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Analysis of the Babesia microti proteome in infected red blood cells by a combination of nanotechnology and mass spectrometry
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751918302455?via%3Dihub Comment; A proteome is a set of all expressed proteins in a cell, tissue, or organism, and a systematic analysis of proteins within a defined system for their identity, quantity, and...
Two-Tier Testing for Lyme Disease: How it Evolved
https://lymediseaseassociation.org/about-lyme/two-tier-testing-for-lyme-disease-how-it-evolved/ Comment; Historically, a less expensive very sensitive screening test is done for certain illnesses. Sensitive means low risk of false negative (you have the illness but...
Disulfiram (Tetraethylthiuram Disulfide) in the Treatment of Lyme Disease and Babesiosis: Report of Experience in Three Cases
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/8/2/72 Comment; Disulfiram, otherwise known as Antabuse, is used to treat alcoholics, it inhibits the oxidation of the aldehydes produced by metabolism of ethanol causing severe side effects and misery for anybody consuming alcohol. I...
Ciprofloxacin dramatically affects the mitochondrial genome
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgxwCgVWtxNXZTSkJzKzBfJNJJzsw?projector=1&messagePartId=0.2 Comment; Theory has it that the mitochondria--power plants of the cell may have been symbiotically acquired during the development of eukaryotes--complex cells, this...
When antibiotics turn toxic
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgxwCgVWtxNXZTSkJzKzBfJNJJzsw?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 Comment; So many practitioners turn to these drugs without a second thought of the potential harm they can cause. Additionally, they're class of drug that is...
How My Differing Childhood Experiences Impacted My Educational Life
https://lymediseaseassociation.org/about-lyme/lyme-kids-a-schools/brian-dashore/ Comment; Poignant story of an elementary/middle school student going thru the trials of an "unknown" illness that was ultimately Lyme with multiple co-infections and medical complications...
Borrelia and Other Zoonotic Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks Collected from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on the 30th Anniversary of the Nuclear Disaster
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/vbz.2018.2318 Comment; Amazing how such primitive organisms can survive in such a harsh area with ongoing ionizing radiation! The populations of both Rickettsia raoultii & Bartonella species were reduced but still present....
Bartonella henselae- and quintana-associated uveitis: a case series and approach of a potentially severe disease with a broad spectrum of ocular manifestations
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10792-019-01096-7 Comment; Uveitis is inflammation of the anterior chamber of the eyeball. It can lead to blindness if not recognized and treated appropriately--often with steroids which suppress inflammation. I would not...
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome in Children
https://appwell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CIRSChildhood.pdf Comment; CIRS causes as many or" more problems in kids as adults. Not as many criteria are needed to make the diagnosis, the most common presentation? Headache, bellyache, fatigue. Also look for bed...
Requirements for use of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP)
Comment; VIP "cleans out the dust & cobwebs and puts on a fresh coat of paint". It truly is a miracle drug that can actually cure pulmonary hypertension--which typically has a life expectancy of about 5 years (I was diagnosed in 2014, cured in 2019). It also helps...
Mitochondrial Support Supplements
Comment; This is NOT an exhaustive & complete list, rather it's a "quick reference" to help get sufferers of CIRS/mitochondrial dysfunction back on track. Mitochondrial Support; If you’re having problems with fatigue, failed your Visual Contrast Test, easily get...
Pathways of inflammation and cell death in the lung: modulation by vasoactive intestinal peptide
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167011500001749 Comment; Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome causes lethal pulmonary hypertension--which can fully resolve with VIP treatment--yet severe shortness of breath & exercise tolerance can...
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