a minha neurologista

[Anabela]

Para o neo-antidepressivo

Lyme switzerland

http://www.waldwissen.net/wissen/wsl_zeckenstiche/index_EN

Lyme spain
serosurvey for Lyme disease was conducted by the National Reference Center for Microbiology in Spain. All serum specimens received from patients with erythema migrans (EM), arthritis, and cardiac and neurological disorders were tested for antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi. Sera from 499 patients were tested. Of these patients, 310 had neurological disease, 101 had carditis, 79 had arthropathies, and 9 had EM; for 35 patients, a diagnosis of Lyme disease was confirmed. Of these 35, 68% had neurological disease, 6% had carditis, and 26% had EM. Twelve probable cases of Lyme disease were noted. The male-to-female ratio of patients with confirmed or probable disease was 1.6; all age groups were represented, but 25% of patients were within the age group of 0-9 years. The number of cases of Lyme disease decreases from the north of Spain (41%) to the south (26%), a distribution that is in agreement with the known range of Ixodes ricinus. Borrelia burgdorferi is a frequent cause of infection in some areas of Spain. It is possible that relapsing fever accounts for some of the serological reactivity to B. burgdorferi in residents of the south of Spain



Lyme disease symptoms checklist

The following Lyme symptoms list is taken from Burrascano's Lyme Disease Guidelines. Take into account that different persons have difference in symptoms, the severity, sequence, etc. The course of Lyme disease is not the same for everybody.

Note that a lot of these symptoms are not specific for Lyme disease: they are common complaints, which also occur in other disorders. Having some of these general complaints, doesn't mean that much on itself, but in combination with other evidence they can support the diagnosis. Therefore other information is neccesary as well, like test results, history of a tick bite, history of a rash after the tick bite, etc.

-Persistent swollen glands
-Sore throat
-Fevers
-Sore soles, esp. in the AM
-Joint pain
-Joint swelling
-Unexplained back pain
-Stiffness of the joints or back
-Muscle pain or cramps
-Obvious muscle weakness
-Twitching of the face or other muscles
-Confusion, difficulty thinking
-Difficulty with concentration, reading, problem absorbing new information
-Word search, name block
-Forgetfulness, poor short term memory, poor attention
-Disorientation: getting lost, going to wrong places
-Speech errors- wrong word, misspeaking
-Mood swings, irritability, depression
-Anxiety, panic attacks
-Psychosis (hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, bipolar)
-Tremor
-Seizures
-Headache
-Light sensitivity
-Sound sensitivity
-Vision: double, blurry, floaters
-Ear pain
-Hearing: buzzing, ringing, decreased hearing
-Increased motion sickness, vertigo, spinning
-Off balance, “tippy” feeling
-Lightheadedness, wooziness, unavoidable need to sit or lie
-Tingling, numbness, burning or stabbing sensations, shooting pains, skin -hypersensitivity
-Facial paralysis-Bell's Palsy
-Dental pain
-Neck creaks and cracks, stiffness, neck pain
-Fatigue, tired, poor stamina
-Insomnia, fractionated sleep, early awakening
-Excessive night time sleep
-Napping during the day
-Unexplained weight gain
-Unexplained weight loss
-Unexplained hair loss
-Pain in genital area
-Unexplained menstrual irregularity
-Unexplained milk production; breast pain
-Irritable bladder or bladder dysfunction
-Erectile dysfunction
-Loss of libido
-Queasy stomach or nausea
-Heartburn, stomach pain
-Constipation
-Diarrhea
-Low abdominal pain, cramps
-Heart murmur or valve prolapse?
-Heart palpitations or skips
-“Heart block” on EKG
-Chest wall pain or ribs sore
-Head congestion
-Breathlessness, “air hunger”, unexplained chronic cough
-Night sweats
-Exaggerated symptoms or worse hangover from alcohol
-Symptom flares every 4 wks.
http://www.lymeneteurope.org/info/lyme-disease-symptoms

1 Million People with Lyme Disease in Germany for 2012 - YouTube

1 Million People with Lyme Disease in Germany for 2012

[deMelo]

PCR é, by any chance, Proteina C Reactiva?

[kitano]

Não.

É polymerase chain reaction.

[Zel]

-Unexplained weight gain
-Unexplained weight loss

hehe

[kitano]

Neo, que corrente é esta em que os "parasitas" são resposáveis por tudo e mais um par de botas?

[Zel]

Neo, que corrente é esta em que os "parasitas" são resposáveis por tudo e mais um par de botas?

agora eh que disseste a verdade, eh uma corrente indeed, a primeira vez que tive contato com ela foi com teorias de fungos no tracto intestinal que explicavam todos os problemas (candida).

