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• -Basics: A multi-species intracellular bacterial infection.
• Science: Learn more about Bartonella.
• Disease: Symptoms of Bartonella infection.
• - Article: Bartonella & its association to Lyme Disease. (2011)
• - Article: Understanding Bartonella. (2017)
• -Podcast: Bartonella and Chronic Fatigue. (2018)
• Research: Mycoplasma - Often Overlooked ... (2009)

• Personal: Finding the unknown and coping. (2018)
• - Article : Bartonella and Chronic Fatigue. (2018)
• Protocol: Buhner's Herbal Treatment for Bartonella.
• - Article : A Lyme Disease Diet. (2009)
• Detoxing: Clearing out spirochet toxins. (2012)
• Cautions: 11 Things best avoided. (2014)
• Medicines: Pharma recommendations.

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• Insight: Co-infections can intensify & expand symptoms.
• Insight: People with an MTHFR gene mutation will detox poorly.
• Insight: Alpha lipoic acid with dental mercury amalgams may worsen symptoms.
• Insight: A CBS gene mutation will increase ammonia presence .. cognitive problems.
• Insight: A comprehensive recovery protocol may be a better tactic than diagnosing.
• Insight: Detoxing can sabotage one's health if it weakens one's immunity too much.
• Insight: Temperature changes can trigger symptoms whether hotter or colder.
• Insight: Antibiotic resistant bartonella can hide in the shadows.

• -Focus-: Monographs on Toxins and Enhancers.

Basics: A multi-species intracellular bacterial infection. INDEX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartonella

LINK 2: https://healthool.com/bartonella/

LINK 3: https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-basics/co-infections/bartonella/

LINK 4: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/bartonella

LINK 5: https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/understanding-bartonella

This is not (often considered to be) a medical condition but is bacteria that live inside your cells.
It is referred to as a gram-negative bacterium. This particular type of bacteria can not only infect humans but can also a wide variety of wild animals and mammals. There are different forms of bartonella such as Bartonella Henselae. It was first noted in 1990 and in 1992 it was described as a new species. It is a disease that has been affecting humans for thousands of years.

Some of the other species of bartonella include:

• A type found in Ecuador, Peru, and Surveys in the Andes Mountains carried by sand flies called B.bacilliformus.
• Human body lice found worldwide.
• European sheep tick.

• In California, 19.2% of the I. pacificus ticks that have been collected,
  there were 5 various species of the bartonella bacteria.

• Trench fever caused by the B.Quintana.

... there are about 24 identified species of this bacteria in which half of them are known to infect humans. In the United States, each year there approximately 20,000 cases of cat scratch disease, or fever, reported.

There are actually many species of bartonella that are widespread in all mammal populations (including whales and dolphins).
More than a dozen species have been isolated that can infect humans.

This type of bartonella is normally carried by cats which can cause endocarditis, cat-scratch disease, and other serious diseases in humans. The bartonella bacteria are carried by body lice, ticks, sand flies, mosquitoes, and fleas with ticks a cause of infection in some of the human cases of bartonellosis. It is also possible that intravenous drug users who are sharing the same needle could pass the bartonella bacteria to each other.

Bartonella are Gram-negative, or coccobacilli, facultative intracellular bacteria infect erythrocytes in mammals, leading to persistent bacteremia. Bartonella spp. are vasculotropic pathogens that invade and interact with endothelial cells, ultimately interfering with normal functions, including cell proliferation and apoptosis.

The currently accepted model explaining the infection cycle holds that the transmitting vectors are blood-sucking arthropods and the reservoir hosts are mammals. Immediately after infection, the bacteria colonize a primary niche, the endothelial cells. Every five days, some of the Bartonella bacteria in the endothelial cells are released into the blood stream, where they infect erythrocytes. The bacteria then invade a phagosomal membrane inside the erythrocytes, where they multiply until they reach a critical population density. At this point, they simply wait until they are taken up with the erythrocytes by a blood-sucking arthropod.

All current Bartonella species identified in canines are human pathogens.

Science: Learn more about Bartonella. INDEX
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/bartonella

LINK 2: https://www.envita.com/lyme-disease/bartonella-a-chronic
-lyme-disease-coinfection-is-more-causing-chronic-fatigue-problems

LINK 3: http://whatislyme.com/bartonella/

In 1992 Bartonella was first described as an emerging disease (in the USA).
Homeless intravenous drug users (in the USA) are at high risk for Bartonella infections, particularly B. elizabethae.

Bartonella dwell within various host animals without causing significant disease.
Each host animal has one or more species of Bartonella that is particularly fond of it.
Cats often carry B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae strains, while wild rats harbor B. doshiae, B. grahamii, B. taylorii, and B. tribocorum.

Most bartonellae are both microaerophilic (only a small amount of oxygen is required for growth) and capnophilic (growth is enhanced in the presence of increased CO2 in the atmosphere).

A remarkable feature of the genus Bartonella is the ability of a single species to cause either acute or chronic infection and either vascular proliferative or suppurative manifestations.

Depending on the level of host adaptation, Bartonella infections in the ... host range from

an asymptomatic or subclinical (most animal-specific species) to
clinical manifestations with low morbidity and limited mortality (such as human-specific B. quintana infections), or even to
life-threatening disease, such as severe haemolytic anaemia associated with the human-specific infection by B. bacilliformis.

Like other stealth microbes, bartonella is not much of a threat by itself.
Virulence is additive, ... coinfection with multiple low virulence microbes can result in significant chronic illness.
Bartonella occurs as a coinfection in at least 25% of Lyme disease cases.

Bartonella organisms can occasionally be visualized by immunohistochemical staining.
By and large, this method of diagnosis is typically reserved for those with angiomatosis.
The genetic code of various Bartonella species may also be amplified by PCR in blood, spinal fluid, and tissue.
Considering the cross-reactivity of antibody tests, PCR may very well be the most reliable method to identify such infection.
And, while it is possible to do a culture of the organisms, they are generally slow-growing in the lab, limiting its usefulness as a method of diagnosis. It should be noted that false negative serological results may occur among the immunocompromised. Sufferers of Lyme disease Complex of coinfections should be considered among the immunodeficient.

The difficulty in finding a suitable treatment protocol for Lyme disease co-infection Bartonella, comes from the fact that antibiotics slow down its reproduction process, but are unlikely to kill the infection. Moreover, Bartonella is often sequestered inside the erythrocytes or red blood cells. This, combined with an already weakened immune system, further complicates treatment. On top of this, patients often simultaneously face borreliosis, candida, HHV-6 and/or have other toxins, such as heavy metals which complicate how we can approach this Lyme disease treatment.

... intraerythrocytic persistence is characteristic of infections within immune-competent hosts.
Endothelial and periendothelial persistence leading to vasoproliferation is a characteristic exhibited among the immunocompromised.

The makeup Bartonella Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) includes Lipid A as well as long-chain fatty acids that allow the bacteria to evade the immune system. Data has shown the surface molecules of Lyme disease co-infection Bartonella, will go unrecognized by TLR-4 on dendritic cells and macrophages – a recipe for persistent infection.

B. henselae avoids lysosomal fusion and acidification even after the bacteria invades endothelial cells and macrophages.
That being said, exactly how local bacterial control is lost in immunocompromised subjects is unclear.

(In one study) For three of the patients with Bartonella antibodies, examination of banked serum revealed the presence of Bartonella antibodies as long as 7 years prior to the development of BA disease, suggesting infection with this bacterium (may have) occurred years before the diagnosis of BA. Prior to the diagnosis of BA in these three patients, a fourfold rise in titer occurred, raising the possibility of either relapse or reinfection.

Disease: Symptoms of Bartonella infection. INDEX
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/bartonella-symptoms.html (2017)

LINK 2: http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/b/bartonella/symptoms.htm (2015)

LINK 3: https://healthool.com/bartonella/ (2018)

LINK 4: https://www.envita.com/lyme-disease/bartonella-a-chronic
-lyme-disease-coinfection-is-more-causing-chronic-fatigue-problems

LINK 5: https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/understanding-bartonella (2017)

LINK 6: http://whatislyme.com/bartonella/ (2011)

Symptoms:
• Fever,
• Fatigue,
• Headache,
• Brain fog,
• Striae red lines across the skin,
• Poor appetite,
• Joint and/or muscle pain,
• Swollen lymph glands,
• High temperature, sweats,
• Skin rash, acne,
• Enlarged liver,
• Eye infections,
• Unexplained/unproductive cough,
• Pain in the soles of the feet/bone pain,
• Gastritis,
• Lower abdominal pain,
• Severe mood swings,
• Pain in the eyes,
• Sore throat,
• Hallucinations,
• Blurred vision,
• a disturbance of depth perception,
• Pink eye,
• Retinal damage,
• Nodules or lumps under the skin,
• Seizures,
• Chest pain,
• Shortness of breath,
• Palpitations,
• Pelvic pain,
• Loose stools or constipation,
• Brain inflammation,
• Uveitis (eye inflammation),
• Endocarditis (inflammation of the heart valves)
• Urinary tract infections,
• Kidney disease,
• Chemical sensitivities,
• Hemolysis with anemia,
• Splenomegaly (enlarged spleen),
• Infertility,
• Somnolence,
• Jaundice

Bartonella infections are remarkable in the wide range of symptoms they can produce.
The course of the diseases (acute or chronic) and the underlying pathologies are highly variable.

A lot of undeserved credit for having the most ubiquitously pernicious effect on the human body goes to the Lyme bacteria, but more of it should be given to bartonella, as it can easily surpass Lyme in terms of its debilitation. Yes, bartonella is technically a co-infection in relation to Lyme disease, but it's also a co-infection in relation to babesia or mycoplasma for that matter. The point is to remember that the prefix "co" is simply a reduced form of the latin prefix "com", meaning "with" or "together", and in no way suggestive of how harmful, crippling, and debilitating a pathogen can be.

Bartonellosis can present as a mild infection or produce serious symptoms that affect the whole body.
Additional manifestations may include:
• Bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatitis
• Carrión's disease (includes both Oroya fever and verruga peruana)
• Cat scratch fever
• Erythema nodosum (inflammation of fat cells under the skin)
• Recurrent bacteremia (bacteria in the blood)
• Thrombocytopenic purpura (low blood platelets)
• Abnormal liver enzymes

Skin Involvement
Skin involvement is huge with bartonella as the pathogen is capable of inducing VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) within the body.
VEGF is a protein produced by cells that stimulates the creation of new blood vessels.
Because bartonella unnaturally stimulates this otherwise natural process, the process is unregulated as capillaries open, dispelled blood which causes the marks on the skin. Skin manifestations include rashes, acne, papules, nodules or lumps under the skin, and the most well-known skin manifestation, striae, also known as "bartonella streaks" or stretch marks.

Unexplained/unproductive cough
Dr. Klinghardt, MD says that bartonella -- as well as babesia -- "live largely in the lungs".
Stephen Buhner says that he tends to see coughing "more commonly with bartonella than Lyme".
Experiencing a long-term cough without an apparent origin or benefit to the cough, could be a symptom indicative of a bartonella infection.

Enlarged Lymph nodes
Because bartonella has an affinity for infecting and living within endothelial cells, inflammation (i.e., enlarging) of the lymph nodes (i.e., lymphadenopathy) is very indicative that bartonella may be present. While an enlargement of the lymph nodes doesn't happen in every bartonella case, when it does, bartonella should seriously be considered.

Pain in the soles of the feet/bone pain
One symptom truly specific and common to a bartonella infection, and is noted by Stephen Buhner, Dr. Marty Ross, M.D., and Dr Wayne Anderson, N.D., is pain in the soles of the feet - usually both. The pain is attributed as bone pain and is worse after getting up from lying down, or after standing for extended periods of time. Dr. James Schaller, M.D. refers to bartonella's effects on the skeleton system as a "bone infection".

Severe mood swings
Bartonella can heavily influence the mind and its emotional workings, with severe and sudden moods swings ranging from extreme rage -- sometimes referred to as "homicidal rage" -- to panic attacks, agitation, and severe depression, making one prone to suicide. Stories have been noted where people who were later discovered to be dealing with bartonella, were initially diagnosed with the flu, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Severe nervous system involvement
While the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease can cause neurological symptoms as well, bartonella does so on a different, more deleterious level. The nervous system really takes a hit when bartonella is present, as the better known symptoms of intense pain, numbness, crawling, burning and buzzing sensations, and a "pins and needles" type feeling, especially in the feet, present. Lesser acknowledged nervous system inflictions by bartonella can include seizures, brain inflammation, headaches, and chemical sensitivities.

It is not uncommon for patients with the Lyme disease coinfection Bartonella to contract encephalopathy, a brain disorder or disease.
Up to 50 percent of patients who develop encephalopathy can be affected by seizures ranging from focal to generalized, and from brief and self-limited to status epilepticus, a dangerous condition in which epileptic seizures follow one another without recovery of consciousness between them. Headaches, cognitive dysfunction, and CNS lesions can all be related to Bartonella.

Eye symptoms
Bartonella can be very troublesome to the eyes and cause a vast array of visual disturbances.
Aside from the basics such as pain in the eyes, on the more extreme side, symptoms such as hallucinations, blurred vision, a disturbance of depth perception, pink eye, and even retinal damage may occur.

Bladder Symptoms
Those with a bartonella infection may notice changes in how their body removes urine.
Pain or burning sensations may present during urination, urine that is "cola-colored" -- as Stephen Buhner notes -- an increased sense of urgency to go to the bathroom, and difficulty in expelling urine. Moving up the excretory system into the kidneys, urinary tract infections are known to happen as well other renal disorders.

Intestinal malfunction.
Chronic bartonella infection can be associated with abdominal pain, loose stools or constipation, and general intestinal function, but this may or may not be specifically caused by bartonella.

Urogenital involvement.
Bartonella can affect the urogenital region causing irritable bladder, kidney disease, pelvic pain, and infertility.
There is evidence that bartonella can be passed during pregnancy and between partners.

Demineralization of teeth and jaw can cause chronic face and neck pain.
Chronic bartonella infections are associated with higher rate of root canals (compromise of small vessels supplying the tooth).
Transient tooth pain is not uncommon.

Bone infection
Bartonella commonly infects bone marrow with resulting bone pain.
The most common location is the shin bone.

Heart and Circulatory System symptoms.
Infection of cells lining the heart (endocarditis) can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, and in some cases, damage to heart valves.

Other bartonella symptoms
There really isn't a part of the human that bartonella does not disrupt or affect to some extent, which is why it's referred to as the "most intense tick-borne infection" by Stephen Buhner, and "far more serious than Lyme disease" by Dr. James Schaller, M.D.

Anemia can occur from bartonella scavenging nutrients from red blood cells.

The list of possible symptoms a person infected with bartonella might experience is rather extensive and can also include, but isn't limited to, heart complications, renal issues, ear involvement, reproductive complications, fever of unexplained origins, fatigue, brain fog (cognitive dysfunction), shortness of breath, gallbladder dysfunction, fainting, excessive sweating during the day, chest pain, anxiety, elevated liver enzymes, and gastrointestinal disorders (e.g., GERD)

A lot of undeserved credit for having the most ubiquitously pernicious effect on the human body goes to the Lyme bacteria, but more of it should be given to bartonella, as it can easily surpass Lyme in terms of its debilitation. Yes, bartonella is technically a co-infection in relation to Lyme disease, but it's also a co-infection in relation to babesia or mycoplasma for that matter. The point is to remember that the prefix "co" is simply a reduced form of the latin prefix "com", meaning "with" or "together", and in no way suggestive of how harmful, crippling, and debilitating a pathogen can be.

Article: Bartonella and its association to Lyme Disease. INDEX
http://whatislyme.com/bartonella/
November 23, 2011

... Bartonella are bacteria that live inside human or mammal cells.
Spread by bites from infected ticks and also passed in utero.

