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P573 mold warriors" if exposed to mold and sick from it..plan to get out before its too late. If you remain sick after you are no longer exposed, dont be surprised. Thats a marker for toxin illness." "Is remediation a waste of money? Often it is...'
What herbs do you use for herbal detox?
I have just started activated charcoal.
Another book I have ordered as I find it difficult to read much stuff over the internet.
I agree most docs dont take mold sufficently seriously. Its not the microbe its the terrain!
Wallace
Health-focused individuals nationwide learn of the highly acclaimed book, MOLD: The War Within, from author and TV host Doug Kaufman who writes in this month's Healthy Living Magazine.
For_Immediate_Release: United States of America (Press Release) September 6, 2007 -- Health food store customers may now request of their local health food stores to order and stock the much-sought-after book, MOLD: The War Within, which is receiving praise from national mold and health experts across the country. TV host Doug Kaufmann states, ``I can't remember the last book I read that I just couldn't put down, but then I have a strange weakness for books that talk about mold, mildew, yeast and fungi causing disease and death . . . and there aren't too many of those around yet! MOLD: The War Within is such a book.'' New York Times Best-selling author Doris Rapp, MD, who has spent decades treating children and adults sick and debilitated from mold and chemical exposures states, ``The book MOLD: The War Within by Kurt and Lee Ann Billings is truly outstanding. . . . They have written the ultimate `Why and How To' book that confirms the devastating changes that can occur in health and lives because of extensive exposure to molds, formaldehyde (in trailers), and other harmful pollutants. . . . This book offers practical realistic help and suggestions so others who have been hurt will know what to do and where to go for the help and assistance they need.
Doug Kaufman, TV host of Know the Cause, has encouraged viewers for years to uncover the cause of an illness--not just treat the symptoms. Unfortunately, the cause of illnesses induced from environmental factors such as mold and chemicals are often overlooked by traditional medical doctors. Misdiagnoses and mistreatments not only can result, but are quite common.
MOLD: The War Within has opened the information highway in regard to mold and chemical exposures and resultant illnesses and diseases. The book provides scientific and medical documentation that shreds the medical misconceptions that ``mold cannot make you sick.'' Not only will readers find out that mold can make you sick, but they will get a valuable medical education from reading MOLD: The War Within. In fact, Roby D. Mitchell, MD, states, ``Every health care professional needs to read this book and understand its implications.'' Rebecca Carley, MD, further echoes Dr. Mitchell's sentiments regarding the book MOLD: The War Within. She states, ``In my opinion, this book should be required reading for all medical students.''
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There are various references to charcoal on www.personalconsult.com a colleague of Dr Shoemaker. I had a very strong reaction to puting a charcoal/clay poulice overnight on my head. This might explain why as it was reacting to mycotoxins.
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THE COMMON MOLD TOXIN TRICHOTHECENE I am regularly surprised at the incompetent government agencies, which say mold merely bothers the sinuses and lungs and that the hundreds of mold toxins are otherwise simply precious and safe. I think we need to improve the oxygen flow in these buildings. Their dinosaur medicine is hurting at least hundreds of thousands and likely millions.
T-2 or trichothecene is a fairly common toxic chemical produced by fusarium mold species, the famous black mold called, stachybotrys, trichoderma and other molds. They may contaminate food or feed grains, induce hemorrhage in lungs and brain, and damage bone marrow due to protein and DNA synthesis inhibition. So much for dangerous nonsense about merely troubling the sinuses!
T-2 is like many other mold toxins, called mycotoxins, which may enter your body through skin, your intestines from eating or deep in your lungs from breathing. They do not sit around for months to have effects on you, but quickly inhibitor protein and nucleic acid manufacturing. They particularly damage tissues, which grow fast like bone marrow, skin and mouth/nose/vagina, and other moist tissue.
If T-2 were used in war, the T-2 would stick to skin and go right through it! Other T-2 molecules would be eaten and inhaled. If you enter any moldy location with T-2, your papers, brief case, and clothing would be contaminated. If you go to another building or visit your children at school -- you just contaminated the school. At night, when you return to home, you would bring home the T-2 and it would serve as a reservoir for further toxin exposure.
SIGNS OF EXPOSURE In minutes, I have had patients have many possible symptoms:
burning skin pain ice-pick pain red skin tenderness blistering red eyes itchy blisters painful nose sneezing running nose coughing wheezing shortness of breath blood streak in saliva or nasal mucous Lost appetite Nausea or vomiting watery or blood tinged diarrhea (black stool can be digested blood) abdominal cramps eye pain, eye tearing -- as if something in your eye blurred vision In contrast to silly government comments, T-2 affects still more full bodily organs: full body weakness trouble walking dizziness lost coordination--which can be tested by seeing if you can stay on your feet with eyes closed, feet about 15 inches apart and with gentle pushes by the physician. Rapid pulse Low temperature Jerky movements Low blood pressure Skin can rot off, slide off, and blood pressure can crash in individuals who die from T-2. Death is in minutes to days. So much for the government saying this is merely causing sinus and lung annoyance. At the same time some agencies say it is not too serious, the government military is preparing for the use of T-2 in biowarfare, designing decontamination kits, and warning of yellow rain as a possible T-2 attack.
