Mystery Diagnosis

My son has been sick for a year, his spleen hurts him alot, he complains about it almost daily. He has been too 2 different doctors and the ER. Room in denver. They have found a spot in this kidney, his liver emzines were slightly elevated. All labs for every STD. Diese have come back neg. Twice. He is not on drugs not a drug user, but did have a girl friend that he found out that she has had a lot of partners, that why he has been tested ttwice, he has been so worried about a STD or worse, but nothing has appeared. Now his lymph notes in his body are swollen, neck armpits, throat, , , his body aches, and he tells me that he really dont feel well. The doctor, his prymary said,
He dont know what eles to do. So kevin's spleen is still swollen and hurts him and he has had diarrhea for a year also. Could you offer any ideas of something to do. Also his new wife is now having alot of the same systoms and my son is worried that what he has that he has given something to her, he has spoke to his doctor and they dont hear him. My son is a avid snowboarder, asst. Mngr. of colorado ski and golf. He was really healthy 35 yrs old. He says that he dont have much appetite anymore. He said he is going downhill health wise. Please any idea?

I read somewhere not to take too much baking soda, it may not mix with everyone's stomach fluids, sometimes it's best to do a few more web searches before trying anything. Most times we were born with what used to be a joke; our systems were like self cleaning ovens, we can clean it or slightly alter it, but please be careful of what you try. These are only general experiments!! Thanks, Misty

Pamm, read up on "too little stomach acid" (acv/lemon can help) and "too much stomach acid" (baking soda can help).

There is this whole new issue about food and water safety. The cause is virulent new strains of E.Coli that is infecting our food and water supplies. The USDA is not only not helping but is purposesly suppressing information about just how common and dangerous this pandemic is becoming. What you can do is make sure you drink sterilized water and cook all foods a lot. You can sterilize water by boiling it for about 5 minutes. Cook all meats to well done. Eat NO salami or hamburger or other ground meats. Here is page 1 of 57 pages of recent outbreaks. Each page contains 10 to 12 stories = 570 or more E.Coli outbreaks. Just click " earlier reports " to cruise on through those 570 or more reports. Earlier reports is located at the very bottom of each page. Vegetables are every bit as likely to have these bacteria on their surfaces. So you need to clean them with sterile water or cook them thoroughly. A lot of doctors are woefully ignorant about all this. Link here: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/tag/e-coli/#.UwodaM6Dvwc

To Pamm,

By the way.... the white tongue could be coating from virus. So if me, I also gargle with the Colloidal Silver for a week, twice daily.

I gargle with CS a few times weekly. Never have any whitish coating on tongue. I believe the CS is keeping me clear of viruses.

Hey Pamm,

From your description .... stomach and intestinal distress... not an acid reflux problem (not mainly) but more likely an infection.

For either, reflux or lower track infection, try, to start with a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar in a glass of water and sip over an hour or two. Repeat two hours later and again after another two hours.

Lots about ACV on Earth Clinic.

Next, if that doesn't bring relief, I'd be taking a good anti viral; my favorite is Colloidal Silver and a close second is the herb Echinacea. On the CS, I'd take a tablespoon every hour for four hours and determine if the pain has let up. Echinacea is also a good anti viral. In liquid form, I'd put five to ten drops in glass of water and drink and then repeat every hours...again for four hours. I'd consider using both in fact given the degree of infection.

Chronic Burping, White Tongue, Trapped Gas in Upper Stomach: I have had these symptoms for 3 months & its driving me crazy please anyone have any suggestions? It started out with the Stomach Tightness in Upper Intestines that goes all the way through to my back. Then the Chronic Burping started. The tightness feels like trapped gas. My stomach in upper is very tight. I burp all day. Then my tongue turned white & its cracked & very dry. I did the spit test for Yeast & failed it, However the doctors said the white tongue is not thrush. So what else could it be from? Yeast in Gut? I am trying nystatin & diflucan but so far no relief. It just appeared out of nowhere & won't go away. Doctors keep trying to give me Acid Inhibitors but I know this isn't good for our stomach. I don't know what to do I am desperate for answers. I don't have heartburn, just symptoms mentioned. My blood sugar also has been lower since this started. Thank you in advance.

Something probably happened in August of 2013. A viral infection? Dental surgery? It sounds like an infection deep within your sinuses, probably viral or fungal since antibacterials are usually the first thing used. You can keep attacking it topically with the neti and cs and/or internally with strong anti microbials like oil of oregano, olive leaf extract, garlic, vitamin C, etc.

Also investigate ways to replete your trace minerals, which are probably depleted.

Orcasun, it might be safest to start with looking at what you are eating.

Orcasun: Your list of symptoms is synonymous w/ typical environmental related illness. First suggestion is to remove your current air filter (probably fiberglass and you are showing signs of exposure to the fibers) and replace w/ HEPA or HEPA Type filter. Also purchase a negative ion air purifier or ozone/negative ion combo purifyer so as to greatly improve your indoor air.

Now I would suggest a visit to the "Detoxification" section here on E.C. and take notes on a "top five" list of what you can get started with. Two suggestions off the bat: One, try a warm bath w/ 1/4 cup Epsom Salts and 1/4 cup Baking Soda for at least 30 min at least 2x wk. Second, Oil Pulling should help you; there is also a page for O.P. here on E.C.

This is starters but you will need to begin soon as possible these suggestions and check back and report any findings or ask more questions.

Hi, I am a late 30's Female from BC, Canada. I am average height/weight/build and have been suffering with varying degrees of pain since August 2013, but it keeps getting worse. Doctors can't detect a thing (despite my having gone to every kind of specialist under the sun) so I am constantly being dismissed as being a stress case or as having emotional problems leading to imaginary pain... enough of that noise, though- I am hoping that somebody on this site can help me figure out what is going on with me!!

My head has been feeling as though it is filled with liquid or something, sort of a menthol burning sensation. My sinuses feel all clogged up, but nothing ever comes out my nose! My nose isn't plugged per se, like I can still breathe and everything, but I feel so stuffed up and like there's so much pressure built up in my head. It hurts so bad! My eyes get very painful and I have increased photosensitivity. My pain can often become a total 10 out of 10. I can lay on one side and it feels like the liquid runs down to the side closest to the ground, then I can turn over and the liquid will move to the other side. But none of the liquid ever comes out for some reason. It feels like the bones in my face could just crumble or explode! There's a certain tugging feeling I've been experiencing with the bones or nerves in my face, but it's really hard to explain. My eyes have been really puffy upon waking, dark lines below the eye and a puffy upper eyelid. Laying down hurts a lot and really causes my head around the cerebellum to hurt, plus my neck and by my ears. My teeth get really sore sometimes, and my mouth can get the sensation of having a bunch of paper cuts or canker sores.

I am so frustrated! Pain meds do NOTHING. I've started to neti with collodial silver but the liquid doesn't come out like it used to before August. the neti drains through my eyes and mouth, and some stays in there for a long time and causes me even more pain. So far no positive results. I got dust mite covers for my bedding and such, but I've noticed no changes.

To make matters even more complicated, I recently found out I was pregnant, and I will not take anything to compromise the health of the baby (as tempting as it is to try and relieve some of this pain!!! )

Can anybody help me?!? orcasun(at)hotmail(dot)com

Tom,

Here's another thought... another long shot but don't underestimate this. A few things you mentioned in your list of 8 items (upon reflection) sounded like a possible "poisoning" case. Make sure when you see your internist, that you have them check for poisoning...environmental poisoning eg, lead as well as other well known poisons that you might have inadvertently gotten while working in an environmental setting.

So a cleanse might be in order. Lots of Earth Clinic on cleansing. Well, not just outside...some household cleaners can cause poisoning.

Tom,

So sorry to hear of these symptoms which are obviously scarring you terribly. They would me also.

Many of the eight items you mention are nerve related. My first suggestion is that you look for deficiencies that cause nerve problems or disease that cause nerve pain.

Make sure you are getting sufficient B complex, Vitamin A, D and E (natural, and not synthetic). Make sure you are getting enough magnesium and potassium. There are some amino acids like arginine that can help with dozens of health issues. I'd try Epsom salts baths to see if a good infusion of magnesium sulfate could impact the nerve issue (assuming that is the heart of the problem).

Fifty years ago Dr. Hans Nieper did much research with Calcium AEP which goes a long way in healing damaged nerves. A great site to google is "Nutrition Review, Calcium AEP"...AEP is not merely a calcium but AEP is itself a nutrient that is a near miracle worker re dozens of problems.

As to the second possibility; a disease (and not merely a deficiency).

Lets consider a possible nerve disorder...MS comes to mind as well as ALS. (Also Cal AEP is used to treat MS.)

You want to look for a definite diagnosis if supplements don't seem to help. You need a good diagnosis to know what you're dealing with.

So often I have seen degenerative disease triggered by viral/fungal or bacterial infections, so if I were experiencing any "mystery" issue I'd first take Colloidal Silver daily for a month (oral); two tablespoons and see if there were any improvement. If the weakness condition you spoke of is improved, then that might be a good indication that you are suffering from an infection...thus I'd keep up the Silver water in hopes that the basis of the problem was being killed by the Silver over months.

Here's a long shot on top of the three. The great sensitivity of temperature extremes and every kind of flushing that you mentioned might be helped (now I'm just talking about symptoms, not so much cure) ... might be helped by aloe vera ... in liquid form. Aloe might diminish some of the "heat" problems. It's as if you are on "fire"...am I wrong in that understanding? I experienced that problem once and Aloe was greatly beneficial.

Focus on the idea of extreme nerve sensitivity. I'll do more research and hopefully you'll hear a lot from folks wanting to help you. Don't give up. There is a solution to the problem. Just keep trying.

Strange Flushes... I need help with my problems:

1) Leg flushes
2) Lie down and back got burnt dry painful
3) Lie down and the head, neck, face hot up
4) Skin of hands, legs, back, bottom, sides are dry, sensitive to heat and anything rough like shirts
5) Weak
6) Can't stand cold and hot weather or environment
7) Can't stand watching tv, always look for happy light channel
8) Weak stomach, always days to go toilet, sour taste

Chinese medicine says weak qi and kidney yin deficient. I need advice from Ted and others about what's wrong and treatment.

Gillian from Andalusa, Spain, seems like you have a lot of problems, if no ideas, not much to loose. I have no idea what gravelly stuff is, or what kind of arthriais you have. Mood swings are usually a hormone imbalance, a yellow complexion may indicate liver problems, for sleep try 3mg melatonin, if over 45 years old, if under 45 use a 1 mg or 2 mg. You should feel good in the morning, if you feel groggy, then use 1 or 2 mg melatonin, also very important, MELATONIN MUST BE TAKEN AS IT GETS DARK OR AFTER DARK ONLY, NEVER TAKE MELATONIN IN THE MORNING OR DAYLIGHT, digestive problems are best dealt with fermented foods, Google to learn to make it yourself. If rheumatory arthritis, vit c, calcium, msm, chicken collagen type 2, 1000 mg of each 2x a day, every 12 hours, may take up to 6 months to work, depends on the person, it took me 2 months, IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. Allopathic doctors are usualy good at diagnosis.

Jillian [Gillian ?]

My wild guess is that you have been poisoned.

electric shooting pains + sciatic nerve in legs numbness; ccould be Vit B6 overdose.

gravel under neck skin- + neck pains -- scrofula of the lymph glands. perhaps brot on by some poison in the lymph system

yellow cast to the skin - liver failure, perhaps brot on by some poison.

chalky white skin color - failure of the blood making organs to make blood; and, or; destruction of the blood , perhaps brot on by some poison affecting bone marrow, liver.

digestion failure -- failure of the liver, again.... indicates poisoning

exhaustion, neuropathy of nerves to legs - suspect poison.

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secure, guard your food, water supply.

make sure you are not taking more than 200mg of Vitamin B6 per day. That can cause the electric shooting pains and the leg nerve numbness symptoms. they put it in multi-vitamins.

Do all the protocols for emergency poisoning antidotes;

bentonite clay internally,

charcoal internally,

and anything else you can find out about.

Take milk thistle extract 1, 200 mg per day, divided doses, during acute stage.

alpha lipoic acid capsules., 900 mg per day, divided doses., then reduce dosage after acute stage ends

echinacea extract; 1/2 tsp X 3t/d X 6 days. then re-assess dosage.

