Kill Babesia: Treatment Guide Update

March 24, 2022

Before reading Dr. Ross’ Babesia treatment update, please see:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2016/01/16/babesia-treatment/

**UPDATE, 3/14/22**

Babesia Treatment Update, Dr. Ross

https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/kills-babesia-a-brief-guide

The main update I can see is his focus on “Babesia Nests” and a blood clotting protein called fibrin which limit blood flow to tissues and may inhibit antimicrobials as well as the immune system.  He uses:

  • Lumbrokinase which he claims is strongest
  • nattokinase
  • serapeptase

Also in this update he addresses Babesia microti specifically and that tafenoquine, a newer anti-malaria medication approved in 2018 has good effects against in the lab and in a recent case report.

He also states that research on those who have Babesia WITH Lyme is nonexistent but that LLMD’s state it can take four to five months of continuous antimicrobials for Babesia to resolve.  Dr. Horowitz is on record stating it takes 9-12 months for resolution.  Most LLMD’s treat Babesia for 3 weeks on and one week off treatment.

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On a personal note, my husband and I treated Babesia for an entire year with success.  Our treatment is laid out in the top link.  My husband suffered with severe blood coagulation (the fibrin issue Dr. Ross calls “Babesia nests”) that was successfully treated with heparin, a blood thinner.  I have also heard from numerous other patients that this miraculously helped them as well.  If you have tried the suggested enzymes and they are not strong enough or cost is an issue, please discuss heparin with your LLMD.

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Patients With Alpha-Gal Syndrome Report Wide Range of Symptoms

https://www.lymedisease.org/alpha-gal-syndrome-survey/

Patients with alpha-gal syndrome report wide range of symptoms

By Alexandra Todak, Healio.com

March 7, 2022

Patients with alpha-gal syndrome reported many physical and mental effects along with a profound quality-of-life impact, according to survey results presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Understanding the vast range of symptoms that can indicate alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) — the first known carbohydrate-based allergy to mammalian-derived ingredients, which is associated with tick bites — is essential for diagnosing clinicians, according to the researchers.

“A lot of health care providers still are not aware of AGS, and providers who are aware of it do not understand the full range of symptoms,” Jennifer Platt, DrPH, cofounder and director of Tick-Borne Conditions United.

“AGS impacts every body system. Many patients are still told, ‘it’s all in your head,’ prescribed anxiety/depression medication, and sent on their way.” READ MORE

Related post:

  1. No Lyme in Mississippi? Wrong! Plus co-infections and alpha-gal too.

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COVID Shot Accelerates Death & 4th Booster Will Kill 20 Americans & Maim 2,500 Via Car Accidents on the Way to the Doctor’s Office

March 23, 2022

https://rumble.com/vy5uhp-the-vaccine-accelerates-death-dr.-peter-mccullough.html  Video Here (Approx. 1 Min)

“The ‘Vaccine’ Accelerates Death From Other Causes” – Dr. Peter McCullough

March 22, 2022

“Basically, it’s achieving its goal. If the goal was to reduce the world’s population, it’s working.” ~ Dr. McCullough

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https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/a-fourth-booster-program-will-kill?

A Fourth Booster Program Will Kill 20 American Citizens and Will Maim 2,500 via Car Accidents on the Way to the Doctor’s Office

There is no evidence of efficacy of the fourth dose in terms of preventing loss of life, but about 20 people will die due to risk of travel to the doctor’s office.

There are over 38,000 fatal car accidents in the US each year. There are about 411 billion car trips per year.

There are 216 million Americans who are “fully ‘vaccinated’”.

If all 216 million vaccinating Americans travel to the doctor’s office to take a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, the risk of dying on the way is

(38,000/411,000,000,000)*216,000,000 = 19.97 people who will die.

There are 4,800,000 car accidents that lead to the need for medical care each year.

Math says that about 2,500 people will have to seek medical attention for mild and serious injuries from car accidents if 216 million people travel to the doctor’s office to receive the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Vinay Prasad discusses the report being cited to support a fourth dose.

