BRAIN FOG TO COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

Sunday, 14 February 2010

BRAIN FOG TO COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

From Brain Fog to Cognitive dysfunction and many stages in between, a quick look through Google will show the many possible causes such as chemical sensitivity, allergies, hormonal, infection and many more.

ME/CFS NICE guidelines say - Concentration and memory difficulties (‘brain fog’) are, however, typical.
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG53FullGuidance.pdf page 176

Arthritis and Fibromyalgia Arthritis Today - Fibro fog – also known as fibromyalgia fog and brain fog – is a term commonly used for the cognitive difficulties that can occur with fibromyalgia.
http://www.arthritistoday.org/conditions/fibromyalgia/all-about-fibro/fibro-fog.php

MS According to the Mutiple Sclerosis Resource centre ‘It is reported that 50% of people with MS admit to experiencing cognitive problems to some degree or another, rising to 80% if we include the most severe cases.’
http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show&pageid=1272

ALS or Motor Neurons also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease an interesting case study. In 2003 Dr Martz fell ill and some months later was diagnosed with ALS and given 6 months to live. Diagnosed and treated for Lyme Disease he recovered and opened a clinic specialising in patients with ALS. Details of his story can be found on Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
http://www.canlyme.com/gazette_martz_2006.html
Dr Martz presented at the 2009 ILADS conference and in June 2010 he will be presenting at an ILADS conference in London details to be announced.
www.ilads.org

Autism Charity Lyme Induced Autism ‘The goal of this organization is to provide education, awareness and research into an infectious based cause of autism. Yes..Lyme/borrelia is our PRIME suspect, but we realize that this is multiple infections happening on a disabled immune system and these infections can be triggered by many factors including but not limited to vaccines, chemicals/pesticides, electromagnetic frequency and a whole host of environmental factors. When we consider all options, only then will our kids be able to begin improving.’
http://www.lymeinducedautism.com/

Alzheimer’s Much interesting research has been done by Judith Miklossy Alzheimer's Disease -Emerging role of Infections.
‘The realization that pathogens can produce slowly progressive chronic diseases has resulted in a new concept of infectious diseases.’
‘It has also been known from a century that chronic bacterial infection can cause dementia’
‘Highest priority should be given to this emerging field of research. It may have major implications for public health, treatment, and prevention as adequate anti-bacterial and anti-viral drugs are available. Treatment of a bacterial infection and associated viral infection may result in regression and, if started early, prevention of the disease. The impact on reducing health-care costs would be substantial.’
http://www.miklossy.ch/401/index.html

I heard Dr Robert Bransfield President of ILADS present at the Lyme Disease Action conference in 2008 and his comments on brain fog and cognitive dysfunction were particularly revealing and well worth reading whatever illness you happen to have.
http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conf2008/bransfieldneuro.pdf
http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/conf2008/bransfieldchronic.pdf

I write this to be thought provoking, not to suggesting that everyone with the above illnesses are as a result of infection.

Certainly with the state of the Medical Controversy over diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease and it’s many co infections most people are clearly not being properly assessed to see if they are infected. If blood tests for Lyme Disease are taken most doctors are led to believe that they are 100% reliable when research shows that they can miss up to 50% of cases. http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/lyme_slides.html

Then there are the other known pathogens and what of those pathogens yet still unknown?

2 comments:

Unknown14 February 2010 at 18:02
Great article! Now let me see if I can help in this effort. I am a veterinarian whom has been documenting pathology that follows vaccination in animals for the past 25 years. We have some cases in the animals where they will exhibit pathology following the administration of a vaccine that is the same pathology the infectious disease is associated with. Two examples are the Lyme vaccine and then arthritis, Lyme Nephritis, Lyme cognitive dysfunction to just name a few. Also the Leptospirosis vaccine giving rise to fatal renal failure within 48 hours! I have found references also over the cross reactivity of many of these diseases in the tests for infection. Specifically Lyme with Lepto however, Lyme and Lepto cross react with many others, ex. Syphilis, legionaires, HIV, autoimmune disease.
Then I saw an article Lator N et al., Neuropathy and cognitive impairment following vaccination with Osp A protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, Peripheral Nerve Society Inc 2004 and the Clinicians Brief Lyme Nephritis yet no organisms in the kidney 2008 Sept. It was then i realized, that the cross reaction on tests looking for evidence of the "infector" was not specific enough due to molecular mimicry to identify the inciting agent. I also realized that the inciting agent for the dis ease.....could VERY WELL BE THE ANTIGEN IN THE VACCINES ADMINISTERED!
Meaning that in many dis eases, you get the vaccine and you get the pathology of the disease! The Osp A protein used in the Lymerix vaccines for people that resulted in this neuropathy, neurological disease and cognitive dysfunction is the same Osp A protein used in the Dogs Lyme vaccines even today. This is PROOF POSITIVE that the vaccination process is impacting the immune system and generating a collision response that exposes the individual to the same pathology the expression of disease would be in certain cases of natural infection. I further discovered that most of the testing methods being used.....as you yourself have stumbled upon......are not specific to actual infection. The immune systems response to the antigen from vaccination is fully capable on its very own to produce the disease expression in the vaccinated individual and the immunopathology is resulting from the VACCINE!
Now, I wonder if any of these vaccines being administered to humans, like the frenzy to give the jab for flu, or any others could be injecting an antigen molecularly similar to induce the immune mediated response and expression of disease. More than possible with the frenzy to vaccinate that has been going on especially these last 30 years and especially with the provocative multivalent vaccines and ingredients that inflame the immune response.
www.dr-jordan.com
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Joanne15 February 2010 at 12:18
Patricia thanks for your comments I realise the vaccine issue is huge and am aware of both patients with ME/CFS and Lyme who believe there problems started following vaccine.
I am not against vaccines but more research will no doubt throw up much more than is currently understood about the role of vaccines.
Judith Mikovits had some interesting things to say about XMRV and vaccines a link in my side bar about Autism and vaccines leads into a tv interview with her.
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Lyme Life written in 2009