Thioctic acid [sp?] as Bangkok Ted suggests, a sulfur compound, that removes certain types of poisons, get it at a fish aquarium supply store, is sold to remove chlorine from tap water. do 6 drops of 10% solution in 4 oz. water , once per day, before bed.; for 6 days.

good luck

When is the last time you had a dental examine? You could be clenching or grinding your teeth in a serious way that can cause a lot of head and neck and shoulder issues. Including nerve issues from all the inflammation.

Hello Gillian from Andalusa;

I think there are two problems going on with you. And I've experienced both. So, (brother) here's what's going on;

Your neck/shoulder problem has nothing to do with the gastro problem, most likely. Deal with them separately.

Your pain is coming from curved spine in cervical...atlas, axis and c-1, c-2, c-3 following some kind of accident or even more than one accident. Your pain is likely very tender on the base of the skull on bottom right (the occiput and I might misspelling that...but the base of the skull). Nerves are being pinched and that pain is radiating down the right shoulder and right arm. If the occiput is closed off, then blood flow is reduced to the brain and you'll start having dull headaches with lots of blanking out going on...sudden loss of where you are in the middle of sentences.

First, sleep as much as you can on your left side so gravity will help pull the curvature which is out to the right back to center. Next have a friend GENTLY sit to your LEFT and with the tips of his fingers, pull the right side of the neck while with your left hand you hold your head in place. What he is doing is manually pulling the out of place vertebra back to neutral. I have found this technique really helps the chronic out of place vertebra. After holding for ten seconds he does it again, letting up SLOWLY so that the vertebra/muscle/ligaments will not spring back to out of place. My wife has performed this manual adjustment on me dozens of times. I'm out on my left side. So I have the same problem you have but on the opposite side of the neck.

Do not get into the habit of twisting your own head. That is counter productive. And learn to sit up straight without leaning back; awkward but you get used to it. And never lie on the couch on your back with your head pressed forward looking at a TV, (chin on chest will kill a bad neck).

Now, a good chiropractor that will not twist your neck is helpful. One who will adjust you with you face down on what is called a drop table, and adjusts in your case, from the RIGHT side, adjusting the vertebra back to neutral.

Your other problem is solved with getting off acid foods; coffee, tomato products and no ice cream. Use the ACV plus baking soda formula at night to help digestion. Really...get off coffee, red meats, chili, at night especially.

Gillian, maybe try a diet of only lightly cooked or raw veggies with a bit of fruit for a few days.

Gillian: The cells require nutrients. Low levels of nutrients increase the diseased state. Without nutrients the tissues cannot be repaired. Supplements do not contain enough nutrients. Because of the digestive problems the cells are not getting enough nutrients. You are going to have to eat very carefully and I am going to teach you to do so. You are going to have to eat raw organic produce and raw grassfed animal products that are low in insoluable fiber. You are going to have to make home made water kefir in order to improve digestion. Put 30g sprouted oat flour and 30g organic whole cane sugar in 1 quart spring water and brew with some water kefir grains. Make 4 quarts per day. Drink before too tart. You can add 1tbsp bee pollen to make bee bread. You can eat avacados. They have soluable fiber. Some fruits are high in soluable fiber. You can eat raw grassfed hamburger and raw pastured eggs, raw cocoa powder, raw honey, activated barley, and colostrum. You can eat ferments like non gmo red miso and kimchi. You can make green smoothies from organic baby leaves.

Do some research on " Upper cervical Health care" I had chronic neck & shoulder pain for two years. Then found out my atlis C-1 was out which can effect not only your neck but your whole body. It changed my life!

They have Utubes on Upper cervical Health care that explains it really week.

I have terrible pain in my neck and shoulders, right side is worse. Under my skin it is gravelly and stringy ropey. It hurts alot, feels electric, like fiery needles or knives, have similar pain aroung hip. I have tried lots of things including castor oil packs which made it worse, mag oil, made it worse, supplements etc. I am utterly exhausted, sometimes I even nod off, but cannot sleep, at night I sleep very poorly, from pain, stress, worry and gastro discomfort. I also have bad stomache colon diges problems, bloating, belching distension, ibs etc. Supplements do almost nothing for me. Any ideas. I cannot take the pain and sickness. joysongoflove(at)aol(dotc)com. Thanks gillian

Dave hi, and thank you for thinking of us/offering your advice/taking time to help us. I feel it will work! (since modern medicine seem to be unable to help) So I need to get things done.

Dear Panicos,

Forgot to comment on water re CS generation. I use charcoal filtered water but the DMSO / CS to be used on spine and base of neck, can you find reverse osmosis? The water for that process is important. It is going straight into the brain. Charcoal gets out chlorine but not fluoride. I've used the charcoal filtered water many times on base of neck...on myself (with DMSO). No issues. But the purer the better.

Dear Panicoa,

You say you made your own CS generator!!!! YOU THE MAN.

First, Reagent grade is industrial...that will have some impurities. Don't use it. Order from Dr Jacobs or look on net and find a pharma grade...saw one from Genesis.

Next, go ahead and make the CS using the "fast" method I described. I assure you that the fast way works and is effective. Start up now drinking two tablespoons am and pm on empty stomach.

You'll know in two weeks if the CS is working. Energy is first to start coming back. But cautious. Her immune system is "nothing" and she is in danger. Don't let her physically over exert. Don't forget to do the irrigations...sinus and ears. Also gargle and let drain down throat.

When the right DMSO arrives then do the combo DMSO/CS apps to base of neck and spine... You'll know if this is viral in the thirty day trial. Keep the journal faithfully to have an empirical basis for determining whether the CS is improving her condition. But do give it thirty days at least.

I can give you a fairly accurate prediction of what you should expect to see re her condition change and when if you wish. Look back on previous posts to see some idea...re balance, headaches (duration, intensity, severity) nausea, energy levels. This is the key to knowing the truth: IF in ten days her energy begins to really improve (say 20 percent) then you will know you're on to something. That will be too soon to impact the headache/balance issue although the balance might be a little improved because the labyrinth will be rid of virus.

Have you obtained the Calcium AEP yet. That is a vital part of the program.

Please write back with details. Am thinking of you two and praying for you a lot.

d

Hi Dave from Fountain Inn, Sc

Ok, thanks. On Wednesday, I will have both CS and DMSO which is reagent grade.
Question 1: Is reagent grade good?

I already have made a CS generator with a 32volt charger and 99, 99% pure silver wires but never actually used any because I don't have distilled water. They sell it pretty expensive.

Question2: Is de-ionised water any good? It has a conductivity less than 0, 1ms/cm. Is it good for the job?

I must find a way to make sure my homemade CS is good but I don't feel and sore throat to test it.

Question 3: Any other way to test it? If not, I found a 20PPM CS. Thanks.

Hello again Panic, Or as I call you... "man with a plan".... You ask quantity of CS and DMSO. Well, if you are just doing the thirty day "test" you'd need enough CS to drink daily for a month; two tablespoons minimum daily. Irrigation three times weekly and three times weekly of the compress with the DMSO at equal part. I suggested two or three tablespoons into the white paper towel of the CS... enough to apply to back of neck and then down the spine, taking twenty minutes. So if this were me, I'd order, sixteen ounces of CS and eight ounces of DMSO. I think I'm adding that up correctly. That ought to do it for a month. Remember I suggested that if one were out to kill a systemic infection, I'd get a CS generator; Because I'd be taking the CS for at least a year for an infection that had gone on for ten years. I gave instructions on use.

Thanks Debbie T. from Australia. I will search for that too. At the moment I'm purchasing all the above other people kindly suggested. That is, CS with DMSO, Tincture of Cyclamen Europaeum, B12 and other supplements.

Has your wife been diagnosed with anything. It sounds like Ataxia. This can be related to gluten sensitivity. Take her off all wheat/grains and gluten immediately. Ataxia can cause problems with balance and walking. She will also need to up her intake of good fats (olive oil, coconut oil, nuts and avocados) and lower her intake of carbohydrates and sugar). No more than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day and stay away from below ground vegetables.

Hi Dave. Sorry I'm late in answering back. Question. How much DMSO and CS will I need? Thanks again.

Hello "Panic"...

but I don't want to call you "Panic" anymore...you have a PLAN...I'd like to call you "Plan Man"...because if you have a correct course of action and are following that action, then there is no ... panic ...at all. You are a man on course.

First, as to the ppm; just trust as accurate what the colloidal silver maker says; you need not check on ppm. It says it on the label. But the thing is, as much as you'll need, why don't you get your own little silver maker generator. It's just two strands of 99.999 percent pure and batteries come with it. If you learn to make your own (f I can do it...I'm the King of non-tech, then anybody can do it). Order on line. I've have two, one over 19 years old and one I bought last year. Battery operated. Cost, less than 100 bucks (US). Got it from a discount outfit. Google something like "colloidal silver generator inexpensive" and you should find a number of outfits that can send you a good machine. "Machine"...it's just 27 volts of battery power attached to two wires of silver. I make mine the same way I was taught by an old guru who had been making it for years. Here's how:

First, I look at youtube "how to" make CS and it seems they are the complicated way. NOT. It's so simple. Take two cups of purified water. Heat to 90 degrees (farenheit). Stir in 30 grains of salt to make the purified water conductive. Then insert the two silver wires, not close to each other. Stir gently with a wooden spoon every two minutes, trying not to disturb the silver wires. As soon as you immerse the silver wires you'll see the negative pole giving off a cloud ... a fine white residue of...SILVER particulates. In four or five minutes the container of water (two cups) will be permeated with the whitish cloud. It's a beautiful thing. Take the silver strands out of the water and unplug so you don't run the batteries down. (Once out I don't think they are pulling voltage.)

Now, transver the silver permeated container to a LARGE container and then begin adding purified water...two cups, two cups etc ...I dilute by a 32 times reduction. You dilute until you cannot see the cloud ... until you see only clear water, but you know that the mix in fact does have silver in it because you just saw it in the original container before dilutions.

So far you've got seven minutes invested. I call this the "fast" method instead of the "slow" cooking process which does not use any salt as a conductor. Some "slow" purists likely would say the "fast" method is heritical. But I'm just a pragmatist doing the silver making in a way that I've seen from experience WORKS. But be my guest to try it any way you want. Try out different "types" of CS for various infections. Say, for instance, you have a sore throat...well, gargle with one and see how the "slow" version works and try the "fast" version on another issue. My point is: Feel free to try out what is effective. I just know from thousands of anacdotals that the "fast" method is effective.

OK, on the issue of DMSO. Just order from Dr. Jacobs web site if any doubt. There are some DMSOs which are industrial and do in fact differ from one another. Remember Dr Jacobs? He's the one on the youtube, 60 minutes, 3 part series...I hope you looked at it.

Just remember "Plan Man"...keep a log on how symptoms are changing; energy level, limb movement, nausea, balance, etc. Expect to see energy levels increase in only a week maybe two. Go slowly. There are billions of viruses to murder.

Too fast and the "kill off" effect can be taxing on an already exhausted system. But be relentless. In a month, look at the log carefully. There should be substantial progress; number of headaches and their intensity and frequency is one of my favorite measurements; nausea another; balance is a good one to measure. If nothing is iimproving after a month, then the liklihood is that the problem is not viral.

If nausea as soon as she gets out of bed; there is a technique for dealing with that...once treatment is well underway, namely the "slow motion and eyes steady on a fixed point" method. Keep eyes focused on a steady object and SLOWLY move one leg, then another, then arm and turn to let knees slowly sink to floor from bed while steadly looking at the fixed object. Holding onto bed don't move after knees on floor. THEN slowly stand up (with help if necessary). Then walk with a walker (if able) again slowly and staring ahead; only move eyes slowly...NO motion around her. NO TV going. No kids running around while she is gaining the movement routine. Her balance sensors and brain are being retrained to balance and move without nausea. Nerves are being re routed by the AEP. The virus has damaged the balance labyrinth in the ears (which is why the CS is squirted into the ear canals) and key balance centers in the brain. So a rebuilding process in underway.

Write me back if you run into problems.

dave

Hi Dave from Fountain Inn and Nanowriter from Hotspot.

Dave I will get both items you said. First the CS. Will I be able to tell the real PPM with a PPM meter and maybe a laser pointer? And DMSO what do I look for? Are they all the same? Sorry to ask...

Nanowrite, we went to the eye doctor to make an eye test. It is called Fields test (Glaucoma test) and the doctor looked a bit annoyed. He insisted that my wife's problem was from the labyrinth. He deffended his lense operation, so I cannot ask him that. I asked another doctor and he said no, it is not the lense's fault. Honestly I believe it is something inside her head, the labyrinth or something. her eyeside, when her head is steady is ok.