The efficacy measure? Prevalence of sore throats.

http://  Approx. 9 Min

Dr. Vinay Prasad

3/19/22

A Fourth Dose? | Pfizer applies for EUA for 65 and up | Moderna, 18 and Up | What will happen?

  • Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) no longer makes any sense as we are not in an emergency.
  • If you can’t prove the booster further reduces severe disease, hospitalizations, and mortality, the booster isn’t needed. (they can’t, and they don’t prove this
  • There needs to be well-done randomized controlled trials with follow up for these important endpoints.
  • Further, high antibody titers after getting the shot doesn’t equate to helping crucial end points.  There needs to be an overwhelming signal that the booster confers a health benefit.
  • The pre-print Israeli data being used to push boosters has problems.  A “vaccine” no matter how good can’t work in ONE day.
  • The other study being used is also flawed in that those studied had mild or negligible symptoms.  This is NOT overwhelming proof of efficacy.
  • These jabs need to be moved back into the standard biological licensing agreement (BLA) – not EUA for proper safety studies.  Many have stated the same.  These companies can easily afford to do these trials.  But they don’t. 
  • FDA standards have been low for along time, and there’s a lot of pressure on the FDA from both the White House due to political pressure as well as pressure from Big Pharma.
  • It’s up to regulators to stop this power grab.  Rehire Gruber and Krause – the FDA officials that stepped down as they couldn’t agree with ramrodding COVID “vaccines” without proper studies.

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“A Powerful, Unelected ‘Cabal’ Controls Both Scientific Funding & Health Policy in America” ~ Dr. Scott Atlas

https://www.theepochtimes.com/dr-scott-atlas-a-powerful-unelected-cabal-controls-both-scientific-funding-and-health-policy-in-america  Video interview Here  (Approx. 53 min)

Dr. Scott Atlas: A Powerful, Unelected ‘Cabal’ Controls Both Scientific Funding and Health Policy in America

JAN JEKIELEK

“We all trust people with credentials, but the credentials alone are not sufficient anymore. In fact, we know now that many people with credentials are not to be trusted.”

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a founding fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom. He’s also the author of “A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America.”

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep-seated problems in America’s public health apparatus. It’s not nearly as objective or data-driven as one might expect. A powerful unelected few ultimately oversee who gets funded, who gets published in the prominent journals, and who ultimately makes it to the top, says Dr. Atlas.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo also on record “closing the curtain on COVID theatre,” also expresses public health corruption and the need to hold these officials accountable or the COVID debacle could happen repeatedly.

“I think one thing that is very important at this point is to not let these people get away with it, because the people that have led us to the point that we are, they want us to forget how we got here, and they want us to forget that their choices that they made for everyone were the wrong choices that basically led to no appreciable benefit.” ~ Dr. Lapado

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Military, Family Members, and Lyme: Being Shot At Not As Bad As Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Betrayal

https://danielcameronmd.com/are-military-family-members-at-risk-for-lyme-disease/

Are military family members at risk for Lyme disease?

It is often suggested that military service members are at an increased risk for contracting Lyme disease, given that they frequently work outdoors in tick-habitats, surrounded by tall grass, brush, weeds and leaf litter. But what about their family members? Are they safer?

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A study by Schubert and Melanson, entitled “Prevalence of Lyme Disease Attributable to Military Service at the USMA, West Point NY: FY2016–2018,” looks at the exposure of military personnel and their families to the Ixodes scapularis (or black-legged) tick, the vector of Lyme disease. [1]

The authors examined cases of Lyme disease treated at a hospital on the West Point Military Reservation, in New York between 2016 and 2018. Out of 144 cases identified, 63 involved military personnel, but family members accounted for 81 cases.

The period prevalence of Lyme disease for military personnel was 292 encounters per 100,000 during a 3-year period. However, family members were at greater risk, with a period prevalence of 581 cases per 100,000.

These findings “show a difference in period prevalence between service members and family members,” writes Schubert, “with the family members being at higher risk to contract Lyme instead of service members, as is commonly suggested in the literature.”

