Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 We have very exspensive DF scopes at work - in the $50,000 and up range- and I can tell you it's an excellent piece of equipment. The problem isn't cutting edge equipment - It's the people using them that do not know what they're looking at, and then going on to identifying things incorrectly then making wrong assumptions from that point on. Barb > > > > > > All sources , The more crucial core information > > came > > > from > > > > > specialist > > > > > > docs Truss, Cranton , & Crook ...but I have built a > > > knowledge > > > > base > > > > > from > > > > > > patient testimony's and looking at the overall > picture > > > with gut > > > > > dysbiosis in > > > > > > mind.....I have found nothing to lead me to think > > > > otherwise ...I > > > > > have > > > > > > corresponded in the not too distant past with > doctors > > who > > > > before > > > > > me had no > > > > > > experience with yeast & dysbiosis... they now treat > > > > routinely ..I > > > > > do meet > > > > > > people who are obviously ill with a yeast > > > infection ..Little > > > > > story... > > > > > > Just a few weeks ago I was telling the tale of > endemic > > > yeast > > > > to a > > > > > friend I > > > > > > see at the local pub...My wife's got that, he > said .So > > next > > > > > meeting his wife > > > > > > came along with him , I gave her the full > > story ....Judy > > > [his > > > > > wife ] took > > > > > > matters into her own hands and found a lab [near > > > Cambridge?] > > > > took > > > > > the > > > > > > antibody tests, and guess what, all three came up > > > positive ... > > > > Off > > > > > to her GP > > > > > > with the advice from the lab to seek " immediate > medical > > > > > attention " ...Her GP > > > > > > was impressed ,but wanted a few opinions on how to > > > > treat ..Gave > > > > > Judy a > > > > > > further appointment , where treatment she > understood > > would > > > be > > > > > > instigated...But it wasn't ...Judy was practically > > thrown > > > out > > > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > practice ...Yeast treatment UK style...I am now > > teaching > > > her > > > > the > > > > > arts of > > > > > > self-treating ... > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll just take the opportunity to trot this very > > telling > > > > article > > > > > out ...You > > > > > > better believe it, as they say & thanks for the > > > > extract ..what a > > > > > strange > > > > > > set of results ,just shows how intertwined & > symbiotic > > our > > > gut > > > > > flora is > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > Article by Dr Truss… In 1953 Dr Orian Truss > discovered > > the > > > > > devastating > > > > > > effects of antibiotics in Alabama (USA) > > > > > > > > > > > > Lack of energy and digestive disturbances, > arthritic > > joint > > > > pains, > > > > > skin > > > > > > disease, menstrual problems, emotional instability > and > > > > depression. > > > > > All > > > > > > symptoms of what I call the 'antibiotic syndrome' > which > > > have > > > > > greatly > > > > > > increased in frequency in recent years. > > > > > > > > > > > > On further examination, more symptoms may be > > discovered. > > > Most > > > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > gastro-intestinal tract is tender when pressed, > > especially > > > the > > > > > small > > > > > > intestine, liver and gall bladder. There may even > have > > > been a > > > > gall > > > > > bladder > > > > > > operation that failed to improve the condition, > > sometimes > > > even > > > > > worsening the > > > > > > symptoms. > > > > > > > > > > > > There could be a history of thrush or oral, anal or > > vaginal > > > > > itching. When > > > > > > these are present the diagnosis of Candida is > obvious > > but > > > it > > > > may > > > > > also be > > > > > > present in the absence of these manifestations and > that > > > can be > > > > > somewhat > > > > > > confusing. The yeast or fungus Candida albicans, of > > course, > > > > > thrives during > > > > > > antibiotic treatment. I regard it as reckless > > negligence to > > > > > prescribe > > > > > > antibiotics without simultaneous fungicides and > > replacement > > > > > therapy with > > > > > > lactobacilli afterwards. I believe that this > practice > > has > > > > greatly > > > > > added to > > > > > > our vast pool of a chronically sick population. > > > > > > > > > > > > However, the 'antibiotic syndrome' is not just due > to > > > Candida. > > > > I > > > > > regard it > > > > > > more generally as a 'dysbiosis' where the wrong > kind of > > > > microbes > > > > > inhabit the > > > > > > intestinal tract, not just Candida