Why is it hard to kill those durned bacteria?

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For those who want to know why it takes so long and it'sso hard to kill off their bacteria/yeast/mold, etc., it's becausethey live in biofilms - and here's an excellent explanationof what that is which I came across today:http://www.fibroandfatigue.com/blog/Question of the Day: What’s a biofilm?December 16th, 2009 by FFCBook an Appointment with FFCCheck out what FFC’s Werner Vosloo, ND, MHom, has to say about biofilm communities for CFS and fibro patients! Biofilm communities are a bug survival strategy in FMS and CFIDS patients. These communities are well-structured colonies of highly interactive microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, yeast, and mycoplasma. Biofilm structures make it very easy for these microorganisms to survive in our bodies because they provide a layer that protects infections from the immune system and antibiotics, but still allow nutrients to get through, which feeds the microorganisms. Biofilm structures are commonly found on the body’s surfaces and membranes: the digestive tract, blood vessels, teeth, inner lining of the ventricles in the brain, urinary bladder, gallbladder and collecting ducts. They can also be foundin between tissue planes, and especially in between fascia or connective planes. The polysaccharide biofilm matrix has a negative charge, and positively charged ions of calcium, magnesium, iron, and toxic heavy metals help hold the structure together. Teasing the biofilm apart is an important component of a successful treatment program, especially in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease complex infections, autism, and other chronic conditions. If you are a patient and experience fevers, chills, or other chronic immune system activationsymptoms, or treatment-resistant intestinal symptoms like bloating, gas, IBS, constipation alternating with diarrhea, or malabsorption, I would highly recommend you speak with your local Fibro and Fatigue Center physician or integrated medicine doctor to address these issues—they are not likely to go away without focused treatment.Several different ways are available to address the biofilm structure, and I would encourage you to take the initiative to find out more about this fascinating survival technique that ensures microorganism success in spite of the conventional gold standard.********Speaking of which, I was filtering a bottle of oldish unfiltered BraggsACV over the weekend, and at the bottom of the bottle there wasthis huge slime mold of a yeast biofilm. It was actually prettycool to consider and think of that in terms of gut biofilms. Another way to think of it is as the plaque you have in yourteeth - that too is a biofilm. And whereas you can getrid of plaque, if you don't do constant maintenance on yourteeth, more inevitably accumulates. Mara

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For those who want to know why it takes so long and it'sso hard to kill off their bacteria/yeast/mold, etc., it's becausethey live in biofilms - and here's an excellent explanationof what that is which I came across today:http://www.fibroandfatigue.com/blog/Question of the Day: What’s a biofilm?December 16th, 2009 by FFCHere's some more interesting stuff in this vein:http://www.endfatigue.com/health_articles_f-n_2/Infections-update_biofilms_hhv-6_valcyte_cfs.htmlTurns out sinusitus is a biofilm as well. And bismuth, in tooth paste, helpsfight plaque. Mara