The authors point out that further research is needed to determine if these findings were specific to West Point or are comparable across the military. Tick exposure, they write, may have been less at West Point than at other military locations.

“At West Point, the majority of active-duty military work indoor jobs during the academic months and spend limited time in a training field environment,” Schubert points out.

Interestingly, however, “the data presented here suggest that proper personal protective measures (Permethrin treated uniforms and tick check training) have a significant effect on Lyme disease period prevalence,” since military personnel who were better protected and trained were less likely to contract Lyme disease.

The authors did not discuss the outcomes for the 63 Lyme disease cases.

References:
  1. Schubert, S. L. and V. R. Melanson (2019). “Prevalence of Lyme Disease Attributable to Military Service at the USMA, West Point NY: FY2016-2018.” Mil Med.

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https://danielcameronmd.com/soldier-dismissed-failing-lyme-disease-treatment/

Soldier dismissed from active duty after failing Lyme disease treatment

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Welcome to another Inside Lyme Podcast with your host Dr. Daniel Cameron. In this episode, Dr. Cameron will be discussing the case of a 21-year-old soldier who was dismissed from active duty after failing treatment for multiple illnesses including Lyme disease.

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The case was first described by Melanson and colleagues in a paper entitled “The Epistemic Fallacy: Unintended Consequences of Empirically Treating (Clinically Diagnosed) Chronic Lyme Disease in a Soldier.”1

“A 21-year-old, Division 1 student athlete patient presented with heart palpitations and frequent unprovoked adrenaline rushes,” wrote the authors. His symptoms were initially dismissed as stress.

Four months later, testing for Epstein-Barr virus was positive but serological testing for Lyme disease was negative. “He was diagnosed with EBV reactivation and prescribed rest and recovery,” the authors wrote.

The man graduated but remained on medical leave since his symptoms had not resolved.

He was presumed to suffer from persistent mononucleosis like symptoms and Traumatic brain injury (TBI) attributed to possible post-concussion syndrome related to sports injuries, the authors explained.

The patient was then treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). However, after two sessions, it was discontinued due to an increase in symptoms including heart palpitations, flank pain, myalgias, and neuropathy.

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Although repeat testing for Lyme disease was negative, the man was treated clinically for Lyme disease based on symptoms, possible tick exposure during military trainings and the lack of other definitive findings.

He received three courses of doxycycline. Further Lyme disease tests were inconclusive.

The patient was forced to stop treatment after it worsened his symptoms, causing an increase in joint pain, intermittent nerve pain, headache, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, anxiety, mild depression, and increased chest pain.

The patient then sought treatment with a functional medicine doctor. His workup focused on mycotoxicosis in part due to his living and training environments.

He had a homogeneous single nucleotide polymorphism in the MTHFR gene suggestive a low level of metabolic detoxification and an abnormal mycotoxin urine panel.   He was treated for 3 months with IV phosphatidylcholine (up to 10 amps), IV glutathione (1,200 mg), IV Leucoviron (10mg), and subcutaneous B12 (1000 micrograms). He had minor improvements in fatigue and stamina but stopped after 3 months due to cost. His follow-up urine mycotoxin urine panel was negative.

The man remained ill and “was unable to perform moderate-or-strenuous physical exercise or cognitive activity due to the following symptoms:

  • cognitive impairment affecting short-term memory and ability to focus
  • severe fatigue, and post exertion malaise
  • asthma and increasing allergic-type reactions with chemical and food sensitivities as well as histamine intolerance
  • progression to heat/ultraviolet induced urticaria

“Additionally, the patient struggled emotionally with anxiety, depression, environmental stimulation (such as bright and flashing lights and loud noises), and sensitivity to stress.”

He was subsequently diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) following resolved acute mycotoxicosis.

The young man was considered unfit for duty by the Army Medical Evaluation Board for the following reasons: “Lyme disease, mycotoxicosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergic rhinitis and vasomotor rhinitis.”

The authors did a great job of describing the severity of symptoms and poor function of a soldier despite evaluation and empiric treatments for CFS/ME, following resolved acute mycotoxicosis and Lyme disease. Unfortunately, the soldier was unfit for duty despite extensive treatment for a wide range of illnesses.

