Re: Seizures and the Immune System

[Guest guest]

Awesome article. I have been very interested in viruses and their role in all

sorts of auto immune disorders, autism and other disorders. It does seem like

the immune system and it's response to viruses plays a key role in certain

unexplained behaviors. I think that some of these viruses enter the body

naturally but can't help thinking about viruses unleashed on our children and

even us, through contaminated vaccines. There is some very interesting

information to support this.

However, we'll never fully know the truth as the pharmaceutical companies are

too powerful and won't allow testing of their vaccines. Food for thought. Be

careful though. I have heard that our vaccines are made in China and that no

inspections are allowed. Thanks but no thanks!

dawn

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> Subject: Seizures and the Immune System

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> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 9:49 PM

> http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/01/seizures-and-the-immune-system.html

> Seizures and the Immune System

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> By Kent Heckenlively, Esq.

> What causes seizures?

> It’s a simple question, and a profoundly important one to

> people like me who have a child with seizures.  The recent

> death of Jett Travolta from a seizure leaves parents like us

> feeling that may some day be our story, despite all our best

> efforts.  Dan Olmsted’s recent article, “The Unnatural

> History of Seizures†appropriately places at least some of

> the blame on environmental factors, but leaves unanswered

> the question of exactly how such seizures are caused. 

> However, recent research from New York University (NYU), and

> the Scripps Institute may answer some questions which have

> long eluded researchers. (“Peering Inside Skull of a Mouse

> to Solve Meningitis Mystery: Immune Cells Implicated in

> Fatal Seizuresâ€, Science Daily, January 7, 2009)

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> In their series of experiments mice were infected with the

> lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), a virus which is

> relatively harmless in humans, but which causes fatal

> seizures in mice.  It has been known that the virus itself

> did not cause the seizures, but something in the immune

> system’s response to the virus did.

> It was known that something set off a chain of events in

> which the leakage of fluid from the meninges (the protective

> covering of the brain and spinal cord), caused a swelling

> which led to seizures.

> Using high-tech, intravital two-photon microscopy the

> scientists were able to observe that T-cells, the body’s

> virus fighters, were doing something very unusual.  At

> first, the T-cells acted normally, making copies of

> themselves, migrating to the place where the

> virally-infected cells were located, but then things went

> awry.  Instead of attacking the virally-infected cells and

> sticking tightly to them, it was as if they suddenly went

> blind.  They didn’t attack the virally-infected cells,

> even though they were in close proximity.

> But like a policeman called to a murder scene who can’t

> find a body, the T-cells called in reinforcements,

> specifically monocytes and neutrophils, two types of white

> blood cells which usually fight bacteria, not viruses. 

> According to the Science Daily article, “Intravital

> microscopy showed massive numbers of these white blood cells

> breaking through the walls of blood vessels into the

> meninges, opening the floodgates for fluid to pour out and

> cause swelling.â€Â  And the swelling leads to seizures.

> Problems with the immune system have long been associated

> with autism, but the exact mechanisms by which they cause

> their damage have been unclear.  The authors of the report

> note that if they can inhibit the monocytes and neutrophils

> they will be going after the root of the seizures.

> I would add a few extra questions to be addressed.  What

> is blinding the T-cells to the

> invaders in their midst? Could viruses and heavy metals

> have similar ways of blinding T-cells?  Why have the

> body’s own guardians become the destroyers of the body? 

> Rather than simply muting the misguided message of the

> T-cells to the monocytes and neutrophils it seems we should

> be figuring out how to restore the proper functioning of the

> T-cells.  We need to discover how to return the guardians

> to their proper role.

> The lives of many children, maybe even my own, hinge on the

> answers to these questions.

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> Kent Heckenlively is Legal Editor for Age of Autism.

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> Love, Gabby. :0)

> http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

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> " I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely

> neurotypical. Even God had some Autistic moments, which is

> why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

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[Guest guest]

This is such strange timing since my son had his first grand mal seizure in

December and two more this month. My mind has been focused on seizures and the

immune system. Does anyone else here have seizures or a child with seizures?

Thanks,

Jill

[Guest guest]

I have three boys on the protocol. Two have absence seizures. Eight months into

the protocol, we've successfully weaned my oldest son off Zarontin. My middle

son, who has mild/moderate autism, takes one dose a day of Zarontin. We tried to

wean him off a couple of months ago, but the seizures returned when his viral

titers went up. Dr. G switched us to Famvir and the titers went down again, so

we're going to try again to wean him off it.

I'm reaching the point where I can tell by my boys' behavior when the titers are

rising and when they fall back to normal levels.

HTH,

Robyn

> From: Jill Boyer <sjillboyer@...>

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> Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 2:26 PM

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My son had what we believe were silent seizures (could not catch them on an

EEG) and one grand mal seizure just before we started on the protocol, with

nothing since.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Robyn

& Greg Coggins

Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:51 PM

Subject: Re: Seizures and the Immune System

I have three boys on the protocol. Two have absence seizures. Eight months

into the protocol, we've successfully weaned my oldest son off Zarontin. My

middle son, who has mild/moderate autism, takes one dose a day of Zarontin.

We tried to wean him off a couple of months ago, but the seizures returned

when his viral titers went up. Dr. G switched us to Famvir and the titers

went down again, so we're going to try again to wean him off it.

I'm reaching the point where I can tell by my boys' behavior when the titers

are rising and when they fall back to normal levels.

HTH,

Robyn

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> Subject: Re: Seizures and the Immune System

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[Guest guest]

My three year old also has absence seizures and we have noticed that

they have gone away three months into the proticol. We are getting a

second opinion this month and plan on lowering her medication as

much as possible. She takes Valproic Acid and it makes her moody.

The fac that Dr. G has been able to control her siezures is totally

amazing to me.

Thanks,

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> > From: Jill Boyer <sjillboyer@... <mailto:sjillboyer%40>

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