Controversy Continues: “True Chronic Lyme Disease” Rather Than “Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome”

September 16, 2021

Although written in 2018, it’s a perfect example how the debate continues on the issue of pathogen persistence due to thousands of patients who continue to have severe symptoms of Lyme/MSIDS despite years of treatment.  Similarly to the censorship and maligning of ivermectin, HCQ, and other effective treatments for COVID, doctors treating Lyme/MSIDS are afraid to treat patients long-term as the same bullying has occurred.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6100330/

2018 Jul-Sep; 10(3): 170–171.
doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_152_17
PMCID: PMC6100330
PMID: 30166820

The Persistent Lyme Disease: “True Chronic Lyme Disease” rather than “Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome”

Alexis Lacout, Mostafa El Hajjam,1 Pierre-Yves Marcy,2 and Christian Perronne3
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Sir,

A controversy continues regarding the reality of a chronic form of Lyme disease. Chronic Lyme disease can present as a “post-Lyme syndrome” explained by inflammatory and immunological phenomena, or as a genuine “chronic form” attributable to the persistence of the bacteria despite proper antibiotic therapy as per the current guidelines. The current guidelines however may not be so appropriate in the latter case.

The case referenced is of a 40-year-old patient, a hunting gard, regularly suffering from multiple tick bites. He began experiencing a lack of energy with diffuse palate of pains (cramps, stiffness, and neuropathic burning pain), tremor and fluctuating migrating arthralgia that evolved over a 3-month period. A first Lyme serology proved positive in Western blot. A second Lyme serology, performed a few months later, was negative but showed the presence of IgM antibodies below the threshold of of positivity: OspCBss(0,6), OspCBaf (0, 7), OspCBag (0, 5) and OspCBspp (0, 6).

A 21-day treatment of ceftriaxone (2 g/day) resulted in a spectacular improvement in his overall state of health. Yet, despite the improvement, there remained persistent bouts of moderate asthenia with episodes of arthralgia. Consequentially, two new antibiotic treatments were administered: ceftriaxone (2 g/day) for 15 days and doxycycline (100 mg twice a day) for 1 month. His symptoms disappeared almost completely. However, his symptoms gradually reappeared. A new approach with antibiotics was initiated: ceftriaxone (2 g/day for 1 month) followed by doxycycline (200 mg twice a day) associated with hydroxychloroquine 200 (once a day). Two months later, after a quick improvement, the patient exhibited no symptoms. Five months later, while the treatment was continued, the patient was still asymptomatic.

The clinical improvements and setbacks corresponding strictly to the administration and interruption of antibiotics, and the final remission are in favor of a chronic persistence of Borrelia. Interestingly, the persistence of Borrelia infection, despite a proper antibiotherapy, has been well described in literature.[] It would be due to the existence of the cystic shapes of Borrelia resisting to antibiotics and the creation of extracellular (matrices) biofilms protecting the bacteria.[] Bacteria that grow as a biofilms are indeed protected from killing by antibiotics.

In patients presenting with a chronic form, the interferon-gamma response is not followed by an increase in IL-4, thus suggesting both a persistent Th1 response and a deficiency in the Th2 response.[] Borreliosis may thus induce immunosuppression with a lack of humoral response and long-term immunity.[] False-negative serological results could be attributed to a deficiency of antibody production. As a matter of fact, Leeflang et al. reported a poor sensitivity of the enzyme immunoassay/immunoblot of 0.77 (95% confidence interval: 0.67–0.85) in the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis.[] A meta-analysis of test accuracy reported a sensitivity of only 59.5%, varying from 30.6%–86.2%.[] Antibiotic testing is necessary to reach Lyme disease final diagnosis, namely in patients presenting with negative tests and a suggestive clinical presentation.

Declaration of patient consent

The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patient(s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

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Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

REFERENCES

  1. Miklossy J, Kasas S, Zurn AD, McCall S, Yu S, McGeer PL, et al. Persisting atypical and cystic forms of borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in lyme neuroborreliosis. J Neuroinflammation. 2008;5:40. [PMC free article] [PubMed] []
  2. Widhe M, Jarefors S, Ekerfelt C, Vrethem M, Bergstrom S, Forsberg P, et al. Borrelia-specific interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 secretion in cerebrospinal fluid and blood during lyme borreliosis in humans: Association with clinical outcome. J Infect Dis. 2004;189:1881–91. [PubMed] []
  3. Elsner RA, Hastey CJ, Olsen KJ, Baumgarth N. Suppression of long-lived humoral immunity following borrelia burgdorferi infection. PLoS Pathog. 2015;11:e1004976. [PMC free article] [PubMed] []
  4. Leeflang MM, Ang CW, Berkhout J, Bijlmer HA, Van Bortel W, Brandenburg AH, et al. The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for lyme borreliosis in europe: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16:140. [PMC free article] [PubMed] []
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Please see Microbiologist Tom Greer’s Important paper on “The Complexities of Lyme Disease”:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGljlpcXbHDNVSpLsZWzfHRfWQV?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1

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Similarly to what’s occurring with effective COVID treatments, treatments for Lyme/MSIDS have been attacked as well.