Panic, you mentioned that your wife had had lens inserted into her eyes shortly before the vertigo started. Can you ask the eye surgeon if this might be indicative of a problem with the lens that were inserted? The reason I ask is because I have had problems with vertigo when I have put my regular contact lens in backwards or in the wrong eye.

Hello again,

On issue of how much ppm...I make my own and it is 100 ppm or more.

I content not all CS is the same. Some versions claim to be potent when in fact they don't seem to work. To make sure what I use is working, I test it on something obvious like a sore throat and gargle. If sore throat immediately is cured I know the CS is working: Pretty obvious test, right?

So I know from experience that the CS I make is effective. If I were just starting with using CS I'd just buy the highest ppm I could find and try it. I might buy two brands and compare. In just a few days the effect will be evident. Energy will start returning within a week, for instance. Every part of the program I laid out (the protocol) must be done for a month to get the true results and to KNOW if the "cure" is accurate and effective.

Thanks Dave. I will look for CS and DMSO. at what ppm should it be? Panicos

To Rebel from somewhere, The use of St. John`s Wort can cause the symptoms you desribed. Both the photosensitivity caused skin rash and mental disorders are dicussed here at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John's_wort#Adverse_effects_and_drug_interactions

So if you are taking St.John`s wort that might be what is causing the problems you discussed...Oscar

Naitsrk: This looks like a case of very low antioxidant status. I recommend increasing the many forms of antioxidants offered in supplement form. I have posted list here on E.C somewhere. If you can't find it reply back.

Some whole body detox seems very appropriate also.

To whom it may concern,

I'll try to keep it short, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask questions, if not I'm sorry in advance.

Throughout the years I've had really bad anxiety on and off, blank mind, memory loss, I can mostly remember back to middle school being when it started.

After trial and error, with food and diets and all kinds of things, I've recently found that fluorescent lighting causes my hands to turn red and splotchy as well as other undesired affects such as mood swings (mania to depression), clouded thoughts, fleeting thoughts, drastic change in personality and interests, just by being under the light for a mere few seconds.

The rash looks like this,

http://i43.tinypic.com/13yqnbm.jpg

Around this time my thoughts jumble up, I can't remember what I'm planning on doing and have a hard time focusing on the task at hand, even something as simple as communicating becomes taxing.

My hands are generally not red at all, but all of those red patches suddenly appear and they feel almost swollen as well as the rest of my body. This also affects my ability to sweat, while inflamed I have an extremly hard time sweating even in 120 degree temperature

Once outside in sunlight the redness generally takes 30 minutes to an hour to go away but my thoughts can be messed up for days at a time, and especially my emotions.

If you guys have heard of anything like this please let me know, I can't really pay attention to the mental symptoms because I am living them and when they happen I forget everything up to that point, so I can't even tell EXACTLY what changed, I just know that I feel different suddenly.

Hello Panicos from Cyprus,

Concerning Myria's condition: I've been looking for your answer to THE question I asked every day since posting to your thread. I just couldn't stand it when I read your response.

SO, there WAS a major infection a year before the onset of her symptoms! OK. That is a big YES to my question to you...was there a condition precedent of an bad infection before onset...about a year before... YES is the answer. I thought either 15 or 16. And how she describes the infection is exactly what I look for in suspect virus cases.

The infection when she was 16 was in two teeth... you say...exactly what I was asking (one year prior to onset at 17 years old). Even more important than that and not a guess but what she said happened, the "sealing" took place, which sealed IN the infection. This is why she continued to have further infections over time. By sealing up the virus/bacteria/fungus (what ever it is), the infection was boxed in. It doesn't matter that the dentist later removed the teeth because the virus was started and working...we know because you said the infections in her mouth continued after sealing! It is entirely possible that the virus then migrated higher into the head. Bell's Palsey and trigeminal neuralgia could easily be experienced...sinus problems over the years also could be seen. And infection of ears; the labyrinth infected. But the real danger would be the migration possibly into the brain;

There's your viral meningitis.

By you confirming that a prior "serious" infection immediately prior to the "onset" of symptoms at 17 years old, fits the theory that I laid out to you when I first posted. I asked if any significant infection took place in the upper regions...strep/ sinus etc.

So...now, I can make a more certain assertion; I'm now 90 percent certain that she is suffering from viral meningitis.

If this were me here's how I'd kill the viral meningitis in brain and down spine. I'd use 60 percent Colloidal Silver and 40 percent DMSO. The latter is a solvent/ carrier. Google "DMSO Dr Jacobs 60 minutes youtube" and you'll find the 3 part series on DMSO. A MUST see.

To apply: Take white paper towels and soak in the DMSO/ CS mix. Apply to back of neck next to skull. I'd leave on for 20 minutes. Enough to soak one paper towel. Then two days later again, and again two days later. Second week, I'd apply every third day. I'd keep a carefull log of symptom progression. You list a lot of them. I'd expect to see my symptoms diminish in a week such that in my log, I could show a decrease in problems. If after a month of every third day apps there was no reduction in symptoms, I'd stop the applications because the lack of response would tell me the cause was not, after all, a viral infection. If much improved, I'd apply once a week.

Now, also I'd drink three tablespoons of CS daily during the first month. Drink on empty stomach. An infection like you described has gone into the whole body, so I'd drink the CS to kill the virus in the rest of my body.

And I would have to do "upper" irrigations. The CS must be sniffed into the sinus cavities, leaning head back and squirted into ears. The virus certainly is in ears. I'd do this twice a week. Expect the first time in sinus to produce stinging and dizziness for a second. Lean head back and let drain down throat. In both ears squirt with cs with ear syringe, and with sinus irrigtion, the eustacian is also covered. Again, I hold onto something because of dizziness from water in ears.

If I were having this likely meningitis issue I'd also apply the same soaked DMSO/CS white paper towel to spine at least once a week. This virus might get to the vertebrae and cause havoc. Expect Guillain Berea if virus not destroyed or something on top of the horrible thing she is now experiencing just as bad as GB.

I'd do the irrigations for a year once a week. I'd drink the CS for a year. If symptoms improve I'd do neck/back poultices for a year. If there is a lung issue (coughing) I'd assume it is in lung too, and would use a nebuliser to breathe in steamed CS. This I would do twice daily for a month and then once a week for three months or until symptoms in lungs had gone.

I do need to add one more thing...if this were me who found himself suffering from possible viral meningitis. I'd be also on a substance called Calcium AEP. I'd be on three tablets of AEP daily. Google, "Calcium AEP nutrition review" and you'll be impressed at the ability AEP has in electrical issues and all the conditions that can be helped using this nutrient. But AEP is not a virus killer. CS is. AEP can help rebuild the damages nerves.

The situation is most serious and actually I hope I'm wrong. Viral M is a slow death.

I'll be here to answer any question you have.

Dave

Hi Dave, and anyone reading this. Thanks for your comments.

Her migraines started when she was about 17 years old. She said tonight that when she was about sixteen, she actually had a toothache (a tooth infection) on two teeth. The dentist sealed both teeth (i dont know how you call them tooth fillings?) later it continued being infected and then the dentist removed them. its been 28 years now she has migraines that come three days on one side (before her menstrual) and three days on other side (after her menstrual). In the last 2 1/2 months came the instability and oscillopsia where when the head moves even 1 millimetre, everything she sees shakes.

Did the people you know had these symptoms?

Thanks.

I thank you all guys for your kind reply. I will search and see what I will do. I just got borax. will it do? Thanks again.

Toourlady89 Thank you for your advice. I will do the research on Mg and start giving her Mg. It makes her sleepy but ill do it. Thanks.

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Hi, so sorry to hear about what your wife and your ordeal dealing with it going on for so long.

A few years back, my Mom had vertigo, nausea and vomiting that lasted for days. It ended up that her BP got so high that I took her to the ER. Diagnosis was "fluid in the ear" possibly from air travel. This could also happen from allergies to the environment.

They gave her Meclizine. This is an over the counter med. for air sickness.. for motion sickness. It helped with the dizziness, nausea and vomiting. It might take a few doses to be really effective.

One of the earlier advice here was for Magnesium supplementation. If you search on "Magnesium and Migraine headache" you would find lots on info on how to control Migraines. It will require higher doses of Mg supplementation and it will take a few months for Mg to be built up in the body. There are books on the Miracle of Mg that I think you should get and read about how low Mg could cause Migraines, nausea, vomiting, hearing sensitivities and so much other symptoms that you might not have written here. It will be worth the time to search on Mg deficiency, on line and on You tube .

I hope you find your answers. Meclizine hopefully could help the current symptoms, then Mg could get her stabilized and be symptom free further on. Please give these treatments time to work and not give up on it easily.

Dear Panic

Concerning Myria,

The onset, you say, was when she was 17. If the answer to my question is "yes" then I will tell you what the source of the problem is.

Here's the question: Before she started having the problems manifesting, did she have a bad infection of the ears/ throat/ mouth (teeth as in absess)/ strep throat etc...I'm wanting to determine if at around 15 or 16 years old she became infected with a serious or long standing infection of ANY kind. That is my question.

I've seen this condition a number of times with symptoms similar to Maria. The condition precedent is that of an infection...usually mono or strep...a bad case of the flu/ sinus infection and often the ear canal might be continuous off and on infections during entire childhood.

If the answer is yes, that she did have a history of such infection/s then the cause of her current condition is...viral meningitis. This differs from bacterial meningitis because bm will kill quickly whereas vm will kill you slowly. Most often the body's own immune system will finally stave off a viral but many cases result in a "mystery" illness. No myster at all: Virus in the brain and into the spinal cord.

Virus in the brain can be killed. Maria's, if the analysis is correct (serious infection in her youth prior to manifestation of symptoms) is advanced but ...

I have seen this many times and also seen it reversed with amazing results. If this were me, I'd work with anti virals and use solutions to penetrate the blood brain barrier to carry the anti virals.

So; let me know if the answer to the essential question is yes or no....the question of the condition precedent to the onset at 17 years old...did she have a serious or continuous infection that led up to the appearance of symptoms.

dave

Hi Panic;

It looks like there are several possibilities with your wife's conditions.

Foremostly, B12 deficiency can cause this vertigo. 271 pg/ml is very low. People can have these symptoms at 500 or above. The serum B12 test is not specific.

Vertigo can cause nausea and vomiting, but stomach acid could also be low. Many folks are helped with the use of apple cider vinegar.Nausea can also be from B6 deficiency.

Folate (folic acid) is low. A B-complex with these will support the B12 metabolism. If you can find a B-complex with the 'active' forms, they may be easier for the body to use. ( Methylfolate for folic acid, and p5p for B6, for example.)

If you can find a practitioner who can start her with injections of either methylcobalamin or hydroxocobalamin, at least initially, it would help.

With enough B12, vertigo can be resolved in a month or so. It may take some time. B12 deficiency is also implicated in migraine.

Her blood glucose is too high. This can damage nerves, tissues, eyes, etc. Reduce simple sugars and simple carbohydrates.

Her sodium is a little low, I'm not sure if this is from the vomiting. I didn't see potassium levels. If the B12, B-complex and ACV don't resolve the vomiting, I would suggest an endocrine work up.

Initial tests should be for ACTH, and Cortisol. Thyroid would be another to consider. TSH, Free T3, and Free T4.

With B12 deficiency that has advanced neurological symptoms, one may need high and frequent dosages for life. (even if it's not pernicious anemia, an autoimmune B12 def.)

Hi panic,

Am sorry for your wife, my dad had the same vertigo before 5 years (but he hasn't migraine) and he went to a lot of doctors and take a lot of medicine without any changes. I searched his problem in old Arabian medicine books and found that this problem because of bad vapors on the brain. I used for him a tincture of Cyclamen europaeum 6 drops 2 times a day after meal, within 10 days he cured completely. I hope this will help your wife.

Dear Panic,

My heart goes out to you, and to your Myria. I am not as informed as many here on Earth Clinic, but just wanted to say that sensitivity to sound, hearing things as too loud, etc....can be a symptom of magnesium deficiency. I can't hurt, and might help to give your wife a good quality magnesium supplement.

I know there is much more information coming your way from others, and hope you find a way to heal her. Best wishes, and please keep us informed of her ongoing progress.

Please help my wife.

For 2 months now (since 15 August 2013) she cannot walk properly. She walks slowly like a hundred year old and she has to hold onto walls and tables. She is only 45 years young with two kids.

For a brief history please read below. Its three pages long.