DIAGNOSIS In contrast to mustard gas, which has an odor and takes hours to hurt you, T-2 acts in minutes with no odor. One reason depending on a "mold" contractor's nose to determine if you have mold is utterly ridiculous.
Diagnosis of T-2 mycotoxins comes from blood and environmental samples tested with special GL-MS. This lab test can discover as little as 0.1 parts per billion. So human detection is blood or air. It appears to me the fastest testing is of T-2 in cereals.
TREATMENT Removal from the mold source is not an option. This includes moldy homes, work, schools, cars, garages, basements and any other source. Get a doctor's note. Pharmaceutical charcoal should be given orally. Some research shows that cholestyramine 5x a day on an empty stomach may be helpful. Clothing should be washed and soaked in 5% hypochlorite for 12 hours. Wash body thoroughly with soap and water -- 3x. This is not felt to be a waste of time, but very helpful. Wash eyes with sterile saline like that used in contact lens care. Consider full body charcoal powder which can be purchased many places including 610 363 7474 which carries a prescription super fine charcoal powder we use in first 90 seconds of fire ant toxins and also to clean our pool. It might help weaken T-2 on your skin. No promises.
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Apparently the above book, Mold, the war within, mentions that NONI juice and Udo's oil increase the effectiveness of CSM(cholestrymine).
Another mention of charcoal at www.personalconsult.com How Common Mold Toxins Hurt the Brain A Sample List of the Exact Symptoms, Signs & Various Brain Studies Affected by Indoor Mold Parents may wonder if their family's emotional or health troubles come from mold toxins. We have reviewed over two hundred articles on mold symptoms, and below we list the most common effects of mold on the mind and body. No one has all of these and some are only present in very severe exposures. Even if an exposure is modest, it can still have significant effects on school, work or relationships. These mold chemicals can enter the air from hidden mold sources with the mere vibration of a stereo or merely opening a door. The toxic mold chemicals then disperse all over a school or home. Once they enter your lungs or are swallowed in your nasal fluids or saliva, then they will travel all over the body.
Please realize that if you spend any time in a musty location or a location with visible indoor mold, you will have mold toxin exposure. High levels of exposure overwhelm everyone. Mild mold toxin exposure still bothers approximately 1 in 4 who are poor at removing biologically active mold toxins. These sensitive people need to be extra careful with mold, because they do not remove the toxins from their systems as well as the non-sensitive people. They have to be sure to live in a home that has no hidden indoor mold. They cannot work or go to school in a moldy structure. They need clean low dust environments with air scrubbed with disposable MERV 11 air filters. They also need to take mold toxin binding agents such as Cholestyramine. (Dr. Rosen believes the fat binder Chitosan and pharmaceutical charcoal may also have some mold toxin binding effects).
Mold toxins can produce hundreds of different body problems. This list below is just some key Neurology and Psychiatry sample findings. In an upcoming book on the effects of indoor mold on youth, I go through all the major organs of the body. Again, some patients with mild exposure or who are not extremely sensitive to mold toxins may just have a couple symptoms.
Brain
Headaches Poor memory Trouble concentrating Trouble learning Trouble finding words Disorientation Seizures Trouble speaking fast Trouble with understanding fast Trembling Vocal or Motor Tics Serotonin changes Abnormal reflexes Strokes Edema or swelling in the brain Scarring of Brain seen on MRI's PET and SPECT scans show hypoperfusion EEG abnormalities Brain and Psychiatric Struggles
Mood swings Mania Irritability Impulsivity Increased risk taking Decreased speak smoothness Poor stress coping Increased verbal fighting New lateness Poor empathy Poor boundary awareness Immaturity Spacey Rigidity Poor insight Poor insight into illness Decreased productivity Unable to process trauma or interpersonal pain Increased narcissism Forgetfulness Poorly organized or obsessively organized Dead creativity Depression Anxiety Panic Attacks Decreased attention Eccentric personality A delay in a Child's developmental milestones Increased alcohol consumption or increased drug use
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I personally did take Activated charcoal which definately gave some benefit although now on the Actos/Chlorestamine protocol with supportive detox herbs/vits this is a whole new ball game.
