GretaM
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Dr. Garth Nicolson spoke on Mycoplasma and NT Factor and shared the following:
•Mitochondrial function goes down to 40-60% in people with chronic infections.
•Intracellular infection stimulate reactive oxygen species (ROS).
•Mycoplasma is seen in 50% with CFS, 40% with Gulf War Syndrome, 60% with Fibromyalgia, 45% with Rheumatoid Arthritis, 65% with Lyme, and 90% with ALS.
•ALS is a progressive, fatal degeneration of motor neurons.
•In ALS, Echo 7 Enterovirus and Mycoplasma are common; other infections are less relevant.
•In MS patients, >50% have Mycoplasma, >35% Borrelia, and >30% HHV-6.
•Multiple infections are seen in almost all of the neurodegenerative diseases. The ones that go downhill the fastest have chronic infections.
•Transmission from Gulf War Syndrome patients took 6 months to 2 years for family members to start to exhibit symptoms.
•Mycoplasma fermentans is almost universal in GWS veterans with ALS (>90%).
•Veterans received multiple military vaccines. Were given over 3 days; they were spread out to 18 months for the second Gulf War. Military vaccines were tested in the Texas prison system.
•Most common Mycoplasma in CFS in the United States is Mycoplasma pneumoniae; in Europe, Mycoplasma hominis.
•>50% of people with PANDAS have Mycoplasma.
•Ticks have a prevalence of 25-70% for Mycoplasma; 18-40% for Borrelia, 10-50% for Ehrlichia, 40-70% for Bartonella, and 8-20% for Babesia. Ticks are bags of infection.
•In patients with Lyme, the most common is Mycoplasma fermentans at about 50%.
•CoQ-10 and Alpha Lipoic acid can support mitochondrial function.
•NT Factor is much higher quality than lecithin which is oxidized lipids. Need high quality phospholipids.
•In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, mitochondrial function and ATP production are reduced by about 50%.
•There is a 35-40% average fatigue reduction in chronic fatigue and aging fatigue with NT Factor.
•Did a trial with ATP Fuel and CFS patients and had a 30% improvement. Chronic Lyme patients had a similar improvement relative to fatigue.
•Chronically ill patients need lipid replacement therapy.
•Dr. Klinghardt suggested that the NT Factor EnergyLipids powder from Allergy Research can be a nice option for the Klinghardt Cocktail.
•For Mycoplasma testing, Dr. Nicolson suggested that the quality at MDL seems to have gone down; same with VIP. Clongen seems to be ok.
•The best way to avoid getting Mycoplasma is to be healthy in general.
•Treatment is often 200mg daily Doxycycline for 6-12 months or more.
canefan17
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We need more treatment ideas for Mycoplasma. This is a big infection for me.
Surprised he didn't mention Transfer Factor PlasMyco since it's made by same company as NT Factor & ATP Fuel.
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surprise
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Thanks Greta! Near and dear to my heart was the PANDAS/ PANS infection rate-
Had my dd's Myco testing come back and it was 0 both IgM and IgG, but I see Myco is certainly a problem in PANS, and difficult to eradicate and get the titers down.
I thought Buhner's book on mycoplasma was excellent --
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Haley
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Bringing this back up. Anyone treating Mycoplasma? What are you using? I just order Cordyceps and plan to take large doses of that.
I just heard an interview with Dr. A. in Northern CA. He said some of the main symptoms are
Extreme fatigue!!!!!! really really bad fatigue Urinary tract stuff lungs Skin and a few other things.
He said this is often the last thing to treat.
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