[kitano]

Certo, já encontrei a corrente na wikipedia

Alternative therapies
Many practitioners of alternative medicine use the term Candida to refer to a complex with broad spectrum of symptoms, the majority of which center around gastrointestinal distress, rashes, sore gums and other miscellaneous symptoms. Candida is accorded responsibility for symptoms as specific as hay fever, as vague as "brain fog" and as common as weight gain or flatulence. These symptoms are attributed by some alternative medicine practitioners to the "overgrowth" of intestinal Candida albicans, which they claim leads to the spread of the yeast to other parts of the body via the digestive tract and bloodstream.[24]
Use of the term Candida in alternative medicine to describe this complex is unassociated with its use in clinical medicine to refer to the fungus that causes vaginal yeast infections and thrush.[14][15] This can be confusing for patients. No studies have proven that having intestinal candidiasis causes any symptoms of illness.[14][15]
To treat what they refer to as Candida, some alternative medicine practitioners have recommended avoiding antibiotics, birth control pills, and foods that are high in sugar or yeast, ostensibly to "eliminate excess yeast" in the body. However, there is little clinically valid evidence that these "Candida cleanse" treatments treat intestinal candidiasis effectively, or cure any of the symptoms claimed by the proponents of the hypothesis. But, many people apparently suffering from candidiasis claim relief from these methods.[14][15]
The probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii has been shown to diminish levels of intestinal Candida in mice.[25] This is therefore one of the specific probiotic strains often recommended by alternative medicine practitioners alongside a more general probiotic, for anyone on a "Candida cleanse" or "Candida diet".[26] However, the efficacy of such a diet has not been proved scientifically.[citation needed]]


Que cambada de snake oil...

[Anabela]

É a corrente cientifica do instituto ricardo jorge, ihmt, e do polo de investigacao da universidade da beira interior.

A medicina alternativa é uma paixao minha mas nao misturo.

[pvg80713]

kitano,
o snake oil é para tomar como ? ahahaha

[Zel]

kitano,
o snake oil é para tomar como ? ahahaha

lol

[Anabela]

Parece haver aqui um medico de clinica geral lol

[Anabela]

Toxoplasma gondii is the most common protozoan parasite in developed nations. Following the initial acute phase of infection, the parasite assumes a latent form. Up to 80% of the population may be infected, depending on eating habits and exposure to cats.1 The dormant form of T. gondii is found predominantly in nervous and muscle tissues in infected hosts. Until recently, latent infections in humans were assumed to be asymptomatic. Results of animal studies and recent studies of personality profiles, behavior, and psychomotor performance, however, have led to a reconsideration of this assumption.

http://m.schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/3/757.full

Summary
BACKGROUND: Borrelia lusitaniae was isolated from an Ixodes ricinus tick in Portugal in 1993 for the first time. Further, this borrelia genospecies has been found in ixodid ticks collected around the coasts of southern Portugal and North Africa. Its reservoir has not been defined yet. B. lusitaniae was isolated once until now from a patient with a long-standing and expanding skin disorder. PATIENT AND METHODS: A 46-year-old Portuguese woman presented with a skin lesion on the left thigh which had evolved slowly over ten years. The patient reported limb paraesthesias, cramps, chronic headaches, and cardiac rhythm disturbances. History of tick bites was negative, nor had the patient ever noticed a skin lesion comparable with erythema chronicum migrans. Skin biopsies were taken for histological evaluation, culture and DNA detection. Antibodies to borrelia were searched by indirect immunofluorescence assay and Western blot. RESULTS: A bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and local synovitis was diagnosed. Dermato-histology was normal, serology was negative. Spirochaetal organisms were cultured from a skin biopsy and identified as B. lusitaniae. The patient improved after a 2-week course of intravenous ceftriaxone; the skin lesions did not expand further. CONCLUSIONS: This culture confirmed skin infection by B. lusitaniae in a patient from Portugal suggests an additional human pathogen out of the B. burgdorferi sensu lato complex in Europe, particularly in Portugal.


http://www.fcsaude.ubi.pt/thesis/upload/118/799/maria_margarida_proe.pdf


lol

[Anabela]

-Unexplained weight gain
-Unexplained weight loss

hehe

Este motivo de riso é que tem piada.
Nao sabe que existem patologias que o efeito de ganho de peso ou perda de peso depende de cada pessoa?
Tenho de rir eu

[jeab]

É dificil creio eu a prevenção talvez seja a melhor opção. A nao ser que haja muita fé no extrato de folha de oliveira, que nao é o meu caso.

Algumas prevençoes:
Contra o Lyme, usar proteçao e roupas claras no mato e floresta, desparasitar animais domesticos, nao andar despido em zonas destas, atencao às praias fluviais, picnics, bike mountain etc.
uso de um repelente eficaz, ou mesmo vinagre. Entre outros.

Virus:
Ter cuidado com gente a espirrar num elevador ou locais apertados
Sexo desprotegido com desconhecidos, sexo oral em locais duvidosos, sexo oral no anus perigosissimo, sexo anal desprotegido, beber do mesmo copo de outros, cigarros e derivados.
Nao beijar bocas com sinais de periodontite ou gengivas roxas ou com abcessos, ter atencao aos halitos putreficantes e de odor impossivel.

