Mystery Diagnosis

By the way.... the white tongue could be coating from virus. So if me, I also gargle with the Colloidal Silver for a week, twice daily.

I gargle with CS a few times weekly. Never have any whitish coating on tongue. I believe the CS is keeping me clear of viruses.

From your description .... stomach and intestinal distress... not an acid reflux problem (not mainly) but more likely an infection.

For either, reflux or lower track infection, try, to start with a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar in a glass of water and sip over an hour or two. Repeat two hours later and again after another two hours.

Lots about ACV on Earth Clinic.

Next, if that doesn't bring relief, I'd be taking a good anti viral; my favorite is Colloidal Silver and a close second is the herb Echinacea. On the CS, I'd take a tablespoon every hour for four hours and determine if the pain has let up. Echinacea is also a good anti viral. In liquid form, I'd put five to ten drops in glass of water and drink and then repeat every hours...again for four hours. I'd consider using both in fact given the degree of infection.

Also investigate ways to replete your trace minerals, which are probably depleted.

Now I would suggest a visit to the "Detoxification" section here on E.C. and take notes on a "top five" list of what you can get started with. Two suggestions off the bat: One, try a warm bath w/ 1/4 cup Epsom Salts and 1/4 cup Baking Soda for at least 30 min at least 2x wk. Second, Oil Pulling should help you; there is also a page for O.P. here on E.C.

This is starters but you will need to begin soon as possible these suggestions and check back and report any findings or ask more questions.

My head has been feeling as though it is filled with liquid or something, sort of a menthol burning sensation. My sinuses feel all clogged up, but nothing ever comes out my nose! My nose isn't plugged per se, like I can still breathe and everything, but I feel so stuffed up and like there's so much pressure built up in my head. It hurts so bad! My eyes get very painful and I have increased photosensitivity. My pain can often become a total 10 out of 10. I can lay on one side and it feels like the liquid runs down to the side closest to the ground, then I can turn over and the liquid will move to the other side. But none of the liquid ever comes out for some reason. It feels like the bones in my face could just crumble or explode! There's a certain tugging feeling I've been experiencing with the bones or nerves in my face, but it's really hard to explain. My eyes have been really puffy upon waking, dark lines below the eye and a puffy upper eyelid. Laying down hurts a lot and really causes my head around the cerebellum to hurt, plus my neck and by my ears. My teeth get really sore sometimes, and my mouth can get the sensation of having a bunch of paper cuts or canker sores.

I am so frustrated! Pain meds do NOTHING. I've started to neti with collodial silver but the liquid doesn't come out like it used to before August. the neti drains through my eyes and mouth, and some stays in there for a long time and causes me even more pain. So far no positive results. I got dust mite covers for my bedding and such, but I've noticed no changes.

To make matters even more complicated, I recently found out I was pregnant, and I will not take anything to compromise the health of the baby (as tempting as it is to try and relieve some of this pain!!! )

Can anybody help me?!? orcasun(at)hotmail(dot)com

Here's another thought... another long shot but don't underestimate this. A few things you mentioned in your list of 8 items (upon reflection) sounded like a possible "poisoning" case. Make sure when you see your internist, that you have them check for poisoning...environmental poisoning eg, lead as well as other well known poisons that you might have inadvertently gotten while working in an environmental setting.

So a cleanse might be in order. Lots of Earth Clinic on cleansing. Well, not just outside...some household cleaners can cause poisoning.

So sorry to hear of these symptoms which are obviously scarring you terribly. They would me also.

Many of the eight items you mention are nerve related. My first suggestion is that you look for deficiencies that cause nerve problems or disease that cause nerve pain.

Make sure you are getting sufficient B complex, Vitamin A, D and E (natural, and not synthetic). Make sure you are getting enough magnesium and potassium. There are some amino acids like arginine that can help with dozens of health issues. I'd try Epsom salts baths to see if a good infusion of magnesium sulfate could impact the nerve issue (assuming that is the heart of the problem).

Fifty years ago Dr. Hans Nieper did much research with Calcium AEP which goes a long way in healing damaged nerves. A great site to google is "Nutrition Review, Calcium AEP"...AEP is not merely a calcium but AEP is itself a nutrient that is a near miracle worker re dozens of problems.

As to the second possibility; a disease (and not merely a deficiency).

Lets consider a possible nerve disorder...MS comes to mind as well as ALS. (Also Cal AEP is used to treat MS.)

You want to look for a definite diagnosis if supplements don't seem to help. You need a good diagnosis to know what you're dealing with.

So often I have seen degenerative disease triggered by viral/fungal or bacterial infections, so if I were experiencing any "mystery" issue I'd first take Colloidal Silver daily for a month (oral); two tablespoons and see if there were any improvement. If the weakness condition you spoke of is improved, then that might be a good indication that you are suffering from an infection...thus I'd keep up the Silver water in hopes that the basis of the problem was being killed by the Silver over months.

Here's a long shot on top of the three. The great sensitivity of temperature extremes and every kind of flushing that you mentioned might be helped (now I'm just talking about symptoms, not so much cure) ... might be helped by aloe vera ... in liquid form. Aloe might diminish some of the "heat" problems. It's as if you are on "fire"...am I wrong in that understanding? I experienced that problem once and Aloe was greatly beneficial.

Focus on the idea of extreme nerve sensitivity. I'll do more research and hopefully you'll hear a lot from folks wanting to help you. Don't give up. There is a solution to the problem. Just keep trying.