I have the genetic defective HLA gene and could not detox myself but only discovered this after being on AB's for over a year, at first I could take AB's and then my CNS problem became so severe and I could not tollerate any dosage of AB's - I changed LLMDs and was put on the Actos/Chlorestamine protocol with supportive detox vits - I was told to start very slowly as the herx could be far worse than anything I had ever experienced on AB's as we would be pulling the Toxins out of there beds, Well it was right the herx was HORRIFIC, my CNS felt like it was rocking and I could not bare to be awake.
But slowly over time I have upped to full dosage (over 1 month) and as I up the chlorestamine it is dificult and then it settles - for me this has been the very worst part of any of my treatment but so worth it, I am improving every day and physically am already 30/40% improved, I remain on Actos to down regulate cytokine/inflammatory response.
So within a month or so I will be ready to restart AB's for Bartonella then Babs and then Lyme with the aid of continual detox.
So for me I honestly could not have gone forward or continued treatment without this protocol to remove Neuro/Biotoxins and thank Dr S for his protocol and my New LLMD for his knowledge and invaluable input.
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Product Details ISBN: 0972101608 ISBN-13: 9780972101608 Format: Paperback, 475pp Publisher: Partners Publishing LLC Sales Rank: 14,640 From the Publisher Find out what governmental agencies are not telling you in regard to the health dangers of exposure to mold, hurricane sediment, and formaldehyde. The authors interweave easy-to-understand explanations of complex topics with extensive research from original source interviews with leading professionals, peer reviewed journals, and industry and governmental literature. In addition, the authors expose the prevalence of fungal misdiagnoses and mistreatment while chronicling their family's frustrating, but ultimately successful, quest for effective treatment of mold and chemical exposure from Hurricane Katrina. After months of research, trials, and errors, they share their inspirational journey of healing, what worked medically and nutritionally for them - what didn't - and why.
MOLD: The War Within will enlighten every homeowner, renter, and employee, regardless of location, who is - or could become - sick from mold or chemical exposure from floods, hurricanes, sick buildings, and the ever-present environmental pollution that affects us all. Revealing interviews with prominent experts on mold- and chemical-related issues bring to life such topics as the:
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P S Morningstar, a recovering biotoxic victim, 09/01/2007 A reviewer The Billings have done an excellent job of publishing a much-needed 'handbook' for the layperson with regards to being exposed to biotoxic molds and other contaminates. I give a lot of credit to this family for the quick response in addressing health issues that plague most people exposed to mycotoxins for any length of time. A large portion of the population cannot afford or even find the correct environmental physicians to help understand our health conditions relating to mycotoxin exposure. This book gives hope and sheds light that we are not crazy. We don't need psychiatric drugs. Our bodies are sick, and we know it! Katrina is bringing a whole new face to biotoxic exposure. The two weeks exposure shows just how toxic these molds are- and how quickly our physical health can deteriorate. It is a miracle that these special people pulled together this publication that so many people who need, good, solid, basic, reliable information, AND from the right sources, now have it available to them! And at such a reasonable cost. (I hate to mention what my mold-toxin education and recovery has escalated to!) I know the book is creditable because I have had a personal working relationship with many of the doctors that contributed to this book. They are all outstanding, in their perspective fields, with years of experience and knowledge of mold toxins. These doctors have been relaying the same health ramifications to patients for years, only- the public consciousness has not responded to the potential detrimental implications- mainly by the lack of government agencies and our own family physicians lack of knowledge which is acknowledged in this book. Can this situation happen you- Definitely! Is there a way out- Definitely! But we have to take responsibility for our recovery- it's not just handed to any of us. There are incredibly powerful passages in the book- such as: Would we go sightsee at a known toxic Anthrax location? Would we have allowed our children to go play at Chernobyl, 11 years ago? Hello? There are many items about Katrina that are very quietly addressed as to the whole health of this nation. Not just victims of the hurricane. The Billing's have passed along a gift to Mold Victims- globally. They have been brave enough to voice on the subject of the epidemic that surrounds all of us. The book is reader-friendly, packed with information, but I will add that this only ONE book, and the tip of the iceberg- there is much more that needs to be be made available for the public. As to the Billings recovery protocol- they are on the right path- and there is more than one road to recovery.
