The Link Between Autism and Lyme Disease

The CDC tells us 1 in 150 children have autism and that Lyme disease pops up at the rate of 20,000 reported cases a year. Even mainstream experts agree, however, that cases of Lyme are vastly under-reported.

At the Second Annual Lyme-Autism Connection Conference held June, 2008 in Palm Springs, discussion focused on Lyme-induced autism (LIA). Several experts suggested that at least 70% of the population has Lyme, and that it is being passed to children through congenital transmission, possibly through DNA.

"Most autistic kids have Lyme disease because most docs do not treat for Lyme first to knock it down enough that the white cell blood count can mount an attack and give you something to measure," said Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD. "That is why it is unknown."

According to author and herbalist Stephen Buhner, Lyme bacteria consume collagen tissues so the infection first goes to joints and then to the brain where the body has big stores of collagen. That is why research is showing that 20-30% of children diagnosed with autism, are in fact, positive for Lyme disease. This would mean that 150,000 - 200,000 autistic children are undiagnosed and untreated for this disease, hindering the improvement of their autistic symptoms.

"The epidemics of Lyme and autism have gone from mild ripples in the water to roaring, all-consuming tidal waves, destroying thousands of lives and tearing apart countless families," said Bryan Rosner and Tami Duncan, co-authors of the book, The Lyme-Autism Connection. Our lack of respect for bugs is as much to blame for the epidemics as is human politics.

"One of the most foolish things humans did was to assume that bacteria were not intelligent," said Buhner. "Bacteria can actually analyze ways to deactivate an antibiotic and give that info to other bacteria they encounter. Lyme seeds every part of the body where it has been with spirochetes. It generates scores of alternate forms of itself to maximize survival." Lyme is notorious for mutating when hit with antibiotics, antimicrobials and other attempts to kill it.

Electromagnetic Fields – a Silent but Deadly Force

Various doctors at the LIA conference presented research into what is feeding the bugs. One of the top suspects is electromagnetic fields (EMF). "Not enough of us are talking about this," said Dr. Klinghardt. "The body acts like an antenna for ambient electric fields in the home and these interfere with body functions. Neurons cannot function at higher than 40 microwatts."

Dr. Klinghardt explained there is a synergistic effect of environmental pollution and EMF and growth of microbes. "We need oxidation to kill the bugs but there is too much oxidation where we don't need it, in healthy cells, because of EMF. Some of the answers are cheap and effective, but have not clicked yet."

Dr. Lee Cowden stated that EMF can combine with parasites and fungi to create Leaky Gut Syndrome, a common problem in children with autism.

Some parents who caught on early to the EMF issue report success in removing wireless internet, portable phones, and cell phones from the house – even turning off the household fuse box at night. Clocks that plug into the wall often generate significant EMF and can be replaced with battery operated models. Sleep is the most important time for healing. EMF disturbs the body's natural sleep rhythms.

There is an EMF shield you can drape over a child's bed like mosquito netting. And there is an EMF blocking paint, interior and exterior, that can be used to shield a room or entire house.

The Rise of Genetically Modified Foods

Another top suspect in the Lyme-Autism connection is genetically modified (GM) foods where foreign genes have been spliced into the DNA of these foods to make them herbicide tolerant.

"Many of the top researchers at the FDA know how dangerous GM food is but they are not permitted to say anything so, officially, the FDA does nothing to warn us about the potential for serious harm," said Dr. Garry Gordon. "GM food can help introduce antibiotic resistance and it also carries a virus than can lead to the development of various 'stealth infections' which may not be detected on today's standard tests for infections. This means that although we are all focused on things like lead or mercury or food sensitivities, even the most astute doctors are doing little to combat the ever-present infection component contributing to our current health crisis."

Dr. Gordon explained that we put the farmers into the game of how big the carrot is, rather than how nutritious the carrot is. "We may have the calories but we do not have the health," he said. "Mineral deficiencies cause the body to be more acid. And some of these minerals, like selenium, really fight mercury."

At the LIA convention, parent Andrea Lalama got a standing ovation for her investigation into how GM food contributes to autism because of the the Bt pesticide found in all GM corn. One of her children became autistic after receiving five vaccines in the same day. "I at first blamed the vaccines, but I was wrong," she said.

She came to understand the vaccines worsened her son's speech delay problem, turning it into a case of extreme autism.