Chinese medicine says weak qi and kidney yin deficient. I need advice from Ted and others about what's wrong and treatment.

My wild guess is that you have been poisoned.

electric shooting pains + sciatic nerve in legs numbness; ccould be Vit B6 overdose.

gravel under neck skin- + neck pains -- scrofula of the lymph glands. perhaps brot on by some poison in the lymph system

yellow cast to the skin - liver failure, perhaps brot on by some poison.

chalky white skin color - failure of the blood making organs to make blood; and, or; destruction of the blood , perhaps brot on by some poison affecting bone marrow, liver.

digestion failure -- failure of the liver, again.... indicates poisoning

exhaustion, neuropathy of nerves to legs - suspect poison.

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secure, guard your food, water supply.

make sure you are not taking more than 200mg of Vitamin B6 per day. That can cause the electric shooting pains and the leg nerve numbness symptoms. they put it in multi-vitamins.

Do all the protocols for emergency poisoning antidotes;

bentonite clay internally,

charcoal internally,

and anything else you can find out about.

Take milk thistle extract 1, 200 mg per day, divided doses, during acute stage.

alpha lipoic acid capsules., 900 mg per day, divided doses., then reduce dosage after acute stage ends

echinacea extract; 1/2 tsp X 3t/d X 6 days. then re-assess dosage.

Thioctic acid [sp?] as Bangkok Ted suggests, a sulfur compound, that removes certain types of poisons, get it at a fish aquarium supply store, is sold to remove chlorine from tap water. do 6 drops of 10% solution in 4 oz. water , once per day, before bed.; for 6 days.

good luck

I think there are two problems going on with you. And I've experienced both. So, (brother) here's what's going on;

Your neck/shoulder problem has nothing to do with the gastro problem, most likely. Deal with them separately.

Your pain is coming from curved spine in cervical...atlas, axis and c-1, c-2, c-3 following some kind of accident or even more than one accident. Your pain is likely very tender on the base of the skull on bottom right (the occiput and I might misspelling that...but the base of the skull). Nerves are being pinched and that pain is radiating down the right shoulder and right arm. If the occiput is closed off, then blood flow is reduced to the brain and you'll start having dull headaches with lots of blanking out going on...sudden loss of where you are in the middle of sentences.

First, sleep as much as you can on your left side so gravity will help pull the curvature which is out to the right back to center. Next have a friend GENTLY sit to your LEFT and with the tips of his fingers, pull the right side of the neck while with your left hand you hold your head in place. What he is doing is manually pulling the out of place vertebra back to neutral. I have found this technique really helps the chronic out of place vertebra. After holding for ten seconds he does it again, letting up SLOWLY so that the vertebra/muscle/ligaments will not spring back to out of place. My wife has performed this manual adjustment on me dozens of times. I'm out on my left side. So I have the same problem you have but on the opposite side of the neck.

Do not get into the habit of twisting your own head. That is counter productive. And learn to sit up straight without leaning back; awkward but you get used to it. And never lie on the couch on your back with your head pressed forward looking at a TV, (chin on chest will kill a bad neck).

Now, a good chiropractor that will not twist your neck is helpful. One who will adjust you with you face down on what is called a drop table, and adjusts in your case, from the RIGHT side, adjusting the vertebra back to neutral.

Your other problem is solved with getting off acid foods; coffee, tomato products and no ice cream. Use the ACV plus baking soda formula at night to help digestion. Really...get off coffee, red meats, chili, at night especially.

They have Utubes on Upper cervical Health care that explains it really week.

Forgot to comment on water re CS generation. I use charcoal filtered water but the DMSO / CS to be used on spine and base of neck, can you find reverse osmosis? The water for that process is important. It is going straight into the brain. Charcoal gets out chlorine but not fluoride. I've used the charcoal filtered water many times on base of neck...on myself (with DMSO). No issues. But the purer the better.

You say you made your own CS generator!!!! YOU THE MAN.

First, Reagent grade is industrial...that will have some impurities. Don't use it. Order from Dr Jacobs or look on net and find a pharma grade...saw one from Genesis.

Next, go ahead and make the CS using the "fast" method I described. I assure you that the fast way works and is effective. Start up now drinking two tablespoons am and pm on empty stomach.

You'll know in two weeks if the CS is working. Energy is first to start coming back. But cautious. Her immune system is "nothing" and she is in danger. Don't let her physically over exert. Don't forget to do the irrigations...sinus and ears. Also gargle and let drain down throat.

When the right DMSO arrives then do the combo DMSO/CS apps to base of neck and spine... You'll know if this is viral in the thirty day trial. Keep the journal faithfully to have an empirical basis for determining whether the CS is improving her condition. But do give it thirty days at least.

I can give you a fairly accurate prediction of what you should expect to see re her condition change and when if you wish. Look back on previous posts to see some idea...re balance, headaches (duration, intensity, severity) nausea, energy levels. This is the key to knowing the truth: IF in ten days her energy begins to really improve (say 20 percent) then you will know you're on to something. That will be too soon to impact the headache/balance issue although the balance might be a little improved because the labyrinth will be rid of virus.

Have you obtained the Calcium AEP yet. That is a vital part of the program.

Please write back with details. Am thinking of you two and praying for you a lot.

d

Ok, thanks. On Wednesday, I will have both CS and DMSO which is reagent grade.
Question 1: Is reagent grade good?