Darlene Berube, A TOXIC MOLD VICTIM, 09/01/2007 Mold: The War Within is helping to save thousands of lives Mold: The War Within In reading this book that Lee Ann and Kurt Billings have written, as a mold victim it has given me added strength, along with knowing that people like this care about helping all mold victim's not only through their personal experience, but taking the time to do research, talk with experts, and other mold victim's by sharing the truth's of how devastating the health effects that toxic molds do inflict on people. This is a confirmation, to all from the experts: Mold Can Make You Very Ill. I have been a mold victim for 18 months now, it is a slow death in my opinion, because I am living the nightmare because I have no way out of my toxic mold environment. I have the medical proof of my toxic mold illnesses along with the professional reports of the testing in my apartment that confirm the toxic molds. I highly suggest that not only mold victim's need to read this book, but also medical experts that are not privy to the proof that the experts in this book have and is documented, along with all those non-believers: Purchase this Book. You would not want your child, your mother, your father, any other relative, friend, co-worker, etc to ever experience what us mold victim's are going through with these proven illnesses. I breath with a respirator mask, oxygen, and take many medications because of toxic molds. I never had a breathing problem in my life and would give anything if toxic molds have not taken away my life like they have done. I can't even let my little grand-children, my sons, my family in my apartment. I can't go to family functions, out to dinner, share holidays, and just putting it simple, Toxic Molds kill every aspect of your life. These people are helping people like me and thousands of others across the states, the experts in the book are helping to save some lives here. I don't want to die, do you. I am too young. This book has given me hope, provided me additional experts proof (along with my own physician's), that could save my life. Darlene from Worcester, Massachusetts
Rebecca Carley, MD ( [email protected] e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Educator in Natural Detoxification, 08/15/2007 this book should be required reading for all medical students. Mold: The War Within is one of the most comprehensive sources I have seen on the deleterious health effects of mold and the mycotoxins they produce. Authors Kurt and Lee Ann Billings also discuss methods of testing for mold, and inform their readers as to how they healed themselves with natural therapies, after learning of the dangers inherent in using a pharmaceutical approach. In my opinion, this book should be required reading for all medical students. But until the day medical education focuses on healing rather than promoting pharmaceuticals, it will be up to individuals to learn how to heal themselves. In the case of toxic mold infections, the research has been done for you, as documented in Mold: The War Within.
Cheryl Anderson, Homeschool Educator, 08/15/2007 The style and format of MOLD: The War Within is very ``user friendly.'' The style and format of MOLD: The War Within is very ``user friendly.'' I feel like I am standing in the doorway of the Billings' home having an enlightening conversation. The multitude of references at the end of each chapter adds a great deal of credibility and turns the book into a collection of readings. The transcripts of the interviews at the end of the book are going to be a great asset to readers.
Melinda Ballard, Policyholders of America, 08/15/2007 Surprisingly, given the complex nature of the subject, MOLD: THE WAR WITHIN is an easy and fast read. Surprisingly, given the complex nature of the subject, MOLD: THE WAR WITHIN is an easy and fast read. Any layman will find it fascinating and informative. Readers are left with a greater understanding of and personal stake in natural disasters, even those that take place thousands of miles away. The authors add a unique and personal touch by weaving their own Katrina story into the pages. They also exemplify what it means to be an American...turning their personal crisis into something from which others can benefit and questioning the motives of government and special interests.
What People Are Saying "I edited Doug Haney's book on mold, Toxic Mold-Toxic Enemy, and wrote the foreword for Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker's book, Mold Warriors, along with Bianca Jagger, but I think the book, MOLD: The War Within, makes a significant contribution in a different way. Everyone who is concerned about their health in homes and offices should read MOLD: The War Within. I thank the authors, Kurt and Lee Ann Billings, for allowing to me to make a contribution."--(Dr. Richard Lipsey, Toxicologist, Lipsey & Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida)
- Richard Lipsey "The book Mold: The War Within by Kurt and Lee Ann Billings is truly outstanding. They personally learned what the flooding caused by Katrina meant to so many families. After months of trials and tribulations, they realized that their family was one among many who were faced with similar monumental challenges. They have written the ultimate "Why and How To" book that confirms the devastating changes that can occur in health and lives because of extensive exposure to molds, formaldehyde (in trailers), and other harmful pollutants. The scope of symptoms caused by such exposures is not fully appreciated by many in the medical profession. What results is that complaints can be misdiagnosed as psychological when they are classical cause-and-effect health responses. This book offers practical realistic help and suggestions so others who have been hurt will know what to do and where to go for the help and assistance they need. They explain why the Katrina fiasco and deception continues to be an open, oozing sore and how the illness and devastating results of the flooding will continue until our government faces the reality of what has happened and takes appropriate and humane action."--(Doris J. Rapp MD, FAAP, FAAP, FAEM, Board Certified in Pediatrics, Allergy and Environmental Medicine, Emeritus Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at SUNYAB, New York Times Best-selling Author of Is This Your Child? and Our Toxic World-A wake up Call)
- Doris J. Rapp "America's healthcare is on a collision course similar to the Titanic. In their book, Mold, The War Within, the Billings point out the tip of the iceberg. Every major chronic disease has now been associated with inflammation. This means that the immune system is activated in all these diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, joint diseases, Alzheimer's and even obesity. The organism responsible for that activation appears to be yeast organisms that overgrow in people with predispositions due to immune compromise. Yeast are part of the mold family. Katrina evacuees sickened by mold are the canaries in an American coal mine. Every health care professional needs to read this book and understand its implications."--(Roby D. Mitchell, M.D. Specialist in Orthomolecular Medicine and Radio Host of Keeping Fit with Dr. Fitt.)
