Re: from conf 1999 & bethesda Talks

[Guest guest]

Doris,

Does Dr. G still do these conferences?

If so, how can I find out about the next one?

If not, do you know why?

--- In , Doris and Steve <sjsmith@...>

wrote:

>

> I thought a few of you might find this helpful

> Top contains pieces of an overview of Dr G's presentation at the

> conference

> in Bethesda MD in 1999

> Below are a few notes I took from Dr G's Bethesda talks

> (Dr G and parents - Sat night - 3-4 hrs of nothing but non-stop

chat ...

> Dr G with a laptop, marker and big pieces of paper - boy how I

miss

> these!!!)

>

>

>

> - A DISEASE PROCESS

>

> what are we seeing on the SPECT scans:

> - abnormal scans

> - hypoperfusion - temp lobe

> (right temp lobe = social skills // left temp lobe =

language/auditory)

> - hypoperfusion - occipital/parietal lobe

> - hypoperfusion - cerebellum

> (3 above indicate motor coord, fine -gross motor skills problems)

> - scalloping/thinning

> - explains LKS - abnormal EEGs

> - normal MRIs

> - normal CAT scans

>

> Immune abnormalities reported:

> - changes in T Cells (and function)

> - CD4 / CD8 increased/decreased

> - low (and elevated) NK cells

> - B cells (increased and decreased)

> - increased interleukin 2 receptors

> - decreased mitogen response

> - altered delayed hypersensitivity

> - antibodies to serotonin receptors

> - antibodies to neuro elements

>

> Immune/Viral patterns in blood work:

> -low NK cells

> - elevated T4, T8 cells

> - positive ANAs

> - multiple elevated viral titers

> - 'shifts to the right' on food screens (IgG and IgE)

>

>

> Bethesda Night talks

> - A small study conducted back in MAT days of 48 NY families

> > in 2000-1 24 were still with Dr G.

> > 7 of these kids had made progress but still not 'ok'

> > 7 of these kids were almost there

> > 10 kids fully functioning, 'normal', on a main. schedule

>

> - Vaccine schedule:

> > DPT / Polio / Hib -> all needed on schedule so long as the

child is

> healthy.

> can be spaced out

> > Hep B -> give as a teenage unless in an environment where the

child's

> health is

> at risk

> > MMR -> 15 mths

> (now I have a note here to wait for the measles vaccine until 10-

11 yrs

> old. Might

> indicate a booster)

> > no Chickenpox vaccine

>

> - medications in general:

> > ritalin has the same effect as cocaine onthe brain (cuts blood

flow)

> > risperadal will damage brain over time

> > nystatin - most yeast are resistant to it

>

>

>

>

> Doris

> - land

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