Update on Australian Client

March 30, 2008

Australian naturopath here updating you all on the progress of my

client. We're three weeks into to AP - 50mg Minocin Mon and Fri's.

Pain and nausea have increased but are manageable. Client had her

first physio appointment since starting AP. Her feet, which are the

most painful, were being worked on. The physio kept checking in with

my client " Are you alright, are you sure you are alright? " Yes, said

my client who generally complains that the phsyio is working too hard

on her. " You are not going as hard as usual " , said my client. Yes I

am the physio said, it's seems that you are not as inflammed and

tender as usual!

I am so grateful to have someone else watching this unfolding story

closely. It is early days for us, but we are cautiously optimistic as

there seems to be a shift underway. I tell you, if this lady can be

helped, I will be shouting this from the roof tops, personally,

because she is quite an extreme case.

In the meantime I am raising awareness for this therapy in this

community via my newspaper column All Natural in the Northern Star

(published 27/02/08) and also gave you guys a good

plug. See below

Mycoplasma

Mycoplasma is a family of organisms that have been implicated in

illnesses like, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis,

scleroderma, lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, psoriatic

arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, ALS and

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Mycoplasmas are unusual bacteria because they do not have a cell

wall. They do not respond to all antibiotics like penicillin.

Mycoplasma come in many different strains, up to 100 different types

including Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma

genitalium for example.

In an English study, Mycoplasma pnuemoniae was found in the synovial

(joint) fluid of 79% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Blood tests in

a Belgium study found 69% of people with chronic fatigue were

positive for at least one species of Mycoplasma infection. In a

Polish study with children with juvenile arthritis 58% of the

children tested positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. A

Brazillian study found 20% of women with Lupus tested positive for

Mycoplasma hominis.

Although not conventional treatment, many people who undergo low dose

antibiotic therapy to clear the infection have reported improvement

in their illness symptoms. In 1995 the National Institute of Health

in America sponsored a trial of low dose antibiotics for treating

rheumatoid arthritis, the therapy was deemed both safe and

effective. As a naturopath I never thought the day would come when I

would consider recommending long term antibiotic therapy. After

having exhausted all natural treatments to eradicate specifically

Mycoplasma pneumoniae it seems that the antibiotic therapy is the

next logical step. The testimonies of patients at the support groups

on this therapy are encouraging.

Antibiotic therapy can have side effects and some people can

experience an initial worsening of symptoms as the bacteria die off.

It is extremely important that the gut is supported while undergoing

this treatment.

Some very interesting websites to check out for further details

include www.rheumatic.org and www.roadback.org These websites

provide information and support groups for questions about the

antibiotic

protocol.

A simple blood test can be ordered from the doctor to check for

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

Doolan

Women's Natural Medicine

1/70 Main St, Alstonville

66281920 or email info@...

Website www.womensnatmed.com.au

Thank you all for your terrific support and guidance and I will keep

you posted.

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April 9, 2008

Latest update on client. 1 month in and things are slowly shifting. Despite

the flares, feet and arm pain in slowly decreasing. She's waking once instead

of 3 times/night, her head is clearer and she is much brighter. Appetite is

increased for the first time in years, early morning nausea happens 5/7 days

instead of 7/7. Energy and mood are up, both 7/10. She even has missed taking

pain medication at the correct time, to no ill effect. She is now thinking pain

medication reduction could be a real possibility. All in all, we're stoked.

She's doing 100mg Minocin MWF and doing the minocin in a divided dose, 50mg AM,

50mg PM. we both feel so far so good.

rheumatic Update on Australian Client