In 1992 Bartonella was first described as an emerging disease.
It is also carried by cats and causes cat-scratch disease, endocarditis, and several other diseases in humans.
Bartonella bacteria is carried by fleas, body lice, and ticks and can be transmitted to humans and animals.

Diagnosis.
1. Blood test or antibody level test

2. PCR Test or Polymerase chain reaction and tissue biopsy can be used, however they are also insensitive, as are standard blood tests.

Treatment
The common treatment for Bartonella is antibiotics.

Erythromycin,
Doxycycline,
Levofloxacin Rifampin,
Azithromycin
have been used for standard Bartonella.

B. ... Stephen Buhner’s natural protocol for healing Bartonella. (see above)

Other info which may be relevant from the online webpage.

TickCheck -- Tick Testing Form. INDEX
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Article: Understanding Bartonella. INDEX
https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/understanding-bartonella
by Dr. Bill Rawls
Last Updated 3/1/2017

LINK 2: https://vitalplan.com/shop/restore-kit/

Bartonella quintana, a ... common species of bartonella, is the cause of trench fever.
The name comes from the trenches of WWI where soldiers lived in desperate and debilitating conditions.
B. quintana, spread by body lice, causes symptoms of severe fever, headache, muscle aches, leg and back pain, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, and rarely, heart failure.

Today, B. quintana is common in homeless people; again, transmitted by body lice. About 10-20% of homeless populations (3.5 million people in the US) harbor chronic infection with B. quintana.

B. quintana can be transmitted directly by the bite of a louse, but also by infected bodies of dead lice scratched into abraded skin. B. quintana becomes tightly interwoven into the feces of the louse, which also is a transmission vector. Louse feces bound bartonella is infectious for more than a year and can be inhaled or ingested with dust particles.

B. quintana has also been found in cats, dogs, monkeys, gerbils, rats, and can also be transmitting by other insect vectors.

Carrion’s disease, (is) caused by Bartonella bacilliformis.
It is a highly virulent microbe that only occurs in the Andes regions of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
A bite from a sandfly transmits the bacteria, causing a high fever (called Oroya fever).
This is accompanied by severe anemia from destruction of red blood cells, severe enlargement of spleen and liver, bleeding into lymph nodes, and destruction of blood vessels. Mortality is 40% without treatment.

After entering the body (by whatever means), bartonella infects specialized white blood cells called CD 34+.
These blood cells are precursors for cells that line blood vessels and other tissues (endothelial cells). The microbe enters the cell and creates a cyst around itself (called a vacuole) to gain protection. It also turns off the ability of the cell to self-destruct. Chemical messengers stimulated by bartonella microbes cause more CD 34+ cells to congregate. These messengers simultaneously suppress other key parts of the immune response. CD 34+ migrate throughout the body and replace damaged endothelial cells. This places bartonella exactly where it wants to be. Once established inside blood vessels, bartonella starts scavenging red blood cells as a nutrient source.

While all of this sounds highly threatening, B. henselae or B. quintana are actually not highly virulent microbes.
If the person’s immune system is healthy, the cells of the immune system quickly gain the upper hand, and microbe is dispatched within a couple of weeks. After a brief low grade illness, the person is back to full health. Because the illness is rarely debilitating, a doctor and the healthcare system are generally not involved and a formal diagnosis is never made.

If immune function is not up to par, however, chronic low grade infection can occur.
It occurs insidiously; the person has a low grade illness initially, but then never gets completely better. Degree of debility is variable and dependent on immune status. It is possible (even common) to have chronic infection without having noticeable symptoms.

Bartonella gains protection from the immune system by invading cells lining blood vessels.
Symptoms are mostly related to damage caused to small blood vessels (small vessel disease).
Types of symptoms are related to the organs involved.
Typical organs that can be affected include the liver, spleen, bone marrow, eyes, skin, and the entire vascular system including the heart.

Anemia can occur from bartonella scavenging nutrients from red blood cells.

Diagnosing Low Virulence Infections.
Indirect fluorescence assay (IFA) tests for antibodies (IgG and IgM) to bartonella.
IFA is not very sensitive because antibodies levels tend to be low.
Also testing is species specific and generally only tests for the most common species of bartonella.
Frye Laboratories (Scottsdale, Az) offers both IFA and standard PCA.

Standard Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for bartonella DNA in the blood.
Because concentrations of the microbe are very low with chronic infection, this test is unreliable.

Galaxy Diagnostics (Research Triangle, NC) performs an amplified version of PCR called ePCR that is more reliable.
The presence of bartonella in blood is amplified with special culture media and then tested with PCR.
The test takes 2-4 weeks to perform and tests for all known forms of bartonella.

As a general rule of thumb, positive testing can help direct therapy, but a negative test does not rule out the presence of bartonella.
The expense of testing must be weighed against money directed at comprehensive therapy.
As with other low virulent microbes, sometimes it’s best just to assume that it is there and develop a comprehensive recovery protocol that covers for it.

Podcast: Bartonella and Chronic Fatigue. (2018) INDEX

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Research: Mycoplasma - Often Overlooked ... INDEX
http://betterhealthguy.com/images/stories/PDF/PHA/2009_07.pdf
Mycoplasma - Often Overlooked In Chronic Lyme Disease
Public Health Alert, Vol. 4, Issue 7 (July 2009), various pages
Article by by Scott Forsgren, about the work of
Dr. Garth Nicolson, PhD was a professor at the University of Texas at Houston

Quick article INDEX INDEX

• Politics : A weaponized strain of M. fermentans incognitus?
• -Illness : An extensive number of symptoms can apply.
• Toxicity: Just how dangerous are these bacteria?
• Medical: Why diagnosis & treatment are difficult.
• Pharma: Suggested drugs for intervention.
• Natural: Non-drug health enhancement options.
• Energy : Options for diminishing Fatigue symptom.
• Biofilms: Another factor in successful treatment.
• Contact: Subscribe to the Public Health Alert.
• - LINKS: A list of LINKS from within the article.

... Dr. Nicolson believes that Mycoplasma fermentans is a naturally occurring microbe. Myco Index
However, some of the strains that exist today have been weaponized. Dr. Nicolson's research found unusual genes in M. fermentans incognitus that were consistent with a weaponized form of the organism. Weaponzing of an organism is done in an attempt to make a germ more pathogenic, immunosuppressive, resistant to heat and dryness, and to increase its survival rate such that the germ could be used in various types of weapons. Genes which were part of the HIV-1 envelope gene were found in these Mycoplasma. This means that the infection may not give someone HIV, but that it may result in some of the debilitating symptoms of the HIV disease. Indicators of a weaponized organism were evident in the prison guards in Huntsville as well as in military personnel that were likely exposed to the infections both through military vaccinations as well as through weapons used in the Gulf War.

The unfortunate reality according to Dr. Nicolson is that "once these things get out, you can't put the genie back in the bottle". Once these germs have been released, they are airborne infections that slowly penetrate into the population. In the case of Mycoplasma fermentans, Dr. Nicolson believes that this is exactly what happened. It may be this weaponized form of Mycoplasma that has led to the significant increases in neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases over the last several years. Those patients with weaponized strains of these organisms are generally very sick. They may experience 60-75 signs and symptoms and are even at risk of their diseases becoming fatal. ...

The Iraqis received a great deal of assistance on biological warfare from the United States during the Iran-Iraq Conflict.
[Beginning about 2016, the USA began disassembling and destroying its stock of over 980,000 large chemical warfare shells.)
Both chemical and biologic weapons were given to them from the United States. After the Gulf War, rather than taking inventory of these weapons, they were blown up. Dr. Nicolson indicates that some of his patients have taken videos standing next to crates with Hazardous Materials tags from the United States. In the same videos, the crates are opened and weapons are clearly striped as having originated from the United States and being both chemical and biological weapons. There were clear indicators that Iraq had offensive weapons in their arsenal. In Kuwait, many people had become quite ill. It was estimated that 25% of the population after the Gulf War had signs and symptoms which matched the symptoms of those infected with weaponized Mycoplasma.

... Dr. Nicolson shared that a tremendous amount of pressure was put on the University of Texas system to "shut him up and close his laboratory".
He was threatened on an almost daily basis with closing his lab as he continued to do his research on Mycoplasma.
This became a major subject in the book Project Day Lily ....

The signs and symptoms of Mycoplasma infection are highly variable and thus it is not uncommon for a diagnosis to be entirely missed. A partial list of symptoms includes

• chronic fatigue,
• joint pain,
• intermittent fevers,
• headaches,
• coughing,
• nausea,
• gastrointestinal problems,
• diarrhea,
• visual disturbances,
• memory loss,
• sleep disturbances,
• skin rashes,
• joint stiffness,
• depression,
• irritability,
• congestion,
• night sweats,
• loss of concentration,
• muscle spasms,
• nervousness,
• anxiety,
• chest pain,
• breathing irregularities,
• balance problems,
• light sensitivity,
• hair loss,
• problems with urination,
• congestive heart failure,
• blood pressure abnormalities,
• lymph node pain,
• chemical sensitivities,
• persistent coughing,
• eye pain,
• floaters in the eyes,
• and many others.

Mycoplasma is commonly found in patients with ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, Autism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Asthma, Lyme disease, and many other chronic disease conditions.

Characteristics Myco Index
Mycoplasma are pleomorphic bacteria which lack a cell wall and, as a result, many antibiotics are not effective against this type of bacteria. There are over 100 known species of Mycoplasma, but only a half dozen or so are known to be pathogenic in humans. The pathogenic species are intracellular and must enter cells to survive. Once they are inside the cells, they are not recognized by the immune system and it is difficult to mount an effective response. They stimulate reactive-oxygen species (ROS) which damage cell membranes. They release toxins into the body.

Infected cells can be stimulated to undergo programmed cell death which may result in ALS or other severe neurological presentations.
90% of ALS patients evaluated were found to have Mycoplasma infections, whereas Mycoplasma was found in 100% of ALS patients with Gulf War Syndrome, almost all of which were weaponized M. fermentans incognitus. They are thought of as "borderline anaerobes", meaning that they generally prefer low oxygen environments. Dr. Nicolson has found that airline employees are much more susceptible to these types of infections and that symptoms worsen with frequent long flights at low oxygen tension.

Mycoplasma also have some characteristics of viruses. Myco Index
Mycoplasma tend to be slow growing infections and they are usually transmitted slowly. Dr. Nicolson states that

"Mycoplasma can be sexually transmitted, but the infection is usually passed through far less intimate contact. Mycoplasma can be obtained through fluid exchange, and it is easily transmitted through the air."

Mycoplasma fermentans produces numerous symptoms. Myco Index
Those infected are rarely found to be asymptomatic. In North America, M. pneumoniae is the most common Mycoplasma seen in various diseases. In Europe, M. hominis is far more prevalent. ... Dr. Nicolson notes that these findings are consistent with the fact that it is the Mycoplasma fermentans species that is more often isolated in ticks collected from the environment. The same tick that serves as the vector for Borrelia burgdorferi often also transmits M. fermentans simultaneously. Once a patient is multiply co-infected, the duration and severity of their illness both increase. In his experience, Dr. Nicolson has found that Mycoplasma is the number one Lyme coinfection. The rate of infection with Mycoplasma in patients with Lyme disease surpasses that of Bartonella (25-40%) slightly and that of Babesia (8-20%) significantly. ...

Healthy people can often hold these infections in check - essentially having the infection but not expressing symptoms. ...
Sadly, however, even if patients are tested for Mycoplasma, a similar problem exists here as the one that almost all Lyme doctors and patients are aware of - namely that reliable tests do not exist. Dr. Nicolson notes that once a laboratory gets a reliable test in place, the laboratory is often shutdown. ... Dr. Brown believed that Mycoplasma was very common and not easy to eradicate. He suggested using tetracycline drugs as an effective treatment for the disease. He later found that Doxycycline and Minocycline were effective at dealing with Mycoplasma. Though he garnered praise from his patients, he was generally regarded by the medical community as misguided and a trouble-maker. He died in 1989 prior to being fully vindicated. ...

As Mycoplasma replicate within cells and are eventually released, they capture antigens from the surface of the host cell and incorporate these antigens into their own membranes. This makes it almost impossible for the body to tell the difference between good and bad, between human and microbe, or between us and them. As a result, the immune system may begin to respond to these antigens now incorporated into the cell walls of the bacteria and create a condition of self-attack, or autoimmunity. ... Dr. Nicolson believes that, like many other coinfections of Lyme disease, Mycoplasma cannot be fully eradicated, but that once infected, treatment becomes an ongoing "management approach". He notes that this is a commonly understood fact and that the same is true of other organisms such as Chlamydia and Borrelia. Mycoplasma have the ability to go into a quiescent phase in intracellular locations within the body. Once in these locations, neither antibiotics nor the immune system can effectively reach or kill the organisms.

Many people recover from Mycoplasma infections and are fine for years.
They may later have an incident involving severe trauma or other significant life stressor and symptoms fully reappear within weeks to months. Dr. Nicolson recommends that the physician adopt an initial 6-month course of treatment with no break followed by several 6-week on, 2-week off antibiotic cycles. Candidate antibiotics include:

Doxycycline,
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro),
Azithromycin (Zithromax),
Minocycline, or
Clarithromycin (Biaxin).

He notes that antibiotic combinations may be required if there is a limited response to single drug, and most patients require switching antibiotics at least once during their treatment. ...

Herxheimer reactions do occur when treating Mycoplasma infections. Myco Index
To minimize this die-off effect where the patient generally feels much worse while on treatment, Dr. Nicolson advises using 50 mg oral Benadryl taken 30 minutes before the antibiotics. He also finds that

a strained blend of
--- 1 whole lemon,
--- 1 cup fruit juice, and
--- 1 tablespoon of olive oil can be helpful.

Though Dr. Nicolson believes that antibiotics are the most effective approach to treating Mycoplasma infections, he has found some good natural options. In terms of natural approaches to treating Mycoplasma, Raintree Nutrition (http://www.rain-tree.com) has created several products that may be quite helpful for patients. These include

Raintree Myco,
Raintree A-F, and
Raintree Immune Support. ...

One of the hallmark signs of Mycoplasma infection is fatigue. Myco Index
The infections lead to oxidation in the body that leads to damage of the cell membranes.
Oxidation accelerates the damage to the lipids in cell membranes which impacts mitochondrial function.
This leads to less energy in the cell and ultimately to a fatiguing of the larger organism due to the fact that there is less energy to support necessary cellular functions. In patients where fatigue is due to cell membrane damage, Dr. Nicolson has found NT Factor® to be highly beneficial. NT Factor® replaces the damaged lipids and helps to restore mitochondrial function. Often, fatigue then resolves or is reduced. Dr. Nicolson has found that oxidative therapies such as ozone can be helpful in the fight against Mycoplasma. ...

Patients are often depleted in key vitamins and minerals.
Supplementation with B-Complex, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and CoQ-10 are often beneficial.
Minerals are often necessary. Dr. Nicolson notes, however, that many people have poor absorption and may require sublingual or injectable forms of these nutrients. Amino acids, flax seed, and fish oils can provide additional support, but the best nutrition for cell membranes is NT Factor®. Many patients with chronic illnesses have a toxic body burden of heavy metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and aluminum. Hair, stool, and urine testing is available through labs like Doctor's Data (http://www.doctorsdata.com) and Genova Diagnostics (http://www.gdx.net). Dr. Nicolson has seen reports of positive results with EDTA chelation suppositories from Detoxamin (http://www.detoxamin.com) and oral chelators from Longevity Plus (www.longevityplus.com).