I started suffering with arthritis in mainly my large joints especially my knees 6 years ago. The symptoms varied and I remember saying that every joint was affected except my elbows to one doctor. I was told it would be hormonal and to take the usual supplements cod liver oil or glucosamine ( I would certainly recommend buying shares in the companies producing these supplements) They had no noticeable affect.

All my symptoms deteriorated significantly over a few weeks,4 years ago. Hips shoulders and knees being the worst and I started with muscle weakness in upper arms and upper legs. I had difficulty standing and walking across a room. I was unable to walk upstairs and my husband was making plans to convert to a downstairs bedroom. I had seen 5 doctors and 3 Rheumatologists and put on steroids for Poly Myalgia Rheumatica diagnosis. I had been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS.

I have X rays and scans showing signs of osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. ( later note.- the X rays done some years into treatment showed my hands completely normal no signs of inflammation or RA confirming how they felt - normal) I have been retired early from the Civil Service having lost my job not to mention my earning potential. My illness seemed to progress through my body not affecting the same joints left to right at the same time. I had bursitis in left hip, right hip, left elbow. I had synovial thickening in both wrists. At that time I could not lift and hold a magazine so lifting a kettle I could only do if a third full and with two hands. Each joint in my hands fingers feet and toes were affected. I had swallowing difficulties and many other symptoms. None of this describes the endless and awful pain whenever I moved or the tiredness but inability to get quality sleep.

Two years ago my GP gave me Amoxicilin for a sinus/throat/chest infection. All my arthritis symptoms improved. The course ended the symptoms deteriorated I started a second course the symptoms improved. The improvement was more significant than when I had started taking steroids. This led my GP to suspect Lyme Disease. I laughed because we do not travel abroad but she said they had had other cases in the surgery in the early stages of tick bite and Erythma Migrans rash. She said but you have not had a bite. I said oh yes I have I had two on my ankles with rashes, March 05 this was confirmed on her computer when I had seen a locum doctor. My worst symptoms were waking up feeling rigid and having to painfully flex every joint in my body before struggling to get up. The only other time I had experienced this was in May 2003 during a flu like illness like no other I had ever experienced. At that time I had a bite and similar rash on my right foot which lasted like the other rashes about four weeks. I had also consulted the surgery and it was dismissed as a virus. I walked our dog daily in the woods adjacent to our house where the deer roam, prime tick area. Thus started my very lengthy search about Lyme Disease leading me through Lyme Disease Action to a doctor who specialises in this illness. He confirmed my GP's suspicions. I never had a positive blood test but then they are antigen tests and there is much research that shows they are unreliable. In my case the year of steroids and many weeks antibiotics could have affected the results. So with a clinical diagnosis and following ILADS International Lyme and Associated Disease Society guidelines I continued on antibiotics for two years. Both my doctors continued to treat me despite of Health Protection Agency advising against long term antibiotics. I am now nearly 100% recovered I have no pain or muscle weakness. I can walk upstairs something I could not do for three and a half years. I can garden do house work and live a normal life. I still need to pace myself and with only a few months to 60 will not be looking to return to work. Life is such a joy. Sadly there is much controversy about Lyme Disease and doctors in UK are taught that it is so rare. Well where I live in Guildford I have been in contact with a dozen other people with it so perhaps not so rare as HPA would like us to believe. I am in touch with nearly 2000 other patients through a chat line Eurolyme most had been misdiagnosed with several other illnesses. Look at UK charity Lyme Disease Action if you want to read more about this illness. There are many MP's taking an interest in the problems surrounding diagnosis and treatment see above charity links into a recent meeting at the House of Commons.

Thank goodness there are some thinking doctors around who have courageously treated me against opposition and I have made such a miraculous recovery albeit rather a lengthy one. One day there will be many more people who are helped with their chronic illnesses when IDSA starts taking note of what our courageous LLMD’s are doing following ILADS Guidelines.

ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Poly Myalgia Rheumatica, Arthritis, Bell’s Palsy, MS,MN, ALS, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Heart Block, Stroke, Psychiatric, gastric problems the list is endless. Not all suffering from Lyme Borrelia but how many are even properly assessed for it.

UPDATE

UPDATE 10 January 2012