 

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Bachelorette’s Ryan Sutter Meets 16-Year-Old ‘Inspiration’ Amid His Own Lyme Disease Battle: She’s a ‘Survivor’

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bachelorettes-ryan-sutter-meets-an-inspiration-amid-health-battle/

Bachelorette’s Ryan Sutter Returns to the Gym Amid Mystery Illness Battle: ‘Doing My Best to Get Back to My Best'
Ryan Sutter John Nacion/Startraks

Staying positive! As Ryan Sutter continues to deal with several health issues this year, the Bachelorette alum took to social media to reflect on his journey following a meeting with a Lyme disease survivor.

Stars Who’ve Battled Lyme Disease: Justin Bieber, Bella Hadid, More

“Two things crossed my mind when I saw this picture. The first, how lucky I am to have met Olivia Goodreau. Olivia is the 16 year old founder of @livlymefoundation She is a ten year Lyme survivor, a true inspiration and has done more in her short life so far than most ever do in a lifetime,” Sutter, 46, wrote in a lengthy post via Instagram on Sunday, August 29. “Proud to have accepted a position on the board at LiveLyme.”

The former reality star then reflected on his appearance after having to deal with mystery symptoms for over a year before officially receiving a proper diagnosis.

(See link for article)

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26 of 27 Scientists Denying COVID Wuhan Lab Origin Have Direct Ties to Lab

September 15, 2021

https://www.newstarget.com/2021-09-13-conspiracy-lancet-scientists-denied-covid-theory-wuhan-ties

TRUE CONSPIRACY: More than 96% of Lancet “scientists” who denied covid lab origin theory have direct ties to Wuhan

09/13/2021 / By Ethan Huff
TRUE CONSPIRACY: More than 96% of Lancet “scientists” who denied covid lab origin theory have direct ties to Wuhan

As you may recall from the early days of the plandemic, 27 “scientists” penned a letter published in The Lancet that claimed the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) did not originate in a Wuhan laboratory. Well, it turns out that 26 of these scientists have direct ties to the Chinese lab in question, making their claims entirely untrustworthy.

That letter, which was published on March 7, 2020, “strongly condemned conspiracy theories” related to the Chinese Virus that suggest it did not come about by chance from bat soup at a wet market. Chinese Germs, they insist, are a product of nature, not of genetic tampering.

This declaration was intended to be the end of the conversation, except for the fact that inquiring minds decided to look into the matter further. What they found is that almost all of the scientists in question have major conflicts of interest when it comes to telling the truth.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Highlights:

  • One author of the paper, Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, funneled money directly to the WIV to conduct illegal gain-of-function research on coronaviruses.  He declared no conflicts of interest, but The Lancet had to publish an addendum acknowledging his connection.
  • Several more authors hail from Britain’s Wellcome Trust, which also sent money to the WIV to develop genetically modified (GMO) coronaviruses capable of infecting humans.
  • The letter suppressed all inquiry into the true origins of COVID, which is still being debated today.
  • Go to this link if you are interested in learning more about what the investigation uncovered and for each researcher’s ties to the Wuhan lab.

The following quote shows the depths of this heinous conspiracy:

“Conflicts of interest were not reported for any of the other 26 signers of the letter – not even those with obviously material undisclosed conflicts such as EcoHealth employees and Predict contractors,” says Rutgers University molecular biology Prof. Richard Ebright

For more on the COVID bioweapon:

Nobel Prize Winner Dr Luc Montagnier on the origin of COVID-19 states:

  • SARS-CoV-2 appears to be a benign bat coronavirus modified to integrate spike proteins that allows the virus to enter human cells by attaching to ACE-2 receptors
  • The virus also appears to have been modified to integrate an envelope protein from HIV called GP141, which tends to impair the immune system. A third modification appears to involve nanotechnology, which allows the virus to remain airborne longer

Cellular and molecular microbiologist, Dr. Judy Mikoviz also believes COVID-19 is a product of human manipulation:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/05/04/retroviral-lyme-msids-role-in-covid-19-facemasks-are-immunosuppressive/  She states:

  • COVID-19 — the disease — is not caused by SARS-CoV-2 alone, but rather that it’s the result of a combination of SARS-CoV-2 and XMRVs (human gammaretroviruses)

  • SARS-CoV-2 also appears to have been manipulated to include components of HIV that destroys immune function along

Expert cardiologist warns the spike protein in the COVID shots represent a man-made genetic sequence from a man-made “virus” that causes inflammation, blood clotting, could cause Mad Cow Disease.

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FOI Documents Reveal Senior Chinese Scientist Infected With COVID From Lab in Early 2020

https://usrtk.org/biohazards/senior-chinese-scientist-acquired-sars-cov-2-in-lab-infection-accident/

Senior Chinese scientist acquired SARS-CoV-2 in lab infection accident, virologist says

Posted on  by Sainath Suryanarayanan

In what may be the first known case of a lab-acquired infection with the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19, a senior scientist was infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a prestigious laboratory in Beijing in early 2020, according to virologists’ emails obtained by U.S. Right to Know.