For patients using antibiotics, beneficial gut flora is often depressed.
Supplementation with a high quality probiotic is important, but probiotics have to be taken two hours or longer after taking antibiotics.
Natural immune support can be helpful in the form of whey proteins, transfer factors, or immune-support products such as Beyond Immuni-T from Longevity Plus.

Biofilms. Myco Index
Dr. Nicolson believes that biofilms are a factor in successfully treating Mycoplasma infections.
In cases that are refractory to antibiotics, biofilms are likely a major factor. ... in general terms, chronic intracellular infections that change the metabolism of cells and suppress mitochondrial and other functions will lead to patients remaining in a chronically ill state. ... Both Mycoplasma and Borrelia have been manipulated for biological weapons purposes and as a result, both are politically incorrect to discuss, work on, or do anything about. Until this changes, we won't see any real progress." ...

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Personal: Finding the unknown and coping. INDEX
by John R. Sennett

Quick INDEX to Personal INDEX

• Personal: Science, what it means to me.
• Personal: Background, what was already present?
• Personal: Environmental contributing factors.
• Personal: Easy to Rationalize suggestive causes.
• Personal: Finding what doesn't work.
• Personal: Noticing what can be Beneficial.
• Personal: A unique encounter can open doors.
• Personal: Defining the possibilities and reality.
• Personal: Sharing what has worked for me, so far.
• - LINKS: Resources you may find on the Internet.

If you want to find an answer to a mystery and solve a problem, in my experience, a scientific approach is an advantage. Yet, most of those who know the word "science" have been brainwashed by educational and commercial institutions to believe that "science" is a form of ritualized magical practices that someone is hired and paid to carry out in the expectation of either safeguarding the market of a product, or, supporting the marketing of a new product or service. Not many persons take a course in the "History and Philosophy of Science." I did. Science originated as an Exploration of unknowns that might be or seemed to be related to the subject of some confusion. One sought for clarity about what the subject or problem was. Then, one explored ... tested, a variety of options ranging from most likely influences to least likely. Where an option was found to be beneficial, its response was noted and it was further explored until the limits, cautions, and uses of the option were fully revealed. Always considered possible was that some other option might also contribute to or even better the outcome desired. The more Open one enabled one's mind to receive, consider, and, experience possibilities, the more likely that a solution would be found, and with a minimum of effort and resources.

Conversely, the approach I was taught in high school in chemistry, physics, algebra, and geometry ... was one of following rigid patterns of rationalization tied to assumed (unquestioned) norms. Frequently, laboratory work encircled proving or disproving stated theories (guesses) of what an answer might be. These attitudes closed the mind to focus on what others had done previously, how they had done it, and what outcomes had been accepted as merited sanctioned results. Considering or suggesting alternatives was justification for ridicule, rejection, and failure. It was considered startling when a student in a Vancouver, British Columbia high school chemistry class attempted to combine two elements ... and was successful. For over 100 years, students had been taught that the two elements could not be combined: they were incompatible. No one had attempted to merge them whether student, professor, or, professional. The result worked for this student because he risked trying something simply for the sake of Exploration.

If you peruse the scientific journals of a number of fields which may interest you, as I did, you will find the reported results of a huge number of Tests, conducted with the rigidity of projection and expectation, created with the simplest, immature, and ignorance of the subject, to yield Conclusions which, usually, confirm results reported elsewhere. In fact, in their references, they may note a number of other authors who have previously written articles and conducted research which support their own observations and results ... or is it the other way? Thousands of academically sanctioned "scientists" labor long and tedious hours with persistent attempts to Search for and Discover a solution or creation which will provide an Acceptable, often Commercial, and easily promoted marketable result. Sometimes one or more solutions have already been found, denied, abandoned, or, misinterpreted with intent.

Science has always been most successfully utilized by individuals who had some Personal Motivation and Awareness about a problem, confusion, weakness, or conflict ... and either had appropriate skills, or, acquired appropriate skills ... to Explore, Play with, Innovate, Listen to the Divine, and test and retest possibilities. They are Open to possibilities which may defy Commercial gain, may be easily available or very secretive, and may contest and surpass the benefits of solutions commonly, and authoritatively, accepted and promoted by mentors, founders, and professionals in the field of study and endeavor. It is with this approach that I found a way to Empower myself, and then many others, to leave behind the abandonment, ridicule, defeatism, and sanctioned conclusion of "terminal", or, the often conveyed magical projections of "This prescription should work"... even though no tests indicate its requirement and no 10 minute diagnosis supports it by any form of scientific method.

When the medical authorities and the healthcare practitioners are disinterested in a significant health deficiency which is threatening my life, ending my employment, frustrating my relationships, and draining my energy and financial resources ... and they have neither been encouraged to diagnose nor to employ relevant interviewing and testing procedures ... I will utilize my skills and the Direction I Ask for and Receive through Prayer to optimize my resources and find a workable option, if one can be found. And that is what happened here also.



Personal: Background, what was already present? Personal-INDEX

I worked in 7 occupations in which problem solving was paramount:
Technical Service & Installation, Customer Service, Commercial Sales, Private Security, Residential Design & Construction, Health Enhancement Therapist, Peace Researcher. I received commendations, professional recognition, customer praise, referral, and, promotion in all areas. I found that it was always important to determine some background to whatever problem or conflict I was being called upon to improve or resolve. Rushing in, projecting expectations based on limited knowledge and past experiences, and, assuming that initial brief, and often nervously communicated descriptions of the problem ... were often the tactics followed by my peers. In my surroundings, they never received commendations and were frequently called back to fix the initial problem which had reappeared.

Professional career assessment became a private funded option for me in the mid-1970s.
I performed several days of analytical and interview tests followed by a day of professional career counselling reviews by the Canadian YMCA Carerr Counselling Department in Toronto, Ontario. I was assessed as having a HIGH correlation of skills, interests, education, and attitudes matching those of successful employees in the fields of Librarian, Police Detective, Psychologist, Sociologist, Surgeon. Apparently most applicants did not have as numerous results. Checking with relevant employers, working representatives, and receiving experienced and informed feedback from the service counsellors quickly reduced the realistic retraining options. The position of librarian seemed not to offer much opportunity for advancement, income growth, or, variability. In Canada, detectives had to complete as long as 10 years of police constable beat duty before they would be offered or could apply for detective training. I was specifically NOT suited for the constable career path. Medical training, in Canada, proved to be poorly indicated for I was over the age of 25 and did not have a parent who was a medical professional. Unless one was younger, the rationale was acted upon that with perhaps 8 years of training one would not have enough worklife remaining to provide a good return to the government in appreciation for its financial support and employment.

I applied for University admission. Academic upgrading was going to be manadatory for admission to a profession.
I was accepted at York University in Toronto, province of Ontario. I received HIGH marks in all my courses, yet, problems kept arising. The psychology professor intentionally downgraded my papers because, as he said, I wrote theses and I was to limit my investigations and output to 15 pages. Both my political science and one of my sociology professors were most pleased with my papers, yet independently remarked that they felt unqualified to appropriately assess them. A psychology thesis director told me, and most of the rest of the class, that I would have to re-orient my thesis question, or he would not assist (in writing it) and would not grade it. I was one of 30 students, out of 33, who early left the "course". Psychologists were assessed, by their own industry, as having a success ratio with their clients of less than 20%. I wasn't going to make huge financial and training effort commitments for an 80% failure ratio. The national economy at the time had swung into a downturn and many sociologists had been laid off and hiring possibilities were nil for the longer-term. The same was true for environmental and forestry careers .. another interest of mine. Following university, I took a private course in Private Investigation. While I was again HIGH in the class ratings, the field was actually restricted to working for the government attempting to discredit social insurance applicants, working for spouses attempting to reveal the infidelities of their partners, or, working as auto accident investigators for insurance companies with a motive of disqualifying or reducing the claims of the policyholders. I worked for private security companies for several career exploration and training stints.

Chronic illness, in my long experience, is poorly understood in the healthcare field, often approached as an ameleoriative service of perpetual drug use and therapy sessions, and equally fraught with declarations of miracle-like cures and programs which, in reality, are only a benefit to a minority of participants. I had acquired a chronic illness. All the best and sanctioned medical professionals assessed that I would never recover. Alternative and holistic practitioners could only offer long-term private cost remedial services. So, with desperation and life threatening urgency, I determined to work with God and use homeopathic remedies in an attempt to stay alive. The outcome was my founding of a Balancing Therapy to assist persons to understand and release their personalized energy block addictive compulsive behaviors and obsessive attitudes. I had and chose access to the widest range of homeopathics available during the following almost 2 decades to assist myself, and then others, with a 97% improvement ratio, including many startling recoveries and significant life changes in both self and clients. I also learned to understand the realities of CFS-ME and assist myself and others to recover from our personalized versions of it.

In my experience of multiple Canadian medical system infrastructures -- Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta -- I have encountered a remarkable similarity in policies to provide healthcare. Health is a political mandate of each province, in Canada, by the constitution. Specific policies can differ from province to province both by day, year, and political party in power, and by the type of service. Holistic and alternative healthcare options across multiple disciplines and provinces over my past 70+ years have also been remarkably consistent. Many non-medical services have asked that "Background" forms be completed before treatments are considered. Medical doctors have, especially in recent decades, relied automatically, if at all, on digital records compiled on a national (?) records system to which the patient has no access, no review, and usually no knowledge of its existence. If an unhappy, incompetent, or esteem threatened doctor enters prejudicial comments into the record ... they remain forever ... to prejudice any later doctor at a clinic, in a doctor's office, or at an emergency department. No one has EVER asked me about my work history, what risk environments (chemicals, toxins, gases, conflicts) I have been in, or, which therapies, supplements, tests, drugs I have found beneficial in the past.

Time is the stranglehold which political funding and institutional administration place on medical personnel in each Canadian province. Culturally, anything one is NOT being paid for in North America is rushed, abbreviated, postponed, delayed, or minimized. Patients don't want to be a long time waiting for and seeing a doctor and the doctor is only paid for providing 10 minutes of time or less to meet, interview, and prescribe. Even when more complete information is added to the FORM, it is either not read, or, worse, it is misinterpreted. The same can also devolve from rushed interviews. Diagnoses, in my experience, are usually incorrect ... leading to tests that are of minimal benefit, and, drugs which can be life threatening by the assumed, and greatly limited and incorrect "diagnosis".

Most surgeries I have had have been a disaster, ending with worse outcomes than I began with.
Yet the surgeon will never learn from these mishaps because in Canadian surgical practice, the patient signs a form to personally assume ALL responsibility for any errors made during surgery. In some provinces, perhaps many, medical examiners (formerly "coroners") are limited in their description of "Cause of Death" and cannot assign responsibility to surgeons, other healthcare practitioners, or pharmacists. Healthcare personnel who make errors fatal to their patients have no dynamic by which to improve their skill or knowledge and their level of empathy and caring for others. They are technicians, often caring for a "body" with less concern than a mechanic servicing a car.

In terms of Bartonella, what might be MY background details that could be relevant?

1. I grew up on a farm and was exposed constantly to farm cats and cat scratches.
   Cat scratch infections can lead to some forms of Bartonella.

2. In the early 1990's I went hiking alone in the mountain areas near Canmore, Alberta.
   I was exposed to deer ticks, and by the symptoms I experienced after leaving the area, was likely bitten by one.
   I had the symptoms of undiagnosed Rocky Mountain Fever (similar to Lyme Disease) for many months after.

3. Throughout 1996 to 2012, I intensively utilized homeopathic remedies to assist in improving the health, attitudes, and behavioral patterns of others who had, almost uniformly, expended most of their finances on medical and healthcare services with little or no overall improvement. They had essentially been abandoned, lied to, manipulated, and, discarded. With the direction of God by way of Spiritual Guidance feedback, I was able to assist them move towards remission, recovery, or, transformation.

4. In mid-2006, I suddenly acquired a form of Chromic Fatigue Syndrome (a.k.a. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis).
   When I finally, after 2 years, received a "professional" diagnosis, I was told that I would likely never recover.
   The diagnosis followed a short interview, a questionnaire that was never reviewed, and, NO tests!
   With considerable personal effort and expense, I found an effective recovery strategy, and, fully recovered.

5. Several times, in the mid- and late 1990's, and early 2000's, I was found to have HIGH levels of mercury poisoning.
   Each time, the removal of specific dental amalgams followed by the best available and known detoxing protocols led to marked improvements in health. Heavy metal toxicities are known to significantly impact one's immune system ... which makes it easier to react to infections like Bartonella, which otherwise may remain "hidden" for years, or even decades, until, one's immune system is severely challenged. I have not had any dental amalgams since 2012 or before. I was found, by a relevant TEST, to have a HIGH toxicity of Mercury, and multiple other heavy and toxic metal loads, in mid-2017.

6. In early 2018, I was exposed to bedbugs, for the first time.
   Bedbugs are a tick. Sometimes they carry Bartonella bacteria which may be passed into a host.
   Within 2 weeks after a known exposure to a bedbug tick bite, I had a sudden attack of the full range of Bartonella symptoms. At the time, my immune system was weakened by a significant detoxing protocol, the remaining levels of heavy metal and other toxins in my system, a genetic modification resulting from exposure to a triggering GMO food, the recent recovery from two different yet serial severe viral attacks, and, the development of Hansen's disease (leprosy). A weakened immune system is an open door to the activation of Bartonella, regardless of how long the bacteria has been in one's system.

Background can provide understanding and contribute to a diagnosis; however, too much background, and, a rush to judgement can bring confusion and misdiagnosis. That is when Counsel and Confirmation from God through some form of Spiritual Respect (Prayer) can remove doubt, and, assist in discerning effective tactics and a strategy ... for Coping, and, eventually, for Recovery.



Personal: Environmental contributing factors. Personal-INDEX

Bartonella, as viewed elsewhere in this document, is a multi-species intracellular bacterial infection which found throughout the Americas. It is often associated with other animals, especially cats, dogs, ... and even in mammalian whales and dolphins. There are many species. Some are transferrable from other animals to humans. Some have minor symptoms; yet others have symptoms serious enough to be likened to Lyme disease, which has a similar origin. Tests are available though selecting a test that is relevant for YOUR type of Bartonella is unreliable. In our culturally conditioned lifestyle of constant activity and distraction, much that one could be aware of is ignored and little of our surroundings is remembered. So it is quite a benefit that I have conditioned myself through decades of study, observation, working with problems and clients, and through self-empowerment ... to be able to be comfortable in a surrounding which is quite of electronic players, constant conversation, and persistent mechanical sounds. With my more recent Detox Protocols in addition to coping routines adopted to deal with GMO mandated intestinal assimilation physical changes ... my memory has improved to become the best in my life after being persistently terrible when young, and, poor much of the rest of my life.

I had never seen nor been exposed to bedbugs during any of my 70+ years of life before early 2018.
When bedbugs did end up in my apartment, they did gradually establish themselves where I rested.
Initially, this was near the bed, even though I spend little time there. Several tick bites I did notice, yet, as I was into heavy detoxing at the time I initially considered them to be possible symptoms of the detoxing. Eventually, I discovered the odd individual making its way into the apartment. I set out to block off any through-the-wall entry holes I had not earlier closed to a cockroach invasion. When I did find 2 adults and a young insect on the end of my mattress, the mattress was immediately discarded. The box spring was checked for contamination. It showed no waste spots, like the one on the end of the mattress, and no live insects were to be found. Bedbugs are, in my experience, Very Avoidant of light and very skilled at hiding. A week later, the insect eradicator helped me recheck the box spring. We found 3 more individuals carefully hiding in the folds and under the corner encasing plastic cups. It went out, along with the frame and the carpet protectors, just to be certain.

