Neuroendocrine System Disorders

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Forwarded From Florida Lyme and the Author: Carol Fisch

 

Chronic Complex Infectious Diseases

 

Neuroendocrine System Disorders

Carol Fisch, Adjunct Professor Emeritus, microbiology, Immunology,

Parasitology, Stealth Pathogen Research, Advocate, Activist and Victim

 

 

Most medical professionals, when speaking of Lyme disease, are typically

referring to an outdated and over-simplified version of the disease that was

once taught and believed that the main causative agent being dealt with

was the borrelia spirochete. We now know there are many agents involved.

Borreliosis Complex for Lyme disease is a better term than just Lyme disease.

 

 

 

We now know there are many agents involved and much Neuroendocrine

involvement due to not only Borrelia, but viral activity and damage to the

Methylation cycle (KREBS CYCLE). It is so good to see the two groups learning

from

one another. Initially the group of Lyme researchers was looking at only

Borrelia the causative agent for Lyme disease but as time

went on they discovered many other agents. The CFIDS doctors were looking

at damage to the Methylation cycle, Diastolic Heart Dysfunction and so much

more in their research endeavors.

 

 

It appears one group was looking for the AGENTS and the other was looking

for the DAMAGE. It is so gratifying to me not only a researcher but a

victim of these issues to see the two groups coming together. There are

researchers in the Lyme community and in the CFS/Fibro Community who are

looking at

all the above and below issues. I prefer the name Neuroendocrine System

disorders to CFS as this is what happens to all of the victims regardless of

the diagnosis: Much needed change is slow in all research but the two groups

are coming together and sharing their findings.

 

 

We will all benefit from this cooperation. Not all patients with a CFS

diagnosis have Borrelia (Lyme) Complex but as you can see from below, many of

us share some of the causes and some of the damage. Some on the Lyme

disease side believed the organisms to be the only problem. Some of the

CFS/Fibro

side felt -and many still do- that if the damage is corrected, the

infections may go away on their own. We have a long way to go but in working

together but hopefully we can come up with answers that help all of us to

live healthier and more productive lives.

 

 

A simple explanation of Lyme disease is not possible, as Lyme disease is

not a simple disease. It is not just an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi,

the causative agent of Lyme disease. We are dealing with an illness

complicated by multiple infectious agents, many of them being immune

suppressive.

The immune system has difficulty in detecting the organisms due to

multiple factors, polymorphism (Changing its morphology in order to survive is

one

of its best tricks). From the moment it gets into the body, it has the

ability

to lock itself into our own DNA proteins. When hit by anything that might

threaten, it can go into Cell Wall Deficient (CWD) stages or into the Cyst

stage, a very protective stage. An activated immune system, where the body

is trying to find an enemy and can't, leads to reactivation of Herpes Virus

1 through 6 and auto-immune issues.

 

 

Many patients given a diagnosis of CFIDS, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness

or Neuroborreliosis Complex (Lyme disease) are dealing with a very complex

organism that causes multiple damage to the host.

 

 

It is indeed a very complex organism within itself. Borrelia burgdorferi

is one of the players in Neuroborreolosis Complex. It has 132 lipoproteins,

genes and more genetic material than any other bacteria. Ninety percent of

the genes are not related to any other bacteria, perhaps making it the most

complex organism known. Syphilis, by comparison, has 22 lipoproteins in

its genetic make-up, making it look like a wimpy cousin of Borrelia

burgdorferi in comparison. Some of the other Neuro-Systemic infections, Chronic

Fatigue,

Fibromyalgia, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Schlerdoma, Pneumonia,

Bronchitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kikuchis Johnson syndrome, MS, ALS, and

Parkinson's and most likely many more have been found to harbor many of these

infections that are very capable of being stealth pathogens.

(continued)

 

--- Mycoplasma fermentans Incognitos strain ( with A military Patent)

Regarding the Newly recognized Retro Virus XMRV: Some researchers have been

saying for some time that Mycoplasma fermentans Incognitus strain is made

up of Brucellosis and a RETRO VIRUS with some of the components resembling

what has been seen in HIV patients. Although, not as fast acting as the HIV

version, it is none the less Immune suppressive in many cases. Many

patients with a CFS diagnosis suffer for years with horrific pain and fatigue,

as

well as other Neuro Immune Endocrine issues that HIV patients only have to

deal with at the end stages of their disease.-

 

 

Human Herpes Virus-6a (HHV-6a) a very immune-suppressive virus found in

Neuroendocrine Disorder, Lyme, HIV, CFS as well as others.

--- Chlamydia pneumonia (Chronic Chlamydia pneumonia). Charles Stratton,

M.D. out of Vanderbilt University has come up with a protocol to deal with

this very complex pleomorphic infection that is present in so many patients

with the various diagnoses. His protocol can be found at _www.cpnhelp.org_

(http://www.cpnhelp.org)

 

 

Other pathogens found:

 

--- Mycoplasma pneumonia

--- Mycoplasma hominis

--- Ureaplasma urealyticum

--- Mycoplasma penetrans

--- Borrelia burgdorferi (Chronic Late Stage Lyme) and may also trigger

Fibromyalgia

--- Brucellosis (Chronic Brucellosis)

 

 

Ricketessia Diseases:

 

Rickettesia ricketessi

--- Coxiella burnetii (Q-fever, " Post-Q-Fever fatigue Syndrome " )

Staphylococcus and Streptococcus

 

 

Viruses:

 

--- Epstein- Barr Virus (EBV) reactivation

--- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation

--- Coxackie B Virus (1-6) chronic Coxackie infection which may

cause/trigger

CFS, Myalgias and other diseases).

 

Parvovirus B-19 (Chronic Parvovirus infection " may cause/trigger

Fibromyalgia/ CFS, arthralgia, arthritis. Hepatitis C (Chronic Hepatitis C "

may cause/trigger Post-Polio Syndrome non-Paralytic Polio, " Chronic

inflammatory muscle disease, Fibromyalgia/ CFS).

 

 

A simple explanation does not give the complexities of the many organisms

or the diseases and complications they cause.

 

 

Lita Mattman, Ph.D. and Alan MacDonald, M.D., Ph.D. are studying the

plemorphic stages of many organisms. I studied under Dr. Mattman... The studies

and live photos show the organism's ability to evade detection by

anti-microbial' s, and the patient's own immune system; again, leading to

auto-immune issues, among other things, in many of us.

Physicians on both coasts, California and Connecticut, have found many of

these same organisms in blood-sucking insects. There may be others we are

not aware of as yet. Eva Sapi, PhD of the University of New Haven Dept. of

Biology and Environmental Science, found many of the pathogens in ticks on

the east coast that were found on the west coast.

The bottom line is that many of us are dealing with an immune system that

has been driven into Humeral Immunity (overdrive) and stays activated, due

to the inability to find and destroy the enemy within and the

Neuroendocrine damage that results.

 

 

Again, as both groups work together, sharing information and research, we

will hope for a better future for all who suffer from Neuroendocrine

Disorders.