I already have made a CS generator with a 32volt charger and 99, 99% pure silver wires but never actually used any because I don't have distilled water. They sell it pretty expensive.

Question2: Is de-ionised water any good? It has a conductivity less than 0, 1ms/cm. Is it good for the job?

I must find a way to make sure my homemade CS is good but I don't feel and sore throat to test it.

Question 3: Any other way to test it? If not, I found a 20PPM CS. Thanks.

but I don't want to call you "Panic" anymore...you have a PLAN...I'd like to call you "Plan Man"...because if you have a correct course of action and are following that action, then there is no ... panic ...at all. You are a man on course.

First, as to the ppm; just trust as accurate what the colloidal silver maker says; you need not check on ppm. It says it on the label. But the thing is, as much as you'll need, why don't you get your own little silver maker generator. It's just two strands of 99.999 percent pure and batteries come with it. If you learn to make your own (f I can do it...I'm the King of non-tech, then anybody can do it). Order on line. I've have two, one over 19 years old and one I bought last year. Battery operated. Cost, less than 100 bucks (US). Got it from a discount outfit. Google something like "colloidal silver generator inexpensive" and you should find a number of outfits that can send you a good machine. "Machine"...it's just 27 volts of battery power attached to two wires of silver. I make mine the same way I was taught by an old guru who had been making it for years. Here's how:

First, I look at youtube "how to" make CS and it seems they are the complicated way. NOT. It's so simple. Take two cups of purified water. Heat to 90 degrees (farenheit). Stir in 30 grains of salt to make the purified water conductive. Then insert the two silver wires, not close to each other. Stir gently with a wooden spoon every two minutes, trying not to disturb the silver wires. As soon as you immerse the silver wires you'll see the negative pole giving off a cloud ... a fine white residue of...SILVER particulates. In four or five minutes the container of water (two cups) will be permeated with the whitish cloud. It's a beautiful thing. Take the silver strands out of the water and unplug so you don't run the batteries down. (Once out I don't think they are pulling voltage.)

Now, transver the silver permeated container to a LARGE container and then begin adding purified water...two cups, two cups etc ...I dilute by a 32 times reduction. You dilute until you cannot see the cloud ... until you see only clear water, but you know that the mix in fact does have silver in it because you just saw it in the original container before dilutions.

So far you've got seven minutes invested. I call this the "fast" method instead of the "slow" cooking process which does not use any salt as a conductor. Some "slow" purists likely would say the "fast" method is heritical. But I'm just a pragmatist doing the silver making in a way that I've seen from experience WORKS. But be my guest to try it any way you want. Try out different "types" of CS for various infections. Say, for instance, you have a sore throat...well, gargle with one and see how the "slow" version works and try the "fast" version on another issue. My point is: Feel free to try out what is effective. I just know from thousands of anacdotals that the "fast" method is effective.

OK, on the issue of DMSO. Just order from Dr. Jacobs web site if any doubt. There are some DMSOs which are industrial and do in fact differ from one another. Remember Dr Jacobs? He's the one on the youtube, 60 minutes, 3 part series...I hope you looked at it.

Just remember "Plan Man"...keep a log on how symptoms are changing; energy level, limb movement, nausea, balance, etc. Expect to see energy levels increase in only a week maybe two. Go slowly. There are billions of viruses to murder.

Too fast and the "kill off" effect can be taxing on an already exhausted system. But be relentless. In a month, look at the log carefully. There should be substantial progress; number of headaches and their intensity and frequency is one of my favorite measurements; nausea another; balance is a good one to measure. If nothing is iimproving after a month, then the liklihood is that the problem is not viral.

If nausea as soon as she gets out of bed; there is a technique for dealing with that...once treatment is well underway, namely the "slow motion and eyes steady on a fixed point" method. Keep eyes focused on a steady object and SLOWLY move one leg, then another, then arm and turn to let knees slowly sink to floor from bed while steadly looking at the fixed object. Holding onto bed don't move after knees on floor. THEN slowly stand up (with help if necessary). Then walk with a walker (if able) again slowly and staring ahead; only move eyes slowly...NO motion around her. NO TV going. No kids running around while she is gaining the movement routine. Her balance sensors and brain are being retrained to balance and move without nausea. Nerves are being re routed by the AEP. The virus has damaged the balance labyrinth in the ears (which is why the CS is squirted into the ear canals) and key balance centers in the brain. So a rebuilding process in underway.

Write me back if you run into problems.

dave

Dave I will get both items you said. First the CS. Will I be able to tell the real PPM with a PPM meter and maybe a laser pointer? And DMSO what do I look for? Are they all the same? Sorry to ask...

Nanowrite, we went to the eye doctor to make an eye test. It is called Fields test (Glaucoma test) and the doctor looked a bit annoyed. He insisted that my wife's problem was from the labyrinth. He deffended his lense operation, so I cannot ask him that. I asked another doctor and he said no, it is not the lense's fault. Honestly I believe it is something inside her head, the labyrinth or something. her eyeside, when her head is steady is ok.

On issue of how much ppm...I make my own and it is 100 ppm or more.

I content not all CS is the same. Some versions claim to be potent when in fact they don't seem to work. To make sure what I use is working, I test it on something obvious like a sore throat and gargle. If sore throat immediately is cured I know the CS is working: Pretty obvious test, right?

So I know from experience that the CS I make is effective. If I were just starting with using CS I'd just buy the highest ppm I could find and try it. I might buy two brands and compare. In just a few days the effect will be evident. Energy will start returning within a week, for instance. Every part of the program I laid out (the protocol) must be done for a month to get the true results and to KNOW if the "cure" is accurate and effective.