- Roby D. Mitchell "Mold: The War Within is one of the most comprehensive sources I have seen on the deleterious health effects of mold and the mycotoxins they produce. Authors Kurt and Lee Ann Billings also discuss methods of testing for mold, and inform their readers as to how they healed themselves with natural therapies, after learning of the dangers inherent in using a pharmaceutical approach. In my opinion, this book should be required reading for all medical students. But until the day medical education focuses on healing rather than promoting pharmaceuticals, it will be up to individuals to learn how to heal themselves. In the case of toxic mold infections, the research has been done for you, as documented in Mold: The War Within."--(Rebecca Carley, MD, Educator in Natural Detoxification, Court Qualified Expert in Vaccine Induced Disease)
- Rebecca Carley
"I have read MOLD: The War Within and it looks very nice. I think authors Kurt and Lee Ann Billings did a great job! The book will be of value to the lay person who might have just experienced a mold infestation, because it contains information from scientists who are active in the field and provides some of the latest up-to-date scientific information in the field of mold. Of further value are explanations, for the novice, of some of the techniques on the procedures that mold inspectors use to examine houses for mold."--(David C. Straus, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center)
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I always, for years, have felt much better when I go to Colorado to visit family. Last year, I went up to only 3,000 ft. to visit friends an felt much better there.
Then I return to sea level, and my energy drops immediately.
I heard one theory that when there's less oxygen in the air, the body changes to use oxygen more effiently. So, there's exercises one can do to mimic high altitude:
Breathe in for 7-8 seconds. Hold breath for 7-8 seconds. Breathe out in 4 seconds. Do a few times or until you feel light headed.
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Thanks Daisys. I will have to try it! www.intellectbreathing.com I have this device but have not really been well enough to use it. Swimming is good as well as you are less oxygen in usaully as well.
Shoe's biotoxin pathway seems to me incomplete as I would want to find a place somewhere for the neurotoxins that DR K of Washington mentions heavy metals,dental problems, structure etc
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This article gives a kind of summary of Mold Warriors by James schaller from www.personalconsult.com
Why Aggressive Lyme Treatment Can Fail: Focusing on the Bee and Ignoring the Stinger by James Schaller, MD
I have never been comfortable with failed care. You know what I mean. You do an intake, get some lab testing done, you are given a diagnosis such as Lyme disease, and then you take full and aggressive antibiotics for complete trials. Yet they do not hit the home run you hoped for, and in fact at times you actually feel worse. At best, you improve partially and then hit a wall. Some even take IV antibiotics and still do not feel cured.
Why? How is it that the "cure" makes you sicker and leaves you far short of a return to normal health?
Last month, we mentioned one reason for Lyme treatment failure--Babesia has over 11 species that infect humans and our labs only test one or two. We have also found that Bartonella has at least nine species that infect humans and 99% of our lab testing is fair and only tests for two. I will discuss this more in an upcoming Bartonella textbook. Still another cause for Lyme treatment failure is exposure to indoor surface mold spore toxins found in 30% of USA structures (per EPA). These mold spore surface toxins highjack dozens of body chemicals and weaken your ability to fight Lyme. Are your air ducts dusty? If you answered, "Yes" this may be adding to your illness. Mycotoxins are almost entirely ignored, and sometimes actually naively belittled in advanced Lyme medical care.
In this article, I would like to discuss biotoxins that are not from special indoor molds, but from the Lyme bacteria itself. How often do you hear this discussed as a problem in Lyme treatment? If it is discussed, is it merely in the context of "it might be good to take some cholestyramine to bind up some Lyme biotoxins?" But when I listen to discussions about Lyme's surface biotoxins it is usually clear the reasoning is confused.
I would like to make this critical area of Lyme biotoxins and your ability to remove them simple and understandable.
First, we should not be surprised that any organism has biotoxins because the biological world is teeming with organisms that use toxic chemicals to function and survive. In the animal kingdom snakes and skunks have killing or annoying chemicals. Fish carry toxins in their barbs or their body. Insects have a wide range of toxic stingers and toxic inflammatory bites. Fungi and molds have dozens of toxins that have absolutely no safe dose. Finally, bacteria and viruses have many toxins that serve to undermine host defenses and increase the damage of these infections. In this context, that Lyme bacteria have toxins on its outer membrane should be no surprise. Lyme has over two-dozen plasmids designed to defeat the attacks of the immune system, so why not also have biotoxins to defeat the immune system and undermine the human body?