The following questions are addressed in this Podcast episode:

  1. Have you seen patients with this range of symptoms?
  2. What is HBOT?
  3. What is integrative medicine?
  4. What is empiric treatment?
  5. Was Lyme disease a consideration?
  6. What other illnesses were considered?
  7. Are their patients with Lyme disease that fail treatment?
  8. Are their patients with the other illnesses discussed failing treatment?

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Thanks for listening to another Inside Lyme Podcast. Please remember that the advice given is general and not intended as specific advice to any particular patient. If you require specific advice, please seek that advice from an experienced professional.

References:
  1. Melanson VR, Hering KA, Reilly JL, Frullaney JM, Barnhill JC. The Epistemic Fallacy: Unintended Consequences of Empirically Treating (Clinically Diagnosed) Chronic Lyme Disease in a Soldier. Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex). Jan-Mar 2022;(Per 22-01/02/03):50-55.
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Lyme disease forces 24-year-old army officer out of military

Study explores the risk of tick bites among german military personnel

Military dependent child contracts Lyme disease abroad

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Being shot at in combat not as bad as mistreatment for Lyme disease

Feb. 28, 2022

Col. Nicole Malachowski delivered the following public comment to the February 28, 2022, meeting of the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group.

I’m Colonel Nicole Malachowski, United States Air Force, Retired.

Lyme disease & tick-borne illness pose a unique risk to military service members, their families, and our veterans. This cohort is high-risk, due to the unique exposures of global military service. This is a Military Readiness issue.

In 2017, after 21 years of honorable service as a fighter pilot, I was medically retired after being found “100% unfit for duty due to chronic systemic tick-borne illness.”

Since my retirement, I’ve served as a trained Air Force Wounded Warrior Program Mentor (no endorsement implied) to airmen facing medical discharge. Not a month goes by that I’m not working with someone dealing with Lyme disease.

Front line medical providers in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Administration (VA) are not properly trained to consider Lyme disease and global strains of Borrelia in their differential diagnosis.

We are medically retiring honorable service members that are undiagnosed and misdiagnosed.

Millions of dollars in training goes to waste

This is unacceptable. Our taxpayers have invested millions of dollars into the training of our military members, and in too many cases, the American public is not getting a proper return on their investment.

The CDC increased its Lyme disease case count to 476,000 annually. That number is low. Why? They choose not to include the medical records of the largest healthcare system in America: the DoD and the VA.

Even if they did, the case count would still be low because the DoD and VA rely heavily on serology and the 2-tier testing system meant for surveillance use only. Front line DoD and VA medical providers are untrained to, and uncomfortable with, making a clinical diagnosis.

It took me four years to get the VA disability system to recognize the very illness for which I was medically discharged. As part of this battle, they forced me to succumb to a psychological evaluation to ensure my chronic symptoms were not psychosomatic. The indignity of this insulting appointment was swept away by the psychiatrist’s findings, which concluded my chronic illness is, in fact, physical in nature.

Yet, she did diagnose me with “medically-induced PTSD.” She accurately pinpointed the damage done by years of struggle for diagnosis, access to care, treatment, disability benefits, and the appalling lack of support from both the DoD and VA.

Abandonment and betrayal

Think about it: I’ve been shot at in combat, but that is not what caused my PTSD.  It was caused by the unnecessary controversy surrounding Lyme disease, years of gaslighting, abandonment and betrayal by the DoD, an abysmal lack of education & awareness by front line clinicians, poor diagnostics, therapeutic standards that did not cure me, and a VA disability system that fails to understand chronic tick-borne illness.

Our service members, military families, and veterans deserve better. This requires a whole of government approach, one that the DoD and VA are uniquely suited to positively impact.

This is, indeed, a military readiness issue. You want to thank me for my service? Fix this problem. Thank you.

Col. Nicole Malachowski was the first female Thunderbird pilot. In addition to commanding a fighter squadron, she served as a White House Fellow and an advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama. She is now a professional speaker and fierce advocate for the cause of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

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