I was living in an older apartment building in a large Canadian city.
It had become a hub of immigration over the previous decades, and, like many Canadian cities, now imported a large percentage of its foods and other commercial items from other countries. I had moved into a cleaned apartment in mid-June, 2017. Almost from my arrival, there were monthly landlord notices raising the alarm over bedbugs. At first, I thought they must have misinterpreted or mislabeled cockroaches for bedbugs. The cockroaches had begun to arrive in my apartment by mid-November. A major effort, noted elsewhere, quickly both contained and stopped this invasion. By early February, individual small insects, later identified as bedbugs, were squeezing through the remaining TINY holes and cracks that had managed to be missed around the plumbing pipes, baseboards and mouldings, and sometimes, the electrical wires. Again, efforts were redoubled to ensure these locations were secure. The last, and most demanding closure was the crack that had spread open at some earlier time, when the baseboards along the neighbouring walls, especially near the heating water plumbing wall pass-through in the front corners, had warped out from the wall less than 1/16th of an inch. These, and the bottom ends of some of the door jambs, required carefully capping with a putty-like solution that dried like stone.

In the interim of all of the above efforts, bedbugs had either followed me into specific parts of the living room ... only where I sat to watch television, either by following my scent or on my clothes. Once discovered, again in individual or very small numbers, this led also to a discard of pillows, towels, and affected clothing. From then on, ALL laundry was washed in WARM water with a HOT rinse, and dried in a Medium to Hot dryer. These tactics were always very effective resulting in immediate and lasting corrections ... yet also, for me, expensive. Inevitably, with a few other precautions, including always removing ALL footwear at the door (since I arrived) ... my environment became both insect free and, insect protected ... NOT by the use of hazardous-to-human-health toxic chemicals, but by removal and closure. It also became necessary to inspect or shake one's clothing after re-entering the apartment after going up and down the 4 flights of stairs to the lower level laundry. I only found an insect once. That was enough. If more people had been living with me, or visiting me, more attention would have been warranted to respond to the environments they had been exposed to.

With many tick species, one must be out in the woods and mountains to be exposed to them.
With bedbugs, one only has to be in a location where one or more humans REST, and, where you or others have returned to after travelling ... either to the infected home of a friend or acquaintance, or, into a hotel or other fast rental bedroom during a pleasure or business vacation or meeting/convention. This insect problem has threatened to become endemic as travel has multiplied, made even more desperate by persistent immigration, and, increasing migration of homeless refugees. While you may not experience significant symptoms unless your immune system is already weakened, the conflict stresses and deficient nutrition foods is pushing everyone towards immune weakness. From here forwards, I will continue to use preventive measures to limit insect exposure, and, ensure that any future accommodation is as tightly secured as possible.



Personal: Easy to Rationalize suggestive causes. Personal-INDEX

Yes, we are conditioned by our North American educational systems from kindergarten to post-doctorate university to confidently and proudly assume that ignorant, simplistic, easy, projective associations are both relevant and realistic. Yet, of the very few truly scientific studies done to test the power and accuracy of rationalization we find that such conclusions are only correct LESS than one half of the applications. The reality is that we have a biological tendency to FORGET our errors, unless they border on the traumatic, and, to proudly AMPLIFY our successes. The result is that we BELIEVE that our rationalizations are shortcuts that are usually correct, and that we make very few mistakes ... especially if we are prone to intellectualization. As a species which is in its last moments of existence, compared to the great length of time which preceded it, we make efforts to create POLITICAL histories.

Before our Self-Recording guilt-stained justifications, we simply LIVED and enjoyed, and coped with our experiences.
Living in relatively small groups, foraging across wide expanses, and being continually exposed to new and common wonders ... there was little of permanence and stability to record and few if any others to share it with. The benefit and simplicity of self-sufficiency discouraged the waste of surplus, and, reduced the laziness and sloth so often associated with arts and luxuries. It required larger and more dense populations to make necessary leadership to reduce conflict, a military to either protect against scavengers, or, to steal from others who were better harvesters, and, a commerce to enable individuals to husband themselves to trades rather than skills. THEN, it became beneficial to write down learning to contain an ever growing and made-more-complex set of divided activities and responsibilities, and, to educate and imprint youth in the proud, violent conquests which had brought wealth of goods, enslavement of captives, and defense against the vengeful. No one needs the Truth when one is only interested in the patriotism of self-love and the hatred of racism. Rationalism is perhaps not the god-like justification for our use of Power that we worship it as.

Discernment is concerned with placing limits and boundaries on words, concepts, meanings, and descriptions.
Can we understand the difference between "utensils" and the words plates, pots, bowls, cups, forks, knives, pans ... or are we aware of them individually enough to call them only by one name, "utensils", and will those who we are talking to understand that what we are referring to is a cup and not a pot? Without awareness, discernment, consideration, and analysis, or, Spiritual Guidance ... all expectations and conclusions are simply guesses ... and guesses are wrong more often than correct. A wrong decision and action here can further depress one's immune system, weaken one or more organ systems, and/or unbalance one or more hormonal balances or a system operational threshold. Any of those can result in a slide to a terminal health result.

Making as few errors with actions can lead to health stabilization and possible recovery.
In my experience, that only happens when one maintains humility, openness, reverence, and a readiness to receive answers and act on them even though an understanding of them may not become apparent for hours, days, even weeks.



Personal: Finding what doesn't work. Personal-INDEX

In almost any illness experience, improvements rarely happen if one does not have an attitude of Positive Expectation, a Clarity about the symptoms one has and their possible significance, and, an appreciation for research and diagnostic approaches. In my experience, the medical and healthcare systems available to me in different parts of Canada for the past 70+ years have demonstrated a consistent deficiency in these areas. An attitude of Positive Expectation is NOT an attitude of routine, technical, one-size-fits-all solutions. Neither is it the reaction to a symptom such as a headache, all headaches, as if they are anxiety and worry dominated ... to be simply treated and excuses with pain killers. Nor is it setting limits for oneself for discovering what drug, treatment, or test is suitable for a patient after being exposed to them for 10 minutes or less. Any of these which doesn't work can result in a worsening of the health situation, or, a fatality.

Knowing what has been an overall health risk to the patient is not just a pleasant finding; it may save a life.
Being hypersensitive to an antibiotic, rubber gloves, perfumes, molds, or commonly prescribed drugs can produce a dangerous reaction from which recover to just being sick can be a challenge. It only takes a minute to ask for this feedback, though, in my experience, it seldom is. Self-prescribing and taking a "headache" medicine for a "headache" can result in the denial and concealment of a more serious condition until the patient is comatose, or, dead. Taking a powerful drug which is notorious for significant interactions with either a supplement or two, or, another prescription, or, a chronic health problem ... can prove devastating. Doctors who dismiss patient comments and concerns about antibiotic or other drugs which are relevant to past or recent recoveries, invite both drug interactions and drug fatalities. This is especially true if the patient contacts the doctor to declare a significant reaction to a new prescription, and, the doctor ignores the notice and refuses to even make a personal call to respond. This DID happen to me once, and subsequent doctors attempted to repeat a similar dynamic several times.

Finding what does not work rarely becomes a problem when one is fortunate enough to have learned skill in the use of prayer, meditation, muscle testing, or accessing Spiritual Guidance. Taking account of and expressing an awareness of how these skills and methods can be sabotaged by immature Identity Factors (Ego, self values; SuperEgo, social values), in addition to Reptilian Structure energy addictions resulting from the building of an presence of Trauma induced Energy Blocks, and, noting the interpretation and communication idiosyncrasies of one's Basic Personality (attitudes and strength capacities one is born with) ... one can ensure 100% accuracy in answers. Then, the most important request is the QUESTION and not the Answer. For asking the wrong or inappropriate question WILL give you an irrelevant or incorrect, or, inadequate or incomplete answer ... and then you are nowhere with confidence. Yet, sometimes, I have had Spiritual Guidance direct me to use certain foods or supplements to bring clarity to me as to what represented a significant part of an Influence, Cause, Enhancer, or, Solution.

Not everything has an immediate influence.
Aspergillosis difficulties may only become obvious as much as 12 to 18 hours AFTER one has taken in (enough of) foods that encourage its spread. So, it may have a delayed response, and, it may only react when a certain personal threshold of "How Much" has been taken within a certain time. Viruses often react on an immediate, within minutes, timeframe when something has activated them. That reaction may be started by one or several things, and, the one or several things may not be the same every time. Bacteria tend to develop sepsis infections over time, though some can trigger immune system mobilization much faster than others. Parasites can set up home in one or more of one's organs and maintain a health balance for decades. When THEY become stressed, perhaps by toxins or unbalanced hormonal, sugar, or, energy levels ... they can begin to multiply and spread, or, they may change genetic structure and then multiply and spread. It becomes much more difficult to become aware of delayed and threshold level triggered health challenges, but, if you know of their possibility, you can detect them early and minimize their impact.

Bartonella arrived, for me, when my immune system was severely depressed.
It had been occupied with a significant personal Detox Protocol of multiple heavy metals, other metal toxicities, chemical toxicities, and a damaged intestinal structure. Occupied and distracted with these, contracting 2 severe viral infections, one after the other, required an immediate termination of ALL (energy demanding and immune occupying) detoxing until these were fully recovered from. Acquiring Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) at the same time as the viruses also necessitated my focus on and recovery from it before considering any more detoxing ... if survival was to be an option. Then, Bartonella dropped in just as I was in the midst of Hansen's and coping with and recovering from the viruses. A constant tightrope action of balancing strengthening my body without strengthening the viruses, damaged bacteria, intracellular bacteria, or, releasing more metal and chemical toxicities sometimes meant doing just enough of several contradictory approaches.

What doesn't work is attempting to do too much at once of anyone thing or of multiple approaches.
Doing more can equal weakening more, and creating more damage and toxins. The relevancy is knowing WHEN to do what to which DEGREE, for HOW LONG. Muck it up and you may be headed backwards. Backwards and you could stumble. A stumble may be your last effort.



Personal: Noticing what can be Beneficial. Personal-INDEX

Having Bartonella symptoms and active "infection" when one is already health compromised by an undiagnosed intestinal mass, leprosy, and multiple mineral toxicities can make an awareness of positive changes gained from temporary or longer-term actions and choices difficult. Also, unless one is willing to reverse an improvement, which may only be possible either by intentional reinfection, or, removal of a factor which is only providing remedial relief and not recovery ... the ability to confirm a positive influence of a factor is impossible. That does leave the less definitive correlations which are often made through rationalization, projection, and spurious association, and, the always accurate (in my experience) feedback of Spiritual Guidance ... which some may refer to as Active Prayer. In this case, I had previously compiled a considerable amount of research on viral outbreaks and on bacterial infections as well as many other forms of parasitic exposures and recovery strategies ... leaving me more aware than most people of what might indicate both a positive change and a relevant change moving towards a recovery from Bartonella.

The first major behavior modification was to completely discontinue any further Intense Detoxing.
This form of detoxing does place both an energy and an immune function demand on one's physical capabilities and this would significantly hamper any attempts to improve the health reality of either the Bartonella or the Hansen's Disease conditions. The Bartonella symptoms sparked into an awareness with such a span of relevant indicators while in close association with my exposure to bedbug (tick) bites and the eradication of such pests ... that the discovery was quickly made and defined. While the temporary exclusion of further detoxing could have been rationalized, it was much clearer and confident to be received by Spiritual Guidance as I continued to confirm daily what supplements and activities I was best to utilize.

At first, some symptoms were shared by both the Bartonella and the Leprosy ... a general sense of unwellness, with a shortness of breath, a strange cough, fatigue, skin abnormalities ... yet many were significantly different and clearly present. These included, for my experience of Bartonella

• Fever,
• Headache,
• Striae red lines across the skin,
• Joint and/or muscle pain,
• High temperature, sweats,
• Severe mood swings,
• Sore throat,
• Hallucinations,
• Chest pain,

None of these connected with the longer-term abdominal complication symptoms I had been addressing on a daily basis now for almost 3 years ... so, as a package of symptoms they stood out, and, when they were active they were consistent in appearing all together. As had been found with each of the other health conflicts, a dramatic change and restriction in diet proved to be a consistent benefit. An attitude of patience, without resignation, and extreme pacing could change symptom presence within seconds. Focusing on foods which tended to conflict with those beneficial to reducing the symptoms of the other ailments was a more difficult tactic to engage. A total exclusion of nutritionally enhancing supplements helped. A general increase in meat and fish protein and coffee also provided distinct indications of benefit.

Supplements which directly, immediately, and consistently reduced or suppressed Bartonella symptoms included Sarsaparilla, Turmeric, some Milk Thistle (in pulsed doses), and a large quantity of chelated Zinc. For much of the same time, I was taking large doses of Sarsaparilla, applying large amounts of Neem Oil and Cream, and diffusing Frankincense oil daily ... which I had separately confirmed worked consistently and miraculously in diminishing the presence of the Leprosy. A large quantity of Serrapeptase, daily, was also quite a benefit, though confirming which ailment was countered most by it was more difficult to rationally determine and I was Guided that it benefited both.

The addition of the Microbe Electrifier device, when I could obtain it, added to reducing the presence of the Bartonella microbe and symptom presence overall, though, its use, for me, demanded Very Careful application in terms of treatment frequency, duration, and frequency selection. Too much or too often immediately physically depressed me to take away many hours or a day or more of potentially some degree of activity. This dynamic is always one to be open to: too much of a benefit can result in a setback, or at least a very necessary Pause in Recovery.



Personal: A unique encounter can open doors. Personal-INDEX

Remaining open-minded to possibilities when you are searching for answers to complex and rarely reported on issues can be the difference between remaining ignorant, misinformed, or, proudly confident yet wrong, and, finding something which is more relevant, accurate, and, applicable. Open-minded does not mean without boundaries or choice nor without what has been learned from experience. Unique encounters are those which happen when we are going in one direction and come upon something which appears from another direction without fanfare. If we fail to be sensitive and respectful, the option will pass us by without notice. Still, we must also not be oversensitive and seek to consider everything that we can notice.

Spiritual Guidance often draws my attention to something which opens new doors of awareness or application.
With decades of practice and many thousands of times of application, I do not find it unusual, as I once did, to be directed or attracted to look in a direction I have previously explored. In this case, I had researched, as best as I could, articles describing how to detox a toxicity of Strontium some 9 months previously on the Internet. At the earlier time, almost nothing was available. I was Guided to give the question another try. Many new articles and comments are added to the Internet every day. Many of these are indexed by one or more of the popular search engines. Some articles are removed from the Internet every day. Others are relocated to another address and lost to previous readers and researchers.

This time, on searching again for "How to detox Strontium", I received a much longer listing of possibilities.
One that I was Spiritually Guided to was an article on the Wendy Myer's health enhancement website. It did provide me with more extensive and more relevant information than I had encountered earlier, or, elsewhere now. While on her website, I was further Guided to read a few other articles and view one or two info videos, partly to extend my familiarity with the website. I ended up fairly quickly at a podcast which discussed the connection between a new-to-me ailment called "Bartonella", and, Chronic Fatigue. Reviewing the article and podcast brought me into a general awareness of the disease, perhaps for some future benefit.

Within the previous 48 hours, I had suddenly experienced the onset of significant Bartonella symptoms.
I had never heard of Bartonella before. Reading the article and seeing the podcast now and noticing the exact parallel between MY symptoms and those being described certainly focused my attention. From there, I looked for other online information and compiled most of this monograph in that way. Soon, I had an understanding of what my new package of symptoms likely represented. With some experimentation and further research to consider the possible source, I confirmed, as best as possible without very specialized laboratory testing, that I had Bartonella. From there, I could begin to make attitude and behavior changes and begin selecting and testing what factors would prove beneficial in controlling and either recovering from, or, putting into remission, Bartonella.



