontic appliances. Three months after the first symptoms, “the patient developed increasing pain in the right TMJ, increasing active mouth opening restriction to 20 mm and a habitual deviation of the lower jaw to the left.”
The patient was initially diagnosed with a total ventral deviation of the discus on the right side without reduction. Treatment with anti-inflammatory medications, a bite splint and a corticosteroid injection, however, were not effective and the woman’s symptoms continued.
Although the patient did not recall a tick bite or EM rash, testing for Lyme disease was positive and she was diagnosed with Lyme arthritis affecting the right temporomandibular joint.
“Early interdisciplinary diagnosis of Lyme disease and early antibiotic therapy are essential to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary, sometimes invasive, therapies.”
The patient was prescribed a 3-week course of Cefuroxime. After one week of antibiotic treatment, her symptoms improved.
“It can be assumed that there must have been an infection with Borrelia in the right temporomandibular joint for a longer period of time before the symptoms occurred.”
Lyme disease presenting with TMJ “very often is misinterpreted as a temporomandibular disorder,” the authors state.
“In the case of unclear TMJ problems and when the TMD treatment is not successful,” the authors stress, “the possibility of a [Lyme disease] infection should definitely be considered as a differential diagnosis.”
References:
Weise, C., Schulz, M.C., Frank, K. et al. Acute arthritis of the right temporomandibular joint due to Lyme disease: a case report and literature review. BMC Oral Health 21, 400 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01744-4
What happens to these sorry-sacks? Well, they simply go on to suffer and are gaslit by mainstream medicine who will then tell them it’s all in their head.
One other little factoid is that this person could very well relapse in the future. What happens then? Well, it’s quite simple. If she stays in the mainstream medical paradigm, and doesn’t get to an independent doctor, she will simply suffer because this paradigm doesn’t recognize chronic/persistent Lyme/MSIDS.
The decision has been made to close the LDA doors in December. We are working to move some of the LDA programs to other groups and organizations. We have decided to honor the death of its President, Pat Smith, by transferring ownership of LymeAid 4 Kids to the Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association (COTBDAA), the organization of longtime Lyme Advocate, Monica White. (See link for more)
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 