So if you are taking St.John`s wort that might be what is causing the problems you discussed...Oscar

Some whole body detox seems very appropriate also.

I'll try to keep it short, I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask questions, if not I'm sorry in advance.

Throughout the years I've had really bad anxiety on and off, blank mind, memory loss, I can mostly remember back to middle school being when it started.

After trial and error, with food and diets and all kinds of things, I've recently found that fluorescent lighting causes my hands to turn red and splotchy as well as other undesired affects such as mood swings (mania to depression), clouded thoughts, fleeting thoughts, drastic change in personality and interests, just by being under the light for a mere few seconds.

The rash looks like this,

http://i43.tinypic.com/13yqnbm.jpg

Around this time my thoughts jumble up, I can't remember what I'm planning on doing and have a hard time focusing on the task at hand, even something as simple as communicating becomes taxing.

My hands are generally not red at all, but all of those red patches suddenly appear and they feel almost swollen as well as the rest of my body. This also affects my ability to sweat, while inflamed I have an extremly hard time sweating even in 120 degree temperature

Once outside in sunlight the redness generally takes 30 minutes to an hour to go away but my thoughts can be messed up for days at a time, and especially my emotions.

If you guys have heard of anything like this please let me know, I can't really pay attention to the mental symptoms because I am living them and when they happen I forget everything up to that point, so I can't even tell EXACTLY what changed, I just know that I feel different suddenly.

Concerning Myria's condition: I've been looking for your answer to THE question I asked every day since posting to your thread. I just couldn't stand it when I read your response.

SO, there WAS a major infection a year before the onset of her symptoms! OK. That is a big YES to my question to you...was there a condition precedent of an bad infection before onset...about a year before... YES is the answer. I thought either 15 or 16. And how she describes the infection is exactly what I look for in suspect virus cases.

The infection when she was 16 was in two teeth... you say...exactly what I was asking (one year prior to onset at 17 years old). Even more important than that and not a guess but what she said happened, the "sealing" took place, which sealed IN the infection. This is why she continued to have further infections over time. By sealing up the virus/bacteria/fungus (what ever it is), the infection was boxed in. It doesn't matter that the dentist later removed the teeth because the virus was started and working...we know because you said the infections in her mouth continued after sealing! It is entirely possible that the virus then migrated higher into the head. Bell's Palsey and trigeminal neuralgia could easily be experienced...sinus problems over the years also could be seen. And infection of ears; the labyrinth infected. But the real danger would be the migration possibly into the brain;

There's your viral meningitis.

By you confirming that a prior "serious" infection immediately prior to the "onset" of symptoms at 17 years old, fits the theory that I laid out to you when I first posted. I asked if any significant infection took place in the upper regions...strep/ sinus etc.

So...now, I can make a more certain assertion; I'm now 90 percent certain that she is suffering from viral meningitis.

If this were me here's how I'd kill the viral meningitis in brain and down spine. I'd use 60 percent Colloidal Silver and 40 percent DMSO. The latter is a solvent/ carrier. Google "DMSO Dr Jacobs 60 minutes youtube" and you'll find the 3 part series on DMSO. A MUST see.

To apply: Take white paper towels and soak in the DMSO/ CS mix. Apply to back of neck next to skull. I'd leave on for 20 minutes. Enough to soak one paper towel. Then two days later again, and again two days later. Second week, I'd apply every third day. I'd keep a carefull log of symptom progression. You list a lot of them. I'd expect to see my symptoms diminish in a week such that in my log, I could show a decrease in problems. If after a month of every third day apps there was no reduction in symptoms, I'd stop the applications because the lack of response would tell me the cause was not, after all, a viral infection. If much improved, I'd apply once a week.

Now, also I'd drink three tablespoons of CS daily during the first month. Drink on empty stomach. An infection like you described has gone into the whole body, so I'd drink the CS to kill the virus in the rest of my body.

And I would have to do "upper" irrigations. The CS must be sniffed into the sinus cavities, leaning head back and squirted into ears. The virus certainly is in ears. I'd do this twice a week. Expect the first time in sinus to produce stinging and dizziness for a second. Lean head back and let drain down throat. In both ears squirt with cs with ear syringe, and with sinus irrigtion, the eustacian is also covered. Again, I hold onto something because of dizziness from water in ears.

If I were having this likely meningitis issue I'd also apply the same soaked DMSO/CS white paper towel to spine at least once a week. This virus might get to the vertebrae and cause havoc. Expect Guillain Berea if virus not destroyed or something on top of the horrible thing she is now experiencing just as bad as GB.

I'd do the irrigations for a year once a week. I'd drink the CS for a year. If symptoms improve I'd do neck/back poultices for a year. If there is a lung issue (coughing) I'd assume it is in lung too, and would use a nebuliser to breathe in steamed CS. This I would do twice daily for a month and then once a week for three months or until symptoms in lungs had gone.

I do need to add one more thing...if this were me who found himself suffering from possible viral meningitis. I'd be also on a substance called Calcium AEP. I'd be on three tablets of AEP daily. Google, "Calcium AEP nutrition review" and you'll be impressed at the ability AEP has in electrical issues and all the conditions that can be helped using this nutrient. But AEP is not a virus killer. CS is. AEP can help rebuild the damages nerves.

The situation is most serious and actually I hope I'm wrong. Viral M is a slow death.

