There's always more than one side to every story. Lyme disease has turned into a patients nightmare. So many sides to the issue that it becomes a blur of information and diagnosing it becomes nearly impossible.
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Well here we go, just in time for Lyme disease awareness month. For just a moment lets forget all about Lyme disease and how it is proven to cause brain infection and damage.
What this study suggests is the same old "if you don't see it, it's not the cause". ANY infection to the brain can cause Autism Symptoms. They campaigned hard and won over the scientific community when they "proved" no link between Autism and vaccines.
Blows my mind, and I'm sure many others are also scratching their heads in this logic. "We don't know the cause of Autism, MS, ALS, FM etc etc but we do know it's not caused by vaccines or Lyme Disease"
Pray tell how they are determining what doesn't cause Autism but can't say what it is causing it? These Infectious Disease researchers (whom, we could guess who they are) are hell bent on deny deny deny. If they deny Lyme disease could cause the damage that any other spirochete bacteria can do then just maybe it will go away?
There's a problem with that thinking and that is the longer they deny the more people become infected and crippled. The more people in that boat the louder they will get. Why not just roll up the sleeves and work with the ILADS experts and drop that game of "me first".
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Controversy of antibiotic use. Only in Lyme Disease.
Lyme disease treatment sparks controversy - York, Pennsylvania: "Hartenstine, 58, of Fairview Township, is going through a controversial treatment involving prolonged use of antibiotics. The medical establishment doesn't consider it valid, saying extended use of antibiotics could do more harm than good."
'via Blog this'
Why do the words 'Controversial treatment' only get used when speaking of Lyme disease treatments? There are worse and what I would consider more controversial treatments for other ailments, such as Chemo therapy.
Long term antibiotics are used for other conditions such as Whipple's Disease or Pulmonary tuberculosis even acne gets treatment with low dose long term antibiotics.
Repeated courses of antibiotics are also used to battle the syphilis bacterium which is in the same spirochete family as the Lyme disease bacterium.
The medical establishment they refer to in the article is whom? My doctor believes in treating until you are cured or recovered from the infection. That used to be standard practice years ago with those very same "established" medical community saying that the reason we are seeing an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria is due to the patient not taking a full course of antibiotics or not effectively killing off all the bacteria. As the surviving bacteria reproduce in the patient it changes to become resistant.
I remember TB had a huge problem with patients stopping the antibiotics short of the 6 months then recommended and the result was a new strain stronger than before. STD's have also evolved resistant strains that were then explained by the patient not taking the full course of antibiotics. This makes total sense really, if ALL the bacteria is killed then new strains could not evolve.
Some where along the research line it became a standard to give patients a 10 day course of antibiotics for pretty much all types of infections. In my observation it seems to go hand in hand with the increase of "super bugs", the only way to achieve that "super" status is that the bacteria was not completely killed off in just 10 days of antibiotics.
Better health and Happier Days ahead to you all,
Cheryl
'via Blog this'
Why do the words 'Controversial treatment' only get used when speaking of Lyme disease treatments? There are worse and what I would consider more controversial treatments for other ailments, such as Chemo therapy.
Long term antibiotics are used for other conditions such as Whipple's Disease or Pulmonary tuberculosis even acne gets treatment with low dose long term antibiotics.
Repeated courses of antibiotics are also used to battle the syphilis bacterium which is in the same spirochete family as the Lyme disease bacterium.
The medical establishment they refer to in the article is whom? My doctor believes in treating until you are cured or recovered from the infection. That used to be standard practice years ago with those very same "established" medical community saying that the reason we are seeing an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria is due to the patient not taking a full course of antibiotics or not effectively killing off all the bacteria. As the surviving bacteria reproduce in the patient it changes to become resistant.
I remember TB had a huge problem with patients stopping the antibiotics short of the 6 months then recommended and the result was a new strain stronger than before. STD's have also evolved resistant strains that were then explained by the patient not taking the full course of antibiotics. This makes total sense really, if ALL the bacteria is killed then new strains could not evolve.
Some where along the research line it became a standard to give patients a 10 day course of antibiotics for pretty much all types of infections. In my observation it seems to go hand in hand with the increase of "super bugs", the only way to achieve that "super" status is that the bacteria was not completely killed off in just 10 days of antibiotics.
Better health and Happier Days ahead to you all,
Cheryl
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Writers Hall Of Shame
Writers Hall Of Shame:
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Writers Hall Of Shame
Slate Magazine
'via Blog this'
Writers Hall Of Shame
The days of honest, non-bias, responsible reporting is nearly extinct. Money, ratings and the need to stand out above the crowd seems to mean more to these people than what is right.
To publicly snicker and mock any group of people in my book does NOT make a good writer. These people have shown us all the path to selling a magazine or how to garner ratings but they have not shown integrity in the articles they are peddling.
To publicly snicker and mock any group of people in my book does NOT make a good writer. These people have shown us all the path to selling a magazine or how to garner ratings but they have not shown integrity in the articles they are peddling.
Dan Rodricks
Baltimore Sun and advocate for the IDSA
His Article here:
His Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/ profile.php?id=548859434&sk =info
He became an expert on the subject of lyme from what he read on the ALDF website and even copied it to his notes Here:
http://www.facebook.com/ notes/dan-rodricks/ more-on-maryland-public-tel evisions-bad-decision-to-a ir-a-pseudo-documentary-ab o/10150206635432003
http://www.facebook.com/
He became an expert on the subject of lyme from what he read on the ALDF website and even copied it to his notes Here:
http://www.facebook.com/
David Whelan
Writer, Forbes Magazine
Wrote 2007 article trashing lyme patients and their doctors.
Read it here:
Laura Helmuth
Slate Magazine
Formerly Head Science Writer for Smithsonian Magazine
Read what put her here at this link:
Stephen Budiansky
Running an anonymous webpage and this is one of his rants. Enjoy reading.......
http://realloudoun.com/ 2012/04/10/ more-lyme-hysteria-from-the -board-better-living-throu gh-chemistry-department/
Running an anonymous webpage and this is one of his rants. Enjoy reading.......
http://realloudoun.com/
Kent Sepkowitz, MD
Belittling the lyme disease situation and therefore belittling the patients as well.
Mitt’s Bizarre Lyme Disease Offensive:
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