Bacterias ou parasitas:
Ter uma higiene superior ao recomendado, evitar carnes e peixes crus, atencao a alimentos importados frescos, etc, nao beijar um animal na boca ou no corpo, em sitios publicos onde se mexem em coisas, evitar levar as maos à cara ou boca, lavar sempre antes de comer. Nao comer em restaurantes com pouca higiene.

A prevencao é muito vaga. Falar com um especialista ou tirar ideias de alguns sites de prevencao parece-me o melhor. A ideia será dimunuir ao maximo as probabilidades.

Quem não queria ser marido/namorado da Anabela era eu ... passar por uma câmara de desinfeção antes de ... perdia a vontade 

[Anabela]

Estar casada ou namorar com um teorista da conspiracao deve ser muito pior. " amor sem camisa nao porque ha doencas mas com camisa tambem nao porque li num blog que o latex é uma armadilha conspirativa para por os homens impotentes e estereis e controlarem a explosao demografica. E ate li que o latex tem bacterias que entram na uretra e criam cancro da prostata" ihih

Outra coisa que pode tirar a vontade toda a uma mulher é acordar para ir trabalhar e sustentar a familia e o marido ficar em casa em cuecas a ver televisão e a jogar jogos na playstation. Nos gostamos de machos alpha, lutadores, trabalhadores, assertivos, multitaskers, vencedores e potentes. É isso que nos poe em brasa.

[jeab]

Estar casada ou namorar com um teorista da conspiracao deve ser muito pior. " amor sem camisa nao porque ha doencas mas com camisa tambem nao porque li num blog que o latex é uma armadilha conspirativa para por os homens impotentes e estereis e controlarem a explosao demografica. E ate li que o latex tem bacterias que entram na uretra e criam cancro da prostata" ihih

Outra coisa que pode tirar a vontade toda a uma mulher é acordar para ir trabalhar e sustentar a familia e o marido ficar em casa em cuecas a ver televisão e a jogar jogos na playstation. Nos gostamos de machos alpha, lutadores, trabalhadores, assertivos, multitaskers, vencedores e potentes. É isso que nos poe em brasa.

e desinfetados ...

[JoaoAP]

Em relação aos animais, já tinha reparado nos vários problemas que podem acarretar.
E com a crise, muitos donos... já se está a ver...
Neste campo, é de ter cuidado sim!

Agora cada um é que sabe, claro está.

Tenho mais em atenção o que a Anabela diz a este respeito, do que a dieta da carne cru do Neo.
Que na altura critiquei.
Quanto a isto eu não tenho dúvidas.

É pena não andar por aqui o  "O Visitante".
Daria uma excelente troca de informação/debate com a Anabela em todos os sentidos.

[Anabela]

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is responsible for significant neurological morbidity, perhaps more than any other virus. Seroprevalence studies suggest that as many as 45 million people in the United States have been infected with HSV-2, and the estimated incidence of new infection is 1 million annually. Substantial numbers of these persons will manifest neurological symptoms that are generally, although not always, mild and self-limited. Despite a 50% genetic homology between HSV-1 and HSV-2, there are significant differences in the clinical manifestations of these 2 viruses. We herein review the neurological complications of HSV-2 infection.
The herpes viruses are responsible for significant neurological morbidity. Three of the 8 human herpes virus types—herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), HSV-2, and varicella zoster virus—establish latency in the peripheral sensory ganglia and persist in the host for a lifetime. Primary infection occurs at a mucocutaneous surface with retrograde transportation of the virus to the peripheral sensory ganglia, maintenance of the viral genome within the peripheral sensory ganglia, and periodic reactivation with antegrade transmission to the nerve endings and mucocutaneous surface.
http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/Mobile/article.aspx?articleid=795486

Comer carne crua é a verdadeira roleta russa..

Eu não estou a debater nada com ninguem. Ter tres pessoas na familia que sao medicos e outras amigas medicas e do que sei, basta-me para fazer afirmacoes em assuntos de saude ate porque sou mae. O meu marido ja viajou muito em trabalho para locais tropicais e fomos alertados em varias vertentes.
A minha intervencao é meramente informativa e alertiva

[pvg80713]

Anabela, a sua opinião é muito bem vinda.

[Jérôme]

Nos gostamos de machos alpha, lutadores, trabalhadores, assertivos, multitaskers, vencedores e potentes. É isso que nos poe em brasa.

grande verdade, que os PUA tratam de desenvolver... e iludir as mulheres com facilidade.

bem mais difícil é ao comum homem mimicar este comportamento para atrair fêmeas do que a uma mulher colocar uns push-in - push-up - wonderbra - depil - nail - parfum para terem machos a rastejar atrás delas.

mas isso é outra história...