Monthly Archives: July 2019
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Lupus is an “autoimmune disease”, similar to rheumatoid arthritis. Lupus is defined by symptoms; and a positive ANA blood test, which shows antibodies to nuclear material (fragments of nucleus from dying cells) generated by immortal pathogens. The findings in lupus overlap with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjögren’s, scleroderma, fibromyalgia, and Raynaud’s. Lupus can damage the brain, nerves, blood vessels, heart, kidney, immune system, joints, and skin; and lupus patients are at increased risk for many types of cancer and for cardiovascular events. Lupus…..
Chronic chlamydia infection spreads to host cells throughout the body; and as a greater number of cells become infected, a greater number of cells are deprived of the energy and oxygen necessary for cell function, and endothelial damage becomes more widespread. Chlamydia pneumonia can also spread through smooth muscles, and chlamydia DNA has been found in muscles and joints. Chlamydia pathogens infect immune cells attempting to fight the pathogen, causing damage to immune function. When the patient has more than…..
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a complicated joint, required to both rotate and translate. The TMJ is used almost continuously for activities of daily living, such as breathing, talking, eating, and swallowing; and stresses on the TMJ are equal or greater than a hip joint. Women are diagnosed with temporomandibular joint disease (TMD) more often than men; and cats and dogs also can develop TMD. TMD patients have many co-morbid conditions, which may include myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue…..
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can develop after a urogenital infection with chlamydia. RA has many co-morbid conditions, including infections, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal disease, neurological and psychiatric disease, kidney disease, ocular disease, skin disease, and cancer. Chlamydia species that cause RA have a predilection for urethral, reproductive, and ocular tissue. Urethritis and reproductive disease develop from persistent infection in the urogenital system. Ocular complications occur more often in women and children, in the five years after onset. Women are…..
Use of opioids is a problem in the U.S. Patients ordinarily do not want to take pain medication unless they have pain, which presents an important and overlooked question: Why are so many patients having so much pain? Patients have too much pain, both physical and mental, because chronic infections are not being diagnosed; and patients are treated symptomatically. Patients in pain often have undiagnosed or untreated chronic infection, gastrointestinal disease, and other complex medical problems. They often have mental…..
Scientists have long suspected a “connection” between arthritis and chlamydia. Studies showed chlamydia caused an inflammatory reaction in synovial fluid; and chlamydia pneumonia, chlamydia trachoma, and chlamydia psittacosis have been found in arthritic joints. Researchers found chlamydia pneumonia and chlamydia trachoma, in fluid from arthritic knees; and the chlamydia trachoma was both viable and metabolically active. Ocular trachoma was suggested as even more likely to cause arthritis. Chlamydia pneumonia and chlamydia trachoma were reported to cause undifferentiated spondyloarthritis. Chlamydia psittacosis…..
Currently, inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease are treated symptomatically with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), steroids, and TNF-inhibitors. NSAIDs increase the risk of developing joint degeneration, destruction of cartilage, edema, cardiac events, gastric bleeding, kidney damage, kidney failure, severe allergic reactions, depression, mood changes, weight gain, diabetes, and death. NSAIDs combined with alcohol increase the risk of kidney damage. Steroids suppress the immune system; and can worsen chronic disease, by weakening the immune system. Chronic steroid use can accelerate joint degeneration,…..
The pain from chronic infection can be referred to joints, and the location of joint pain can be a clue to the nature of the infection. Multiple types of metabolically active chlamydia pathogens have been identified in fluid around arthritic joints. Blocked arteries, cardiovascular events, gastrointestinal disease, liver disease, gallbladder disease, pancreatic disease, kidney disease, reproductive disease, and bladder/urinary tract disease can all be caused by chronic infection and refer pain to the back. Throat and respiratory infection can refer…..
A healthy immune system does not attack healthy tissue—the immune system acts and reacts, in response to pathogens. In autoimmune disorders, the immune system attacks cells infected with intracellular pathogens; attacks abnormal proteins generated by the pathogens, which have confused the immune system by molecular mimicry; and/or immune cells are infected with immortal intracellular pathogens, causing confusion, miscues and weakened immune function. When the immune system cannot eradicate the pathogens, immune cells generate TNF-alpha, which is a higher level of…..