Please advice weather there is a special doctor who can help her or if natural therapy can help. Where did we go wrong??? I believe she got an infection inside her head between her ears. Please give some time to read her brief story.

Please please please. I feel like im losing her. Our life is a nightmare.

Myria's brief medical history

Since 1985 to today

My wife Myria has had menstrual migraines since she was 17 years old. (For 28 years now) It lasts for three days on one side, before menstrual, and three days on other side, after menstrual. Her migraines stopped only for 9 months when she was pregnant with our first child. On her second pregnancy she had migraines as usual.

For her migraine we visited many-many doctors. Naturopaths, neurologists and others. This year's drugs were amongst others, Tranxene 5 mg 1x1 (Bp), Clonotril 2mg 1x1, Deaxit 1x1 1-1-0, Nimm 1-1-0, Later, Clonotril 2

She stopped taking them since there was no result.

In July 2013 she had an Eye operation to stop wearing eye glasses and embedded eye lenses in the eyes.

15 August 2013 started having Vertigo with vomiting. I took her to a private clinic to a respectable doctor and she was held in for 2 days until her vomiting stopped.

She was given: Betaserc 1x2, Omeprazole 20 1x1, Vertogo-vomex 1x2, Stemetil 5 1x3, Diazepam 5mg ? - 0 – 1, Primperan but no result. Every time she moved she was sick with vomiting. We kept her upright for as long as we could to stop vomiting and the next day we went home. The vertigo was still there.

21 August 2013 Still with vertigo, the ambulance took her to the Emergency room, had a CT – brain scan. We were told the results were ok. They had her on intravenous drugs because she couldn't hold anything in her stomach. Hours later I took her home again.

31 August 2013 again was taken to the emergency with Vertigo and Migraine.

Luckily there was a good E.N.T. doctor on call who had training on Vertigo and after seeing her he said she has Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

She was admitted to casualty/ward in hospital.

She had Temperature 36.7 Celsius Pulse 80 Pressure 140/90

Was given N/D 250ML + 1amp Primperan Apstol, Valium 5mg (im), Stemetil 1 (im), LR500ml

31 August 2013 she had a Microbiology/Parasitology test:

pH 5, 0 EB 1015 culture: Microbes isolated – amount: Not important number of microbes.

31 August 2013 Blood test results:

WBC 9.42 (10Ë„3/uL)

RBC 5.26 (10Ë„6/uL)

HGB 14.7 (g/dL)

HCT 43.0 (%)

MCV 81.7 (fL)

MCH 27.9 (pg)

MCHC 34.2 (g/dL)

PLT 179 (10Ë„3/uL)

RDW-SD 41.4 (fL)

RDW-CV 14.0 (%)

PDW 12.0 (fL)

MPV 9.5 (fL)

P-LCR 22.8 (%)

PCT 0.17 (%)

NEUT 5.25 (10Ë„3/uL) 55.8(%)

LYMPH 3.09 (10Ë„3/uL) 32.8(%)

MONO 1.01 + (10Ë„3/uL) 10.7 (%)

EO 0.05 (10Ë„3/uL) 0.5(%)

BASO 0.02 (10Ë„3/uL) 0.2(%)

IG 0.14 (10Ë„3/uL) 1.5(%)

RET 0.91 (%) 0.0479(10Ë„6/uL)

IRF 3.5 (%)

LFR 96.5(%)

MFR 3.0 (%)

HFR 0.5 (%)

RET-He 24.8 (pg)

Glucose 109 mg/dL (74 -106 )

Urea 38mg/dL (17 - 43)

Creatinin 0.51mg/dL (0.51 -0.95 )

Calcium 9.6mg/dL (8.8 – 10.6)

Total protein 7.3 g/dL (6.6 – 8.3)

Albumen 4g/dL (3.5 – 5.2)

Globain 3.3g/dL (1.4 – 4.8)

Na 137mmol/L (135 - 145)

Kαλλιο 4.94mmol/L (3.50 – 5.00)

LDH (γαλακτική αφυδρογονάση) 322 U/L (208-480)

The hospital E.N.T. doctor wrote on her log book.

Primary Horizontal nystagmus of the 1st degree.

Testing bilateral geotropic nystagmus in testing horizontal semicircular tube Dix. Hallpike (.)

He did a Log-Roll maneuver AP

Recommended Diazepan 8mg IV in a slow outpouring in N/S 500ml.

“Reevaluation on Monday. Recommended neurological evaluation for her migraine attacks”.

31August – 4 Sept 2013 Was kept in hospital for 4 days for Vertigo and vomit.

2 Sept. 2013: E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

Reevaluation. recession of automatic vertigo without nystagmus.

Did an Eppley maneuver AP great clinical improvement >80%

On migraine attacks, neurologist evaluation needed.

4 Sept. 2013 E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

improved clinically ... must see a neurologist.

Much improved clinical

Intravenous N/S - N/D 500ml + valium 5mg every 8hours..............1/2 amp diazepan

4 Sept. 2013 for migraine therapy was given Topamax 25mg No 60 0-0-1, 1-0-1, 1-0-2

9 Sept 2013 E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

Clinical improvement of the rotating element. Instability persists to some extent.

Did a Dix – Hallpike maneuver without nystagmus.

Did a Log-Roll AP & Epley AP. Maneuvers.

Reevaluate in σε 72hours.

13 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook: Did 2 Log-Roll & 2 Epley maneuvers.

She was prescribed Zomig for her migraine pain and Topamax 25-0-50 for migraine therapy.

18 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook:

Did Epley AP maneuver. Great recession in nystagmus

19 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook:

No nystagmus in Dix-Hallpike maneuver of horizontal semicircles. Instability Insists

Romberg (1) to MRI

20 Sept 2013 MRI brain

Conclusion: no intracerebral abnormalities are seen

Diffusion and flair and T1W SE and T2W TSE axial.

Flair sagittal and T2W 3D VISTA of the posterior fossa and T1W TSE axial of the posterior fossa and TIW TSE axial of the posterior fossa after IV contrast administration and T1W SE axial of the whole brain after IV contrast administration

23 Sept 2013 Another E.N.T. doctor did an audiometric test (listening test. She has Hypersensitivity to hearing)

26 Sept 2013 Blood test for: Vitamin B12 271pg/mL (normal 150-1000)

Folic Acid 1.7ng/mL (normal 1.00-24.0)

Was prescribed Topamax 25mg No 180 1-0-2 for migraine therapy.

10 oct 2013 she took an Instrument control balance test (Electronystagmography)

Conclusion: hypo function of the labyrinth. She did not get dizzy at all with the cold water in her ears.

11 Oct 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook: VNG Hyposensitivity at caloric(?)

The E.N.T. doctor could not accept the results of the test and wants her to take the test again.

15 Oct 2013 Optical fields test (glaucoma threshold)

Results: Left eye with abnormally high sensitivity

Right eye: within normal limits

25 Oct 2013 The Neurologist said the problem is not neurological because the MRI was clean.

The Neurologist prescribed her with Topamac 20-0-50 for migraine therapy. We announced our decision to stop taking this drug for now because one of the side effects is dizziness. And the doctor said ok. It's your choice.

The E.N.T. doctor really spent too much time and helped her a lot too, especially with vertigo that stopped with the different maneuvers. But now he does not want to accept that the labyrinth hypo functions. He wants Myria to redo the Instrument control balance test (Electronystagmography) but with ice water (ice cubes) and not just cold water.

Today she still has:

1. instability

2. oscillopsia. She cannot walk freely without assistance. She must hold on to somewhere.

3. Blocked ears but also hears noises that finds very loud. Even her own voice, when she talks, sounds very loud.

4. By moving her head (especially up and down) or when walking (very slowly) feels something into her head of which she cannot describe. It feels like there is a spring inside her head and simultaneously pushing her ears out.

5. At night when it's dark and she sleeps, when she turns in bed , she has a feeling inside the head of something like dizziness. She feels that the dizziness comes from inside her head . While she is talking , her ears vibrate. She cannot explain (even though she is very intelligent). There are many things that are strange and cannot explain it. For her to be good and not unstable, she should not speak nor hear anything, nor move.

6. When swallows (perhaps her head moving) her ears again, feel.... she doesn't know ... hears her voice and cannot stand it. It's like, her voice is pushing her ears outwardly and cannot bear it... the migraine off course makes it worse.

Thank you for anything you do.

Marshall: The cells are not getting enough nutrition, free radicals are damaging the dna, and toxins are accumulating in the tissues. Have a loved one go to the natural grocers. There are 5 of them in Oregon. Get raw honey, pastured eggs (eat these raw), non gmo red miso, and some flavored kambucha drinks with the chia seed. You have to eat a lot of nutritious food that does not require digesting. You can also make green smoothies from organic baby leaves and take some raw organic fruit.

I have been sick for 6 years and I am getting worse. I con not eat, Walk, Stand, or sit up do to unexplained pain. The docs just take some blood work and say don't know what to tell you. I know I had a bowel blockage for 5 of those years. I know some if not all has passed. I seem just flooded with this yellow fluid substance. My urine has extremely way to much pigment. No I'm not dehydrated it isn't dark or amber. The same exact color and tone in on my stool. I also can only eat about once a day and have extreme bone pain that I take morphine and codeine for. Any help would be awesome. thanks

@Rhonda: Many of the conditions which you spoke of including RA have a viral, bacterial, or fungal origin. These pathogens live in our bodies for many yrs and cause all sorts of multifaceted symptoms like you noted.

You will need to first alkalize your body as acidosis must be neutralized before starting an herbal regimen. Herbs you will need would include Oregano, Grapefruitseed, Olive Leaf, Pau De Arco, Garlic. Digestive Enzymes will help as well as Glutamine and Colostrum or IgG (Immunoglobulin). Colloidal Silver will help. Zapping will help.

Rhonda: The instantaneous way to go from being sick and suffering to being awash with euphoria would be a complete raw whole food program. Google raw food for candida videos. The organic 80/10/10 vegans can further enumerate the admirable qualities of God's Goodies.

Mystery illness: I am 5'7 and weigh 148. I have been having excruciating pain in my hips, mostly the right whenever I wake up from lying down or get up from a sitting position. This has been going on for the last year and a half undiagnosed. I also have extreme weight gain in my stomach although I am thin and of normal weight everywhere else. I have healthy thick head of long dark hair but a very dry scaly scalp. I have seen dozens of doctors including a rheumatologist. They have suspected fibromyalgia and lupus as well as everything in between. My ANA tests were a high positive but all the sub tests were negative. I have occasional extreme blood pressure surges whenever I become stressed or upset even though it is usually low. Some recent labs indicate a vitamin D deficiency and the presence of candida. Can you please help me?

Hi were you given Antibiotics when you had the Flu? I am asking because I nearly died after taking 1 tablet for an infection, and the after effects affected me for ages after that, it was only mind over matter and God as far as I'm concerned that saved me. My symptoms were very similar to yours. All antibiotics are Mold, and veg is rampant with Mold seen and unseen if not well washed and soaked in vinegar or lemon juice added to the water and rinsed well after. Also you state your making shakes with veg and fruit, are you aware a lot of veg, especially certain greens and fruit is high in Vitamin K? Look on the web for list's containing it, and also make sure anything you use veg and fruit in is also well cleaned after use, as this will cause mold build up rapidly as well. A lot of people use chlorine bleach on juicers, blenders, food processors, etc for this same reason, but I wouldn't do that, I use 3 percent hydrogen peroxide which I dilute with distilled water from food grade. And you'll contact mold by touching the veg and fruit, so I would wear a pair of gloves, rubber, pvc, leather, even gardening gloves to cover your hand's when around them. This will help you try to eliminate certain causes out of the picture, I know when I go to any one's home that has mold in, it effect's me to a degree, but not so badly now as it did before, Also some people can't tolerate sulphur food's which Kale is and the cabbage family, which has a lot of relation's besides sprouts and cauliflower, so research that as well. And try and be aware of where you were and what you do when these attacks occur, you may find a link somewhere. Even down to what soap tooth paste, house hold products. Keep a journal this will be a great help, I have reactions to other peoples perfume, and once went in to shock after my friend splashed a hair dye she was using on me. Don't let it make you be afraid to get on with living, I know it's scary, but you can't let fear of what may or may not happen rule your life. Let us know how you get on. Love Andrea C xxxxxx

P. S I have bought Ammonia, white vinegar, and bicarb (baking soda) to wash all my clothing, bedding, curtains, and anything else I possibly can to eliminate mold in my home. You have to use Ammonia carefully, and the vinegar is white spirit vinegar. I am following instuctions I got off another web site, and will be wearing rubber gloves, goggles, an a face mask to protect my skin, eye's, and avoid breathing it in. A woman in England became very ill to the point she could not live in her home, and slept in her car with the Air Conditioner on to breathe. After a long investigation, a tiny speck of mold was found in her home, and made her really ill. All we can do is what ever is possible to route out any causes, the stuff I bought cost me twelve pounds for the 3 on Amazon.