The National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (NIVDC), where the infection is said to have occurred, is a part of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2004, a SARS virus outbreak was traced to a lab–acquired infection from the NIVDC.

The revelation that an experienced scientist was infected with SARS-CoV-2 while working in a premier virology lab in Beijing underscores concerns about the health risks posed by biolabs researching pandemic pathogens, and in particular, facilities operated by the Chinese government.  (See link for article)

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Summary:

  • In an exchange of emails in preparation to refute that COVID came from a lab, a Chinese virologist working at Ohio State University states his former NIVDC director was infected with COVID from the lab.
  • This virologist was also concerned about laboratory COVID infections as it is “much more contagious than SARS-1.”
  • There does not appear to be any public disclosure or reporting of this lab-acquired infection of SARS-CoV-2 from the NIVDC.

Laboratory acquired infections are very real.  In fact, Willy Burgdorfer, the “discoverer” of Lyme, got infected with Lyme in the lab when infected rabbit urine got into his eye. “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons,” also details other incidents, including another form of transmission under Operation Mongoose, where a CIA operative who pushed large boxes of infected ticks out of airplanes infected his baby boy when he returned home.  The baby had a serious inflammatory brain disease with grim prospects and only survived due to a Spanish surnamed resident who recognized the disease and treated it appropriately.  When the CIA operative questioned his commander if the episode had anything to do with his work, he was told to burn all the clothes he took to Cuba.  “Burn everything.”

Regarding COVID, US intelligence has uncovered that Wuhan lab researchers were hospitalized with COVID in 2019.

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COVID-19 mRNA Shots Leading to CNS Inflammation: A Case Series on MS Patients

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-021-10780-7

COVID-19 mRNA vaccination leading to CNS inflammation: a case series

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Abstract

The availability of vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), provides hope towards mitigation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Vaccine safety and efficacy has not been established in individuals with chronic autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Anecdotal reports suggest that the vaccines may be associated with brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cardiac inflammation. Based on the high morbidity and unpredictable course of COVID-19, and the need to achieve herd immunity, vaccination has been recommended for patients with MS. We report clinical and MRI features of seven individuals who received the Moderna (n = 3) or Pfizer (n = 4) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines. Within one to 21 days of either the first (n = 2) or second (n = 5) vaccine dose, these patients developed:

  • neurologic symptoms and MRI findings consistent with active CNS demyelination of the optic nerve, brain, and/or spinal cord.
  • symptoms included visual loss, dysmetria, gait instability, paresthesias, sphincter disturbance, and limb weakness.

Age ranged from 24 to 64 (mean 39.1) years; five were woman (71.4%). The final diagnosis was:

  • exacerbation of known stable MS (n = 4, two were receiving disease-modifying therapy at the time of vaccination),
  • new onset MS (n = 2), or
  • new onset neuromyelitis optica (n = 1)

All responded to corticosteroid (n = 7) or plasma exchange (n = 1) therapy, with five returning to baseline and two approaching baseline. Large prospective studies are required to further investigate any possible relationship between COVID-19 vaccines and acute CNS demyelination.

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**Comment**

Lyme/MSIDS is often misdiagnosed as MS. 

For more on the Lyme/MS connection:

New study:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/09/15/cellular-blueprint-of-ms-lesions/

For more on the COVID injections, which aren’t vaccines:

Pivotal clinical trial data from the 3 marketed COVID-19 vaccines was reanalyzed using “all cause severe morbidity”, a scientific measure of health, as the primary endpoint. “All cause severe morbidity” in the treatment group and control group was calculated by adding all severe eventsreported in the clinical trials. Severe events included both severe infections with COVID-19 and all other severe adverse events in the treatment arm and control arm respectively. This analysis gives reduction in severe COVID-19 infections the same weight as adverse events of equivalent severity.

Results prove that none of the vaccines provide a health benefit and all pivotal trials show a statically significant increase in “all cause severe morbidity” in the “vaccinated” group compared to the placebo group.

Corrupt public health ‘authorities’, researchers, and a bought out media play games with statistics as pointed out in this astute article:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/09/01/lies-damned-lies-vaccine-statistics/

These groups are making “acceptable catastrophic errors” – the kind of error one is allowed to make when they are perceived to have the correct opinion.  Arguments and statistics used towards the goal of getting every single person “vaccinated” for COVID are given far less scrutiny and are accepted as true more readily, than any arguments or statistics that might be perceived as counterproductive towards that goal.

Important quote:

When “former Director of the CDC” Dr. Tom and others use the non-infection efficacy numbers to discuss the vaccines, they are, intentionally or not, misleading the public. It is something that should end immediately.

With the exception of infection rates, the efficacy numbers convey no useful information to citizens about their risks once they have been vaccinated. Instead, it may cause the vaccinated to place themselves and others at greater risk if they operate on this misinformation.

When you are finally counting things and dividing things counted which matter, such as how many infected people went on to die in each group, no remnant of the 90% (vaccine efficacy) numbers remain. In the graph above6, there is no information available to suggest the death rate per infection is any different in the vaccinated group compared to the unvaccinated group. You can see why by revisiting the number infected and the number who died in each group.

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