Simply, Lyme bacteria release more than bacteria debris when they die, they also release highly specific chemicals that are designed to disrupt and damage a mammal's body. With each passing year, medicine and science learn more and more about the seriousness of biotoxins such as those made by Lyme bacteria. Biological toxins like those found in Lyme bacteria have so many ways to harm your body, that it would take a small book to show how they harm humans when released. Yet here are some brief examples.
Lyme biotoxins disrupt the fat cell system and if not removed cause a type of obesity highly resistant to diet and exercise. The critical Leptin hormone increases and creates a type of bloating, puffiness or abdominal distention that is demoralizing to those trying to have a healthy weight.
Lyme biotoxins can disrupt VEGF that make and open capillaries throughout the entire body. These biotoxins undermine VEGF function so your capillaries ability to get oxygen to many types of tissues is impaired. A disrupted VEGF system often leads to profound fatigue and body pains, particularly after exercise or pushing yourself to perform a "full day's work." Similarly, Lyme biotoxins can disrupt the manufacturing of erythropoietin, a crucial chemical that produces red blood cells that carry oxygen to all our body organs. Amazingly, the number of red blood cells does not control erythropoietin levels, but instead it is regulated by low oxygen in your tissues. The body knows you can have "average" numbers of red blood cells, and still have tissues starving for oxygen. That biotoxins can sometimes disrupt tissue oxygenation is not unique, since other illnesses also cause this problem, e.g., kidney or liver diseases, excessively thick blood, inflammation chemicals, nutritional deficiencies, hypothyroidism, infections or cancers.
Lyme biotoxins also undermine the making of MSH (melanocyte-stimulating hormone), which according to Dr. Cone's definitive text has about fifteen critical functions. It controls inflammation, so it is being used to treat inflammation disorders like asthma and psoriasis and ulcerative colitis. It helps repair nerves and makes the natural pain system work normally. Perhaps one reason some struggle with addictions is their MSH is abnormally low--under 35-40. This super anti-inflammatory chemical is currently manufactured all over the world for a wide range of illnesses. After passing the extensive FDA process it will eventually be available in the United States--just not soon.
Another chemical impacted by Lyme biotoxins with some similar abilities is VIP (Vasoactive intestinal peptide). VIP is the topic of over 10,000 research papers and is involved in dilating the heart's blood vessels, promoting breathing by bronchodilation and controlling the immune and hormone systems. However, its role in the brain is the cause for great excitement. It can undermine brain tumors, improve brain blood flow, improve learning and memory, and protect the brain.
The introductory article is only meant to show you sample ways Lyme biotoxins can harm the human body. Do you wonder how effective your body is at removing Lyme biotoxins? You can easily determine your unique genetic ability to remove Lyme's specific biotoxins by ordering a special 5-part HLA inherited gene marker test from LabCorp (test 012542), which is one of the largest labs in the United States.
This HLA test is not the HLA-DR4 test that is involved in aggressive Lyme arthritis. It is also not the HLA-B27 that is found in people with ankylosing spondylosis, various types of arthritis, and some people suffering from psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease or other autoimmune disorders.
This 5-part HLA test is able to determine how well you can remove the dangerous biotoxins of different organisms that live in the oceans, lakes, forests, and buildings. But for our purposes in Lyme disease treatment, we are particularly interested in two patterns--the 15-6-51 or the 16-5-51 pattern. If you have these you will not be able to remove Lyme biotoxins. So when you try to kill Lyme with antibiotics, antibiotic herbs, HBOT, or a wide range of traditional or progressive means, you will release Lyme's surface biotoxins and they will pass throughout the body easily and disrupt and damage dozens of human body functions. Simply, this Lyme poison has no natural body antidote for those who cannot naturally remove it--it will simply stay in your body and damage gene expression, hormones levels, protein function and cause dozens of other injuries. Consider it to be an eternal disruptive chemical poison able to easily pass through water pores and cell membranes.
If you make the mistake of thinking you are still ill because of residual Lyme, and try additional antibiotics at higher doses, you will release still more biotoxins and they will damage your body. Therefore, no one should be treated with antibiotics unless it is known how able they are at removing Lyme's biotoxins. You do not open a drum of industrial chemicals until you first know how well the body is going to survive the exposure as you remove the top! For children who fear lab testing, their HLA pattern can often be determined from their parents. If both parents do not have the Lyme problem gene, then none of their children can have it.
Other HLA patterns exist which will cause Lyme toxins to be released slowly. But they are outside the scope of this introduction.
Further, one often hears that the treatment for those who have biotoxin damage is simply the use of cholestyramine, an old cholesterol medication with broad biotoxins binding abilities. Unfortunately, in reality, by the time most patients with the 15-6-51 pattern or the 16-5-51 pattern or other troublesome patterns get to my office, they have had these biotoxins disrupting many body systems and my interventions need to be equally as complete. The idea cholestyramine will reverse all damage in a few months of aggressive use is profoundly simplistic.
