Re: More on Bb and connective tissue (Steve)

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Hey, Steve - thanks for your kind words. Yes, I have learned not to take for

granted any ground that I've gained through great effort and pain. Treatment of

Lyme and co's is hell.

- Jane

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> > The link to the PubMed article that I posted in my previous message, does

not link to the full article (which contains the data I cited). To get to the

complete article, just click on the link to it on that webpage.

> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC96674/?tool=pubmed

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> > The full article summs up the research on Bb as follows (quoted from the

final paragraph):

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> > " B. burgdorferi is found primarily in connective tissue of the affected

organs in Lyme disease. Colonization of this niche is likely to require

localized degradation of the insoluble matrix, which as we have shown cannot be

accomplished by the organisms themselves but can be achieved by the organisms

with surface-bound plasmin. The resulting proinflammatory degradation products

are also likely to contribute to the focal inflammation characteristic of the

affected tissues in Lyme disease. "

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> > Note that the above paragraph states that Bb occupies the " connective tissue

of the affected organs " , which could be any area of the body and brain

containing connective tissue, which makes up the extracellular matrix (meaning

anywhere in the body, and not just in the joints).

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> > Just how the Bb organism gets the help of the body's own mechanisms to

" break down " its own connective tissues (via pro-inflammatory responses), by use

of molecular deception using the host's own plasmids (for which it has

receptors), is fascinating (and scary). I'm still in the proceess of trying to

grasp this concept. Inflammation of the host's body in a variety of ways, seems

to be primary in the case of Lyme, as well as the degradation and ultimate

destruction of connective tissues in affected areas (most likely Bb colonies

with protective biofilms).

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> > I personally feel as if I have Lyme colonies in all of my joints and brain,

and I'm treating it, accordingly. Bb has proven itself to be steadfast amd

relentless, and I will not let my guard down ever again, even if I " feel " well.

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> > - Jane

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