I'll be here to answer any question you have.

Dave

Her migraines started when she was about 17 years old. She said tonight that when she was about sixteen, she actually had a toothache (a tooth infection) on two teeth. The dentist sealed both teeth (i dont know how you call them tooth fillings?) later it continued being infected and then the dentist removed them. its been 28 years now she has migraines that come three days on one side (before her menstrual) and three days on other side (after her menstrual). In the last 2 1/2 months came the instability and oscillopsia where when the head moves even 1 millimetre, everything she sees shakes.

Did the people you know had these symptoms?

Thanks.

A few years back, my Mom had vertigo, nausea and vomiting that lasted for days. It ended up that her BP got so high that I took her to the ER. Diagnosis was "fluid in the ear" possibly from air travel. This could also happen from allergies to the environment.

They gave her Meclizine. This is an over the counter med. for air sickness.. for motion sickness. It helped with the dizziness, nausea and vomiting. It might take a few doses to be really effective.

One of the earlier advice here was for Magnesium supplementation. If you search on "Magnesium and Migraine headache" you would find lots on info on how to control Migraines. It will require higher doses of Mg supplementation and it will take a few months for Mg to be built up in the body. There are books on the Miracle of Mg that I think you should get and read about how low Mg could cause Migraines, nausea, vomiting, hearing sensitivities and so much other symptoms that you might not have written here. It will be worth the time to search on Mg deficiency, on line and on You tube .

I hope you find your answers. Meclizine hopefully could help the current symptoms, then Mg could get her stabilized and be symptom free further on. Please give these treatments time to work and not give up on it easily.

Concerning Myria,

The onset, you say, was when she was 17. If the answer to my question is "yes" then I will tell you what the source of the problem is.

Here's the question: Before she started having the problems manifesting, did she have a bad infection of the ears/ throat/ mouth (teeth as in absess)/ strep throat etc...I'm wanting to determine if at around 15 or 16 years old she became infected with a serious or long standing infection of ANY kind. That is my question.

I've seen this condition a number of times with symptoms similar to Maria. The condition precedent is that of an infection...usually mono or strep...a bad case of the flu/ sinus infection and often the ear canal might be continuous off and on infections during entire childhood.

If the answer is yes, that she did have a history of such infection/s then the cause of her current condition is...viral meningitis. This differs from bacterial meningitis because bm will kill quickly whereas vm will kill you slowly. Most often the body's own immune system will finally stave off a viral but many cases result in a "mystery" illness. No myster at all: Virus in the brain and into the spinal cord.

Virus in the brain can be killed. Maria's, if the analysis is correct (serious infection in her youth prior to manifestation of symptoms) is advanced but ...

I have seen this many times and also seen it reversed with amazing results. If this were me, I'd work with anti virals and use solutions to penetrate the blood brain barrier to carry the anti virals.

So; let me know if the answer to the essential question is yes or no....the question of the condition precedent to the onset at 17 years old...did she have a serious or continuous infection that led up to the appearance of symptoms.

dave

It looks like there are several possibilities with your wife's conditions.

Foremostly, B12 deficiency can cause this vertigo. 271 pg/ml is very low. People can have these symptoms at 500 or above. The serum B12 test is not specific.

Vertigo can cause nausea and vomiting, but stomach acid could also be low. Many folks are helped with the use of apple cider vinegar.Nausea can also be from B6 deficiency.

Folate (folic acid) is low. A B-complex with these will support the B12 metabolism. If you can find a B-complex with the 'active' forms, they may be easier for the body to use. ( Methylfolate for folic acid, and p5p for B6, for example.)

If you can find a practitioner who can start her with injections of either methylcobalamin or hydroxocobalamin, at least initially, it would help.

With enough B12, vertigo can be resolved in a month or so. It may take some time. B12 deficiency is also implicated in migraine.

Her blood glucose is too high. This can damage nerves, tissues, eyes, etc. Reduce simple sugars and simple carbohydrates.

Her sodium is a little low, I'm not sure if this is from the vomiting. I didn't see potassium levels. If the B12, B-complex and ACV don't resolve the vomiting, I would suggest an endocrine work up.

Initial tests should be for ACTH, and Cortisol. Thyroid would be another to consider. TSH, Free T3, and Free T4.

With B12 deficiency that has advanced neurological symptoms, one may need high and frequent dosages for life. (even if it's not pernicious anemia, an autoimmune B12 def.)

Am sorry for your wife, my dad had the same vertigo before 5 years (but he hasn't migraine) and he went to a lot of doctors and take a lot of medicine without any changes. I searched his problem in old Arabian medicine books and found that this problem because of bad vapors on the brain. I used for him a tincture of Cyclamen europaeum 6 drops 2 times a day after meal, within 10 days he cured completely. I hope this will help your wife.

My heart goes out to you, and to your Myria. I am not as informed as many here on Earth Clinic, but just wanted to say that sensitivity to sound, hearing things as too loud, etc....can be a symptom of magnesium deficiency. I can't hurt, and might help to give your wife a good quality magnesium supplement.

I know there is much more information coming your way from others, and hope you find a way to heal her. Best wishes, and please keep us informed of her ongoing progress.

For 2 months now (since 15 August 2013) she cannot walk properly. She walks slowly like a hundred year old and she has to hold onto walls and tables. She is only 45 years young with two kids.

For a brief history please read below. Its three pages long.