and other > fungi, but > > > many > > > > types > > > > > of > > > > > > pathogenic bacteria including coli bacteria which > are > > > normal in > > > > > the colon > > > > > > but become disease-forming when they ascend into > the > > small > > > > > intestine. > > > > > > > > > > > > If the problem has existed for years, there is > usually > > a > > > lack > > > > of > > > > > gastric > > > > > > acid which then allows the stomach to be colonised > by > > > microbes, > > > > > causing > > > > > > inflammation with pain and later, ulcers. The > toxins > > > released > > > > by > > > > > the > > > > > > microbial overpopulation cause in addition chronic > > > > inflammation of > > > > > the > > > > > > liver, gall bladder, pancreas and intestines. I > regard > > it > > > as > > > > > rather likely > > > > > > that a chronic inflammation of the pancreas is a > major > > > > > contributing factor > > > > > > in the development of insulin-dependent diabetes. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bacterial attack > > > > > > > > > > > > Specific types of pathogenic bacteria appear to > cause > > or > > > > > contribute to > > > > > > specific auto-immune diseases. One variety of coli > > > bacteria, > > > > for > > > > > instance, > > > > > > produces a molecule that is very similar to > insulin. > > When > > > the > > > > > immune system > > > > > > becomes activated against this molecule it may then > > also > > > attack > > > > > related > > > > > > features at the beta cells of the pancreas > > > > > > > > > > > > Another type of bacteria, Yersinia enterocolitica, > > induces > > > an > > > > > immune > > > > > > response that attacks the thyroid gland and leads > to > > > Grave's > > > > > disease with a > > > > > > serious overproduction of thyroid hormones. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ulcerative colitis is linked to overgrowth with > > pathogenic > > > > > microbes, the > > > > > > same as Crohn's disease, osteoporosis and > ankylosing > > > > spondylitis. > > > > > In > > > > > > ankylosing spondylitis the vertebra of the spine > fuse > > > together > > > > > causing > > > > > > stiffness and pain. Other joints may in time become > > > affected. > > > > > > > > > > > > Klebsiella, another type of pathogenic bacteria, > > produces a > > > > > molecule that is > > > > > > similar to a tissue type found in people with this > > disease. > > > > When > > > > > klebsiella > > > > > > numbers in the gut decrease, related antibodies in > the > > > blood > > > > > decrease and > > > > > > the condition improves. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rheumatoid arthritis is linked to other bacteria, > > called > > > > proteus. > > > > > Proteus is > > > > > > also a common cause of urinary tract infections. > Women > > > suffer > > > > > urinary tract > > > > > > infections as well as rheumatoid arthritis twice as > > often > > > as > > > > men, > > > > > while men > > > > > > usually have higher levels of klebsiella and three > > times > > > more > > > > > ankylosing > > > > > > spondylitis than women. > > > > > > > > > > > > In addition microbial overgrowth dam ages the > > intestinal > > > wall > > > > so > > > > > that only > > > > > > partly digested food particles can pass into the > > > bloodstream, > > > > > causing > > > > > > allergies. In this way all auto-immune diseases > can be > > > linked > > > > to > > > > > food > > > > > > allergies. > > > > > > > > > > > > While rheumatoid arthritis is a frequent feature > of the > > > > antibiotic > > > > > syndrome, > > > > > > and I regard it as relatively easy to cure, not > many > > > sufferers > > > > of > > > > > this > > > > > > disease seem to be interested in this natural > > approach. The > > > > other > > > > > day a > > > > > > young man with severe rheumatoid arthritis knocked > at > > my > > > door > > > > to > > > > > collect > > > > > > money for a medically sponsored walkathon. When I > told > > him > > > > that I > > > > > do not > > > > > > give money for drug treatment as it can be overcome > > with > > > > natural > > > > > therapies, > > > > > > he shouted: 'You are mad!' and left visibly upset. > > > > > > > > > > > > Other auto-immune diseases that have so far been > > linked to > > > > > dysbiosis are > > > > > > psoriasis, lupus erythematosus and pancreatitis. > When > > > remedies > > > > are > > > > > given > > > > > > that bind bacterial endotoxins, these conditions > > usually > > > > improve. > > > > > A further > > > > > > consequence of dysbiosis is susceptibility to food > > > poisoning as > > > > > with > > > > > > salmonella bacteria, while a healthy intestinal > flora > > > prevents > > > > > these from > > > > > > multiplying and causing trouble. > > > > > > > > > > > > Staphylococcus aureus or golden staph cause serious > > > infections > > > > in > > > > > hospital > > > > > > patients. It has been found that not only golden > staph > > but > > > also > > > > > other > > > > > > infections are greatly potentised when they occur > with > > a > > > > Candida > > > > > overgrowth. > > > > > > As Candida overgrowth is a natural outcome of the > > standard > > > > hospital > > > > > > treatment, it is easy to see why golden staph is so > > deadly > > > in > > > > > hospitals. > > > > > > > > > > > > A similar picture emerges with AIDS. People do not > die > > > from the > > > > > AIDS virus > > > > > > but from Candida-potentised bacterial infections. I > > also > > > see > > > > the > > > > > > antibiotic-induced dysbiosis in babies and infants > as > > the > > > main > > > > > cause of > > > > > > their frequent infections, glue ear and greatly > > > contributing to > > > > > cot death. > > > > > > > > > > > > While it used to be uncommon for children to have > more > > than > > > > one or > > > > > two > > > > > > infections a year, now more than six is the norm. > > > > > > > > > > > > In the 1940's Candida was found in only three per > cent > > of > > > > > autopsies, now the > > > > > > figure is nearer thirty per cent. There are, of > course, > > > other > > > > > factors that > > > > > > can cause dysbiosis - the contraceptive pill, > steroids > > and > > > > other > > > > > drugs, > > > > > > radiation treatment and chemotherapy - but the main > > > culprit is, > > > > > without > > > > > > doubt, antibiotics. > > > > > > > > > > > > Closely related to Candida are the mycoplasms or > > > pleomorphic > > > > > organisms. > > > > > > These have been shown to be a main factor in the > > causation > > > of > > > > > cancer. > > > > > > Therefore, antifungal therapy has also major > benefits > > in > > > cancer > > > > > treatment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr Orian Truss > > > > > > > > > > > > [infections] J - > guts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you support your gut-symbiosis emphasis mostly > > from > > > > observing > > > > > the > > > > > > circumstances/course of human illness as > reported in > > > patient > > > > > > testimony online? > > > > > > > > > > > > Have you seen this one? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Arthritis Rheum. 2000 Nov;43(11):2583-9. Related > > > Articles, > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > > > > Oral antibiotics as a novel therapy for > arthritis: > > > evidence > > > > for a > > > > > > beneficial effect of intestinal Escherichia coli. > > > > > > > > > > > > Nieuwenhuis EE, Visser MR, Kavelaars A, Cobelens > PM, > > > Fleer A, > > > > > Harmsen > > > > > > W, Verhoef J, Akkermans LM, Heijnen CJ. > > > > > > > > > > > > Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The > > Netherlands. > > > > > > > > > > > > OBJECTIVE: The intestinal flora is thought to > play an > > > > important > > > > > role > > > > > > in regulation of immune responses. We > investigated > > the > > > > effects of > > > > > > changing the intestinal flora on the course of > > adjuvant- > > > > induced > > > > > > arthritis (AIA) and on experimental autoimmune > > > > encephalomyelitis > > > > > > (EAE) by the use of oral antibiotics. METHODS: > Oral > > > treatment > > > > > with > > > > > > either vancomycin or vancomycin, tobramycin, and > > > colistin was > > > > > started > > > > > > after AIA and EAE induction. Clinical symptoms > of AIA > > > and EAE > > > > > were > > > > > > monitored, and microbial analysis of ileal > samples > > was > > > > performed. > > > > > > RESULTS: Oral vancomycin treatment after disease > > > induction > > > > > > significantly decreased clinical symptoms of AIA. > > > > Simultaneously, > > > > > > increased concentrations of Escherichia coli were > > > detected > > > > in the > > > > > > distal ileum of vancomycin-treated rats. Ileal > > > > concentrations of > > > > > E > > > > > > coli were inversely related to disease scores in > rats > > > with > > > > AIA. > > > > > > Coadministration of colistin/tobramycin to > prevent > > the > > > > increase > > > > > in E > > > > > > coli abrogated the beneficial effect of > vancomycin on > > > AIA. > > > > > Vancomycin > > > > > > treatment also reduced the clinical symptoms of > EAE. > > > > CONCLUSION: > > > > > We > > > > > > propose oral vancomycin as a novel therapeutic > > strategy > > > in > > > > > autoimmune > > > > > > diseases. > > > > > > > > > > > > PMID: 11083284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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