Your body sounds as though it is toxic. Any time you try to juice natural raw foods you may experience an initial reaction as your body is try to purge the toxins out.

Stay away from processed foods. Buy a juicer and begin to juice raw (organic) green foods. You can add in some fruit to make it a bit palatable at the start. Protein shakes have MSG added into them (sometimes).. MSG and aspartame are toxic to the brain.

Cayenne pepper will protect you against strokes if that is what is happening.

Do you drink any energy drinks? They have toxic additives in them.. Some have bromide added which deplete iodine from the body.

Pinky Pie: Such a broad spectrum of symptoms suggest toxicity which could be heavy metal (most likely Mercury) poisoning or possibly environmental chemical. Prescription meds could also aggravate the issue.

Have you Mercury dental fillings (and recent dental work)? Have you been receiving recommended vaccines like flu vaccine? The high toxicity of Mercury has damaging effects on detox, immune, and hormonal body systems which you seem to be suffering.

I could be wrong, but do read the E.C. pages for heavy metal toxicity and go from there.

Report your conclusions and additional findings so we can help you get better.

Not sure what I have or if my symptoms are possibly mini strokes... I've been having trouble walking for a good while ever since I got ill with the flu that hit me very hard (I fainted and went into shock) this was last month, the 15th of august 2013. I then had a severe allergic reaction to Kale (turns out I'm allergic to vitamin K) two days later. So after then I started making raw shakes with organic veggies and fruits and putting a scoop of Miricale Reds in each shake, two shakes a day.

Well this helped regain a lot of senses back I still have trouble with feeling confused most of the time, walking with bad balance and cant walk for very long without feeling like im about to faint. Also get blurry vision when averting eyes occasionally, and back pain, sweaty feet that get hot and cold on and off. I could go on... I also get this heavy numb feeling on my entire body, brain and all... My senses are VERY sensitive, example, smells are strong and so are noises, and I absolutely can not go to sleep if there is any noise what so ever... I get hot flashes and a pain on the right side of my neck. I'm going to my Doc tomorrow, well lets just say the insurance I have is the worst one... So please I would like some help as to what I can do naturally first before telling my Doc any of my sympotoms, I know it won't be in effect by tomorrow, but ya never know... Thanks, any advice is much appreciated!!!

Blimey Jess, sorry to hear you feel so poorly. I am thinking you need to take vitamin d3 to support your immune system. You also should try and bathe in magnesium salts every night for a while. Please try not to eat too much processed food and no food with vegetable oil in it. If you can it would help to see if you are intolerant to some foods- for example wheat, milk as this would lead to all kinds of weird symptoms as when we can't digest stuff we exhaust our vitamins and minerals. Drinks with caffeine in them deplete our vitamin and mineral stores as does alcohol. Also sugar. I hope that gives you a bit of guidance-

Addition to last post to Pinky Pie:

You mentioned the possibility of MS; possible but simple scans by the Docs should have found the lesions. They readily show up. Apparently not there so probably not MS; but if it is MS... There is a definite link between MS and a specialty virus (similar to the viral family of polio). So my suggested "cure" or at least "help" would still be a valid thesis. MS involves a virus along with a heavy metal eg mercury. (Typically mercury poisoning is from dental fillings with mercury or eating fish from a contaminated lake. ) And then the tear to the lining around the nerve (spinal cord and/ or brain) is called a lesion. The nerve is exposed because the "sheath" the "myelin sheath" is damaged by the combo of mercury and virus and the nerve is destroyed by exposure.

As in the other post I wrote, please, because you are a minor you need to show this post to your parents.

Dave

Hello Pinky Pie:

Your story sounds like a number of other cases I am familiar with; first this question... You said that the onset was five years ago when you would have been twelve years old (you now being 17). Right? OK. Do you recall if you had a severe infection when you were 12 years old, a few months before the onset of your current symptoms? Maybe a bad sore throat? A bad cold? Ear infections? A sinus infection that just stayed and stayed. Occasionally, the sickness isn't so very intense, but rather long lasting; like an ear infection that lasts for a month and then it comes again six months later and stays for another month.

Next question... If you were sick with something before the real onset when you were 12 or maybe even 11, did you feel like after you got over the sickness but you never really got your energy totally back... maybe you felt very tired or tired out easily even months after you were first sick?

Or if none of that sounds like what you experienced, do you recall if you had some significant dental work done; maybe even a root canal, although you were probably too young for that or maybe you had a tooth pulled to prepare you for braces.

What I'm getting around to is this: You have ALL the symptoms of a system wide (systemic infection) of a virus or fungus.

Easy to kill.

If what I asked you rings a bell and you think, yes I can remember I did have a really bad case of the flu/chest cold/ etc. any of the things I listed and especially if your energy never came back full strength, then those are two signs that this is a virus you're facing.

In any of that is true, and if I were you, I'd be ready to take an anti viral. It takes a while for the anti viral to kill a system wide infection. You need to ask your parents about taking this if you think what I described could lead you to conclude that perhaps you have a virus. I have been taking an anti viral for twenty years and it is called colloidal silver. It's water with a tiny bit of silver in it... but tastes just like water.

If you think what I ask might ring a bell you need to talk to your parents about this. Your are legally a minor and you have to discuss this with your mom and dad. If you want me to discuss this with them to find out more about the anti viral idea, just post me back. But we really need the parents on board if you think/ and they think that perhaps they want more information since your age limits what you can do. But I'm ready to help if you will get them to post if you all are interested.

Best to you young lady. Don't be afraid: there IS a cure for you. Keep looking, even if the virus/fungus is not the cause. There is a cause and if you look diligently you'll find the cure. (Knock and it will be opened unto you, seek and you shall find.)

Your friend,

David

Pinky Pie: I was at where you are except I wasn't taking any meds. I fully recovered and you can too. You have to get all the carbs, oils, proteins, vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and special substances your body requires. These have to come from raw, organic, grassfed, wildharvested, soaked, sprouted, and fermented whole foods. You were on the right track juicing raw organic produce. That is why you got better. That is not the complete program. Look at my reply to the post father with lymphoma earlier in the day. That gives you everything. Watch raw food and superfood videos. Follow David Wolfe's ideas.

I am 17 year old female, this is a lloonngg story so please take your time reading haha. First off I've had "systemic lupus" for 5 years. Well docs dont know if it is lupus or not because my organs are fine and my body doesn't respond to the regular lupus meds, unless they end up putting me in the ER for a severe allergic reaction to the steriods. So im no longer taking any meds for the "lupus". So on August the 15 I caught the flu and my body went into shock and I fainted because having a low immune system and all it hit me pretty hard. So I was taken to the ER, where they then gave me two IVs along with Reglan and Zofran Ondansetron, the reglan caused me to shake very much. So I was sent home... Two days after I was home, still dehydrated and very weak, dizzy as well, I started juicing with a recipe that involved Kale which I never had before, so go figure I got an allergic reaction to that. I didnt know what was wrong with me so for a good 12 hours I was having an allergic reaction that was getting worse and worse each hour, went to the ER. They gave me benadryl and sent me home. I woke up, it being august 21st by this day, very tired and confused thats all I remember... Now also on the night of either the 21st or 22nd I started taking protein shakes to get my weight up, having two a day... My mind was very off, very dizzy, and hyper-reflexive. I continued to take two shakes a day, eating regular processed foods, my body continued to get heavier and heavier, my mind was soooo crazy that is the only way I can describe it. I also couldnt walk hardly and in car rides my brain turned to mush and my body went dead with no strength, I couldnt carry myself. So I eventually got paralysis from my neck down. I went to the ER, they didnt know what was wrong with me so they blammed it on my "lupus" and gave me Zofran since I was still having my nausea and gagging problems during all this and they sent me home. I did my own research and cut out the protien shakes, started making organic shakes using organic fruits and veggies, except for kale, and I put a scoop of Miracle Reds in each shake. This helped me be able to walk again and helped my mind heal some and I recall one day when I was feeling absolutely fine :) I just dont remember what I ate that day...

So heres where I NEED HELP all though I have improved I still cant seem to find whats going to help me get 100% better. I feel confused most often and dizzy here and there, off balance, and nauseous. So I started my menstural cycle a couple days ago and it drained me... I was taking ibuprophen for then pain but I think that may have caused a ulcer because then I started having a feeling of air in my stomach and it felt very hot and I kept burping and gagging severely. I ate some melon and it soothed me but along with this too, my mind is now fogging and my legs ache, my bones feel rattly and im off balance and really tired even when I just woke from an 8 hour sleep. oh, and when I woke I had a hot fuzzy feeling in the back of my head/brain. im thinking maybe im developing MS???.... Or maybe it is CFS?... Not sure. I also have this pain on my left side of my neck feels like its an artery thats aching... Not sure but its been hurting off and on since ive caught the flu back in August. Please help, I refuse to go to the Doc until I have tried as much as I can to better myself naturally. My knees also hurt, not too much as to where I want to cry but just uncomfortable. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you for your time. -Jes

Dear Dawn, the first thing that comes to my mind for lowering your histamin level is nettles. Nettles are a natural anti-histamine. My son took nettles daily for a year for his allergies/asthma. Not only did they help the symptoms, it seemed to cure him. He rarely takes them any more and I never hear him wheeze anymore. You can take nettles capsules, or drink a generous amount of nettle tea each day. (2-4 cups) You can mix that with peppermint to make it taste better, though it doesn't really taste bad, especially when you add a little honey. Start with one cup and work your way up.

I would consider adding Raw Unpasteruized Apple Cider Vinegar to your routine as well as Blackstrap Molasses. Because they help so many people with so many ailments, it seems a good place to start. You could start with 1 t. Apple Cider Vinegar in 8 oz. Of water twice a day and over 2 weeks, work up to 1 T. In oz. Of water twice a day. 1-2 T. Blackstrap Molasses daily is also great nutrition and helpful to many things.

Keep reading around on Earth Clinic. You will get more ideas on how to improve nutrition and health and hopefully be encouraged, especially while you wait for a diagnosis.

Please keep us posted on how it goes for you!

~Mama to Many~

Dawn: I was like you and learned to get well. Make 4 cups of home made water kefir per day. Take the superfoods. Eat raw honey, organic sucanet, and raw organic fruit for carbs. Take 30g black chia seeds, 10g cold pressed organic sesame oil, and 20g expellar pressed coconut oil for fat, 10g absorbable colostrum for growth factors and special substances, 20g raw whey for glutathione, 3g freeze dried goji 4:1 concentrate and 1g hawaiin cordyceps for polysaccharides, 2g freeze dried acerola for c, sun dried sea salt, 20g organic tomato paste, 2ml raw fermented skate liver oil, wyoming clay, raw kelp, and cayenne. You can get completely well soon.

Hello Dawn:

Well, I hope you do not have carcinoids which are slow growing tumors and can be deadly. My wife (12 years ago) had been experiencing severe bowel area pain and on New Years eve was in severe pain mainly in lower right quadrant. We'd had a number of specialists but no general surgeon. I decided not to just give her the normal strong pain pill but took her to emergency room and by an amazing circumstance found a very conscientious general surgeon. On the X rays the radiologists though that perhaps they saw a "shadow" in the right lower quadrant and basically I begged for exploratory surgery. He agreed. He didn't think he would find anything but at 9pm (New Years Eve 12 years ago) did the exploratory surgery. Well, he found carcinoids. One that was the big problem was blocking her small intestine (it had flipped over, he said)... Was blocking small and large juncture. He found another on her apendix.

He saved her life that night instead of just giving her some pain meds and going off to a New Years eve party. And he saved her again when new carcinoids arrived nearly killing her five years ago.

Our "carcinoid journey" took us to Duke Medical Center to find the current state of Carcinoid treatment. As of three years ago there is no cure, but my wife was put on a drug that slows the growth of the tumor..."sandostatin".

So Dawn, I hope you do not have these tumors as the two doctors say you may have but consider first making sure you have the very best surgeon ready to go if the situation becomes desperate. He/she should get some x rays or whatever is needed to try and find the tumors. (Even thoug they find the one or two, if you have carcinoids, they will cntinue to grow. ) And next ask the experts about something to slow the growth...sandostatin.