Please advice weather there is a special doctor who can help her or if natural therapy can help. Where did we go wrong??? I believe she got an infection inside her head between her ears. Please give some time to read her brief story.

Please please please. I feel like im losing her. Our life is a nightmare.

Myria's brief medical history

Since 1985 to today

My wife Myria has had menstrual migraines since she was 17 years old. (For 28 years now) It lasts for three days on one side, before menstrual, and three days on other side, after menstrual. Her migraines stopped only for 9 months when she was pregnant with our first child. On her second pregnancy she had migraines as usual.

For her migraine we visited many-many doctors. Naturopaths, neurologists and others. This year's drugs were amongst others, Tranxene 5 mg 1x1 (Bp), Clonotril 2mg 1x1, Deaxit 1x1 1-1-0, Nimm 1-1-0, Later, Clonotril 2

She stopped taking them since there was no result.

In July 2013 she had an Eye operation to stop wearing eye glasses and embedded eye lenses in the eyes.

15 August 2013 started having Vertigo with vomiting. I took her to a private clinic to a respectable doctor and she was held in for 2 days until her vomiting stopped.

She was given: Betaserc 1x2, Omeprazole 20 1x1, Vertogo-vomex 1x2, Stemetil 5 1x3, Diazepam 5mg ? - 0 – 1, Primperan but no result. Every time she moved she was sick with vomiting. We kept her upright for as long as we could to stop vomiting and the next day we went home. The vertigo was still there.

21 August 2013 Still with vertigo, the ambulance took her to the Emergency room, had a CT – brain scan. We were told the results were ok. They had her on intravenous drugs because she couldn't hold anything in her stomach. Hours later I took her home again.

31 August 2013 again was taken to the emergency with Vertigo and Migraine.

Luckily there was a good E.N.T. doctor on call who had training on Vertigo and after seeing her he said she has Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.

She was admitted to casualty/ward in hospital.

She had Temperature 36.7 Celsius Pulse 80 Pressure 140/90

Was given N/D 250ML + 1amp Primperan Apstol, Valium 5mg (im), Stemetil 1 (im), LR500ml

31 August 2013 she had a Microbiology/Parasitology test:

pH 5, 0 EB 1015 culture: Microbes isolated – amount: Not important number of microbes.

31 August 2013 Blood test results:

WBC 9.42 (10Ë„3/uL)

RBC 5.26 (10Ë„6/uL)

HGB 14.7 (g/dL)

HCT 43.0 (%)

MCV 81.7 (fL)

MCH 27.9 (pg)

MCHC 34.2 (g/dL)

PLT 179 (10Ë„3/uL)

RDW-SD 41.4 (fL)

RDW-CV 14.0 (%)

PDW 12.0 (fL)

MPV 9.5 (fL)

P-LCR 22.8 (%)

PCT 0.17 (%)

NEUT 5.25 (10Ë„3/uL) 55.8(%)

LYMPH 3.09 (10Ë„3/uL) 32.8(%)

MONO 1.01 + (10Ë„3/uL) 10.7 (%)

EO 0.05 (10Ë„3/uL) 0.5(%)

BASO 0.02 (10Ë„3/uL) 0.2(%)

IG 0.14 (10Ë„3/uL) 1.5(%)

RET 0.91 (%) 0.0479(10Ë„6/uL)

IRF 3.5 (%)

LFR 96.5(%)

MFR 3.0 (%)

HFR 0.5 (%)

RET-He 24.8 (pg)

Glucose 109 mg/dL (74 -106 )

Urea 38mg/dL (17 - 43)

Creatinin 0.51mg/dL (0.51 -0.95 )

Calcium 9.6mg/dL (8.8 – 10.6)

Total protein 7.3 g/dL (6.6 – 8.3)

Albumen 4g/dL (3.5 – 5.2)

Globain 3.3g/dL (1.4 – 4.8)

Na 137mmol/L (135 - 145)

Kαλλιο 4.94mmol/L (3.50 – 5.00)

LDH (γαλακτική αφυδρογονάση) 322 U/L (208-480)

The hospital E.N.T. doctor wrote on her log book.

Primary Horizontal nystagmus of the 1st degree.

Testing bilateral geotropic nystagmus in testing horizontal semicircular tube Dix. Hallpike (.)

He did a Log-Roll maneuver AP

Recommended Diazepan 8mg IV in a slow outpouring in N/S 500ml.

“Reevaluation on Monday. Recommended neurological evaluation for her migraine attacks”.

31August – 4 Sept 2013 Was kept in hospital for 4 days for Vertigo and vomit.

2 Sept. 2013: E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

Reevaluation. recession of automatic vertigo without nystagmus.

Did an Eppley maneuver AP great clinical improvement >80%

On migraine attacks, neurologist evaluation needed.

4 Sept. 2013 E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

improved clinically ... must see a neurologist.

Much improved clinical

Intravenous N/S - N/D 500ml + valium 5mg every 8hours..............1/2 amp diazepan

4 Sept. 2013 for migraine therapy was given Topamax 25mg No 60 0-0-1, 1-0-1, 1-0-2

9 Sept 2013 E.N.T. Doctor's logbook:

Clinical improvement of the rotating element. Instability persists to some extent.

Did a Dix – Hallpike maneuver without nystagmus.

Did a Log-Roll AP & Epley AP. Maneuvers.

Reevaluate in σε 72hours.

13 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook: Did 2 Log-Roll & 2 Epley maneuvers.

She was prescribed Zomig for her migraine pain and Topamax 25-0-50 for migraine therapy.

