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Monthly Archives: January 2022

24 Jan

Co-morbid diseases may have a common infectious cause

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Co-morbid diseases should be investigated for possible common infectious causes or combinations of infectious causes.  A history of acute infections in the patient, family, household animals, and community is necessary, as the triggering acute infectious event may have occurred years or decades before the onset of chronic disease. Co-morbid diseases may be an observation of different stages and/or processes in the evolution of acute disease into chronic disease; and often may be explained by starting with the known effects of…..

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24 Jan

Naming diseases based on symptoms creates confusion

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When medicine focuses on naming (new) chronic diseases based on symptoms and constellations of symptoms, medicine is creating an infinite list of named chronic diseases and subparts of chronic diseases. Variations in symptoms in people and over time reflect a variation in effect in different people, a progression of the disease, the duration of the chronic disease, or a new observation or thought about the chronic disease at various stages in the evolution of chronic disease. New observations in an…..

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14 Jan

Simplify and search for patterns to find understanding in chronic disease

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Medicine has focused on deconstructing intricate complexities, and now it is time to recognize formerly unrecognized simplicities and patterns, between specialties and between diseases. Acute intracellular infection can become a chronic intracellular infection; and subsequent acute and chronic bacterial and viral infections can also become intracellular. Over time, the mixing of the genetic material of the pathogens inside the cell can lead to cellular fatigue, mutations, and chronic disease.   We cannot solve the mysteries of chronic disease until we…..

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11 Jan

Alzheimer’s, AMD, and cardiac disease are co-morbid conditions with common origins

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Alzheimer’s is not the only disease in which deposits of extracellular lipids, proteins, and cellular debris are found. Chlamydia species are known to generate proteins, debris, clumps and plaque, and the type of chlamydia may determine the type and location of plaque—in the heart, brain, and/or eyes, and inside or outside blood vessels and nerve sheaths. Deposits of clumps of proteins, etc., in the retina, are a predictor of AMD.   Alzheimer’s, AMD, and cardiac disease are common co-morbid conditions,…..

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03 Jan

Pathogens and multiple sclerosis

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The prevalence of multiple sclerosis has been increasing; yet, no definitive test is available which proves the diagnosis of MS. Autoimmune disease in which the body attacks itself is an unprovable assumption—the immune system attacks pathogens. Pathogens and the immune system attack on the pathogens generate debris and trigger inflammation. Many pathogens have been associated with the development or exacerbation of MS, including bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae); Staphylococcus aureus-produced enterotoxins; viruses (Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus, cytomegaly virus); and…..

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