Ciguatera and Mannitol

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Lyme Angel sent a post today on IV mannitol for ciguatera poisoning.

She asked if this might not work to treat babesia since she said that

babesia has " an epicoplast that is evolved from cyanobacteria and

for all we know releases a similar toxin. " I am sending this concept

here to see if anyone is familar with the use of IV mannitol for cfs?

(I don't know if this would have any connection to why Ambertose

works for some people since it is not IV.)

http://www.phoenix-cfs.org/The%20SITE/ChannelopathyCFS.htm

CIGUATERA TOXIN AND A CHANNELOPATHY IN CFS

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G., Enlander, D. and A Coccheto. 2002. Acute Phase Lipids in Sera of

Various Disease; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Ciguatera and Varioius

Cancer with Antigenic Epitope Resembling Ciguatoxin as Determined

with MAB CTX. International Symposium on Toxins and Natural Products

Okinawa, Japan, November 17 - 19, 2002.

Hokama, Y, Whang, C., Chun, K. F., Suma, C . and N. Higa, 2003.

Chronic Phase Lipids in Sera of Several Chronic Diseases Reacting

with MAB–CTX (Antibody to Ciguatoxin) Journal of Toxicology. Vol. 22,

No. 4, pp. 547–554.

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Cocchetto 2003. Chronic Phase Lipids in Sera of Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CCFP), Hepatitis B,

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Here is a link to mannitol treatment for ciguatera done by Blythe,

Sylva who seem to be experts on this treatment in Florida.

http://www.bigbendsportsman.com/medicine/ciguatera.htm

For help with this treatment, call the Ciguatera Hotline at (305) 361-

4619 or (305) 661-0774.

Here is another link suggesting mannitol IV for RSD. They are

suggesting RSD is caused by inflammation and edema. They are not

looking for an underlying infection, but it seems likely that the

mannitol may be clearing some toxin, not just reducing inflammation

in RSD cases – hey we don't know what causes RSD, do we? (Lots of

Lyme and cfs cases get this label.)

http://www.rsdrx.com/rsdpuz4.0/puz_111.htm

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