Lalama channeled her energies into research. She came to see a link between autism and the pesticide, Bt. "During WWII, Bt spores were looked at by the Germans," she reported. "They saw crystals inside the spores that puncture the intestine of the insect and give Leaky Gut. The bacteria then get out of the intestine. The crystals keep the holes in the intestine from ever growing back together again and healing."

Bt has been used as a spray pesticide in the USA since 1939. Autism showed up in 1943.

"The Bt pesticide was introduced into genetically modified corn, then potatoes, then fruits and vegetables," she explained. "In 1995, it was found in human guts. The metabolic pathways in our kids are corrupt."

Lalama said the increased exposure to Bt modified foods helps explain the jump in autism rates. "Bt also accounts for the disappearing bees, bats, and monarch butterflies. Surviving bees have been studied and found to have lost their ability to communicate with each other. Sounds just like our kids, yes?"

Her research caused her to discover a supplement called bitter orange which contains octopamine, a neurotransmitter found in the octopus and in bees. "We gave it to our kids. In 24 hours, we saw big changes in our children. A week later we got sentences." Lalama suggests that octopamine replaces communication abilities taken away by Bt modified foods.

Synergistic Effect of Heavy Metals

Several doctors spoke of a synergistic interplay between metals and microbes which creates the biofilm that gives Lyme its unique ability to hide from the immune system.

"Resistant strains of bacteria and yeast produce a polysaccharide matrix – biofilm – to protect them from the surrounding environment," said Amy Derksen, ND. "It is essentially a layer containing several heavy metals that encompasses the organisms we are trying to treat, making it very difficult to treat without needing doses so high that they would harm our children. The biofilm also prevents normal flora like acidophilus from thriving."

Dr. Gordon said that is why detox is an absolute must: "We must lower our total body burden of pathogens to help lower our chronic inflammation, which is holding heavy metals in tissues in spite of using the best chelators."

"It's important to do genetic testing," suggested Dr. Derksen. "Many of these kids are born with defects of their glutathione and methylation pathways."

Looking to the Future

The conference presented a number of different protocols for treating Lyme and Autism. Some incorporated antibiotics while others relied primarily on herbs, supplements or machines.

One thing stood out clearly: there is no perfect remedy. But the better shape you are in when you start treatment, the better the outcome will likely be.

Kim Marott of Corona, California, struggled for years to "fix" her daughter who was seriously debilitated with Lyme. "We tried everything, I felt I was begging in each doctor's office," she said. "When we found the Jai machine, it was as if the hand of God had touched her; the healing was amazingly fast. The humiliation patients face has to end."

Clearly, the epidemics are growing. The LIA conference sounded a warning bell to stop fixating on fixes and start focusing on the causes.

"We know global warming is driving growth of insects for example," said Dr. Klinghardt.

Environmental pollution, genetically modified foods, and a lack of a nutrient-rich diet are high-risk factors spreading the epidemic. Getting America's doctors up to speed is no small challenge. Getting medical groups and governmental agencies less concerned about politics and more concerned with delivering solutions is no small challenge.

"It's up to us as parents and professionals to lead the way," said LIA conference organizer Tami Duncan. "The doctors who enrolled and spoke at this year's LIA conference are probably a good five years ahead of their colleagues in their understanding of Lyme and autism. We will persist because our kids are our future and they need our help."

Next year, LIA's annual conference will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. LIA will join with CHOICE, an Arizona organization formed by Linda Heming, aka "lymeangl@aol.com." CHOICE lobbies for an unrestricted array of choices in healthcare for patients and doctors.
http://arizonaadvancedmedicine.com/articles/autism_lyme_disease.html

Doctors Find Link Between Lyme Disease, Autism

Although the mystery of autism continues to puzzle the medical community, some doctors are finding a link between autism and Lyme disease, which is called “Lyme-Induced Autism,” FOX40 Sacramento reported.
Mary Hendricks, 19, was diagnosed with a severe case of autism at the age of 2, but also showed symptoms of digestive problems, skin infections and pain.
After 17 years of constant doctors’ visits to diagnose the problem, a specialist told Mary’s mother, Tina, that the key to diagnosing her daughter would be to diagnose her first.
In the past, Tina had suffered from colitis, fibromyalgia and flu-like symptoms.
Doctors ordered a Lyme disease test, which came back positive. Then, the same test showed that Mary also suffered from Lyme disease. After receiving the results, Tina recalled that before getting pregnant with Mary, she had two ticks removed from her skin and hadn’t thought about it since.
"If a child has autism from birth, many times it's because the child inherited an infection from the mother. I do think that Lyme disease, especially congenital Lyme is a cause of autism ," autism specialist Dr. Lynn Mielke told FOX40.
Mielke said she thinks that Mary contracted Lyme disease from her mother during the pregnancy, which played a big role in Mary’s development of autism. He started intense treatment on Mary’s Lyme disease, and the outcome was successful beyond their expectations.
"As we treat Mary for her Lyme, some of her check list autism symptoms are disappearing," Tina said.
"For her to wake up, smile and giggle and laugh .. we haven't heard that for years," added her father, Danny.
Miekle told FOX40 the severity of Mary’s autism may mean she’ll only improve minimally, but for the Hendricks even small improvements translate to huge miracles.
"I have had patients in my practice with autism, who when we treated their Lyme disease, their autism improved so much that they were no longer autistic,” Mielke said.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/09/27/doctors-find-link-between-lyme-disease-autism/#ixzz1zmTsc9Z1

Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy

An enigmatic feature of Lyme disease is the slow resolution of musculoskeletal symptoms that can continue after treatment, with some patients developing an inflammatory arthritis that becomes refractory to antibiotic therapy. Using intravital microscopy and the mouse model of Lyme borreliosis, we observed that Borrelia burgdorferi antigens, but not infectious spirochetes, can remain adjacent to cartilage for extended periods after antibiotic treatment. B. burgdorferi was not recovered by culture or xenodiagnosis with ticks after antibiotic treatment of WT mice and all but one of the immunodeficient mice with heightened pathogen burden due to impaired TLR responsiveness. Amorphous GFP⁺ deposits were visualized by intravital microscopy in the entheses of antibiotic-treated mice infected with GFP-expressing spirochetes and on the ear cartilage surface in sites where immunofluorescence staining detected spirochete antigens. Naive mice were not infected by tissue transplants from antibiotic-treated mice even though transplants contained spirochete DNA. Tissue homogenates from antibiotic-treated mice induced IgG reactive with B. burgdorferi antigens after immunization of naive mice and stimulated TNF-α production from macrophages in vitro. This is the first direct demonstration that inflammatory B. burgdorferi components can persist near cartilaginous tissue after treatment for Lyme disease. We propose that these deposits could contribute to the development of antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis.

Read more here:
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/58813

Mindset and Lyme

 'There is a principle which is a bar against all information which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation'

Herbert Spencer

Hello all,

As Lyme can affect the brain so much it can I feel also affect our outlook on life.

When one is given a diagnoses of a Chronic debilitating illness all one can focus on is how to live with this and how to cope. if one does not have support from family and friends it can be even more difficult to start to think positively..

I was in a hospital bed I had lost my vision, swallow, walking ability, bladder function,  my hearing and my sight was affected and a very good friend came to visit me and gave me a book by Louise L Hay "You can heal your life".

I thought well cannot do me any harm must be better than the drugs I'm been given.
I applied it to my life, I said the affirmations and after a week I got my bladder back to fully working order, my sight returned as did my hearing and swallow.
I took on board the fact that yes one can heal ones self with the mind.
If we allow the illness to take over so to speak then it will.
If we tell ourselves enough times that say "I am unable to walk" well that is what will happen.
If we say complain that we are all alone then that is what will happen because this life is an illusion everything in our realty is like a tape recording playing out all our thoughts that we have had and we have the ability to change the recording at any time if we so wish.
This affects our Money, Health, love life everything. The Universe or God has shown me many things to verify what I have put above,
I will say Louise L Hay and My good friend really helped to save my life because i was on the verge of giving up yep I was telling myself that this was it i had come to the end.
if Louise L Hay can heal herself from cancer surely i could heal myself.

The brain is probably the most powerful healing tool we have to use to make ourselves well and healthy, it does not matter if we created the dis-ease in the first place there was a reason for this maybe it is part of the souls contract or divine intervention who knows but surley if we have the information and the ability to make ourselves well with our own brain well this must be good.
All too many times are we too reliant on Big Pharma to make us well.
As Louise L Hay says "It is only when we are under the surgeons knife do we even consider taht we could of brought the dis-ease upon ourselves".

Yes I could of given in to the illness and just given up quite easily I felt so helpless so destitute. Yes I'll admit it while I was in hospital it was so much easier not having to worry about where my next meal was going to come from. This did not last long no and the quicker I got out of hospital the better, I wanted my life back and the little independence I did poses back.

So yes I will say a lot of our healing no matter what we are using whether antibiotics or Rife machine or MMS these can't work on their own the mind has to come into play as well.
Positive affirmations and positive thoughts/thinking all aids the healing and gives our immune system a chance to make us well and healthy.