Personal: Defining the possibilities and reality. Personal-INDEX

It is always difficult for an individual living in a mass politically driven, bureaucratically administered, commercially restrained culture to obtain relevant facts about dangerous situations, the existence of which challenges the Authority of all of the sanctioned and powerful participants. Unless there is a sincere ethic of providing a service to the citizen, patient, or client which will provide a benefit of conflict and problem resolution, at all levels of responsibility ... all efforts become minimized to a level of technical procedure. Everything falls on status quo accepted belief and practice; no new findings, explorations, discoveries, options, realizations, or improvements become considered or added to what could be a growing wealth of wisdom.

Failures of policy become hushed and forgotten, with the acknowledgement of their reality being avoided and the victims being bullied by the suggestion that their grief is radical, their pain and symptoms are imaginary, their loss of income and employment is regretable. For the representative of authority who is avoiding their responsibility, the feature that they have been given as part of their sanctioned employment and the mission of their service becomes unconsciously assigned to the victim. They are the one's responsible for their symptoms (imagination), responsible for their unwillingness to work (lazy), responsible for asking the agent to do their job (trouble-maker), and, everyone would be back to normal and happy if they (the victim) would just go away, disappear, despair of attempting to cope and recover, get better.

Procrastination can enable a small problem to grow and multiply.
If one waits long enough, the incident or issue of concern will decrease in relevancy and be superceded by more recent and now more urgent problems. Sometimes, those now more urgent problems would never have arisen if the original concern had been addressed. The driver notices that their car tire appears to be softening and decreasing in pressure. Yet, the driver is either resistant to making the effort (lazy) to check the tire pressure or note a repetitive loss of pressure, or, the driver feels a sense of urgency to arrive at another location or finalize a delivery (possible distraction or intent), or, the driver feels incapable or unable to do the check, make notes as may be relevant, or obtain the tools necessary ... and so nothing is done. The tire continues to deflate and the risk of an accident caused by a skid or a blowout continues to increase. Perhaps the tire becomes completely deflated at the next parking spot. Then, urgency demands time, effort, and correction ... when other responsibilities are in higher demand and when the tools required may not be as available. Bad can become worse.

Procrastination is a valid solution in numerous situations.
If a task remains undone by yourself and it is necessary for the benefit of one's company or other staff, some other staff member may take the lead and perform it. Of course, if the effort fails, you are protected from ridicule and penalty and judgement is often transferred directly to the employee who picked up your slack. Then also, if you volunteered to make supper, yet you intentionally distract yourself with other pursuits which delay you, you may arrive after one or more of those for whom you volunteered to prepare supper have arrived, and, in impatience and desire have made the supper for themselves and you. Lies, excuses, and inserted non-urgent actions are often used to manipulate the victims into believing that your lateness was actually an effort on your part to make something better for them. And then also, if you offered responsibility for a task and then doubted that you could effectively complete it, one avenue of safety could be that you find some reason/excuse for being unable to begin, or complete it. You lost or didn't have a tool, the tool broke or was inadequate, you lent the tool to somone else and forgot that they had not returned it, the tool was not available for some other reason, or, someone else begged for the benefit of your valued attention and no time was left for you to do your assigned or volunteered task.

The above and other examples of excuses, distractions, avoidances, laziness, and general incompetence are all frequent occurrence in modern mass society. If you have lived long enough and had a wide enough breadth of experiences, you know of these. Part of REALITY is acknowledging and accepting that less than optimum outcomes happen. It would seem that increasingly, employees of all levels of responsibility rise to levels of power where they have an inadequacy of self-esteem, training, knowledge, experience, or awareness ... to responsibly perform, or delegate, actions which will potentially critically impact the life of one or more others, and eventually, oneself. One does not have to like, encourage, or react against such instances of incompetency with frustration, anxiety, fear, paranoia, anger, vengeance, or aggressiveness. Such tactics often sabotage us in the longer-term and we end up receiving inadequate service followed by abandonment and ostracism. An alternative is to simply take responsibility and control of your own coping and recovery and move forward, quietly and firmly.

I have not avoided the healthcare industry in either of the Canadian provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, or Alberta.
Over my 70+ years of living I have experienced a number of vastly different, sometimes dramatic, often confusing, demanding of time-effort-resources, occasionally life-threatening, and, always lifestyle disrupting health distortions. I have equally sought knowledge and assistance from general practiticioners, surgeons, chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths, energy workers, psychiatrists and psychologists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, nutritionists ... and many others. When their assistance was minimal, inadequate, or clearly irrelevant ... I have made the effort to do the research and take the course to learn more relevant knowledge and more relevant skills. I learned how to help myself in life-saving ways when others could not, or, would not. I then went on to assist others who could benefit from my discoveries and recoveries. The same is happening here.



Personal: Sharing what has worked for me, so far. Personal-INDEX

First, for my own empowerment and benefit, I researched numerous factors which, by testing, I was able to define as significant destructive contributors to my health, lifestyle, relationships, and employment. For the benefit of the confidence of my self-esteem, I wrote and coded monographs, like this one, to bring both known and new options for coping and improvement to my attention. From earlier education, work experience, and founding an Energy Balancing therapy with the continuing assistance and Guidance of the Divine ... I helped myself recover from experiences I hoped that others would never encounter.

Secondly, sadly, others will encounter similar health challenges as we as a species have altered a simpler, healthier environment into one which offers a complexity of health challenging and degrading realities. You or another reader of these monographs may find awareness, understanding, and recovery options which YOU can consider and activate, and/or, encourage others to consider.

Thirdly, with the information infrastructure that is continuing to be digitized, minimized, monetized, distorted, and, confused ... the publication of any of this information for the benefit of a wider society by either mass media or mass internet avenues continues to face an ever-widening dispersal of uselessness. That happens when the original is visually scanned rather than studied. One-tenth of the information is absorbed. The totality of the information is usually misunderstood, misperceived, and misused. The results typically fall short of expected outcomes, childish acted out negativity is digitally spread, dramatic promotion of conflicting perceptions is amplified, and, any potential for benefit is largely relegated to the trash. Widely held mass media myths contaminate our political histories and condition us to be proudly ignorant. Almost no one seriously reads a factual, non-fiction paper volume these days = much publication expense + minimal benefit.

Fourthly, in the USA of 2018, and those countries and cultures who attempt to mirror themselves after the material richness of the USA, there is a dichotomy of bullying/pride. Segments of the population have encouraged the younger members in more recent years to resist the power tactics of bullying which utilizes threat, fear, force, and authority to impose on others who resist conflict. Our mass media (television, podcasts, social media, movies) provide amplified and immediate coverage to those who lie, threaten, gossip, and, misrepresent. Those who work with truth, fairness, justice, and the law accept that they must resist early and partial exposure of their concerns before they have all the relevant details they can amass. Judgement is to flow from awareness and responsibility and be revealed only AFTER the Reality is exposed. Yet, the drama greedy public and mass media advertisers daily reward those who aggressively distort facts and possibilities in an effort to sabotage the public perception of the truth BEFORE the Reality is revealed. In a world of fantasy, there is no room for Truth.

Lastly, an accepted ethic of Entitlement has always threatened to sabotage the Equality and Honesty aspects of Commerce.
This arises in response to the oft-promoted Promise to business participants that EVERYONE should Win through participation. Yet, this is a Promise, not a Guarantee. Nevertheless, in Authority biased mass societies, the distortion of all choices and options into a minimized Black-White construct is often automatic for those who experience loss, rejection, despair, avoidance, abandonment, penalty, abuse, prejudice, and subjugation for their participation. Eventually, those who had privilege and success but have lost it, or, those who are impatient to receive success, or, those who are afraid of the Risks involved, or, those who see others twisting the "Rules" of honesty and equality ... conclude that Winning, for them, can be helped by taking a few "liberties." The dynamic is almost always identical. The defeated and despairing, or, lustful and lazy ... decide to lie, cheat, threaten, steal, distort, or, gamble just one small time. Once a benefit is gained from this ethical surrender, a repeat performance becomes easier to act on and justify. You are just setting the Promise straight. You are taking back your Right to Win as much as the other winners. Now, the culture, politics, and religions become permeated by this Reality of ethical opposites who each state their Mission with the same mantra: Win at Cost!

For me, health maintenance, empowerment, and recovery has NEVER been a Mission of Winning, Riches, Imposing, Acceptance, Ritual, or Taking. It has always been, simply, doing one's best with what one has, and, whenever possible, receiving counsel from all founding spiritual texts, and, asking for and receiving, and Choosing Spiritual Guidance from the Divine. Everything else is secondary. Everything else, placed first, is a denial of the Divine. A denial of the Divine is the pride of the satanic immaturity of self-as-god. Look around you. How successful has humanity been at that?



LINKS: Resources you may find on the Internet. Personal-INDEX

I will include a very few LINKs below of Internet Resources which I have found helpful in my researching.
Each founder has their own personally limiting focus, as most humans do.
They can provide a Starting Point to exploring what is available.
Discovery of what is RELEVANT for YOU is yours.

• LINK: https://bodyecology.com/articles
  Body Ecology, articles
  
  

• LINK: http://www.immunesupport.com/library/
  Immune Support, Rich Carson, articles
  
  

• LINK: https://www.mercola.com/
  Mercola, Dr. Joseph, articles
  
  

• LINK: https://myersdetox.com/category/articles/
  Wendy Myer's Detox, articles

Article: Bartonella and Chronic Fatigue. (2018) INDEX
https://www.envita.com/lyme-disease/
bartonella-a-chronic-lyme-disease-coinfection-is-more-causing-chronic-fatigue-problems
Bartonella, A Chronic Lyme Disease Coinfection, is More Causing Chronic Fatigue Problems.

Toll Free: 1-866-830-4576
Phone: 602-569-4144
Envita Medical Center
8759 E. Bell Road, Building G
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

Quick Envita INDEX INDEX

• Factor: Neurological.
• Factor: Dispersion.
• Factor: Boundaries.
• Factor: Viral Push.
• Factor: Distractions.
• Factor: False Negatives.
• Factor: Partial Benefits.
• Factor: Th1 Responses.
• Factor: Persistence.
• Factor: Angiogenesis.

...

Neurological Symptoms with Lyme disease Coinfections and Susceptibility to Seizures.
It is not uncommon for patients with the Lyme disease coinfection Bartonella to contract encephalopathy, a brain disorder or disease. Up to 50 percent of patients who develop encephalopathy can be affected by seizures ranging from focal to generalized, and from brief and self-limited to status epilepticus, a dangerous condition in which epileptic seizures follow one another without recovery of consciousness between them. Headaches, cognitive dysfunction, and CNS lesions can all be related to Bartonella.

The Life Cycle and Spread of Bartonella. Envita Index
Bartonella dwell within various host animals without causing significant disease.
Each host animal has one or more species of Bartonella that is particularly fond of it.
Cats often carry B. henselae and B. clarridgeiae strains, while wild rats harbor B. doshiae, B. grahamii, B. taylorii, and B. tribocorum.

The Immune System is Critical for Long-Term Bartonella Treatment. Envita Index
In one case, a child was found to be infected by HHV-6 and just two months later began an acute lymphoblastic leukemia infection. This is just another example of the suggestion that viral infections could play a major causative role in some childhood leukemia.

HHV-6 Attacks P53, Giving Rise to Cancers. Envita Index
The effects of these bacteria depend on the status of the patient's immune system.
An infected person with a healthy immune system may have minor symptoms that disappear in a short time, while the immunocompromised may have high numbers of bacteria that persist in the blood and tissues and cause ongoing symptoms. This is often the case with people who have Lyme disease and other Lyme coinfections. Chronic Lyme disease patients or patients with other forms of co-infections will virtually all express an immunocompromised condition.

Establishing a strong immune system is critical to treating Lyme disease complex. Envita Index
(This is almost impossible if one has one or more heavy metal and other toxicities.)
At Envita, we don't just test for infections, rather, we prefer to identify each patient's immune status.
Then, we proceed with the most effective treatments from around the world to optimize and enhance their immune systems' health and functionality – best serving their Lyme disease treatment.

Diagnosis Errors - False Negatives in Immuno-Compromised Patients. Envita Index
Bartonella organisms can occasionally be visualized by immunohistochemical staining.
By and large, this method of diagnosis is typically reserved for those with angiomatosis.
The genetic code of various Bartonella species may also be amplified by PCR in blood, spinal fluid, and tissue.

Considering the cross-reactivity of antibody tests, PCR may very well be the most reliable method to identify such infection.
And, while it is possible to do a culture of the organisms, they are generally slow-growing in the lab, limiting its usefulness as a method of diagnosis. It should be noted that false negative serological results may occur among the immunocompromised. Sufferers of Lyme disease Complex of coinfections should be considered among the immunodeficient.

Treatment Difficulties and Complications Envita Index
The difficulty in finding a suitable treatment protocol for Lyme disease co-infection Bartonella, comes from the fact that antibiotics slow down its reproduction process, but are unlikely to kill the infection. Moreover, Bartonella is often sequestered inside the erythrocytes or red blood cells. This, combined with an already weakened immune system, further complicates treatment. On top of this, patients often simultaneously face borreliosis, candida, HHV-6 and/or have other toxins, such as heavy metals which complicate how we can approach this Lyme disease treatment. (Note that detoxing weakens an immune system and siphons energy away for a temporary period; a reality that to become stronger, one may sometimes elect to become weaker first.)

Bartonella Characteristics Allowing for Immune Evasion. Envita Index
Clinical and in vitro studies related to the Lyme disease coinfection Bartonella implicated a Th1 immune response.
The old Bartonella skin test required an intradermal injection of suppurative material derived from the lymph nodes of cat scratch disease patients. Results were considered positive if a large erythematous area developed on the skin within two days.

This delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction is mediated through the Th1 immune response.
A Th1 response was also supported through in vitro studies among mice with splenocytes who showed an increase in the production of Th1 cytokines in response to B. henselea. Elevated IL-8 demonstrates the role of innate immunity in response to the same B. henselea. (Yet, one might be infected with one or more other bartonella species and receive NO immune response to the provocation.)

The role of cytokines in acute and chronic Bartonella infection was considered in various other studies.
Immune competent subjects with CSD suffering acute infections revealed upregulation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines. On the other hand, low CD4 counts have been associated with elevated IL-10 levels during times of acute Bartonella infection.

When it comes to studies involving the immunocompromised (this includes all Lyme disease patients) it typically revolves around the establishment of bacterial stimulated angiogenesis. Unfortunately, understanding the details regarding Bartonella species has been greatly hampered by not having a good animal model.

As it is clear that response as it pertains to a competent immune system involves Th1 and innate immunity (macrophages) we may conclude that HIV-positive patients (as well as others who are immunodeficient in these areas) would find it extremely challenging to limit this infection. That being said, we cannot say definitively that this is the method by which HIV aids the spread of Bartonella.

What we do know is that intraerythrocytic persistence is characteristic of infections within immune-competent hosts.
Endothelial and periendothelial persistence leading to vasoproliferation is a characteristic exhibited among the immunocompromised.

The makeup Bartonella Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) includes Lipid A as well as long-chain fatty acids that allow the bacteria to evade the immune system. Data has shown the surface molecules of Lyme disease co-infection Bartonella, will go unrecognized by TLR-4 on dendritic cells and macrophages – a recipe for persistent infection.

B. henselae avoids lysosomal fusion and acidification even after the bacteria invades endothelial cells and macrophages.
That being said, exactly how local bacterial control is lost in immunocompromised subjects is unclear.

Bacterial Persistence: Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Response Envita Index
Clinical and in vitro studies related to the Lyme disease coinfection Bartonella implicated a Th1 immune response.
The old Bartonella skin test required an intradermal injection of suppurative material derived from the lymph nodes of cat scratch disease patients. Results were considered positive if a large erythematous area developed on the skin within two days.

This delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction is mediated through the Th1 immune response.
A Th1 response was also supported through in vitro studies among mice with splenocytes who showed an increase in the production of Th1 cytokines in response to B. henselea. Elevated IL-8 demonstrates the role of innate immunity in response to the same B. henselea.
(See Immune Evasion, above)

Angiogenesis in Bartonella Complications Envita Index
Bacillary angiomatosis is the most common disease resultant of B. buintana and B. henselae infections in those with cell-mediated immunodeficiency resultant of HIV or posttransplant patients who have been prescribed a regimen of immunosuppressive therapy. Manifestations include its characteristic vasoproliferative lesion, bacillary angiomatosis, and others due to both direct and indirect effect on endothelial cells.

Additional issues with these strains are often sustained as these particular Lyme disease co-infections persist in localized bacterial replication within the host's collagen tissue, resulting in an antiapoptotic state in the endolthelial cells via effector protein excretion – resulting in proliferation. ...

Protocol: Buhner's Herbal Treatment for Bartonella. INDEX
http://buhnerhealinglyme.com/
LINK 2: http://buhnerhealinglyme.com/category/co-infections/bartonella/

This is the basic protocol – please refer to Stephen’s book

Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections:
Complementary and Holistic Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma

Sida acuta tincture (from Woodland Essence or julie@gaianstudies.org)
LINK: http://www.woodlandessence.com/
¼ tsp 3x day for 30 days

Hawthorn tincture, same

Japanese knotweed, (tincture, same dose
(from same sources as Sida acuta, above), or
capsules from Green Dragon Botanicals
LINK: http://greendragonbotanicals.com/
2 capsules 3x daily)

EGCG 400mg +- daily

Houttuynia Yu Xing Cao
(1st Chinese Herbs, powder – use “LYME” code at checkout for 10% off)
LINK: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1294793
1 tbl daily

L-arginine 5000 mg daily in divided doses

Milk Thistle seed, standardized, 1200 mg daily

PLEASE NOTE: If you have active herpes, chicken pox, or shingles DO NOT USE L-arginine.

Article: A Lyme Disease Diet. INDEX
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/diet.html
From: Corson, Dr. Ann, MD.
"Saving Our Children:
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Tick-Borne Diseases."
Public Health Alert. N.p., 1 Oct. 2009. --- Web. 18 June 2016.

Consume a diet that is deficient of gluten, dairy, and sugar, or, what many Lyme-literate physicians recommend, a paleolithic diet.

Diet INDEX INDEX

• Diet: Gluten, Dairy.
• Diet: Fruit.
• Diet: Grains.
• Diet: Herbs.
• Diet: Meat.
• Diet: Nuts, Seeds.
• Diet: Acidic and Alkalizing foods?
• Diet: Oils.
• Diet: Sugars.
• Diet: Vegetables.
• Diet: Exceptions.

Gluten is the protein found in wheat and (causes some) inflammation in the body. ...

Dairy contains a protein known as casein which (also contributes to) inflammation in the body.
Dairy is questionable though in regards to being consumed raw (unpasteurized) as opposed to pasteurized.
There is evidence that suggests that raw dairy, because it comes from cows that are grass-fed, contain the right balance of omega-6 (inflammatory) and omega-3 (non-inflammatory) fatty acids. Cows or any livestock that are fed grains as opposed to grass have a distorted and compromised metabolism simply because of their diet; ....

Sugar (refined) is believed to feed the spirochetes and also suppress the immune system.
... sugar that is contained in the whole ... foods (and low refined / low processed). ... people have a reaction or response to high sugar fruits ....

... There exists no perfect diet for healing from Lyme Disease because everyone's body is different when it comes to nutritional demands. So when it comes to eating, remember this: Eat wholesome and organic foods but be sure to understand how certain foods make you feel after consuming them ....



Vegetables. Diet-INDEX
Consume organic vegetables as opposed to conventional as much as possible to avoid unnecessary exposure to pesticides.
Avoid genetically modified or GMO vegetables.
... consume vegetables raw or cook no higher than 104 degrees Fahrenheit to keep alive the living enzymes within that are directly responsible for (digestion and assimilation) ....



Fruit. Diet-INDEX
Consume organic fruit opposed to conventional as much as possible to limit exposure to pesticides.
Avoid genetically modified or GMO fruit.
Sugar directly feeds the bacteria and fungus in the body. ...



Meat. Diet-INDEX
Consume only free-range, grass fed, antibiotic and hormone free beef, poultry, bison, pork, and lamb.
Consume only cage free, antibiotic and hormone free, and organic eggs.
Consume wild caught and mercury free seafood.
Absolutely no processed "meats' such as pepperoni, bologna, hot dogs, etc
Absolutely no grain fed meat.
Buy meat from a local farmer or a natural food store such as Whole Foods (when possible)
Organ meats such as liver are incredibly nutrient dense ....



Nuts, Seeds, Legumes. Diet-INDEX
Consume organic nuts, seeds, and legumes to reduce pesticide exposure.
Consume raw nuts and seeds.
Soaking nuts & seeds mimics rain by neutralizing enzyme inhibitors allowing easier digestion.
Consume dry and fresh legumes as opposed to canned.



Grains. Diet-INDEX
Consume only organic grains.
Avoid gluten entirely by searching for "gluten free" labels on packages.



Oils, Herbs, Spices And Condiments. Diet-INDEX
Consume all organic oils, herbs and condiments when possible.
Consume only unrefined extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, and sesame oil.
Consume only unrefined, sugar deficient, anti-caking agent deficient, non-heated and non-processed real sea salt.
Consume spices and herbs depending on tolerance.
Avoid spices & herbs with MSG, anti-caking agents, and other unnatural chemicals.

Real, authentic, and 100% extra virgin olive oil will become cloudy and solidify when refrigerated.
Many extra virgin olive oils are impostors as they're diluted with cheap oils.



Exceptions. Diet-INDEX
Raw honey is incredibly nutritious and full of living enzymes but should only be consumed seldom.
Raw dairy is questionable and can be found at a local health food store or dairy farm.
Juicing whole foods is also incredibly nutritious but be wary of sugar content.
Yogurt contains living bacteria which are essential for a properly functioning digestive/immune system.

Detoxing: Clearing out spirochet toxins. INDEX
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html
June 24, 2012

Certain detoxification methods are used for near immediate relief from a Herxheimer reaction such as an Epsom Salt Bath or Burbur Detox. Other detoxification methods such as Milk Thistle or Cruciferous Vegetables work in the long term by continuously cleansing the body of endotoxins in small amounts, which in turn decreases the likelihood of encountering a herx in the first place.



Detox INDEX INDEX

• Detox: Activated Charcoal.
• Detox: Alka-Seltzer Gold + Glutathione + Lemon.
• Detox: apo-hepat (homepathic).
• Detox: Alpha Lipoic Acid.
• Detox: Apple Cider Vinegar.
• Detox: Bentonite Clay (Powdered).
• Detox: Burbur Detox (Nutramedix tincture).
• Detox: Chlorella (single-celled green algae).
• Detox: Cholestryramine (prescription drug).
• Detox: Coffee Enema.
• Detox: Colon Hydrotherapy.
• Detox: Concentrace (mineral supplement).
• Detox: Cruciferous Vegetables.
• Detox: Dandelion (herb).
• Detox: diatomaceous earth (100% food Grade).
• Detox: Dry Skin Brushing.
• Detox: Epsom Salt Bath.
• Detox: Exercise (light).
• Detox: Itires (homeopathic).
• Detox: Lemon Water.
• Detox: L-Ornithine (amino acid).
• Detox: Lymphatic Drainage Massage.
• Detox: Methyl-guard, Thorne.
• Detox: Milk Thistle (herb).
• Detox: Modified Citrus Pectin.
• Detox: Molybdenum (mineral).
• Detox: Parsley (herb).
• Detox: Pinella (herbs tincture).
• Detox: Red Root (herb).
• Detox: Renelix (homeopathic).
• Detox: Sarsaparilla (herb).
• Detox: Sauna (sweating).
• Detox: Shower (Cold).
• Detox: Sparga (asparagus extract).
• Detox: Turmeric (curcumin).
• Detox: Zeolites (minerals).

2 Alka-Seltzer Gold tablets in 8oz of water with lemon or lime juice for alkalization and vitamin C.
Follow the Alka-Seltzer Gold with 6-8 capsules (250 mg/capsule) of glutathione or 1500-2000 mg of oral liposomal glutathione.

It's one component of Pekana's "Big 3" for detoxification alongside Renelix (i.e., kidney drainage) and Itires (i.e., lymphatic drainage).



Alpha Lipoic Acid Detox-INDEX
Alpha Lipoic Acid is an antioxidant made by the body, but is also obtained through certain foods such as broccoli, spinach, and potatoes.
For those with chronic Lyme, Alpha Lipoic Acid helps the body recycle glutathionee (i.e., the body's master detoxing agent) and vitamin C.

Caution: Do not take alpha lipoic acid if you have mercury amalgams or toxicity [source].
Alpha lipoic acid is a phenomenal chelator, but taking high dosages with mercury toxicity can result in serious redistribution symptoms.
You should also avoid alpha lipoic acid if you have a sulfur sensitivity.



Apple Cider Vinegar Detox-INDEX
When the body becomes ill or is over burdened with toxins, the PH level becomes very acidic and the body becomes an environment where illness can thrive. Apple cider vinegar is best known for its ability to alkalize the body which is a level of PH that allows the body to function much more properly.
It can be used on salads or two teaspoons in a cup, add water and then drink.

Warning: Apple Cider Vinegar is also an excellent anti-fungal.
If you're currently dealing with candida, Apple Cider Vinegar will likely induce a herx instead of reduce.



Bentonite Clay (Powdered) Detox-INDEX
Bentonite Clay is an edible clay that collects toxins as it passes through the digestive tract and remove them from the body.
The longer it is used, the more toxins it will remove.

Warning: Bentonite Clay can cause intestinal discomfort so it is important to consume plenty of water while taking it.



Burbur Detox Detox-INDEX
Burbur Detox is a tincture produced by Nutramedix specifically designed to reduce a Herxheimer reaction.
It has the ability to cleanse the liver, kidneys, lymphatic system and blood.

A herx can be significantly reduced, if not eliminated by placing 10 drops of Burbur into 4 ounces of water.
Wait 1 minute before consuming. Repeat this every 15 minutes until herx has subsided. A person may find greater relief if they combine Burbur Detox with Pinella - repeat dosage for Pinella.

Because the drug is so powerful and binds to nearly everything, a person can not take anything 1 hour before or 4-6 hours after taking the drug due to the possibility of inducing a nutrient deficiency.
Fractionated Pectin Powder or Modified Citrus Pectin are popular natural alternatives.



Coffee Enema Detox-INDEX
Coffee enemas stimulate production of glutathione S-transferase (GST) in the liver.
GST is a powerful enzyme that binds to, metabolizes, and removes toxic substances from the body.
The constituents in the coffee are absorbed directly into the liver through the colon wall.

Add 3 tablespoons of organic ground coffee to boiling water.
Boil for 3 minutes, then reduce to a simmer for about 15 additional minutes covered.
Strain if needed and let cool before administering.
Lie on right side in the bathroom, and begin administering the coffee into the rectum via the enema.
Hold the coffee for 5-15 minutes, and then evacuate the colon.

Trace minerals are absolutely essential for the human body to perform optimally, especially the methylation cycle which is responsible for detoxification, inflammation, neurotransmitter regeneration, and the immune system to name a few.
Greater exposure to toxins coupled with nutrient depleted foods in the modern day warrant mineral supplementation to detoxify properly.



Cruciferous Vegetables Detox-INDEX
Cruciferous vegetables such as kale, collard greens and cabbage have the innate ability to increase the detox activity of cells in the liver.

Steam kale for 2 minutes, or collard greens for 4 minutes, to keep them as close to raw as possible.
Then add sea salt, black pepper, diced avocado, lemon, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil.

(A) recommendation is to start with 1 teaspoon in a glass of water daily while working up to 1-2 tablespoons daily.

Pour 2-4 cups of Epsom Salt into a bath that is hot but not too hot and soak for 20 - 30 minutes.

Squeeze 1 whole lemon into a measuring cup (around 1/4 cup of lemon juice
-- you may need 2 lemons depending on their size),
add water until the volume reaches 8 ounces, and sip this concoction slowly over a half hour's time.

A lymph massage is recommended 3 or 4 times during first part of Lyme treatment and 2 times after.
Warning: The masseuse must be certified in lymph massage specifically.
Avoid deep tissue or muscle massages, as they will expel toxins from the tissue and leave you feeling worse for a day or two.



Methyl-guard Detox-INDEX
Methyl-Guard is a product made by Thorne used to treat the MTHFR gene mutation, which may be the silver bullet for why many with chronic Lyme never feel better - toxins aren't leaving the body.
People with an MTHFR gene mutation have a difficult time converting folic acid (inactive form), which is obtained through diet, into Folate (active form), which (converts) downstream into less glutathione - the body's master detoxing agent.

Taking Methyl-Guard will begin to open up blocked detox channels and more fatigue and pain may result because more glutathione is being produced due to the Folate in Methyl-Guard.

Dosing for Methyl-Guard, recommended by Dr. Marty Ross, MD, is
1 pill a day for 7 days, then 2 pills a day for 7 days, followed by 3 pills a day for 7 days.
The key is to only increase if you're stable and not suffering at your current dosage.
Drink lots of water, preferably half your body weight in ounces per day.

Grind 1 teaspoon of Milk Thistle Seeds and place them in your oatmeal for breakfast.
It won't provide immediate relief from a Herxheimer reaction but using it every so often can decrease the frequency of a herx due to a clean liver.

Tip: Milk Thistle is great for the liver, but it only helps with phase l detoxification.
To completely support the liver, phase ll detoxification of the liver must be supported as well and liposomal glutathione should be considered for this.



Modified Citrus Pectin Detox-INDEX
Modified Citrus Pectin is a powdered derivative from the peel and pulp of citrus fruit. It is commonly used as a detoxifer of biotoxins produced by mold,
Lyme, etc, that were left behind in the body and continue to cause symptoms through their presence (i.e., inflammation).
Modified Citrus Pectin has also been shown to be a gentle detoxifier of heavy metals, specifically aluminum, from the circulatory system (i.e., blood). Because of its gentle nature in removing heavy metals, it's often used before more aggressive chelators like cilantro and DMSA in people who have strong detox reactions.



Molybdenum Detox-INDEX
Molybdenum is a trace mineral that is used specifically for the reduction of a candida Herxheimer reaction. Candida releases a toxin know as acetaldehyde, which can't be detoxed from the body without molybdenum converting it to acetic acid.

People have reported that a dosage between 500 mcg and 1000 mcg of molybdenum daily
for up to a couple of months is needed to notice a difference.
Molybdenum is also used for bringing down excess sulfites in the body that may result from a CBS gene mutation.

Pinella cleanses the nerves and brain of toxins which results in a reduction of brain fog and toxin induced seizures.
Can be paired with equal parts of Burbur Detox to further enhance a reduction of a Herxheimer reaction.



Red Root Detox-INDEX
Red Root is an excellent herb to help drain the lymphatic system after it has become sluggish.
The lymphatic system is the location where dead spirochetes and fallen immune cells are taken for removal from the body.
The lymphatic system relies on the physical contraction of muscles for stimulation and to move toxins along.
Red root isn't a replacement for physical activity, but if you're immobile or living a sedentary lifestyle, it can help.