Further, after these individuals are physically repaired from biotoxin damage, they then require very tailored and carefully paced Lyme treatment along with treatment for their co-infections. (The original Lyme biotoxins and HLA pattern work was done by Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker. It has been replicated by a small number of clinicians who understand this medical science.)
Note: Reading this article assumes you have read the informed consent on Dr. Schaller's site. Never self-treat based on this article. Always consult licensed medical and mental health practitioners
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I would add clay and charcoal can be used externally
Comparing Mold Toxin Binders Many thinking patients who learn about biotoxins, and especially mold toxins wonder what is the best binder. After modest research they become aware of these binders: cholestyramine, activated carbon, bentonite and celite. So how do they compare? In one study they were compared in their ability to bind fumonisin. Fumonisin B1 is the most prevalent member of a family of toxins produced by several species of Fusarium molds, which occur mainly in different varieties of corn.
Fumonisin is well known to cause many insults to mammals. For example, induced cancers in lab animals have included: liver adenomas and carcinomas, skin cancer, kidney tubule carcinomas, Simply, Fumonisin B1 is highly toxic to both livers and kidneys. It kills cells. It induces DNA damage. It undermines key reactions in lab animals and humans: sphingolipid, phospholipid and fatty acid metabolism is disturbed in and outside the body in all animals and in a single human study. Disruption of sphingolipids by fumonisin B1 causes cell death.
Comparing the Mold Toxin Binders Cholestyramine showed the best adsorption capacity. It was quite effective at 85% absorption. Activated Carbon had the second best mold toxin absorption at 62%. Bentonite clay adsorbed minimally. Even when the amount of toxin load in the water was reduced to a low load of only 13 microg/ml, the Bentonite clay still only bound 12% of the toxin. Celite was not effective even at the lowest tested FB1 concentration of 3.2 microg/ml. Cholestyramine was tested in lab rats fed food with fumonisin toxins. Some of the rats had a diet with 20-mg/g cholestyramine. The addition of cholestyramine to the toxin-contaminated diets consistently reduced the effect of fumonisin toxins as tested by their urinary excretion tests.
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Sources:
Solfrizzo M, Visconti A, Avantaggiato G, Torres A, Chulze S. In vitro and in vivo studies to assess the effectiveness of cholestyramine as a binding agent for fumonisins. Mycopathologia. 2001;151:147-53.
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Just in case you cannot find my original post:
I only the know number of the test with Labcorp.
You can easily determine your unique genetic ability to remove Lyme's specific biotoxins by ordering a special 5-part HLA inherited gene marker test from LabCorp (test 012542), which is one of the largest labs in the United States".
Check out my post titled Test for Biotoxin gene as it has a few articles attached BUT I think it just discusses Labcorp.
You'll definitely need your LLMD to analyze it because I have no clue. I came up positive for the 15-6-51 gene AND some mold gene (one that doesn't allow my body to remove molds at the normal rate...460% slower than a healthy human.
Yes, I have some "sweet" genes. It's been a very important discovery for my recovery and continued health so I totally recommend it!!
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Anyone read Desperation Medicine by shoemaker? This is his masterpiece! He says CFS is defined by exodogenous toxins and can be distinguished from Lyme by CFS,s having postural hypotension(which I have). I think stress can create emotional toxins which we do need to avoid, this Shoemaker doesnt take account of. If you are postive for the VCS test you have a problem.
So not every cfs patient has a mold problem . S says soft tissue trauma creates toxins he says in FMS but so does emotional trauma in my view or at least stops toxins being cleared.
Mold warriors is a little shrill in comparison and slightely overstates the mold issue in my opinion. For some mold isnt an issue but our bodies are still producing toxins that need to be soaked up.
Yep that means a life on csm or charcoal or whatever!
We are poisoned because we have poisoned the planet he states. Yep we are canaries!
This book will cheer you up! its my favourite book on lyme/cfs.
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There is lot that in the book below. It talks about how missionaries distributed charcoal. An old fashioned book!
A simple remedy. Experimentally I have worked up to 25g daily. www.personalconsult.com has a few charcoal references.
I take it in one dose as I find that works best in getting what shoemaker calls an intensification effect.
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how do you subscribe to the Public Health Alert?
the info may be on this thread but I am not able to scan the thread to find it at this time.
I would like to get it on line as I can increase the font.
I tried printing out the pages but it was too small for me to read.
thanks
Bottom line...is I am looking for something to send to workmen's comp Dr. O'Neil (AME) to tie in all of us who got chronically ill.
Two of us shared a classroom, one was next door and the other was a person who visited us...management.
Air quality was tested in the building because so many got sick.
