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Re: [Live-foods] epidemics
In a message dated 10/12/2007 12:01:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
live-foods-request at actwin_com writes:
Here in SE PA we no longer hear of dead birds falling from the sky, and only
rarely of people coming down with West Nile. We survived so-called
"epidemics" of rabid raccoons, swine flu, equine sleeping sickness, Lyme
disease, and similar hysterias that were spawned, in part, by the media.
But there will be another one, no doubt.
As someone who has had Lyme disease and as a result, looked into it, I can
tell you that Lyme (LD) may not technically be an epidemic in the usual sense
of the word, but it is certainly widespread. I am a teacher in Bucks County
and in my elementary school, several of our teachers or their families had
LD, our playground aid had LD, many of our students had LD, and even some of
our pets have been diagnosed with it. In my own circle of friends and my
family, there were 4 relatives with LD, and 11 friends. One of my friends had to
be on intravenous antibiotics for over a year, and has neurologic and other
health problems that are permanent. Until she was finally recognized as having
LD , the mother of one of our teachers was incapable of walking, and had
organ damage and dementia. After lengthy treatment she can now walk with a cane
and has most of her brain function back, but has permanent organ damage. It
is highly endemic to SE PA and all of NJ. Chester County is particularly
high in case incidence. One of the reasons there is so much disagreement in
the medical community is because the health insurance companies don't want to
pay for anything that requires lengthy treatment or is not diagnosable for
certain, such as fibromyalgia, and the Lyme tests are not foolproof. About 50%
of the results that do not show LD are actually false. My friend who was on
intravenous antibiotics has never tested positive on the standard tests, nor
did one of my friends' father. His autopsy, however showed that he was
filled with the nasty spirochetes that cause it. Sorry, just thought you should
know.
Carol < ' )))><
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