Finally, keep up the effort in doing alternative helps to aid the counter attack... alkalizing the system, heavy does of Vit C (not a cure but a slow down approach) and my old stand by, Silver Solution just in case the carcinoids might be triggered by viral infestations.

I hope I haven't scared you. But only because you stated that the two doctors had already diagosed you with Carcinoids (the syndrom is the manifestation of existing tumor/s) do I write to get you prepared. Don't get depressed but rather note with optimism that my own experience shows success although accompanied by numerous close calls. My wife is a real trooper.

If you'd like to talk to her, she is always happy to advise. You can initiate a contact by emailing me at david (at) dlthomaslaw (dot) com.

Best to you. Feel free to re post.

After two year of extreme symptoms involving several areas of my body. Head, eyes, stomach, bowels, skin, etc. It appears they are caused by extremely high histamine and prostaglandin levels. All other tests are normal (tryptase, serotonin). I have two doctors who think I have carcinoid syndrome with an unlocated tumor. I have two other doctors who think mast cell activation disorder. They don't know for sure so treatment is quite difficult. Any ideas on how to decide which it is? or Any suggestions to help lower my histamine and prostaglandin levels while I wait? Thank you for your time.

Robyn, first off DON'T GIVE UP!!! There is always hope, and like Robert Henry said: just trying stuff keeps your mind busy and alert and that's good.

Second: Have you read up on Ann Wigmore? When she was in pretty bad shape, she tried wheatgrass juice, or was it rejuvelac, and it got her back on her feet.

Have you ever tried Elderberries? Great for fighting off colds and flus also is an anti-inflamatory. It is very high in anti-oxidents. At least you could keep future illnesses at bay.

Body in compete exhaustion, parasympathetic state, adrenals, thyroid, liver, cells dysfunctional

I get these tests every 3 yrs hoping for some insight, I post on here hoping for some insight, I wish I'd started these tests 20 yrs ago when I was screaming in pain but back then women in pain are just hysterical. Now they call it fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome when infact, it has a real cause. My dilemna is not much has changed over the 6 yrs of doing these tests. My body is still in extreme exhaustion, in the parasympathetic state. My adrenals don't work at all, my thyroid, liver, pancreas & kidneys not much. My oxidation or metabolism is very very slow, don't metabolise protein or carbs. My body is eating its own tissue. I'm 6 x too high in calcium & mg, copper and manganese, xylene, ammonia. The lead and cadmium has come down over that time but aluminium has gone up. I'm deficient in many minerals. I can't make energy, the 4 phases of detox don't work or are only just working. I don't make any hormones, no cell permeability. Because of the state of my adrenals & thyroid my immune system is shot, I get every infection, serious ones, allergies are so bad I can't go into most buildings or near most people, gardens, animals etc. I've been following this site for some years now and a new practitioner with this most recent report but the supplements, diet, exercise, lifestyle and emotional adjustments have done little to change anything.

I can't see any hope for continuing. And I'm still homeless.

Well most of the pain can be relieved with endorphin frequencies of 111.11 hertz, both sound and electricity square wave function - the effects are long lasting. The bacteria that is common in this type of pain is in the same family as the acne and diphtheria, so the easiest way is to get your immune system up with zinc chloride or zinc acetate, lysine and taurine. The lysine is commonly taken at 1000 mg x 4 and taurine is added to help some zinc absorption. Also, some mannitol may help at 4000 mg at average of one time a day, taken at the same time with lysine, zinc, and taurine. The lysine, zinc and taurine is what our body needs for the immune system to fight off this pain in the?chest area. The bacteria is hidden in the fat cells of epidermis near the nerves, and that causes pain. So this is why topical DMSO sometimes helps and additionally a zinc chloride saturated solution of one drop is added to 30 cc of DMSO solution. This is used to help reduce the bacteria that is hidden in that area, that is causing the pain.

Ted

Try taking colloidal silver, it has does wonders for me. Gave up on the doctors when they told me they couldn't find anything. I also take coconut oil daily, up to 3 tablespoons of it, and grapefruit seed extract daily. I have some kind of infection in me and they are killing it.

The tightness and the pain can very well be related to the symtoms of panic/anxiety attacks. I suggest going on youtube and watch some EFT or energy healing demo videos for panic/anxiety first. Supplements may help but are often a bandaid if this is caused by the panic attacks. Try it a few times and see if it helps. It worked for me when I was having symptoms almost identical to yours. Peace, Steve

Hello Ted, I developed a painful spasm in the chest radiating into my jaw up to my ear and having a panic attack at same time, no fever or swelling but fatigued. I have brain fog as well. I checked and it's no heart attack. Most always a taste in my mouth. I have developed a kind of stiff neck. This happened just coming back from overseas. I would like your opinion of diagnosis and any possible regimine I can try. I have had this a long time. Thank you, Pete

I have bean extremely unwell for a couple of years now, I have had bowel and lung infection which was cured with antibiotics, but now nothing is working. I am suffering with severe pain right shoulder blade shoulder legs feeling like passing out some kind of infection we think. Please help me as the hospitals just keep sending me home saying my bloods are normal, I feel this is my last hope. Please help me...

So an update with me and my problems! Ha! I had a test done 5 weeks ago.. Parasitology/bacteriology/yeast (samples and swab) by a VERY good lab in AZ. Here are my results:

Candida. Candida dividing. Undigested tissue. Undigested food. Mucus. White blood cells. Fatty acid crystals. Starch granules. Moderate amount of bacteria: E. Coli & Klebsiella sp. Pollen. Epithelial cells (squamous & columnar). Charcot-Leyden crystals *COULD be an indicator of E. Histolytica... and no other pathogens found. SO! Whats next? I dont know! I need to contact my ND next... I am hoping she doesnt put me on a bunch of expensive pills.

For the record, I am on Teds/Bills candida protocol. I eat ONLY organic. Jog 2 miles 3x/week ( If I can! ), drink LOTS of distilled water w/ minerals.. Take a good liquid multi.. LOTS of garlic.. Coconut oil.. green juice (32 oz/day). I also take some probiotics once before breakfast, found at the health food store. I make a coconut milk/vegan protein shake when needed. My tingling hands/feet and extreme tiredness/lethargy are the most concerning. NO MORE yeast infestions, though =) Also.. I am half way through a heavy metal cleanse.. I think its taking out some stuff, because I feel a bit different, and my IC is acting up.

I want to do hair mineral analysis and blood work. Any good suggestions anyone for this? What tests to take? Which ones are accurate? I dont want to waste ANY MORE money!

Hi Robyn, Sounds sort of like Multiple Chemical Sensitivities/Environmental Illness (MCS/EI). I attended a seminar for one week on healing in Georgia, USA about two years ago. A woman was there who had many symptoms; I don't remember them all, but she arrived wearing a face mask. She said that she had to remove carpeting, wall coverings, in her home was reacting to just about everything. What she received was spiritual healing. About day 2 the mask came off and by the end of week she was perfectly healthy. Based on a book by Henry W. Wright, "A More Excellent Way to Be In Health". The orientation is Christian and intensive but for her very effective. He can be found on Internet at beinhealth.com Great for information as to sources of trouble and healing. Hope this or something helps, God Bless!

Hi Robyn, my heart goes out to you. A few things you might not have tried yet that I would look into if I were you are: Earthing - and if you are anywhere near a body of water in OZ, sand and saltwater at great conductors. Read up on it.... Supposed to take away pain to be barefoot on damp ground. Supplements to try would be IP-6 and Serrapeptase.... Just some things you may not have tried yet. Don't give up hope! Good luck to you.

Robyn, read up on Essiac Tea.

I am still suffering severe pain but much worse is being allergic to everything so I can't stay in a building for long, be near anyone (they're covered in chemicals) or even go for a walk or to the park - too many allergants. Using computer is very painful. So my organic acids tell me that I am diabetic or almost - perhaps that is why I have all this nerve pain (for 20 yrs & no Dr.Is interested in finding out why) and what is like lactic acid burn. Also don't make any atp. Don't spose you can if you cant metabolise carbs or protein. Also 4 phases of detox don't work hence the metal poisoning. So I have taken all the supplements recommended for over a yr and to boost the 4 phases. I've been on this site for a few yrs and Im still homeless. I think the Apple Cider Vinegar helped my asthma but not much else. The tests showed candida was there but normal so I dont think I can blame all my allergies on that. I do have addisons but have been on low dose natural cortisol for also a few years. I assume the natural way to help the diabetes is Apple Cider Vinegar (4 yrs and it hasn't helped yet) & no sugar. I'm so allergic I definately dont eat processed or fast or restaurant foods. I have halved the dose of morphine (which doesn't abate the pain much but brings me off screaming) however it can worsen asthma. DMSO didn't help. The only msm supplement I can get has glucosamine and chondroitin in it which I read can increase sugar levels. And the decaf (because of adrenal and liver problems never have caffeine) green tea which I drink all day could also make the asthma worse??? perhaps it has pesticides in it but I like it. How do I fix the pain? the allergants is the worst? the asthma is just annoying, then maybe one day I could have some human contact and live in a house.

Oh, I also have very high t and nk cells indicating infection on top of a very long viral list. I've resorted to taking antibiotics which is when the pain reduced a little, the reason I was able to reduce the morphine.

Hi Shelley... Perhaps another useful thing you could do is to contact Dr David Brownstein, who lives and works in West Bloomfield in Michigan -- quite close to where you live. He is a certified doctor and naturopath. Here is the address of his clinic:

The Center for Holistic Medicine
5821 W. Maple Rd., Ste 192
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Tel: (248) 851-1600
Website: http://www.drbrownstein.com/

Dr Brownstein has written many well-known books on iodine, fibromylalgia, bio-identical hormones, sea salt, gluten, allergies and vitamins.

I'm sure that Dr Brownstein will be able to help you more to resolve all your current issues which seem to be a mixture of problems that includes fungal and bacterial infections, hormone imbalance, toxins from candida and possibly both thyroid and adrenal insufficiency. Dr Brownstein will know exactly what tests you must take -- he is a very knowledgeable naturopathic doctor whose approach to healing is quite different to most regular medical doctors.

Parasites could be a reality so you might want to add garlic and onions (not the sweet ones) to your food. I have read that you want to make your body uninhabitable to the critters. I can't get my hands on my nutrition book this instant but I think cloves, oregano and St. Johnn's Wort are listed.

Have you had your thyroid checked? Many of your symptoms sound like a hypothyroid, especially the tingling hands/feet. Do you find you are often cold, or very sensitive to temperature? Ask your doctor for a complete thyroid panel, not just TSH - you need T4, T3, reverse T3 and thyroid antibodies.

It may be worth while to have a urine hormone analysis as well. Often it's not just the thyroid that is out of balance, but several hormones at the same time. Blood analysis is not sufficient, you really need to have a urine analysis. If your doctor won't order the test (not unusual! ) find an independent bioidentical hormone replacement clinic. You can have the testing done there. Your insurance may cover the test, if not it is usually around $300 to test all your hormones.

Good luck! I'm going through something very similar, and I wish you the best!

No... Its not the supplements. When adding them in, I feel better (somewhat). If I dont take my lugols iodine, my hair starts falling out again. I know I have a hormonal imbalance. As far as diet, I cannot tolerate sugar, which led me to the candida diet. I also pee white stuff ( I have IC) and that plus the IBS and chronic yeast infections make me think its a yeast overgrowth. I just want to know if there is ANY ACCURATE TEST out there to confirm this! And, what doctor to go to! They are so so pricey too, which makes matter more difficult, seeing I dont have much money. I eat organic, all the way. Nothing out of a bag, box, or can. I juice a lot, too. All my supplements are pretty darn good ( my hubby works for a few vitamin companies, that are amazing.. So we know a lot about the supplement 'fillers' binders.. Etc.. ). Thanks for the concerns! I am going to go ahead and start cleansing. I am going on a kidney cleanse soon ( theyve been hurting a little), then coffee enemas and a few liver cleanses.

Shelly: What to do when you don't know what to do? And all this information, and which is disinformation?

You must adopt a method, some path toward which at some point things begin making sense.

With all the complexity of the human anatomy and pathology, one must regress back to a textbook primary understanding. Short of going to pre-med school, I would very strongly recommend Dr Murray and Pizzorno's book The Encyclopedia Of Natural Medicine 2nd (maybe a 3rd) edition. The book is divided into sections, the first is this simplification method we need, the major body systems: Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Detoxification, and Endocrine. Other section includes all the major illnesses affecting people.