But mold was not tested and the toilet between the classroom kept having problems.
Looking back, I am sure the wall behind the bookcase must have been very moldy.
The water would run down the wall and out onto our classroom floor.
They would close the class on those days but they never did anything about opening the wall up and taking care of the mold.
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My best book on lyme remains Desperation Medicine followed by Healing lyme by Buhner then the Lyme disease solution there is a nice chapter at the end on God and Healing.
There is no history or discussion of why people are getting Lyme in Singletons book which is why it comes in at no 3 in my list. Why are we getting ill has to be addressed in my opinion. Shoemaker is mentioned only briefly with no mention of rifing.
Having read the book I know I dont have classic lyme but ME/CFS but I knew that before.
The book is very good on antibiotics but 500 pages is slightely misleading as its practically large print, so some thing are "beyond the scope" of the book.
He is a big fan of Buhners herbs.
The diet recommended is not proved by any studies or whatever to be better than all the other diets out there so I was not too impressed by his strict diet ideas. He says everything he is saying is evidenced based but that does not include his diet.
Early shoemaker, who I very much prefer,(Desperation Medicine) is saying that we wont get anywhere(because of endogenous toxins) unless we induce an intensification effect first. I think there are three things definitely which will induce that CSM, large doses of activated charcoal, fermented Noni.
We need to first deal with the toxins in our bodies! Practically permanently!
We also may need to move.
Then come all the supplements,detox regimes etc I like Klinghardt ideas but there are many others etc Kane etc
The archetype of the wounded healer is a long one. I guess the best healers spend time on healing themselves and through the knowledge they have gained then helping others. So there is a cycle of activity then relection and quiet.
I read a recent book by Norman Cousins called Head first:the biology of hope. I think hope and dreams are essential. Which is why Barack Obama is important.
I know this illness is complicated but I feel if we find an analysis of why we are ill then greater insight and progress can follow.
In fact I think its simple: we are poisoned and we are continually recycling the toxins in our bodies. It is less simple admittedly finding a solution.
But Ellen G. White says that Gods remedies are simple, affordable and safe. I think she is right! This is where faith comes in and that just because we are all not rich and afford to go and see master practiioners like Dr K of Washington then we are doomed or unworthy.
Another good book is the Gift of Pain by Paul Brand. We should be grateful for being alive with our symptoms unlike Leprosy patients who can fill no pain and constantly injure themselves. See the reviews on Amazon.
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AND you can go to master practioners and still not improve (to continue with Wallace's entry) if the healing needs to be in and with the heart.
Another great book is Stephen Levine's book, Healing into Living and Dying. He is masterful in teaching how to be compassionate with oneself and offers many meditations on forgiveness, healing sexual abuse, and much much more.
It as made a profound impact on my recovery process. And on my relationships, especially with myself!
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Thats true I dont know Dr K success rate(Does anyone know?! But to be fair emotional healing he says is key as Gigi pointed out in her posts.
Thanks for the book tip. The co author of The Gift of pain is Philip Yancey who has written another great book " Where is God when it Hurts". Any Yancey fans out there?
How are others surviving their intensification effect on CSM?
My simplified Neurotoxin protocol designed to induce an intensification effect
is:
CSM(which I am personally not taking)
Powdered charcoal(mixed with essential fatty acids)Once a day.
Various virgin oils
Fermented Noni juice and capsules along with further essential fatty acids later in day.
Further supplements/drugs to be taken as needed.
VCS test to be taken to monitor progress if needed.
Reading Shoemaker -Desperation Medicine K billings-Mold, the war within klinghart articles on web www.charcoalremedies.com
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the link didn't work so I didn't read the interview with Dr. S.
I am a chronic lyme girl. I was also exposed to mold. And, I have the "dreaded genotype".
I have a respect for Dr. S's work certainly - it's huge, but I did the CSM/actos protocol and while it had some benefits, it also ramped up my inflamation. I developed a lot of new symptoms from that protocol - maybe moved toxins around but did not eliminate them (?)...My LLMD has noticed a similiar response to the Dr. S protocol in other female patients.
Anyway, that was a couple years ago.
So, since we are all kind of guinea pigs in this arena, this was the response my body had. While I do believe Dr. S's treatment may be the panacea it promises to some, for me that was not the case.
As far as I know, his protocol does not make room for people who don't respond well to it. Or if it does, I am not aware of it.
So my intention is not to negate Dr. S. and his work, but just want to share my experience.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. Yep I thing we know that CSM for many is disappointing, though never tried it myself. So we have to find other things!
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EFA are important once the intensification effect starts I have ordered this below. We need things for cellular repair. Noni and EFA do this.
This is going to take time hence this is a long term protocol but reasonably cheap
S uses a hormone called procrit for this purpose. Yep its very expensive.
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