Yes I used to be a victim and have a victim mentality maybe because of the way I was brought up or conditioning from my teachers and peers and the media it does not matter now because I acknowledged I did have the victim mentality and realised that this was only making me sicker, weaker physically.
Yes I became codependent and again this was making me sicker.
So if you are treating your chronic Illness do not give up yes it is a long hard road and yes there will be Herx's but keep strong do not give up because in the long run there is light at the end of the tunnel.

**Always consult a LLMD (Lyme Literate Doctor) or your own health care professional.**

Mind and Lyme

Hello all,

Lyme is an illness that is like an octopus it reaches everyone and everywhere.

I was thinking about myself before MMS and now and my own brain function.

Thinking about all the people i have had in my life and who were obviously infected.

Lyme really affects the mind in so many ways.

The IQ is firstly affected in some although Mozart is said to of  had syphilis and he did right some pretty fantastic stuff. Syphilis is a cousin of Borrelia Burgdorferi the main cause of  Lyme disease. it would make perfect sense that as syphilis and Borrelia are cousins that there would be some similarities to both illness's.

Well obviously Mozart and Beethoven's I.Q's where not as affected to cause a massive drop, but I have noticed with myself and others the I.Q was affected.

i said i would do a IQ test and sure enough my IQ has risen to 129 from 75! as you can see this is quite a difference in IQ.

I have also noted that Lyme affects all sorts of areas of the brain function. The human brain's main function is to provide coherent control over  the actions of a animal. It allows groups of muscles to be co-activated in complex patterns.

The brain also is part of our cognitive function which is an intellectual process by we become aware of, perceives, or process ideas.

It involves all aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning and remembering.

I noticed all of the above was affected with my brain and others who were infected.

Memory problems played a huge part, growing up to me it seemed normal now having been on MMS for nearly a year I can tell these memory problems are not normal human function not at all. After reading an article dating back from 1996 it says "Memory problems are the most common sign of a brain infection".

 Dr Steere of Tufts New England first recognized that  Lyme disease that it could cause neurological problems.

Dr Brian Pallon a psychiatrist at the state Psychiatric Institute in New York was trying to prompt colleagues to consider the possibility that the patients may be infected with Lyme.

In Europe, where the disease is called borreliosis, patients commonly develop neuropsychiatric symptoms after being infected by the same spirochete that causes Lyme disease, Dr. Fallon said. But in this country, arthritic symptoms are most common and many doctors still do not appreciate the threat to the nervous system.

Dr. Fallon said that up to 40 percent of patients with Lyme disease developed some involvement of the nervous system affecting either the extremities or the central nervous system. He told of a 47-year-old man who experienced depression and memory problems as his main signs of Lyme disease, symptoms that responded well to intravenous antibiotics. The symptoms recurred five months later, but he was not treated a second time. He developed a type of dementia that required hospitalization and died a few years later. An autopsy found Lyme spirochetes in a degenerated part of his brain.

Children can also develop a neurological form of Lyme disease that often shows up as behavioral or emotional disturbances. Such children may become moody, lose interest in play and do poorly in school. Among 16 children in Westchester County, N.Y., who contracted Lyme disease, 15 whose infections were identified and treated within the first month were doing very well, Dr. Fallon said. But one child, in whom the disease was not diagnosed until four months after he was thought to have been infected, has suffered for five years with arthritis, headaches, depression and memory problems.

Studies by Dr. Steere and others of patients with neurological signs of Lyme disease have revealed inadequate blood flow through particular areas of the brain. Dr. Steere also said that after an attack of Lyme disease, patients might develop pain or fatigue syndromes that resemble fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Diagnosis Problems.

To be sure, extreme incapacitating effects of a Lyme infection are rare. But even the more subtle effects like depressed mood, memory problems and word-finding difficulties can be devastating to those who are afflicted.

Such patients commonly receive the wrong diagnosis or inappropriate treatment. Often they are shunted from one doctor to another. In addition to blood tests for antibodies to the spirochete, diagnosis of neurological Lyme disease may require a spinal tap, an electroencephalogram (EEG), magnetic resonance imaging (M.R.I.), standard neuropsychological tests (for example, for memory, word association and depression) and a carefully taken health history.

Even after a correct diagnosis is made and a long course of intravenous antibiotics is administered, the organism may not be eradicated from its sanctuary in the brain. Repeated courses of this costly therapy are typically needed, but many insurance companies balk at paying for them because the treatments are still considered experimental.

