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Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by a spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacteriem travels through the bloodstream and inhabits various body tissues. It is similar to the syphilis bacteria and its shape is spring-like or spiral causing damage to various organs and joints.
It has been thought to be transmitted by the bite of a tick or mosquito, fleas or lice, but newer evidence shows that it can also be spread through bodily fluids. It has been found in newborns, spouses and other family members and it is not unusual to be evident in entire families.
It is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the world and some experts think that as many as one in 15 Americans is infected. Heavy metal toxicity, environmental toxicity, food additives, electromagnetic stress and biowarfare to name a few are only exacerbating the epidemic.
What is biological warfare?
It is the use of disease-producing microorganisms, toxic biological products or organic biocides to cause death or injury to humans, plants or animals. There is strong evidence to support the biological warfare connection to lyme. In the book "Lab 257" by Michael Carroll, he supports his theory by exposing highly classified US Government laboratory conducting experiments on contagious animal diseases on Plum Island, Long Island, New York. An unknown illness producing arthritic symptoms infected thirty-nine children and twelve adults in a concentrated area, ten miles north of Plumb Island called Old Lyme Connecticut occurred in 1975. The labs were deteriorating at this time with holes in the roofs where insects freely came and went. The connection was made between the two.
What are the types of lyme?
Borrelia burgdorferi in one of the most immunosuppressive infectious agents known and many co-infections and secondary infectious agents are found along with the Bb. These include fungus, virus, bacteria, and mycoplasma. If the immune system is compromised the person can become infected with other secondary infections. These co-infections are delivered with the same insect bite and at the same time. The number of co-infections will increase the degree and severity of symptoms.
Infection is the time when bacteria, virus or other microbes enter the body and begin to multiply. Disease occurs when the cells in the body are damaged. Classic lyme will lower the white blood count, lesson immunity, mimic inflammatory disease that can affect the skin, spreading to joints, nervous system and other organ systems in latter stages.
Borrelia Burgdorferi is the Syphilis-like spirochete and affects large joints, skin, Central Nervous system, heart, Kidney and bladder, and immune system infection.
Some Lyme Disease Signs and Symptoms:
Intense fatigue, memory loss, burning/stabbing pain, tremors, joint pain and stiffness, swelling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, poor coordination, slurred speech, anxiety, swollen glands, chills and fevers. Nausea or vomiting, rash, muscle cramps, sudden mood swings, poor concentration, headaches and migraines, depression, light sensitivity, tinnitus, TMJ, red eyes, immune deficiencies etc.
Also connected to Lyme disease are the following:
Chronic Fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrigs disease, guillian-Barre syndrome, hepatitis, cardiac disorders, fibromyalgia, TMJ, ADD, ADHD, Chronic Mononucleosis, Herpes, Giardia, Mycoplasma Pneumonia, ringworm, encephalitis, meningitis, depression, panic disorders, bells palsy, candida, hypoglycemia, scleroderma, epstein barr virus, heart disorders, cancers, kidney disease, raynauds syndrome, autism, sleep disorders, thyroid problems, vasculitis, anorexia, cerebrovascular disorders, arthritis, connective tissue diseases, hearing disorders, crohns disease, stroke and respiratory insufficiency
Babesia/Babesiosis:
This is an intra-cellular Malaria like protozoa that infects and destroys the red blood cells. The symptoms can continue over a long period of time, abate and then reoccur.
The symptoms for this are:
Malaria-like symptoms, fevers and chills sweats, digestion, nerves, cough and shortness of breath, neck pain, headaches, nausea, anemia, elevated liver enzymes, vertigo, dental problems, TMJ, Eye problems, weight loss, fibromyalgia.
Bartonella:
This is the most common co-infection of Lyme and it attacks the red blood cells. It is the causative organism of Cat Scratch disease. Because it can move quickly into the endothelial tissue that lines the cavities of the heart, the blood and lymph vessels, it can create a Malaria-like disease which include swollen lymph glands, severe neurological symptoms, anemia, endocarditis, hepatitis, fatigue, FIBS, confusion, insomnia, low grade fever, spider veins usually on the chest and stomach and inflammatory conditions of the eyes.
Ehrlichiosis is a small bacteria called rickettsia and it attacks the white blood cells of the body. Many infections are mild or show no symptoms, but they can be severe and also life threatening. Symptoms range from fever, joint pain, headache, mental confusion, skin rashes, severe muscle pain, nausea and vomiting.
What is the job of the holistic practitioner?
It is to create a healing foundation for the client. Education and knowledge about options from resources, books, web sites, doctors, etc., can assist the client in making informed decisions about their health. Fungal conditions and the issue of mis-diagnosis due to the difficulties surrounding the accuracy of testing have resulted in a high suicide rate for Lyme sufferers. The full moon is a time when the parasites hatch and emerge from within the cells and this causes fluctuations in symptoms which make it even more difficult for physicians to diagnose.
The EPFX helps the client deal with the stressors that have created a body and mind that have adapted to the condition of ill-being. The EPFX technician does not diagnose nor do we treat, that is for your physician to do. We re-educate the body to respond to stressors, to relax, to relieve the stress.
As a nutritional consultant, I help the client remove food stressors that will only aggravate the condition and make healing more difficult. Removal of toxic influences also enable the body to heal more efficiently and supporting the immune system with the appropriate supplementation will also aid in healing.
On a personal note, Dr Burrows was diagnosed with nuerological lyme disease over 10 years ago. She had memory loss, constant pain 24/7, severe arthritis so much so that she could not sign her name to her checks without tearing up from the pain. She had to use stick ems on the car dash board to remind her where she was going and she was unable to sit down for over 2 years. She had chronic insomnia, chronic fatigue, Fibromyalgia and had a skin graft due to an aggressive basal skin cell cancer. She is completely recovered today using all natural alternatives that she now shares with her clients in their sessions. She reminds her clients that any disease can be addressed if the body is allowed to start to heal itself and that it is a combination of issues in our tissues that contribute to illness and disease. How we as individuals respond to a virus, bacteria etc, depends on our body's immune response and the health of our immune system.