iodine, Japan and Lyme Disease

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Hello,

I'm on a new quest since learning I have Lyme Disease. I am hoping to learn

that the LD virus won't be able to take hold in one's body if there is enough

iodine, so I turned to Japan. It turns out there is Lyme in Japan but mild

cases compared to other places in the world.

There doesn't seem to be much interest in considering the role that iodine has

in Lyme, which is too bad. I can't blame halides for everything or heavy

metals. It is only a piece of our health problems and could very well be

related to LD.

" Worldwide Locations. Pockets of Lyme disease exist around the world. The

disease is common in Europe, particularly in forested areas of middle Europe and

Scandinavia. The Borrelia family is also responsible for tick infections in

Europe, but different subspecies (B. garinii and B. afzelii) may be more common

there and cause slightly different symptoms. The infection has also been

reported in Russia, China, and Japan. "

http://adam.about.com/reports/000016_2.htm

" Background: Lyme disease is sporadically observed in Japan since the first

report in 1987. We have experienced 19 cases of Lyme disease. In 12 out of 13

trials we succeeded in isolating Borrelia strains (JEM1–12) from erythema

migrans (EM) lesions. Recently, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was classified

into at least three distinct subgroups, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii

and B. afzelii. Objective: In order to characterize Lyme disease in Japan, we

summarized the clinical features of our cases and investigated the nature of the

isolated Borrelia strains. Methods: The 12 Borrelia strains were analyzed by

restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of ribosomal RNA gene. Results:

Most of our 19 patients were in stage I with EM as the main clinical

manifestation. RFLP analysis using 12 strains isolated from the patients

indicated that 8 strains (group IV, V) were different from the three

aforementioned genospecies. Conclusion: Clinical data from the present study

substantiate the view that Japanese Lyme disease has a relatively milder course.

We speculate that this may be related to the specific Borrelia strains in

Japan. "

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Joan