Cardiac disease, macular degeneration and Alzheimer’s are common co-morbid conditions. The reason these co-morbidities occur is because each arises from a common root cause—chronic chlamydia pneumonia (CP). CP damages the endothelium inside blood vessels and at the blood brain barrier, and causes the build-up of plaque and narrowing of vessels. CP also causes angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) and many other adverse effects.
CP can impair cardiac function by damaging endothelium inside blood vessels, and depositing plaque that narrows the lumen (and can break off, causing a stroke). CP can impair the blood supply to the macula (eye), leading to macular degeneration, including formation of new small and fragile blood vessels in the back of the eye as the body tries to restore blood supply to the macula. CP reaches the brain through the bloodstream and immune system, depositing plaque and creating new blood vessels and blood vessel tangles, which are known to be caused by CP—and also known to be present in the Alzheimer’s brain.
These co-morbid conditions may develop over time, decades after the acute CP infection; and each may develop at a different point in time, as chronic CP spreads in the body, through the bloodstream and immune system.
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