Renelix Detox-INDEX
Renelix is a homeopathic remedy that helps support excretion of the kidneys and lymphatic drainage.
Itires is recommended though for a more complete lymphatic drainage.
It's one component of Pekana's "Big 3" for detoxification alongside Itires
(i.e., lymphatic drainage) and Apo-hepat (i.e., liver drainage).



Sarsaparilla Detox-INDEX
Sarsaparilla is an herb that has a proven ability to bind to endotoxins (responsible for herx) in the blood stream and forces them to be eliminated by the digestive tract.
Warning: Sarsaparilla also possesses antimicrobial properties.



Sauna Detox-INDEX
Utilizing the skin as a means of detoxification is genius,
as 20 minutes of sweating is equivalent to the work the kidneys accomplish in 24 hours.
Portable saunas are available on Amazon for around USA$100.

Don't use soap after a sauna, as even after you're done, your body is still removing toxins through the pores.
A cool shower without soap will suffice. Warning: Heating up the body too much can induce a herx by killing off spirochetes.
Those who are heat intolerant should be wary about using a sauna as a means of detoxification.



Shower (Cold) Detox-INDEX
Jumping into a cold shower forces the muscles to contract, which in turn moves toxins along to be processed.
It also opens the arteries allowing a fresh supply of blood to infiltrate the organs.

Once jumping into a cold shower, it takes about a minute for the body to adjust and become comfortable.
3 minutes in the shower will suffice

Cautions: 11 Things best avoided. INDEX
http://www.tiredoflyme.com/11-things-that-can-make-
a-person-with-lyme-disease-feel-worse-besides-treatment.html
11 things that can make a person with lyme disease feel worse besides treatment.
(More detail on some of these topics is available from the webpage, online)
July 12, 2014


Avoid INDEX INDEX
It's all about releasing too many toxins, or, amplifying toxin presence.

1. Avoid: Lack of sleep.
2. Avoid: Deep tissue massage.
3. Avoid: Shower.
4. Avoid: Detoxing.
5. Avoid: Food.
6. Avoid: Chemicals.
7. Avoid: Temperature.
8. Avoid: The Moon.
9. Avoid: Exercise.
10. Avoid: Sex(ual activity).
11. Avoid: High Stress.

1. Lack of sleep Avoid-INDEX
   If you've ever gone to bed late, usually any time after 11 or 12pm, or have gotten up too early, usually any time before 7 or 6 am, you may have noticed the following day you feel horrible. And it doesn't even matter if you get your 8 hours of sleep. If a person with Lyme doesn't sleep between a certain time period, usually from 10pm to 6 or 7am, they have locked in their debilitating physical and mental state for the next day.

   Sleep is absolutely crucial for the human body to recover from Lyme Disease.
   It's just as important as changing your diet, detoxing, and even administering a treatment protocol.
   All of these components work together and provide different supports for the body that ultimately allow it to heal.
   Not getting just enough, but the inappropriate time period of sleep (may) cause the body to release cytokines the following day.
   Cytokines are part of the body's inflammatory response, and are responsible for many of the symptoms a person with Lyme experiences on a daily basis.
   
   
   
   

2. Deep tissue massage Avoid-INDEX
   People with Lyme Disease need to avoid deep tissue massages at least until they're no longer herxing or feeling bad.
   Toxins that aren't removed from the body fast enough are usually stored in fat cells, which can be eliminated through sweating, or the muscles sweep them up. A deep tissue massage actually releases toxins (i.e., endotoxins and exotoxins) from the muscles that were released from the Lyme bacteria when they were killed, the bacteria themselves, and even older toxins your body accumulated before you got Lyme. Releasing bacteria from the muscles will actually increases your odds of having a Herxheimer reaction because bacteria that were once hidden from the immune system and antibiotics will now potentially be exposed.

   If you've had a deep tissue massage with Lyme, you've noticed that as the day progressed you became exponentially worse.
   The best thing to do is to be sure you're up on your detoxification and that if the situation calls for it, lower your treatment dosage (check with your doctor first). A person with Lyme shouldn't avoid massages all together because the right one can be very beneficial. Specific massages a person with Lyme should seek out are lymphatic drainage massages, which can help drain a sluggish lymphatic system of toxins, and Swedish massages which may be able to help with pain.
   
   
   
   

3. Shower Avoid-INDEX
   Who would have thought the shower itself, as harmless, relaxing, and inviting as it is, has the potential to make those with Lyme feel worse, if not really horrible afterwards. And that the feeling experienced after taking a shower can be so dreadful and debilitating, that a person with Lyme will make the extra effort to avoid showering as frequently as they used to, if at all.

   While there hasn't been much evidence brought forth for why showers can make a person with Lyme feel worse, there are some really good hypotheses out there. The first and most common assumption could be that the pressure from the shower nozzle may in fact be releasing toxins back into the bloodstream in the same way a deep tissue massage would. A lower pressure spray nozzle may help. Another hypothesis is that the temperate of the water itself may be enough to raise the body temperature of the body, and when the temperature of the body reaches a certain level, Lyme and especially Candida can begin to die. There are those who have also postulated that a person with Lyme is sensitive to the chlorine level in tap water. The hot water supposedly turns the chlorine into a gas and a person then breathes it in. A really good filter has been found to curb this problem.
   
   
   
   

4. Detoxing Avoid-INDEX
   The one thing that those with Lyme Disease rely upon to help them feel better can actually make them feel worse.
   Detoxification helps provide the body with the nutrients and support it needs to allow it to process toxins and remove them from the body.
   However, detoxing too much too fast can actually have the undesired opposite effect.

   When you assist your body with detoxification, toxins begin to remobilize, but depending on which detox method(s) you've exploited, and how much of that detox method you've used, will determine if those toxins can be removed in an efficient manner, or whether they'll be recirculated through the body.

   The body has different channels for removing toxins but if one or more of these channels are blocked or inefficiently functioning, toxins that were remobilized will not be removed in the desired manner. It's important to remember that even if all of the body's detox channels were clear and working efficiently, there is only a certain amount of waste removal the body can deal with at a time. It's best to administer a detox method that causes you to feel worse in the same way you would your treatment protocol with Lyme - start with a low dosage and slowly increase depending on how well you can tolerate it.
   
   
   
   

5. Food Avoid-INDEX
   Food isn't just something that tastes good, or bad, it's a pile of chemistry the body breaks down and interacts with.
   Different types of foods have different types of chemistries which explain why some with Lyme Disease can not only be intolerant of certain food items, but certain foods that a person with Lyme Disease can feel horrible after consuming are different and vary with each individual. Not everyone has the same body chemistry, so a food that one person with Lyme may be intolerant of, another person with Lyme may thrive on.

   Foods in those with Lyme Disease have the ability to cause what has been documented as a delayed autoimmune response, which can cause a person to have a spike in symptoms (e.g., brain fog, pain, and fatigue) the following day. Food is also medicine and can kill certain pathogens in the body such as Candida which can cause a Herxheimer reaction in and of itself. Even though you may have been able to eat a certain food before Lyme, don't be stubborn and continue to eat it based solely on that knowledge alone. The suffering is not only in your control, but entirely unnecessary and potentially inhibiting to your healing progress. Your body chemistry has changed and it now has different requirements.

   A person should be conscious of what food they put into their body even after implementing the Lyme Disease diet.
   While gluten, dairy, and sugar may not be a part of your diet anymore, this doesn't change the potential of feeling bad after eating a certain food, even if it is gluten, dairy, and sugar free.

   "..Lyme Disease can distort hormones, glucose levels,
   the endocrine system, and nutrient intake as well."
   
   
   
   
6. Chemicals Avoid-INDEX
   What are the chances that as a person with Lyme Disease, you've had to stop using your favorite cologne, or switch to an unscented soap?
   The odds are pretty good because chemical sensitives are incredibly common in those with Lyme Disease. A person can become hyper sensitive to chemicals in the products a person uses or comes in contact with every single day such as soap, cologne, cigarette smoke, pesticides, and cleaning products to name a few. And even the harsher chemicals such as bleach and ammonia (already in high levels in those with Lyme), can really wreck havoc on a person with Lyme Disease who has developed a chemical sensitivity.

   The most common reaction a person with a chemical sensitivity is usually just a worsening of brain fog and cognitive dysfunction, but it could have a more pronounced anatomical effect. The body's detox channels can become so sluggish and inefficient from all the toxins released from pathogens and the pathogens themselves, that the chemicals a person could normally tolerate on a daily basis become intolerable. The body is so backed up that any exposure to a chemical level that the body must process will cause a negative physiological reaction. Take this as a hint that detoxification should either be amped up or altered. In the meantime, avoid products that can cause you to feel worse.
   
   
   
   

7. Temperature Avoid-INDEX
   More specifically the temperature of the body, which is ultimately and heavily influenced by a person's environmental temperature.
   Too hot and a person with Lyme, and especially candida, can feel horrible. Circumstances that can cause a person's body temperature to rise include a hot shower, the weather, a sauna, and exercise. Raising the body's temperature enough can cause the pathogens inside to die, and depending on the type of pathogen dying, a Herxheimer reaction may occur. Heat may also help to release toxins from the tissue and recirculate back into the bloodstream.

   There is something about the cold weather, specifically the settling of Winter that causes a person with Lyme Disease to feel worse than what they would normally feel during the Spring or Summer. Many have said that the Winter is when the Lyme bacteria comes out of hiding and thrive, naturally causing a person to feel worse. Believe it or not, there are people who intentionally move from colder climates to warmer climate on this basis alone.
   
   
   
   

8. The Moon Avoid-INDEX
   While those with Lyme Disease don't turn into a werewolf during a full moon, they do turn into zombies - a zombie by the definition of severe brain fog and physical distress that makes them appear more dead than alive. Many of the symptoms a person with Lyme Disease normally experiences on a daily basis become greatly exacerbated not just during a full moon, but a new moon as well.

   It may not be the actual moon itself that makes them feel horrible, but what has been postulated to be the greater presence of bacteria that come out for their 28 day reproduction cycle. Even at the same treatment protocol dosage the day of the full moon as the day before one, a person can feel worse because the amount of bacteria being exposed to that treatment protocol dosage is greater than what would have normally been exposed. So it isn't just the dosage of a treatment protocol that can make a person with Lyme herx, but the amount of bacteria exposed to that dosage, and during a full moon the amount of bacteria increases.

   Even those who have Lyme Disease but aren't on a treatment protocol for it, can still feel worse during a full or new moon.
   
   
   
   

9. Exercise Avoid-INDEX
   Exercise, while highly recommended for those with Lyme for reconditioning and healing, can cause a person to temporarily feel worse.
   It's very likely that if you were an avid runner, biker, or weight lifter before Lyme Disease, that you have now either given up these exercise entirely, or greatly reduced how much of each you perform.

   Aerobic exercise such as running or any type of intense cardio will heat the body up which can cause die off reactions, and depending on the type of cardio, help to release toxins back into the bloodstream. Anaerobic exercise such as lifting weight or intense muscle contractions can also cause a person to feel worse, but not as quickly as aerobic exercise. There is usually a delayed reaction in feeling worse with anaerobic exercise compared to aerobic exercise, but this isn't always the case. Forcing the muscles to contract more so than what they normally do can further expedite the release of toxins back into the blood stream.

   It's also important to consider that Lyme Disease can distort hormones, glucose levels, the endocrine system, and nutrient intake as well. Pushing a body to extreme, or what has always been considered normal levels of exercise, can leave a person with Lyme feeling greatly exhausted, with muscle weakness, more pain, and an overall exacerbation of symptoms. Don't remove exercise entirely, but keep it as part of your healing protocol to levels that you can handle as an individual. Learn more.
   
   
   
   

10. Sex Avoid-INDEX
    Yes, even sex or masturbation, an activity that calls upon the body for a lot of nutrients and chemicals that are already greatly depleted, and organs that aren't functioning at 100%, can cause a person with Lyme to feel worse afterwards.

    Some of the nutrients the body needs for sex include, but aren't limited to, zinc and magnesium.
    These nutrients weren't chosen at random. Zinc and magnesium were chosen because they are two nutrients that those with Lyme Disease have a tendency to be deficient with because the bacteria for Lyme Disease apparently uses them for its own agenda. Engaging in sex can force the body to use up its potentially already low supply of zinc, magnesium, and other nutrients, and in doing so, may be the reason why those with Lyme feel worse after having sex or masturbation. More research needs to be done on this subject as a whole.
    
    
    
    

11. High stress Avoid-INDEX
    When the body is exposed to a high stress situation, it has an innate response to allow it to cope - the flight, (pause), or fight response.
    The flight or fight response activated in those with Lyme Disease appears to cause more stress on the body than the initial reason that caused it high stress in the first place. You have the adrenal glands being called upon, and in those with Lyme, adrenal fatigue is likely already present.

    Glucose levels rise, or at least they're called upon to do so, and a person with Lyme may be dealing with Lyme induced glucose problems. The glucose that is needed to fuel muscles during a fight or flight response may not be there for consumption, or may be distorted, which may be the cause for shaky or weak muscles. The body also releases a lot of hormones during a high stress situation which may also not be available for use because Lyme can affect the endocrine system.

    All of these imbalances will not allow the flight or fight response to work in the way evolution has intended it to, and as an alternative result, leave a person with Lyme feeling all out of whack for potentially a day or more. High stress situations are very taxing on a body without Lyme Disease, and a body with Lyme Disease really takes the hit.

Medicines: Pharma recommendations. INDEX
https://healthool.com/bartonella/

LINK 2: https://rawlsmd.com/health-articles/understanding-bartonella

Some of the medications that are used to treat bartonella include:

    Doxycycline
    Rifampin
    Erythromycin
    Anzithromycin for children under the age of eighteen.
    Ciprofloxacin
    Levofloxacin if caused by ticks. 
    Aminoglycosides
    Tetracyclines
    Macrolides 

B. henselae is generally resistant to penicillin, amoxicillin, and nafcillin.

Some people with chronic infection do respond to conventional antibiotic therapy.
As a general rule two antibiotics at one time are superior to one, most commonly doxycycline and rifampin for 2 to 4 weeks.

Individuals with serious or debilitating symptoms such as those consistent with endocarditis (are best to) ... receive antibiotic therapy.

Antibiotic resistant bartonella are common and because the microbes are slow growing, occur in low concentrations in the body, and concentrate in areas where antibiotics do not penetrate, nonresponders are common. Many people who do respond relapse later.

Device: Microbe Electrifier/ DC combo. INDEX
http://www.dragonfly75.com/eng/MEDC.html
USA $189.00 --- 2018-07-10 --- Plus shipping.

LINK 2: http://www.dragonfly75.com/eng/video.html (10 min)
1. Current Indicator
2. Frequency Selector: 4 Hz, 10 Hz, ..
3. Electrode Selection: electrodes on both wrists, both ankles, separate wrists.
4. Damped Wave Option: spiked or square wave.

LINK 3: http://www.dragonfly75.com/eng/2wrist.html
LINK 4: http://www.dragonfly75.com/eng/order61.html (Price List Page)

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This is a Microbe Electrifier Plus with the extra option of either allowing an AC blood electrification frequency (4, 10, or 40 Hz) or the selection of DC (direct current) output instead in order to have a good treatment method for localized infections (an infection in one part of the body). You should use the 3" square electrodes when using this feature. As an example DC works great on dental infections. People with root canals should treat them with DC to kill the residual bacteria left there which create the toxins which disable cancer immunity. [more info] It works good against things like gastritis, appendicitis, bladder infections, toenail fungus, and sore throats.

If you are interested in any of my Microbe Electrifiers then first you need to see my YouTube video (above) explaining why I think they are the best and worth every penny. Otherwise just go to the price list page (above). You need to understand that all the other blood electrifiers are made to have both electrodes on one wrist which is more comfortable but very ineffective, and what is the purpose of buying an electromedicine device but to have something effective? A full explanation of why this ineffective method is the most popular (is below). I want to help people get well and guiding them away from the ineffective devices and to BioElectric devices is how to do it.