18 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook:

Did Epley AP maneuver. Great recession in nystagmus

19 Sept 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook:

No nystagmus in Dix-Hallpike maneuver of horizontal semicircles. Instability Insists

Romberg (1) to MRI

20 Sept 2013 MRI brain

Conclusion: no intracerebral abnormalities are seen

Diffusion and flair and T1W SE and T2W TSE axial.

Flair sagittal and T2W 3D VISTA of the posterior fossa and T1W TSE axial of the posterior fossa and TIW TSE axial of the posterior fossa after IV contrast administration and T1W SE axial of the whole brain after IV contrast administration

23 Sept 2013 Another E.N.T. doctor did an audiometric test (listening test. She has Hypersensitivity to hearing)

26 Sept 2013 Blood test for: Vitamin B12 271pg/mL (normal 150-1000)

Folic Acid 1.7ng/mL (normal 1.00-24.0)

Was prescribed Topamax 25mg No 180 1-0-2 for migraine therapy.

10 oct 2013 she took an Instrument control balance test (Electronystagmography)

Conclusion: hypo function of the labyrinth. She did not get dizzy at all with the cold water in her ears.

11 Oct 2013 E.N.T. doctor logbook: VNG Hyposensitivity at caloric(?)

The E.N.T. doctor could not accept the results of the test and wants her to take the test again.

15 Oct 2013 Optical fields test (glaucoma threshold)

Results: Left eye with abnormally high sensitivity

Right eye: within normal limits

25 Oct 2013 The Neurologist said the problem is not neurological because the MRI was clean.

The Neurologist prescribed her with Topamac 20-0-50 for migraine therapy. We announced our decision to stop taking this drug for now because one of the side effects is dizziness. And the doctor said ok. It's your choice.

The E.N.T. doctor really spent too much time and helped her a lot too, especially with vertigo that stopped with the different maneuvers. But now he does not want to accept that the labyrinth hypo functions. He wants Myria to redo the Instrument control balance test (Electronystagmography) but with ice water (ice cubes) and not just cold water.

Today she still has:

1. instability

2. oscillopsia. She cannot walk freely without assistance. She must hold on to somewhere.

3. Blocked ears but also hears noises that finds very loud. Even her own voice, when she talks, sounds very loud.

4. By moving her head (especially up and down) or when walking (very slowly) feels something into her head of which she cannot describe. It feels like there is a spring inside her head and simultaneously pushing her ears out.

5. At night when it's dark and she sleeps, when she turns in bed , she has a feeling inside the head of something like dizziness. She feels that the dizziness comes from inside her head . While she is talking , her ears vibrate. She cannot explain (even though she is very intelligent). There are many things that are strange and cannot explain it. For her to be good and not unstable, she should not speak nor hear anything, nor move.

6. When swallows (perhaps her head moving) her ears again, feel.... she doesn't know ... hears her voice and cannot stand it. It's like, her voice is pushing her ears outwardly and cannot bear it... the migraine off course makes it worse.

Thank you for anything you do.

You will need to first alkalize your body as acidosis must be neutralized before starting an herbal regimen. Herbs you will need would include Oregano, Grapefruitseed, Olive Leaf, Pau De Arco, Garlic. Digestive Enzymes will help as well as Glutamine and Colostrum or IgG (Immunoglobulin). Colloidal Silver will help. Zapping will help.

P. S I have bought Ammonia, white vinegar, and bicarb (baking soda) to wash all my clothing, bedding, curtains, and anything else I possibly can to eliminate mold in my home. You have to use Ammonia carefully, and the vinegar is white spirit vinegar. I am following instuctions I got off another web site, and will be wearing rubber gloves, goggles, an a face mask to protect my skin, eye's, and avoid breathing it in. A woman in England became very ill to the point she could not live in her home, and slept in her car with the Air Conditioner on to breathe. After a long investigation, a tiny speck of mold was found in her home, and made her really ill. All we can do is what ever is possible to route out any causes, the stuff I bought cost me twelve pounds for the 3 on Amazon.

Stay away from processed foods. Buy a juicer and begin to juice raw (organic) green foods. You can add in some fruit to make it a bit palatable at the start. Protein shakes have MSG added into them (sometimes).. MSG and aspartame are toxic to the brain.

Cayenne pepper will protect you against strokes if that is what is happening.

Do you drink any energy drinks? They have toxic additives in them.. Some have bromide added which deplete iodine from the body.

Have you Mercury dental fillings (and recent dental work)? Have you been receiving recommended vaccines like flu vaccine? The high toxicity of Mercury has damaging effects on detox, immune, and hormonal body systems which you seem to be suffering.

I could be wrong, but do read the E.C. pages for heavy metal toxicity and go from there.

Report your conclusions and additional findings so we can help you get better.

Well this helped regain a lot of senses back I still have trouble with feeling confused most of the time, walking with bad balance and cant walk for very long without feeling like im about to faint. Also get blurry vision when averting eyes occasionally, and back pain, sweaty feet that get hot and cold on and off. I could go on... I also get this heavy numb feeling on my entire body, brain and all... My senses are VERY sensitive, example, smells are strong and so are noises, and I absolutely can not go to sleep if there is any noise what so ever... I get hot flashes and a pain on the right side of my neck. I'm going to my Doc tomorrow, well lets just say the insurance I have is the worst one... So please I would like some help as to what I can do naturally first before telling my Doc any of my sympotoms, I know it won't be in effect by tomorrow, but ya never know... Thanks, any advice is much appreciated!!!

