Guest guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 Hi Carol, >Also, I am not receiving any e-mail. Is anyone else having that problem? I just checked your membership and you're correctly subscribed. I've had a couple of similar emails this week and am wondering what the problem is. certainly seems to have had some problems with the takeover from egroups. Anyone having trouble, just let me know and I can at least check your subscription. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 Dear Carol, Greetings from Australia! Funny you should mention Brucellosis, I was just reading about it in a book called Lyme Disease, The Cause, the cure, the Controversy by Alan G. Barbour, M.D. There are only a couple of paragraphs on it, but basically it says Brucellosis is a serious infection that people inadvertently acquire from drinking unpasteurised milk or having direct contact with cows, goats or pigs. Have you worked in dairy farming, ranching, vet or slaughterhouse work? Apparently you can get a false positive on the test from cross-reactivity with other infections. Symptoms of Brucellosis are fatigue, chilliness, mental lethargy, muscle and joint aches. Some people do respond to anti-biotics but the book doesn't say what type. (sorry!) Hope this Helps, Rosemary Trudeau. rheumatic Brucella > Hi, > My doctor just told me that I tested positive for Brucella. I had already > tested positive for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. > > Does anyone know anything about Brucella and which antibiotic treats it. I > looked on the computer and found a little, but it mentioned 2 antibiotics I > am not familiar with. > One was Ripamfin and the other oxyfloxacin (something like that). > > Also, I am not receiving any e-mail. Is anyone else having that problem? > > Thanks, > > Carol > > > > To unsubscribe, email: rheumatic-unsubscribeegroups > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 Hi, Ripamfin is used to treat TB as well. I was put on it when TB was suspected, but I experienced chills and fevers, shivering and I had to go off it. It turned out that I did not have TB anyway. The following is taken from the information given to me by the St. Boniface Hospital Pharmacy, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Rifampin is used to treat tuberculosis(TB). It is also taken by patients who may carry certain bacteria in their nose and throat(without feeling sick) and may spread these bacteria to other people. This medicine may also be used for other problems. Tell your doctor, nurse, and pharmacist if you: have allergies; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant;are breast feeding; are taking any other medicine, including those you buy yourself such as apririn or cold medicine; have any other medical problems. Take this medicine: exactly the way your doctor told you; with a full glass of water on an empoty stomach(either one hour before or two hours after a meal); with food if it upsets your stomach; for the full time of treatment. You may have to take it 1 or 2 years or longer.; on a regular schedule. This is very important. WARNING: this medicine will cause the urine, stools, spit, sweat, and tears to turn red in color. It may stain soft contact lenses. SOME SIDE EFFECTS: decreased blood platelets, anemia, headache, fatigue, confusion, numbness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat and tongue, hepatitis, rash and itching. It goes on and on about what to do or not do while taking this. Sound like something to avoid. HTH Carol/Piney If you want more details, email me and I will give you the rest. rheumatic Brucella > Hi, > My doctor just told me that I tested positive for Brucella. I had already > tested positive for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. > > Does anyone know anything about Brucella and which antibiotic treats it. I > looked on the computer and found a little, but it mentioned 2 antibiotics I > am not familiar with. > One was Ripamfin and the other oxyfloxacin (something like that). > > Also, I am not receiving any e-mail. Is anyone else having that problem? > > Thanks, > > Carol > > > > To unsubscribe, email: rheumatic-unsubscribeegroups > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I did not have much tell you here until I mentioned this to my husband who started to chuckle (at my youth)... He said yes it is uncomfortable, his grandmother had it. Turns out this is a cow disease and in humans it is called Undulant fever (hope I spelled it close to correct). Just as a guess check your searches for cattle/cow etc. He said it is similar to tuberculosis, and the test and vaccine is comparable. (To really understand it you might want to consult a veterinarian, often they know more than the physicians on these types of symptoms) This is also called Brucellosis, Malta fever and Mediterranean fever. Causes a reoccurring fever and is a BACTERIA OF THE BRUCELLA FAMILY. It is contacted by eating infected meat or milk. You will also have to do a detox and then work on the joints as it affects and makes them weak and painful. Suggestion, be sure to check the aging page regarding collagen. Timed therapies should help with connective tissue. Good luck and hope this helps (helps being married to an old dairy farmer!) Yours in Health Kathy "lfvaalst@..." <quantumbfb@...> wrote: Hi, does anyone of you have experience with Bang's illness or Brucella. I have a 74 year old lady suffering it since 1944 and she have lots of pain. Thanks for responding, Bert van Aalst, Holland............................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Just to add to Kathy's - 'cause been doing a bit of research on bacteria, viruses etc. for my talk in Budapest: (haven't come across it in the UK, been eliminated apparently but high in the Mediterranean especially Malta, Middle East, tropics, Far East and the USA. In the USA the natural carriers are pigs but can be goats, cattle, sheep or camels. Brucellosis is a zoonosis i.e. an infection that can be transmitted from wild or domesticated animals to man) The bacilli tavel in the lymphatics and infect lymph nodes. So work on lymphatics, natural medicine + QX. Symptoms - lots of -itis (inflammation) including arthritis - use natural anti-inflammatories + QX Allopaths use antibiotocs but the infection can recur - so best boost the immune system, especially thymus gland (check for zinc deficiency - veg. or high carbo diet rich in phytates, low red meat or seafood consumption, copper toxicity, low HCl, digestive disorders, ageing - all can result in low zinc status) Mycoplasm strains were "engineered" to be more dangerous (the term is "weaponised") under the US military biological warfare programme - it's said that Mycoplasma fermentans probably came from the nucleus of the Brucella bacterium - then tested/released on unsuspecting public in North America (remember chemtrails?). Most of us are infected with mycoplasma - the more reason to keep the immune system tip top. Be well, Azizah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2005 Report Share Posted August 8, 2005 THis is a free full text ================================================== Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 Dec;30(6):958-60. Relevance of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Brucella melitensis to relapse rate in human brucellosis. Ariza J, Bosch J, Gudiol F, Linares J, Viladrich PF, R. The in vitro susceptibility of Brucella melitensis was examined vis-a- vis the clinical outcome in 75 patients with brucellosis. The initial MICs for Brucella isolates from patients who relapsed and from those who did not were similar. Furthermore, the MICs for isolates from patients whose infections relapsed were no different from those for original isolates. Our results clearly showed that neither initial nor subsequent antibiotic susceptibility plays a role in the likelihood of relapse of patients with brucellosis. PMID: 3813520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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