ALS, anyone diagnosed ALS should get tested for Lyme, see inside

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The new kid on the block is Borrelia Burgdorferi (Bb) and some of us

have looked at it for a long time as possibly the bug that opens the

door for all the other infections to enter the system. Lyme disease

has become a buzzword in the alternative medical field.

Many patients with MS, ALS, Parkinson's disease, autism, joint

arthritis, chronic fatigue, Alzheimer's disease, sarcoidosis and even

cancer are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. But is the infection

causing the illness or is it an opportunistic infection simply

occurring in people weakened by other illnesses.

Conditions most commonly seen with Lyme disease include Alzheimer's

disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chronic fatigue

syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, lupus,

rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis (MS),

Parkinson's disease and various autoimmune disorders.

Most Common Diseases Associated with Lyme

ALS

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Fibromyalgia

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Multiple Sclerosis

Lupus

Parkinson's Disease

Scleroderma

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Bell's Palsy

Syphilis

Depression

Autoimmune Disorders

Middle Ear Pressure

Tinnitus

Vertigo

Alzheimer's Disease

Borrelia Burgdorferi(Bb) tends to infect the B-lymphocytes and other

components of the immune system which are responsible for creating

the antibodies, which are then measured by an ELISA test or Western

Blot test. Since antibody production is greatly compromised in

infected individuals, it makes no sense to use these tests as the

gold standard or benchmark for the presence of Bb (7). We also are

aware that in endemic areas in the US up to 22% of stinging flies and

mosquitoes (2, 8, 9,10) are carriers of Bb and co-infections.. In

South East Germany and Eastern Europe, 12 % of mosquitoes have been

shown to be infected. Also many spiders, flees, lice and other

stinging insects carry spirochetes and co-infections.

Making the history of a tick bite a condition for a physician to be

willing to even consider the possibility of a Bb infection seems

cynical and cruel.

To use conventional diagnostic tests such as the Western Blot, one

has to think in paradoxes: the patient has to be treated with an

effective treatment modality first before the patient recovers enough

to produce the antibodies, which then are looked for in the test. A

positive Western Blot proves that the treatment given worked to some

degree.

A negative Western Blot does not and cannot prove the absence of the

infection.

Having taken another route altogether, we have recognized the

following:

Today many if not most Americans are carriers of the infection. Most

infected people are symptomatic, but the severity and type of the

symptoms varies greatly. The microbes often invade tissues that had

been injured: your chronic neck pain or sciatica really may be a Bb

infection. The same may be true for your chronic TMJ problem, your

adrenal fatigue, your thyroid dysfunction, your GERD and many other

seemingly unrelated symptoms.

In most places the diagnosis of an active Bb infection is made only,

if the symptoms are severe, persistent, obvious.

BEST LYME DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. FIND A DOCTOR WITH THE BRADFORD VARIABLE

PROJECTION MICROSCOPE in or around your city.

Bradford High Resolution Microscopy

(Bradford Variable Projection Microscope): Both the cyst and

spirochete forms in the three different morphologies are easily

identified with resolutions less than 0.1 micron with concurrent

magnification of 10,000x utilizing dark-field and phase contrast

modes.

Comparison of Tests: High Resolution Microscopy is the most reliable

test............. PCR, Western Blot and ELISA are the LEAST reliable

with up to 80% false-negatives (CDC Guidelines).

Comparison of Detection Methods

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, has issued

guidelines for Lyme patients, advising them of a recommended protocol

in attempting to establish whether Lyme disease is present or not.

Doctors have been instructed by these guidelines to obtain an ELISA

test first, which, under the best circumstances, identifies only 40-

50% of those who actually have Lyme disease. An ELISA should NOT be

used as a screening test due to the unreliable results. The

guidelines then state that, if the ELISA test is positive, doctors

are to perform the Western Blot test. This procedure allows many

cases of Lyme disease to be missed, therefore patients are not being

identified or properly treated. The CDC guidelines also state which

specific bands on a nitrocellulose strip are to be used in

considering a test positive. When the list of bands was developed,

certain bands specific for Lyme disease were not included. When these

bands are positive, they confirm exposure to the causative organism,

but it is mistakenly reported to the doctor and patient as

a " negative test. " Many borderline tests are reported to patients as

being negative and many positive tests are reported to be " false-

positive " because doctors are not familiar with reading test results,

nor with the multiple symptoms that can occur in a person with Lyme

disease.

Solution to Detection Problem

The Bradford High Resolution Blood Morphology imaging, known as

Bradford Variable Projection Microscope of both Lyme spirochete and

cyst forms have proven to be highly accurate.

The various cyst forms are found in B-cells, eosinophils, basophils,

with and without the spirochete.

The detection of Lyme disease by the Bradford High Resolution

Microscope is highly correlated with the Fluorescent Antibody Test

(FDA-licensed Bowen Laboratories, Florida)

Lyme Disease Testing- Bowen Research and Training Institute

http://www.bowen.org/NewSite/LimeDisease.html

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Welcome to Fry Labs - Fry Laboratories

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Fry Laboratories is a diagnostic lab located in sdale, Arizona

that focuses on arthropod and vector-borne diseases. The majority of

our patients include those who suffer from chronic fatigue,

fibromyalgia, lyme disease, and several other autoimmune diseases.

Specifically, we are interested in tick, flea, and other insect-borne

bacterial disease and co-infections. We are a member of I.L.A.D.S.,

as well as the Arizona Biotechnology Consortium. We are also CLIA

certified and participate in the American Proficiency Institute and

the College of American Pathology.

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