Sometimes the treatment itself can cause a flare-up of Lyme disease, producing both physical and neuropsychiatric symptoms. But most often, when the presence of a Lyme infection can be established, treatment with intravenous antibiotics for four to six weeks results in a distinct improvement. But Dr. Steere, who uses ceftriaxone, which is sold as Rocephin, noted that patients typically must wait three to six months to see signs of gradual improvement and may never recover 100 percent.

Reference:

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/us/personal-health-when-lyme-invades-the-brain-and-spinal-system.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

**Always consult a LLMD (Lyme Literate Doctor) or your own health care professional.**

Fatigue and MMS

Hello all,

I have been taking MMS for 11 months July will be my 12th.

I knew it might take a long time to be completly clear of Lyme but I am certain the MMS would work faster than antibiotics. From where I am now to when I started there is great improvement.
I have to wait until July 15th to reach a whole year.

I am going to take an IQ test and I will update you with the results.


The best way to understand the fatigue is it's like there are two jars one is your mental jar the other is your physical jar but if you use your mental jar too much it empty's and the brain has to start using the physical jar for the mental jar to compensate.
Thing is with Lyme the jars are already half full as it is so you may be ok in the morning but if you do too much  taxing mind work then if you wanted to start doing physical stuff this just won't happen and you get collapse.
Same goes for the other way round if you do some physical stuff and overdo it forget getting your brain to work with the mental stuff no siree the jars are empty both ways.
No matter how much zip remedies you do nothing will help.
Hence why sometimes I just could not even communicate or bring myself to do anything physical and it would take a long time to recharge my jars or batteries.

Now has MMS helped with my fatigue?

Yes it has before i took MMS I had got to the stage that I was going to have to give up my job, something I really did not want to do. I am still working and I have been able to do a website and this blog and i am in the process of another website!

I used to get so tired before MMS I could not of brought myself to contemplate a website what with brain fog as well as putting the hours in and a part time job and of course being a mum of two.
After I started the MMS and until this very day my fatigue is getting less a lot less and I do not get so tired that i cannot get out of my bed for days and days.
I hope to one day be at the point where I have boundless energy like a normal human being.
Some may say this is wishful thinking I disagree if I had not of been infected i would be a normal human being now.

I used to do my part time job of 23 hours and then I would be totally wiped out for 3 days or more, I would not be able to do very much at all I would force myself to go shopping or other daily things but i would get tireder and tireder until after probably a month then I would have an all mighty collapse.

Now with the MMS I can do my job and after a good nights sleep i can do more i am not wiped out and I can complete more tasks in a day.

Before if i had too many tasks the fear would creep in then the depression then the exhaustion and I would not be able to complete anything..
Now I can and I do not get the fear, depression or exhaustion.
Yes i feel the fatigue is getting better and I hope (and pray) will eventually become a distant memory.

So has MMS helped with the fatigue? you betcha it has!
I wrote this didn't I
I finished work on Sunday after working for 11 hours and the next day I worked on my website and today this blog wow!

 **Always consult a LLMD (Lyme Literate Doctor) or your own health care professional.**

Thank Goodness for the Internet!

I have not posted on the blog for a couple of days because sometimes it can be hard to type if I have a Brain Fog day.
Sometimes I do feel like I am quite literally going up the wall with frustration and I know Lyme is to blame.
Life is funny how it deals out the cards isn't it?
 I asked the highest, God whatever you wish to call it for help with my illness, I asked for a cure yes a cure, something I would never of dreamed of when i was first diagnosed with M.S.
 My answer came after about a week I was shown information about MMS and it did not stop there oh no, I was then shown information about Lyme and the M.S connection.
When i say shown I basically sat in front of my computer and went with whatever popped into my head and i would type in my search engine and hey presto the answers came, thank goodness for the Internet, years ago one would have to trawl through books at a library which could take an excessive amount of time and that's if the Library had the books in their stock.
Yes the Internet is quite a blessing, I would never of found out about MMS or Lyme or even the Lyme cover up in the days before the Internet. It has opened up my life and I have probably connected with more humans than I would of done in my day to living.
I got the answers I was looking for by asking my angels yes I believe we have higher beings watching over us and guiding us along our path and yes they use the Internet too.

I will say the Internet is a god send for anyone with a disability and of course computers!
Some may say they are a pain and yes this is true when they do not work like they should.
At least it is one way when one is disabled to get a bit of independence and open up ones world a bit more.

Thank Goodness for the Internet!