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04 May

Early treatment of infectious pathogens may aid in preventing chronic disease

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The CDC reports infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae account for more deaths than any other cause worldwide; and are the leading global cause of pneumonia mortality. S pneumoniae is also the most common cause of bacteremia, bacterial meningitis, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and otitis media; and is an important cause of endocarditis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, septic arthritis, and sinusitis. The type of strep and duration of acute infection may determine the organs most vulnerable to attack, such as the heart, kidney and/or skin……

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24 Oct

Extended treatment of symptoms is more expensive than the diagnosis and treatment of the root cause of chronic disease

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Very few named diseases have a known root cause: Most are identified by a description of the symptom(s) or effect(s). Scientific research makes observations, Big Pharma develops drugs to treat the symptoms (observations), and doctors treat symptoms; which leads to confusion in diagnoses, a failure to identify the root cause(s), failure to treat the root cause(s), extended symptomatic treatment, and treatment failures.   Extended symptomatic treatment is far more expensive than prompt diagnosis and treatment of acute infectious pathogens, and…..

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13 Sep

Penicillin can potentiate chlamydia and cause a false negative PCR test

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Penicillin can potentiate chlamydia pneumonia (CP) and cause a false negative PCR test. Penicillin destroys the cell wall of the intracellular pathogen, but not the pathogen. It changes the shape and increases the size of reticulate bodies, extends the life-cycle from 20 to 72 hours, increases the number of elementary bodies, and can enhance the spread and chronicity of CP.  In our book we discusses numerous examples across many chronic diseases of patients who likely had an intracellular infection, based…..

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04 May

Symptomatic treatment is not a cure

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Opiate addiction is a problem in the United States, but why do so many patients have so much pain? In some counties, the number of prescriptions for opioids exceeds the number of people living in the county. Doctors prescribe pain medication, then their prescriptions are monitored by medical and pharmacy boards, who pressure doctors to restrict prescriptions for pain medications, leaving the patients in pain, addicted, desperate, self-medicating, and hoarding pain medications. Opiate withdrawal can cause agitation, aggression, and acts…..

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16 Feb

Antibiotic use in animals leads to antibiotic resistance

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Unfortunately infectious causes of chronic disease have been ignored and dismissed. Treatment may be denied in the acute phase of immortal infections in the name of protecting against antibiotic resistance, and by the time a chronic disease occurs the acute disease has long been forgotten. To prevent antibiotic resistance the best way is to reduce antibiotics in animals (80% of usage). It is not too many antibiotics, it is too many of the wrong antibiotics, and lack of adequate diagnosis…..

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04 Jan

Azithromax can reduce inflammation and blood clots arising from viral infection

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We have previously written about the benefits of Azithromax (Z-pack) in a variety of chronic diseases—and about early treatment of intracellular infections to limit the risk of developing a chronic infection. Azithromax is safe and available, and has been shown to be effective at stopping inflammation and blood clots, after influenza and other viral illnesses. Azithromax has been shown to reduce the risk of future cardiovascular events in patients with cardiac disease. Azithromax and is now being considered as a…..

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16 Nov

MMR vaccines may provide partial protection against covid19

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This October 23, 2020 article was published in The American Medical Journal, and then republished on the same day at the NIH link. The article again supports our many previous posts suggesting the potential for an MMR vaccination to provide some protection against covid-19, and mitigate the severity of the disease. The article further supports the MMR vaccination is a potential explanation for mild and asymptomatic cases in children. Lax rates of MMR vaccination worldwide are correlated with worse rates…..

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01 Nov

Childhood vaccines may help mitigate covid19

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We suggested several times (3/21/20, 6/23/20, 8/6/20, 10/18/20) that childhood vaccines may provide cross reactivity, and protection or partial protection against covid19, particularly the MMR and polio vaccine. Childhood vaccinations provide one explanation for why children do not get covid19, are asymptomatic, or are less severely affected.  Vaccinations also explain why some countries have had a lower rate of covid19 and covid19 death—the countries that had mass vaccination programs for the MMR. Other scientists are now also reporting childhood vaccinations,…..

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06 Aug

Existing vaccines may provide partial protection in covid19

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We suggested in March and June of 2020 that studies and surveys be done to determine why children seem to be less effected by covid19, and that existing vaccines and other recent viral infections may provide partial protection against covid19. The Mayo Clinic has now reported one or more non-COVID, FDA-approved, readily available vaccines, may have some protective effect in covid19. Vaccines reported to have some protective effect included the MMR, the polio vaccine, the influenza vaccine, and the pneumonia…..

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23 Jun

Childhood vaccines may provide partial protection against covid-19

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Research suggests childhood vaccines (MMR, BCG, and polio) may provide cross-reactivity and some protection against covid-19. Most people under 50 have received the MMR and polio vaccines. Starting in the 1990’s, children received two MMR vaccinations rather than one, when two was reported to give greater protection. Cross-reactivity with childhood vaccines could explain lesser symptoms or the absence of symptoms in children and younger adults; could provide an opportunity for stop-gap measures to control covid-19; and could provide new opportunities…..

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