Lyme and Mercury

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Anyone interested in the specific connection between Lyme and Mercury may find

this link helpful: http://www.chroniclymedisease.com/mercury-and-lyme-disease

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Thank you for including this link!! Being someone who likes to 'see' what's

happening, I found this fascinating. Thanks! jo

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> Anyone interested in the specific connection between Lyme and Mercury may find

this link helpful: http://www.chroniclymedisease.com/mercury-and-lyme-disease

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Knot_weed, I just found the time to Google this topic and immediately got

multiple hits. More than one of them indicates that the explanation of how

Lyme sequesters mercury is given in Rosner's book, The 10 Top

Treatments for Lyme Disease. Rosner wrote, " as part of its life cycle and

survival mechanism, the Lyme Disease organism itself accumulates and

sequesters mercury. Many researchers have observed that some infective

organisms, once established inside the human body, store or use mercury to

create a living environment, a niche within the body, inside which the

body's defenses are compromised and weakened due to the presence of this

heavy metal. Because mercury is an immunosuppressant, it is feasible that

the Lyme Disease spirochete sequesters mercury in the body as a tool for

continued survival in the host environment. The spirochete would do this by

grabbing onto minuscule amounts of mercury circulating in the body due to

regular (small) daily mercury exposure. After time, the Lyme Disease

organisms would store up more than just a minuscule amount. Significantly

increased body burden of mercury would result. "

The question of " why " suggests a certain intelligent intentionality on the

part of spirochetes. I am not sure I would give them that much credit.

However, Buhner in his book did write, " Borrelia spirochetes have a

tremendous and very sophisticated ability to sense the makeup of the

environment they live within. " If, as Rosner suggests, the Lyme spirochetes

grab onto mercury that is circulating in the body, that mercury weakens our

immunity and makes us more susceptible to continued Lyme infection.

My own bad experience with DMSA chelation was that it actually increased the

circulation of mercury throughout my body, which increased my joint and

muscle pain to the point that I could not walk any distance. Apparently it

did the spirochetes residing in my joints a big favor by reducing my

immunity to them. Since using both a natural chelator and the herbs

recommended by Buhner for chronic Lyme disease, I have regained my mobility.

Madeleine

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Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:42 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Lyme and Metals and biofilms

hmm ... I have never seen any scientific proof of that.

why would Borrelia sequester mercury??