Bob Beck was hounded by the FDA in his later years and they were waiting for some way to come against him legally.
One way would of been having someone claim that it made their heart problem worse as a result of using the two electrodes on both wrists. And they could have paid off an actor and a doctor to get this done. So Beck decided to advise placing both electrodes on one wrist so all the electrical current stays in that forearm with none coming close to the heart. All of his previous success stories had been with people placing the electrodes on both wrists or both ankles though. So one of his latest papers recommended that method but admitted that using them that way you have to turn up the current to 3 milliamperes which is basically almost full power setting. That is because with both electrodes on one wrist 95% of the 3 milliamperes goes straight across the wrist instead of going into the arteries. So the remaining 5% of 3 milliamperes is .15 milliamperes (150 micro-amps). But here's the catch 22: I have never met anyone that can tolerate more than 1 milliamp for any length of time. Beck must have known this and was hoping that people would figure out the message behind the message and use it like he had advised previously.

So ... now all the companies making and selling Beck blood electrifiers make them to be used that way which is more convenient. They also purposely don't have any indicator of when 3 milliamperes is being delivered to the patient because they know everyone would send them back saying that amount is impossible to achieve.

So now you understand the whole story and why I say mine is the best.
If you worked with me you would see the emails I get from people that wasted their money on one of my competitors devices and report to me how they got no good results from it. It's so sad to me that most of the electromedicine business is pretty much a scam. They give electromedicine a bad name. But I am here to only provide effective devices for your benefit. Give me a chance to prove what I am saying. Also don't hesitate to ask me for free advice concerning diet and supplements because I have lots of experience with how to get well naturally.

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Product: Alpha Lipoic Acid, 600 mg, CanPrev. INDEX
https://well.ca/products/canprev-alpha-lipoic-acid_28191.html
60 vegetarian capsules -- 600 mg
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Alpha-lipoic acid is an antioxidant that is made by the body and is found in every cell; it helps turn glucose into energy.
Thus, ALA can help promote healthy blood sugar levels, and also quench free radicals. Free radicals cause harmful chemical reactions that can damage cells in the body.

CanPrev’s Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mg contains 600 mg of DL-ALA, a stable and safe form of alpha lipoic acid.
CanPrev’s Alpha Lipoic Acid 600mg is supported with thiamine (vitamin B1) and biotin (vitamin B7) to help prevent potential nutritional deficiencies that can occur with Alpha Lipoic Acid supplementation.

Ingredients:

600 mg    DL-Alpha lipoic acid 	
 20 mg    Thiamine (Vitamin B1) 	
200 mcg    Biotin 	 

Product: Malic Acid With Magnesium. INDEX
https://www.amazon.ca/Solaray-Magnesium-capsules-Health-Beauty/
dp/B0006MVTRA/ref=sr_1_6?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1511933161&sr=1-6&keywords=Malic+Acid
Solaray - Malic Acid With Magnesium, 90 capsules
List Price: C $ 22.40 -- Price: C $ 13.24 -- You Save: C $ 9.16 (41%)
Item model number: 076280463552 --

Solaray
Park City, Utah, USA 84098
LINK: http://www.solaray.com

Directions: As a dietary supplement take 3 capsules daily with meals, or, with a glass of water.
Serving Size: 3 Capsule, 90 capsules; 30 Servings per container

Ingredients: Amount per serving Daily Value

1200 mg    Malic Acid, Griffonia (Griffonia simplicifolia) (bean extract) 
    50 mg    L-5-Hydroxytryptophan)   
  400 mg    Magnesium oxide 
    12 mg    Thiamine Mononitrate 
    18 mg    B-6, Pyridoxin HCl 

Proprietary Herb Blend 
======================

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) (flowering tops) 
Hops (Humulus lupulus) (cone) 
English Lavender (Lavedula angustifolia) (flower) 
Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata) (flower) 
100 mg   Valerian Root (Valeriana officinalis) (root) 
250 mg   St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) (aerial)  -- potential photosensitizing influence

Dietary Fiber 1 g  
Total Carbohydrate 1 g  
Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine HCl) 18 mg  
Thiamin (as Thiamine Mononitrate) (B-1) 12 mg  
Magnesium (as Magnesium Oxide) 400 mg 

Cautions:
• may cause drowsiness
• avoid prolonged exposure to the sun
• not for use during pregnancy
• not for use in conjunction with MAO inhibiting antidepressants

Product: Milk Thistle, 1000 mg, EBYSU INDEX
https://www.amazon.ca/EBYSU-Milk-Thistle-Concentrated-Vegetarian/dp/B07113STLV/...
200 Day Supply - 1000 mg Max Strength 4X Concentrated Extract 4:1 - 200 Vegetarian Capsules
Sale: Ca $ 19.86

Our Milk Thistle Extract contains only premium ingredients from the most reputable and accountable industry sources. There are cheaper supplements on the market, but EBYSU is a high-quality provider that refuses to compromise.

High potency:
Our doctor-formulated supplements offer the highest potency Milk Thistle Extract, for effective and efficient results.

Professional:
Our medical partners are industry leaders, renown in their field.
Their proprietary formulations are the backbone of the brand, giving us a unique competitive advantage and pride in our products.

Health Canada Licensed:
Our supplements are manufactured in America at our GMP- and FDA-compliant facility.
We uphold the most rigorous standards in testing. Every batch is laboratory tested for quality assurance, brand integrity and peace of mind.

Honor:
All of our products come with a 100% money-back guarantee.
We put the highest value on customer satisfaction and this is reflected in our “buck stops here” guarantee.

Product: Pinella Brain-Nerve Cleanse, 1 oz, NutraMedix. INDEX
https://www.amazon.ca/SPPPOAPE2684-NutraMedix-Pinella-Brain-Nerve-Cleanse/...
Ca $ 66.57 --- FREE SHIPPING.
sold by parafarmacia3.
Date first available at Amazon.ca: Dec 8 2014

Customer Comments:

I've been taking this product for 2 years in addition to the Cowden Protocol for Lyme.
The Pinella has helped some of my worst symptoms: head pressure, headaches, and brain fog from Babesia.
I feel almost back to normal. My head is clear, my memory is back and I feel like myself again.
I take 10 drops per day and every two months I take a week break from it.

This is the best herb I have taken for clearing "brain fog."
I could feel immediate effects as soon as I began taking it!
Studies have proven it very effective in eliminating man-made and biotoxins from both the brain & central nervous system, and it is used to help treat Alzheimers.

It helps remove aluminum and mercury from the nerves of the brain.
Another study conducted compared it to a leading (toxic) anti-inflammatory drug, finding it was 64% as effective in reducing inflammation - without the harmful side effects.

I have Lyme and I wouldn't be able to function if it were not for this product.
My cognitive function improves with one dose and I don't feel the need to nap or vegetate in a chair.
Don't know what I would do if this became unavailable. I use it twice a day- morning and mid day/afternoon.

I have Lymes disease and could not concentrate on daily task at work and outside of work.
I have problems with my memory and also brain fog.
In addition Lyme disease causes mood disorders as well. ....
A year and a half later I can say it really works and you can feel the difference after the first use.
I don't take it everyday like I used to but I make sure I always have some around when symptoms flare up.

Product: Sarsaparilla, 560 mg, 60 Tablets, HealthAid. INDEX
https://www.amazon.ca/HealthAid-Sarsaparilla-560mg-Vegan-Tablets/....
LINK 2: https://www.healthaid.co.uk/sarsaparilla-560mg-tablets
Ca $ 13.45 --- FREE SHIPPING.

HealthAid House, Marlborough Hill
Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 1UD
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8426 3400

Ingredients per capsule

140 mg --- Sarsaparilla Extract, (equivalent to 560mg of Sarsaparilla powder) Other:
di-Calcium Phosphate, Sarsaparilla Extract (smilax spp),
Microcrystalline Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Veg. Stearic Acid,
Veg. Magnesium Stearate, Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), Talc.

Product: Turmeric Advanced Formula, 150 mg. INDEX
https://well.ca/products/youtheory-turmeric-advanced-formula_109884.html
$33.49 Regular -- $0.00 Special ---- 150 mg, 120 Tablets

These powerful phytonutrients give Turmeric it's bright yellow color and are responsible for the majority of health benefits that are attributed to this super spice.

Youtheory Turmeric is carefully sourced with the highest quality material available and infused with a patented Black Pepper extract to enhance the bio-availability of curcuminoids.

Features:
    Higher potency
    Better absorbtion
    Patented Curcumin C3 Complex
    Powerful antioxidant properties.
    Supports healthy inflammation response.

Directions (Adults only): Take 1 tablets three times daily with food. Consult a health care practitioner for use beyond 8 weeks.

Ingredients (Per tablet):
150 mg Turmeric (Curcuma longa) extract 65:1 (95% curcuminoids) 
100 mg Olive (leaf) extract (20% oleuropein)
5 mg Black Pepper (fruit) extract 50:1 (95% piperine) (crude quantity equivalent)

Product: RibosCardio, energy support. INDEX
https://www.researchednutritionals.com/
product/riboscardio-with-cardioperform-gmo-free/
(For pricing, one must set up an account and login)
(To set up an account, one must have a Physician Code)

28 Days Supply

Promote healthy ATP energy level
RibosCardio™ has been designed to support serious energy needs.
The product has been formulated with CardioPerform™, a potent blend of L-carnitine (the nutrient that the body uses to transport fuel into the heart to be burned as energy) and Acetyl L-carnitine (an amino acid used by the body to promote healthy heart & brain function), plus GMO-free D-Ribose, malic acid and magnesium Glucorate – all of which are essential to energy production and synthesis.

RibosCardio™’s magnesium Glucorate and malic acid help your body use energy more efficiently.
Your cells use magnesium in over 300 enzyme reactions, and it distributes energy evenly throughout the cell so it is available when and where it is needed. Malic Acid helps your mitochondria recycle the energy you have, maximizing cellular energy output.

Product: The Restore Kit, Dr. Rawl's Herbal Protocol. INDEX
https://vitalplan.com/shop/restore-kit/
Regular: USA $269.00, Free delivery within the USA
$242.10 with Subscribe & Save
800-951-2414 --- (M–F, 9am–5:30pm ET)

INCLUDES:
• US $72.00 --- Adaptogen Recovery
• US $58.00 --- Advanced Biotic
• US $95.00 --- Mitochondrial Support
• US $47.00 --- Prevention Plus
  --- 180 capsules in each -- 6 caps daily x 30 days

3 capsules from each of the 4 bottles, twice daily.

Dr. Rawls' e-mail and video series.

Monthly surveys that help to track your progress.

Customer Service trained by Bill Rawls, MD.

Dr. Rawls' eating plan (diet guide and recipes) to boost herbal synergy and immune support

Adaptogen Recovery.

Cordyceps sinensis (CS-4) Extract
=Cordycepic acid / 8:1 Extraction Ratio / mycelia
*equivalent to 3,600 mg of Cordyceps mycelia

Reishi Mushroom Extract  (Ganoderma lucidum)
=10% Polysaccharides / 10:1 Extraction Ratio / Fruiting Body
*equivalent to 1,750 mg of Reishi mushroom

Chinese Skullcap Extract  (Scutellaria baicalensis)
=30% Baicalin / 12:1 Extraction Ratio / Root
*equivalent to 5,400 mg of Chinese Skullcap root

Rehmannia Extract   (Rehmannia glutinosa)
=1% Catalpol / 10:1 Extraction Ratio / Root
*equivalent to 500 mg of Rehmannia root

Advanced Biotic

Cat’s Claw Extract  (Uncaria tomentosa)
=3% Alkaloids / 3-6:1 Extraction Ratio / Inner Bark
*equivalent to 1,687 mg of Cat’s Claw Bark

Andrographis Extract  (Andrographis paniculata)
=33% Andrographolides / 14:1 Extraction Ratio / leaves
*equivalent to 3,500 mg of Andrographis leaves

High-Yield Allicin Garlic Powder  (Allium sativum)
=10,000 ppm Allicin / bulb
*specially prepared to preserve allicin content - a highly volatile compound

Sarsaparilla Root  (Smilax medica)

Berberine
*yellow alkaloid derived from the bark of Phellodendri Chinensis.

Japanese Knotweed Extract  (Polygonum cuspidatum)
=50% trans-Resveratrol / 50-52:1 Extraction Ratio / Root
*equivalent to 20,400mg of Japanese Knotweed Root 

Mitochondrial Support

Natural Mixed Tocopherols
Contains all 4 natural Vitamin E homologues: 
 ---- d-alpha-, d-beta-, d-delta-, and d-gamma-tocopherol

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine
Setria(R) L-Glutathione (Reduced)
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
CoEnZyme Q10
Alpha Lipoic Acid 

Prevention Plus

Vitamins   Herbs   Biotin
Minerals   Rutin     Rutin 
Hawthorn Leaf Extract 
Blueberry Extract 
Pine Bark Extract 
Hesperidin   Resveratrol 
Astaxanthin   Zeaxanthin 

Money-Back Guarantee

We want you to be delighted by your Vital Plan experience.
If you are not happy with your purchase for any reason, email us at info@vitalplan.com or call 800-951-2414 to receive a Return Form.

We offer a 100% refund on unopened supplements within 90 days of purchase (minus Probiotic Blend), less the cost of shipping and handling. Refunds will be issued once we receive the returned products; any sales tax will be refunded in full.

For opened or used supplements, we offer a 50% refund within 90 days of purchase, less the cost of shipping and handling.
Refunds will be issued once we receive the returned products; any sales tax will be refunded in full.

Program fees, books, and consultation calls are final sale.
These terms also apply to international returns.

Methylation Defects compatibility.

There are a huge variety of different methylation variations, some more concerning than others.
In addition, it seems that people with the same mutation are often affected variably.
The Restore formulas contain adequate amounts of B vitamins and other methyl donors to provide support for the needs of most people with methylation concerns.

The Restore Kit uses bio-available forms of vitamins in its supplements, which means that they are better absorbed and utilized by the body. Many other vitamin products on the market contain cheaper vitamin substances that can actually worsen methylation concerns.

Plan Longevity and Cost / Commitment.

We recommend taking the recommended quantity of each supplement twice a day, for at least 6 months.
Each Restore Kit purchase contains a one-month supply of the herbal supplements formulated by Dr. Rawls.

If you decide that you like the supplements, you may want to join Subscribe & Save
(a monthly subscription service) to save 10% on recurring orders.
That said, there is no obligation to continue with the kit or keep purchasing products.

Product: NutraMedix - Cowden Support Program Month 1. INDEX
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BHXNY43/ref....
NutraMedix, LINK 1: https://www.amazon.com/stores/node/3037136011....
This item does not ship to Canada.
Regular: USA $350.00

INCLUDED PRODUCTS
• Banderol 2oz,
• Burbur-Pinella,
• Magnesium Malate,
• Parsley,
• Samento 2oz,
• Sealantro,
• Serrapeptase,
• Sparga,
• Stevia (2 units), and
• Takuna (2 units).*

1. Consult the included Program Schedule.

2. Shake liquid products well before each use.
   To ensure the proper dosage, dispense drops by holding the dropper at a 45 degree angle.

3. Mix the liquid products, of each dose, together in a glass, porcelain or paper cup
   (not Styrofoam, plastic or metal) then add at least 4 oz. of water.
   Do not use distilled, sparkling, or reverse- osmosis water.
   Let sit for at least 1 minute before drinking (longer is fine - up to 2 days).

4. Check the “Done” box on the Program Schedule sheets after taking each dose.
   Background color changes on the schedule represent a change from what products were taken at the same time the previous day.