Hope this helps.

Shelly, your mentioning of a buzzing feeling reminded me of something. I have heard that in descriptions of MS. I don't wish to frighten you or something but its something to get checked.

Maybe you are just really tired though. Tired is awful.

Hi Shelly... I feel you could be taking too many supplements/vitamins that could be countering each other or you are having reactions to the binders and/or fillers especially if they contain aspartame. The binders and/or fillers probably come from plants that have been genetically modified... (GMO). It appears you are taking stuff to get well but you are getting worse. All of our food has been tainted. The animals we eat or get milk and eggs from are being fed GMO grains and grasses. Our fruits and vegetables have been engineered to last longer. This is harder to digest.

The only way to find out if this is what is happening to you is to stop all of your supplements and eat the foods that supply the necessary vitamins and minerals you need. Don't eat raw fruits and vegetables. Cook them until tender so they are easier to digest and you are able to get the nutrients from them instead of just "passing through" your body. Blackstrap Molasses has the B-vitamins you need and is a good source of other nutrients. Get the frozen "country" orange juice concentrate for your Vit C.

I get up very early and right now I'm really tired but I wanted to reply to you... I hope I am making sense to you. It may take awhile to detox from the supplement/vitamin ingredients that could be making you feel so bad. The symptoms you described are what I felt when I was drinking aspartame sweetened drinks and taking vitamins that I thought I needed.

Get clean first, then if you find you are low in something add it back into your diet. You could be taking too much of something. The toxic effects of some vitamins are the same symptoms as a deficiency.

Update with me....

So lately, I've been feeling unusually strange. I have new symptoms, and am like "what the heck is going on with me!!! ". I'm actually kind of scared. Before I make a big deal, I thought that others may be dealing with the same. So... I still have the IBS (now, moreso constipation-like, but pretty regular with the candida diet - 2-3x/day. normal looking mostly), and the bladder issues (IC). I have some nausea here and there... And now my joints are starting to hurt, in my hands and arms. I also get tingling/numbness in my extremities. that come and go. and my arms/legs/feet/butt fall asleep easily if I lay down/sit a certain way. I sometimes even feel a overall 'buzzing' feeling in my entire body. Like in my nerves. The tingling & numbness bothers me the most. And is very concerning. It is def nerve/circulatory related, IMO. I dont like that my joints and back are hurting (I've had back issues since I was 14, and Im 27). My head has been itching a lot lately, too... Which hasnt happened before. I looked and theres nothing there, though. I still have low-grade yeast infections, and having relations is pretty painful. =( I am SO sick os being sick! Gosh. What is going on!!!! Tired of spending all my $$ on supplements and vitamins that dont seem to help much. I want answers. I want my body back! Im only 27, and Ive been like this for 14 months now! This is ridiculous. I am waiting on a parasitology test from AZ (a well-known expert) to see if there are parasites contributing to this issue, but my question is- does yeast really cause ALL THESE SYMPTOMS! ? I feel like theres a lot more going on... And how did I get to be this bad?? I ate organic & ran 15 miles/week for the past 5 yrs! I dont even know what tests to do anymore, which ones are accurate, what to take, how much to take, what to think... Lord Jesus, help me!

Would anyone know what causes the lower back of the head to become ICE COLD? When the back of my head feels cold and clammy it sets off severe sinus drainage. It feels like acid running down my sinuses, ear, throat and into my chest. Can it be an infection in my head? If I keep my head warm with a cap and stay away from cold drinks and fans I have no drainage. But the cold head worries me? The condition never goes away?

Hi Shelly, I'm only posting this because you said you wanted more babies and would probably prefer to breast-feed. I worked full time until the day I delivered my first (left work early about 2 PM and had her at 9PM). I was told longer I breast-fed the better so when I went back to work I expressed during my breaks and at lunch so I could keep the baby on breast milk for a year. When my milk supply started to decrease, the nurse practitioner suggested pumping more more. I asked my immediate supervisor if I gave up my breaks and lunch (I would eat at my desk) could I pump every two hours. He approved it but continuously harassed me by asking me to give him the times I would be "doing that".

I kept her on breast milk for a year, got pregnant the next month (I was thirty-six and my clock was running out. I felt she had to have a sibling) then I was set up and terminated when I was five months pregnant with my second child for frequently being away from my desk and a decline in performance. DUH!!

The point I was trying to make was pumping more and drinking gallons of water kept up my milk supply even though working full-time and being harassed on the job. I drank the chlorinated city water and never had a problem with yeast or any of the multiple problems you shared. I drank water after every meal and after every time I pumped. Hope this gives you some hope! Where there is a will there is a way.

Hi Shelly... The best time to take probiotics is after you have detoxed heavy metals and poisons and your body is clear. Once these poisons are eradicated from your intestines and your body then probioics will have a much more beneficial effect. Currently, all sorts of poisons, candida toxins and heavy metals are being dumped into your intestines so probiotics will not be effective because of these poisons in your intestines. Probiotics will, therefore not be so helpful until these poisons are completely eradicated from the body. Also, taking probiotics now may cause further die-off and or digestive problems when taken too early.

In answer to your questions:

1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. So have to monitor this!!

Take the lemon/acv mixed with sodium bicarbonate as advised by Ted in his Alkalizing Remedies. Doing this helps you to avoid acid -- which, when combined with an acid food diet, is what is destroying your teeth. Bacteria can't eat tooth calcium, acid is what causes teeth to decay. I would continue both with the juicing but still take both the Sodium Bicarb plus water as well as take the alkaline form of lemon/ACV remedies as recommended by Ted. Also, I would stop adding lemon(citric acid) to your juicing to avoid the acid form. Juicing will certainly help to provide minerals and vitamins for the body and it is really up to you whether want to do this. The dosages of vitamins and minerals that I recommend in the protocol are very specific - particularly vitamin c, niacin, B vitamins, iodine, magnesium, alkalizing etc and are much higher orthomolecular dosages that would be well nigh impossible to achieve through diet.

2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.

You can take niacin with meals -- this lowers the flush effect. But now, I tend to take 1000 mgs niacin 3 times a day but I take an aspirin dissolved in water twenty minutes before I take the niacin. Aspirin also opens up the blood vessels and so there is no flushing effect from the niacin when you take it after taking the aspirin. Magnesium Oil (magnesium chloride in water) - in larger dose -- with water, when taken before niacin, also helps to prevent or reduce the niacin flush for the same reasons. Taking niacin this way, outside mealtimes, also ensures that more niacin is absorbed into the body than if it is taken at mealtimes.

3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???

Supplements, although not ideal, do allow you too regulate dosage amounts more precisely. If you tried to get these same orthomolecular dosage amounts through eating food, then these dosage amounts would be hit and miss -- not accurate. I am very suspicious of all food now -- even organic food is suspect in my own opinion.

4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?

Loss of hair can be caused for many reasons - the favourite being that candida fungus is attacking your scalp causing your hair to fall out. But hair loss can also be caused by low thyriod as well (also as a consequence of candida infections). If the outer rim of your eyebrows are hairless and your eyebrows appear too short in length then this may indicate that you may well have low thyroid as well as a fungal problem. The anti-candida protocol should both help to both kill the scalp candida as well as help to normalize your thyroid.

You can try topical remdeys like 5 drops of lavendar oil mixed with a teaspoon of VCO rubbed into the scalp. You can also try borax with 3% hydrogen peroxide in water left on your scalp overnight. But if none of these topical remedies work then your scalp infection has arisen from the candida infection in your blood and not from just an infection on the skin so that is why topical remedies won't cure it. I had tinea cruris or jock itch when I had systemic candida and I could not get rid of this fungal problem until after I got rid of my systemic candida(candida in the blood). Therefore curing this problem may take some time, so please be patient.

5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.

Taking protease enzymes(enzymes that digest dead organic proteins) in larger amounts helps to digest blockages in veins and capillaries. At the moment, I am taking pancreatic enzymes with added bromelain and papain enzymes twice a day (2 X 900 mgs doses) outsode mealtimes as a regular detox procedure. Protease enzymes are not toxic or poisonous. In Dr Gonazalez's Metabolic Protocol for cancer -- he recommends a daily dosage of between 130 -- 160 pancreatic enzyme tablets per day in his protocol. The pancreatc enzymes help to remove the dead organic proteins that may be blocking the capillaries causing swelling and spider veins. Using a 70% solution of DMSO topically (with aloe vera oil) will also help to dissolve the blockages in the capillaries. MSM, supplemented at 2,000mgs to 6,000 mgs a day should also help to clear spider veins. Avoid calcium or dairy in your diet -- as advised in the anti-candida protocol.

6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?

When you have low energy and a weakened immune system, then generally a weakened libido is the result. Again, you need to get rid of the candida, which is continually weakening your immune system with its own myctoxins, as well as build up the body with healthy nutrients. Supplementing borax and iodine as well as a proper anti-candida diet will greatly help to stabilize and balance your hormones(as advised in the anti-candida protocol).

An intolerance to heat would also seem to indicate a thyroid problem. To check if you have a thyroid problem, on waking up first thing in the morning you should use a basal thermometer to check underarm whether your body temperature is too high or too low. If your temperature is not 98.6°F then you probably have a thyroid problem.

Just an update with me (and to you, Bill, a few more questions.. When you get the time??)... I seem to be doing better energy-wise, but am not taking all the protocol things. I had waaaay too much die-off. I also, am afraid of losing all my good bacteria. Is this an issue? Will the protocol cause me to lose some or all of it? Taking the probiotics from my ND seem to help a lot.. And I stopped feeling like my blood was full of yeast, right when I started to juice ( I have a really good juicer! ). I only juice: cucumbers, celery, lemons, kale, lettuce, a little carrot/beet, ginger, parsley, cilantro, and tumeric. I noticed much imporovement after juicing, and drink about 30 oz/day split up into 3x/day before meals. My questions:

1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. so have to monitor this!!

2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.

3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???

4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?

5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.

6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low.. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?

Thanks thanks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Warm bath full of Epsom salts (magnesium ).

Yes, go to Carolyn Dean's web site about magnesium now... The doctors do not understand and they will let him die, because they don't KNOW. Go today. Remember Tim Russert ? They let him die and helped him along the way ..... How to Change your Life With Magnesium

Actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke has been suffering from Cranial throbbing which is robbing him of sleep as well as overall good health. He has asked for suggestions! I wonder if EarthClinic can help him?

"Dick Van Dyke is undergoing tests for "cranial throbbing, " according to the Associated Press.

The legendary actor, well-known for The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis Murder, has been suffering from throbbing in his head when he lies down that has caused him to lose sleep, a rep for the 87-year-old actor says. So far, no diagnosis has been made."

Any suggestions?

Hey Bill... More questions for you.. Sorry! I like to probe... it makes me more at peace! ;)

1. Is xylitol ok? Its in my liquid multi, cal/mag, and b-complex... its 3g of carbs per serving of each.
2. Will adding some antifungal herbs/teas to the regime, or rotating the pau d'arco tea be beneficial? I dont think my body is responding to the tea anymore.
3. Recently Ive been getting numbness in my feet and hands, esp during the night.. And tingling. I awoke in the morning 4 days ago, with a sharp needle-like pain in one place, and its been 4 days... Hasn't gone... Kinda hurts when I touch it. What could this be?
4. Good lab for parasite testing?? I felt FINE for a few weeks.. Then yesterday, out of nowhere, while ont he diet and protocol, I just felt "sick" again. Slightly feverish.. And malaise. My colon was doing something.. Thought I was gonna have the runs.. still feeling sick...=/ Does yeast stay undetected then show up or is this more parasite-like?
5. Hot peppers/spices...help with yeast/fungus/parsites?
6. What are mycotoxins?
7. What are mycobacteria?
8. Is MB safe to take everyday?
9. Does yeast cause palpatations/high bp? I used to get that a lot last yr.. and recently, a little bit.
10. Is pre-eclampsia related to fungal overgrowth? Thats what I had when I was pregnant.. or is it liver related?
11. What is the cause of IC? I want my bladder healed! Lots of white stuff coming out when I pee...=/
12. Lastly, can fungus/yeast be spread to others?

Thanks again for your time....=)!!

Hi Shelly... In response to all your questions:

1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?

That diet is fine but only eat small amounts of carbohydrate(sweet potatoes) because they are converted to sugar in the body and sugar feeds candida.

2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!

