Re: Hashimoto's patient setback - A

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I'd consider ruling out chronic infection like Lyme related organisms, either borrelia itself or co-infections. I haven't seen an MS case yet not have Lyme, co-infection, parasite or mycoplasma. Neurological sxs could result from one of these and these can also lead to KPU or HPL condition which you have to test thru Vitamin Diagnostechs. These folks have Zinc,B6 and other deficiencies that have to be addressed before things can get anywhere with infection. These are just my thoughts as my practice is almost all Lyme pts now but don't spend their money on coinfection testing. They rarely test positive. Oh, and all my Lyme patients have Hashimotos too. I could provide my outline I created on sxs of co-infections to check out. Kim E SaxeSent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®Sender: Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:21:00 -0700To: < >ReplyTo: Subject: Re: Hashimoto's patient setback - Q Hi , In addition to the anemia, heavy metals, liver advice you have received I would consider the possibility of "another" auto-immune disease, especially MS. Her symptoms and age are typical. vit D status? family history? (especially of auto-immune disease) And of course her personal history as a child, especially between 2-7 years. Does she have any memory of a viral illness that was quite ill for a week or so? It is the auto-immune process that needs to be addressed. Hope that helps. Dick Thom Bambu clinic Portland, ORI have a great patient, 25 yof, who came in today with a pretty major setback on her progress thus far. She has seen me over the past 8 months for hypothyroidism (I dx'ed Hashimoto's), and has seen some pretty terrific progress. Her setback began 2 weeks ago, the very day after she ran out of her Multi Bs. Symptoms are mainly neurological, including general disorientation, light-headedness and dizzy spells. Occasionally she experiences numbness down her arms. She also feels uncoordinated to the point where she is uncertain of her position in the dark, and has been occasionally hitting her arm against things she normally wouldn't. Knitting is also getting difficult. She says that she feels very similar to how she felt when she first came to see me, which was frustrating to hear.Other info: she drank a glass of gluten-free wine two days in a row, and began feeling "strange," so she discontinued it (no specific symptoms she pinpointed). Then a few days afterward, had a glass of regular wine and felt similarly. This past week, she also went for 5-6 days without a single productive BM; when she did, it was easily passed and appeared normal to her. No symptom improvement afterward.Tx so far:Gluten-free diet (she has since also eliminated dairy)BTGsUNDAs as per pt. presentation (last time, 1, 16, 48, mainly for dysmenorrhea)Rubus idaeus gemmo, 50 gtts bid (also for dysmenorrhea)Beet kvass, 1/4 cup bidI decided to address her neurological symptoms this time around, with UNDAs 9, 47, and 202. I'm concerned that the Multi B was masking many of her symptoms, and that a lot of our progress has...well, not been progress.Other info: she is very organized, and keeps good records of her symptoms (her diet diary was a thing of beauty). Very intelligent, friendly, easy to smile. She doesn't strike me as the overly meticulous Arsenicum; she also seems more sure of herself than a Silica. Still, I'm willing to consider those. (She tried Sepia on her own for dysmenorrhea with no benefit.)Any advice? I don't feel like I've been giving her the world's most expensive B vitamin for her condition, but this last setback makes me wonder.