Re: Mycoplasmas as a possible reason for RA, Fibromyalgia, Lupus?

February 9, 2005

We have a lot of cats and I was looking at the very same thing, but it

is very hard to find any information about it. Plus the site that I was

on also talked about how the moon and stars location could affect pain,

that set me back a bit.

singditty wrote:

>

> Has anyone else ever heard about " Mycoplasmas " as a possible reason

> for RA, Fibromyalgia, Lupus?

>

> If you can wade thru reading the medical jargon in these sites you

> might find this interesting.

> http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm?ID=3066

> http://www.rain-tree.com/myco.htm

> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol3no1/baseman.htm

> http://www.rense.com/general18/mcc.htm

> (If the info alone from this site is true, then I think we all have

> very good reason to be angry! And might help in getting LTD.)

>

> The following are excerpts from these sites that I've pasted into

> this message just to give some insite about it:

> " Mycoplasmas are now said to be contributors, or at least cofactors,

> in a number of conditions, including CFS/CFIDS, fibromyalgia

> syndrome (FMS), lupus, multiple sclerosis (MS), psoriasis,

> scleroderma, Chrohn's diseases, solid cancers, leukemia, lymphoma,

> Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), pelvic inflammatory disease

> (PID), asthma, atypical pneumonia, Sjogren's syndrome, interstitial

> cystitis, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases. Mycoplasmas have

> also been associated with a variety if autoimmune diseases that can

> cause definite changes in nerve conduction, demyelation (a

> degenerative process that erodes away the myelin sheath that

> normally protects nerve fibers) and sensitivity. "

>

> " Mycoplasmas, unlike viruses, can grow in tissue fluids (blood,

> joint, heart, chest and spinal fluids) and can grow inside any

> living tissue cell without killing the cells, as most normal

> bacteria and viruses will do. Mycoplasmas are frequently found in

> the oral and genito-urinary tracts of normal healthy people and are

> found to infect females four times more often than males, which just

> happens to be the same incidence rate in rheumatoid arthritis,

> fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and other related disorders.(7)

> Mycoplasmas are parasitic in nature and can attach to specific cells

> without killing the cells and thus their infection process and

> progress can go undetected. In some people the attachment of

> mycoplasmas to the host cell acts like a living thorn; a persistent

> foreign substance, causing the host's immune defense mechanism to

> wage war. This allergic type of inflammation often results in

> heated, swollen, and painful inflamed tissues, like those found in

> rheumatoid diseases, fibromyalgia and many other autoimmune

> disorders like lupus and MS, Crohn's and others. In such cases the

> immune system begins attacking itself and/or seemingly healthy

> cells. "

> " Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Human Arthritides

> The occurrence of various Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species in joint

> tissues of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, sexually transmitted

> reactive arthritis, and other human arthritides can no longer be

> ignored. A clinical trial of longterm (6 to 12 months) antibiotic

> (doxycycline) therapy before cartilage destruction might prove

> beneficial in managing such frequent and often debilitating

> infections.

> - D. Mycoplasmas in rheumatoid arthritis and other

> human arthritides. J Clin Pathol 1996;49:781-2. "

>

> Let me know what you think?

> Until, Kim, SingDitty

>

February 9, 2005