You can mx them in the following ways:

Borax can be mixed with any of the alkalizing remedies.

Drops of Lugols Iodine can be mixed, alone, with a solution Vitamin C.

Hydrogen Peroxide can be mixed with any of the alakalizing remedies without problems.

Always mix the Methylene Blue (if you decide to use it) with a solution of Vitamin C.

The Liver Support Protocols are normally taken all together just before or after mealtimes.

The niacin(or niacinamide) and B50 complex should also be taken at mealtimes together with the Liver protocol. Niacin works synergistically with both B50 complex and ALA for improved effect. ALA was once also regarded as part of the B Vitamins (as thioctic acid)

For more on this see Ted's List here: Remedy Combinations on EC

3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?

Both Iodine and Hydrogen Peroxide kill pathogens very quickly. These anti-pathogen nutrients work completely differently to antibiotics, they kill the pathogens -- including yeast/fungus -- very fast so no chance or opportunity for them to breed in resistance to these chemicals.

The five days on and two days off regimen is up to you.

For borax particularly -- the borax water must always be taken on a 5 days on, 2 days off basis.

4. Is taking a good probiotic ok? 5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..

I would wait at least until you've been on the anti-candida protocol for a month before you take probiotics or pre-biotics because, initially, there may be alot of toxins from heavy metals as well as fungal die-off poisons that will be dumped into the intestines first. This is not beneficial for promoting good bacteria in the gut and which may take a little while to subside. But when the Herxheimer and detoxing effects eventually diminish and the intestines are clear of toxins then that would be the best time to start take the probiotics/prebiotics.

5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?

I initially used both borax and MB as well as coconut oil for my own candida problems. Within two weeks my long term constipation problems reverted to normal dark brown healthy stools(from hard pale yellow stools). So obviously, this protocol was also beneficial for my own gut bacteria.

6. What about ingesting essential oils?

I am currently road testing essential pine oil on myself using coconut oil, castor oil or black seed oil as a carrier for the pine oil (all these carrier oils kill candida as well). I can't get the proper spirit of gum turpentine in the Philippines so I bought the essential pine oil (Pinus sylvestris) which is stronger than ordinary gum spirit turpentine instead.

There are two ways to use the pine oil. Either taken mixed with milk or water where the pine oil will be quickly absorbed into the blood from the stomach -- which will kill pathogens in the blood, detox the blood and help to purify the blood due to strong antioxidant action with little effect in the intestines. But if you have candida in the intestines you must take it with a carrier like sugar(see Jennifer Daniels article) or take it with a carrier oil to avoid direct absorption into the blood from the stomach and, instead, the carrier oil helps to carry the pine oil directly into the intestines where it rapidly acts to kill the candida yeast/fungus and other pathogens. I've also read that a man from Germany took pine oil or kerosene for his own candida problem and cured himself quickly of this disease. And when the doc checked his stool -- the candida was gone and healthy gut bacteria were present in the correct amounts. For more on the healing effects of pine oil -- see this research article by Walter Last.

Here is an article which shows how effective pine oil is against pathogens -- including candida:

http://www.imp.lodz.pl/upload/oficyna/artykuly/pdf/full/--04_09_Mercier.pdf

I currently am using 10 drops of this essential pine oil mixed with a teaspoon of carrier oil, twice a week as a preventative and tonic. I worked up to this dose slowly from an initial 2 drop dose.

7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?

Usually it is the parasite that infects first due to poor diet and poor digestion, with the bacteria and fungal pathogens piggy-backing on the parasites into our bodies. If you confirm a parasite problem then Hulda Clark's Parasite Protocol -- consisting of Wormwood, Cloves and Black Walnut extract -- is one of the best. This protocol also helps to kill fungus/yeast as well.

8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... And stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?

You might be able to get rid of some of your problems through diet but I think a multi-protocol approach that directly attacks the candida and all other bacterial co-infections, disrupts biofilms, detoxes the body andneutralizes mycotoxins, helps support the immune system and the liver together with a good healthy diet will stand a much better chance of being successful.

Many people with candida and other associated pathogen problems or bacterial co-infections very wrongly assume that if they can get rid of candida from their intestines then they will be cured. But candida is a dimorphic organism that can exist as both a yeast or a fungus -- two totally different biological forms of candida that have completely different structural, behavioural and locational forms. The yeast form is a saprophytic feeder -- it only feeds off dead organic matter but the fungal form is a proper parasite that feeds off the host itself. So if you have the fungal form -- this means that the fungal spores will have not only infected your intestines together with the yeast form but they will also be widely disseminated throughout your body -- fully capable of infecting the blood, tissues and organs with the fungal form of candida. So, if you have both the fungal form together with the yeast form of candida then this is particularly difficult to cure unless you use a sensible and wide ranging anti-candida protocol, including a good diet, that not only acts in your intestines but sufficiently acts throughout your body as well as acting to kill both the yeast and fungal forms of candida as well as killing all other bacterial co-infections which might also be involved. So this makes both the yeast and fungal forms of candida together with all other involved co-infections, extremely difficult to eradicate. To believe that candidiasis -- systemic candida -- is as easy to cure as the common cold is therefore a grave mistake.

Most people use the wrong approach or strategy to get rid of candida because they think its a simple disease or they think they are only infected with just the yeast form of candida or they think the problem is just in their intestines. Wrong thinking. In such cases, when people use anti-candida strategies that are too simplistic, ineffective or inappropriate -- what normally happens is that the candida may go away for awhile but it always comes back with a vengeance again and again. I have read this so many times on EC and on many other health blogs too.

Bill... So.. I bought almost all the stuff for the fungal protocol.. And acutally, have read through it and printed it out... Several months ago. I'm just afraid of the detox reactions, I guess, esp with the borox. I have some questions though.. Maybe you or TIMH could answer??

1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?
2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!
3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?
4. Is taking a good probiotic ok?
5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..
5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?
6. What about ingesting essential oils?
7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?
8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... and stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?

TIMH... No.. No snails.. Hm.. But can it be ingesting through the water? The flukes? How do I know I really have flukes? Can you tell me where I can get good quality parasite stuff... Theres SO much out there, I dont know what to get! I've noticed significant improvement in energy when I juice... I juice 2x/day. Helps with energy! All organic, green juice.. Cucumber.. Celery.. Garlic.. Ginger.. Wheatgrass.. Lemon.. Kale.. Spinach... That is all. Thank you SO much for your input!!!!! God bless!

Funny thing was that after they abandoned ECT. (Electro convulsive therapy) for depression etc., they found that it stimulated new cell growth in the brain. I heard another thing where this guy hooks up an electro zapper to a patient's hand who has been in a long term coma, and the pulses go up through the finger nerves, back to the brain and the patient wakes up. So there is something in it. It makes you wonder if this would be another therapy for Altzhimers or Parkinsons.

Mary: Zapping restores cell voltage either directly or indirectly. All disease states lower cell voltage. Cancer voltage is way lower than a normal healthy cell. Zapping kills pathogens, parasites, and cancers, thus restoring normal cell voltage.

Why does zapping replenish energy?

Shelly: First try and center yourself with confidence ("I will get better"), with the acceptance that patience and dedication are required for complex and chronic illnesses. Spend some time reading here on E. C.

I suppose you didn't find any snails in the water hole from which you drank???

For immediate relief take hot baths w/ 1/4 cup Epsom Salt, 1/4 cup Baking Soda, 1/4 cup Borax.

Take Garlic Oil Softgels in the AM for parasites and pathogens. Take Oregano Oil Softgels in the PM for parasites and pathogens.

Purchase and use a Zapper to help eradicate parasites and pathogens; Zapper is also good for replenishing energy.

Purchase and use Detox Foot Pads for heavy metal elimination: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC1&_nkw=detox foot pads&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Also try Oil Pulling as it is very good for detoxing. Be sure to use mouthwash or rinse before and after.

Also use Coconut Oil daily. Also begin Potassium Iodi(n)(d) supplement to kill pathogens and restore energy.

Hi Shelley... It's fairly well known through research that yeast/fungal infections leave the door wide open for a multitude of other pathogens to enter the body. This is why no two people, who are infected with a yeast/fungal infection, will ever have exactly the same symptoms -- because there are a plethora of bacterial and viral co-infections(with their own symptoms) that can also be associated with a candida or yeast/fungal infection. As a result of this yeast/fungal infection together with increasing co-infections, the body tends to go into a never-ending downward health spiral as the immune system gets weaker and weaker. The way of modern medicine is to just recommend ant-fungals and antibiotics for yeast/fungal infections. In my opinion, antibiotics are both useless and dangerous against candida or yeast/fungal infections that will only ever act to increase its virulence and spread. This is referred to as the Antibiotic Syndrome. It's also well known that the anti-fungals recommended by doctors are not very effective at removing yeast/fungal infections because candida can easily adjust to them or hide in biofilms to avoid their effects. Modern medicine also has quite a poor record and reputation at diagnosing candida problems. Here is some recent research on these points:

Biofilm Formation by the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans: Development, Architecture, and Drug Resistance.
Role of dimorphism in the development of Candida albicans biofilms
Recurrent Candidiasis: One Step Forward, Still Backward, (2004)

The above research should open your eyes to the fact that modern medicine still remains quite clueless as to how you should both treat and eradicate candida. Diagnosis of candida by modern medical techniques is also known to be poor and inaccurate:

Biological diagnosis of systemic candidiasis: difficulties and future prospects (2007)

Growing Concern: Inability to Diagnose Vulvovaginal Infections Correctly (2004).

The gist of the above is that modern medicine has not got a good record of either diagnosing or treating candida problems. Indeed Dr Orian Truss's well known book on candida is called Candida: The Missing Diagnosis -- which would seem to blatantly confirm modern medicine's clueless approach in diagnosing candida.

If you want to confirm whether you do indeed have a candida or fungal problem then you should take William Crook's questionnaire. William Crook wrote the book: The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough. From the book, this questionnaire will confirm, fairly accurately and in minutes at no cost, whether you have an internal yeast/fungal infection. This questionnaire works off a points system to give you a definite result:

William Crook's Questionnaire

To cure your yeast/fungal and co-infections problem I would further recommend that you take the following anti-candida protocol described lower down in this post stream.

Shelly, Here is what I would suggest you try. You need mega doses of Vitamin C, like 500 mg per hour for a few days. You should feel the effects within an hour or two. If not, up it to 1000 mg per hour during your waking hours. Also try a mega dose of Lugol's iodine, anywhere from 50 to 100 mgs in a day. I would also take B-12, coconut oil, and at least 100 mcgs of selenium per day. I strongly suggest you check out Solgar's multiple vitamins with Chelated minerals and take two a day. You can get them online if not in a health food store. I am coming to realize what a lot of people are missing are minerals. Minerals are a catalyst for vitamins. You can be sufficient in every single vitamin yet if you lack minerals they simply won't work. Please, I beg you to try all these things and I bet you will start to feel better on day 1! Please keep us up to date and let us know if you feel better.

More of a recent update with myself. I don't know whether to stop looking, stop going to my ND (which is costly! ), or to just give up. I've been ill for a WHOLE YEAR now! This is ridiculous. The only "result" I've gotten in tests, is that I have a yeast, that is not candida albicans. BUT I don't know if THAT'S what's causing the chains reaction of symptoms I'm still having. My most annoying symptoms are REALLY tired, I mean, WIPED OUT, weakness, and Interstitial cystitis. I also have bowel probs that come and go.. And a crawling feeling that goes from one side of my body, to the other. I've felt it when I had to stop nursing (when I got sick, initially) across my left breast. I've tried parasite stuff, and it seems like its not working. So, Im thinking a VERY stubborn yeast prob. Does anyone know if Teds/Bills fungus protocol is for ANY type of fungus/yeast??? I NEED to get onto something QUICK! I want to have more babies, live happily and NORMAL! Geez... Life can be a pain sometimes =/

George, what else can you tell us besides your medical tests? Did you ever have a car accident, a head trauma or a sports injury? What is your diet like? What supplements do you take on a daily basis? It is helpful to have more information. Have you been tested for heavy metal poisoning? Aluminum, Lead, etc. How about candida? Have you tried a change of diet, supplements, etc.

I met a man once and told him right away that he had broken speech patterns, later I met his wife, and she had an accent, so I wrote it off.

Turned out he had an egg size tumor is his sinus cavity breaking his speech but had seen doctors numerous times with no answers.

He was having interrupted sleep because of apnea and it was affecting every aspect of his life.

Finally they found it and removed it and his speech isn't breaking up anymore.