Meningitis

[Kritters]

Hi all,

Wow, what a day....If I were independently wealthy...or even comfortable...I'd spend my life dedicated to this research and helping others.

First I get a call from a (business related) friend I haven't seen in a few years to tell me her husband (all of early 40's) has had things wrong with his heart and is on a pacemaker/defib....then she tells me her one daughter (11) has some sort of muscular weird disease and they're checking to see if it is going to affect her heart. (she's the one who was sick for a few years and unable to keep food down with stomach pains. only to find out in the end she had a parasite) She said the docs said it is probably congenital. She's an RN I believe, at a major hosp.

Well, we sure have a lot to talk about.

Then an hour later, I hear from this man who's sister I ran into the other day who called me because we have much in common...according to his sister. Well, he had Lyme disease, was treated with Tetracycline and says he's cured. HOWEVER he has meningitis. I couldn't talk long to him, but just recently I had the feeling meningitis is connected to Lyme is connected to Herpes is connected to Morgellons is connected to....sorry, out of breath.

Does anyone have any information on this possible connection to Lyme?

Thanks,
Kritts

[Kritters]

Seems it's connected to viruses and bacteria all over the place.

Meningitis

viral meningitis or lyme's disease or...? - Undiagnosed Symptoms - MedHelp

Lyme Disease: The Great Imitator | chiroweb.com

I'm just amazed at how little doctors seem to know...(at least those I've been to)

Kritte

[Katinka]

Wow, Kritts, Meningitis too? What else? I'm wondering how many more co-infections this disease is related to.

Chronic meningitis and Lyme disease in Sweden.

We studied 35 patients with chronic meningitis. The neurological abnormalities included aseptic meningitis, cranial neuropathy (mostly facial palsy), motor and sensory peripheral radiculoneuropathy, and myelitis. Neurological symptoms were sometimes preceded by erythema chronicum migrans or an insect bite and were often accompanied by fever, malaise, profound fatigue, and weight loss. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities consisted of a predominantly mononuclear pleocytosis, an elevated CSF protein (mean 2.3 g/l), intrathecal synthesis of oligoclonal immunoglobulin G, and, in half of the patients, a fall in the CSF/blood glucose ratio. High antibody titers to the Lyme spirochete and the Swedish Ixodes ricinus spirochete were demonstrated by immunofluorescence in 26 of the 35 patients. By imprint immunofixation of electrofocused samples of serum and CSF, intrathecal production of oligoclonal Lyme-spirochete-specific IgG was demonstrated in one patient with chronic meningitis. Four sequential paired samples of serum and CSF from this patient showed local synthesis of spirochete-specific antibodies in CSF. The 35 patients improved or recovered, sometimes dramatically, during a two-week course of intravenous penicillin G.

Chronic Meningitis: Infections of the Brain and Spinal Cord: Merck Manual Home Edition

Infectious organisms invade the brain or the subarachnoid space and multiply slowly over weeks or months. Such organisms include the bacteria that cause tuberculosis or syphilis** and fungi such as Cryptococcus neoformans or Coccidioides immitis. These fungi are more likely to cause chronic meningitis in people with a weakened immune system, such as those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).




**Spirochetes family



Coccidioides immitis


Coccidioides immitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katinka

[Kritters]

Thanks for helping me out here, Kat! xo

When the heck are they going to put 2 and 2 together? This is all just becoming too obvious to not become incredulous at the lack of ability for 'them' to put it all together!!!

How many SIMILAR diseases, which have SIMILAR symptoms, and associated with SIMILAR organisms, which affect us SIMILARLY are there?

We have found that pathogens combine, morph, go through stages in every part of our bodies. Why the heck can't they keep track of this instead of looking for the prize in naming a new organism? Obviously there is a pattern. Obviously, that pattern is being ignored.

grrrr.

thanks again Katink!
xoKritts

[Kritters]

Kat,
The first photos look like they could be fungus incorporated with borrellia b. and the other tick co-infections (of the SAME tick mother species). So that is a fungus?

So, now it's bacteria, viruses, AND fungus that goes along with Lyme. Oh, but DIFFERENT strains or sub-divisions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi.

The second looks like a clock we used to have on the wall in the 70's, co-ordinated with the shag rug.....(and Elvis Presley on black velvet picture). I think you can still buy one at TJMaxx my favorite store, these days)

Isn't it amazing how they can name all these things and not understand how they work?

xoKritts

[Kritters]

Yep... me again. Another thing I want to point out is the 'bells palsy' .....I've seen that as a symptom with several diseases. Of course....that might be because they are related. Let's call most diseases "Daryl and Daryl" because SOMEBODY is too dumb to put 2 and 2 together and because they are all cousins, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers of the same organism.

Aside from my rant, I had one side of my face sort of droop (not noticable to anyone other than myself) and I chalked it up to when I had a fitness club and worked out a lot. I thought I might have popped some vessels or something. But my face then returned to normal after about a year or two. That was right after my x husband made the very sweet announcement that he gave me herpes intentionally. I'm revealing my private story for the sake of science LOL. .....Then, just about 4 years ago when I think I contracted WHATEVER this is, my one eye would look larger than the other (HEY ANYONE WANT TO DATE ME? SNORT SNORT)....Well, THAT'S now back to normal.

I sure hope we figger this out before I'm too old to even notice when I have bells palsy!!

But seriously.... let's try to document how many different pathogenic diseases are symptomatic of bells palsy? So far today I know Herpes and Meningitis. I'm pretty sure I remember reading it's one of the Lyme symptoms, but not sure.

And if I read one more time.....usually affects people who are IMMUNE COMPROMISED, I will puke. I'd like to just once see that followed up with some examples or evidence why.

xoKritts

[Kritters]

LOL.....EVERYBODY THROW OUT YOUR 70'S WALL CLOCKS!!!!

XOk....oh and just to clarify... I never had that clock or the Elvis painting....just the shag rug. ;-)