You mentioned the possibility of MS; possible but simple scans by the Docs should have found the lesions. They readily show up. Apparently not there so probably not MS; but if it is MS... There is a definite link between MS and a specialty virus (similar to the viral family of polio). So my suggested "cure" or at least "help" would still be a valid thesis. MS involves a virus along with a heavy metal eg mercury. (Typically mercury poisoning is from dental fillings with mercury or eating fish from a contaminated lake. ) And then the tear to the lining around the nerve (spinal cord and/ or brain) is called a lesion. The nerve is exposed because the "sheath" the "myelin sheath" is damaged by the combo of mercury and virus and the nerve is destroyed by exposure.

As in the other post I wrote, please, because you are a minor you need to show this post to your parents.

Dave

Your story sounds like a number of other cases I am familiar with; first this question... You said that the onset was five years ago when you would have been twelve years old (you now being 17). Right? OK. Do you recall if you had a severe infection when you were 12 years old, a few months before the onset of your current symptoms? Maybe a bad sore throat? A bad cold? Ear infections? A sinus infection that just stayed and stayed. Occasionally, the sickness isn't so very intense, but rather long lasting; like an ear infection that lasts for a month and then it comes again six months later and stays for another month.

Next question... If you were sick with something before the real onset when you were 12 or maybe even 11, did you feel like after you got over the sickness but you never really got your energy totally back... maybe you felt very tired or tired out easily even months after you were first sick?

Or if none of that sounds like what you experienced, do you recall if you had some significant dental work done; maybe even a root canal, although you were probably too young for that or maybe you had a tooth pulled to prepare you for braces.

What I'm getting around to is this: You have ALL the symptoms of a system wide (systemic infection) of a virus or fungus.

Easy to kill.

If what I asked you rings a bell and you think, yes I can remember I did have a really bad case of the flu/chest cold/ etc. any of the things I listed and especially if your energy never came back full strength, then those are two signs that this is a virus you're facing.

In any of that is true, and if I were you, I'd be ready to take an anti viral. It takes a while for the anti viral to kill a system wide infection. You need to ask your parents about taking this if you think what I described could lead you to conclude that perhaps you have a virus. I have been taking an anti viral for twenty years and it is called colloidal silver. It's water with a tiny bit of silver in it... but tastes just like water.

If you think what I ask might ring a bell you need to talk to your parents about this. Your are legally a minor and you have to discuss this with your mom and dad. If you want me to discuss this with them to find out more about the anti viral idea, just post me back. But we really need the parents on board if you think/ and they think that perhaps they want more information since your age limits what you can do. But I'm ready to help if you will get them to post if you all are interested.

Best to you young lady. Don't be afraid: there IS a cure for you. Keep looking, even if the virus/fungus is not the cause. There is a cause and if you look diligently you'll find the cure. (Knock and it will be opened unto you, seek and you shall find.)

Your friend,

David

So heres where I NEED HELP all though I have improved I still cant seem to find whats going to help me get 100% better. I feel confused most often and dizzy here and there, off balance, and nauseous. So I started my menstural cycle a couple days ago and it drained me... I was taking ibuprophen for then pain but I think that may have caused a ulcer because then I started having a feeling of air in my stomach and it felt very hot and I kept burping and gagging severely. I ate some melon and it soothed me but along with this too, my mind is now fogging and my legs ache, my bones feel rattly and im off balance and really tired even when I just woke from an 8 hour sleep. oh, and when I woke I had a hot fuzzy feeling in the back of my head/brain. im thinking maybe im developing MS???.... Or maybe it is CFS?... Not sure. I also have this pain on my left side of my neck feels like its an artery thats aching... Not sure but its been hurting off and on since ive caught the flu back in August. Please help, I refuse to go to the Doc until I have tried as much as I can to better myself naturally. My knees also hurt, not too much as to where I want to cry but just uncomfortable. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you for your time. -Jes

I would consider adding Raw Unpasteruized Apple Cider Vinegar to your routine as well as Blackstrap Molasses. Because they help so many people with so many ailments, it seems a good place to start. You could start with 1 t. Apple Cider Vinegar in 8 oz. Of water twice a day and over 2 weeks, work up to 1 T. In oz. Of water twice a day. 1-2 T. Blackstrap Molasses daily is also great nutrition and helpful to many things.

Keep reading around on Earth Clinic. You will get more ideas on how to improve nutrition and health and hopefully be encouraged, especially while you wait for a diagnosis.

Please keep us posted on how it goes for you!

~Mama to Many~

Well, I hope you do not have carcinoids which are slow growing tumors and can be deadly. My wife (12 years ago) had been experiencing severe bowel area pain and on New Years eve was in severe pain mainly in lower right quadrant. We'd had a number of specialists but no general surgeon. I decided not to just give her the normal strong pain pill but took her to emergency room and by an amazing circumstance found a very conscientious general surgeon. On the X rays the radiologists though that perhaps they saw a "shadow" in the right lower quadrant and basically I begged for exploratory surgery. He agreed. He didn't think he would find anything but at 9pm (New Years Eve 12 years ago) did the exploratory surgery. Well, he found carcinoids. One that was the big problem was blocking her small intestine (it had flipped over, he said)... Was blocking small and large juncture. He found another on her apendix.

He saved her life that night instead of just giving her some pain meds and going off to a New Years eve party. And he saved her again when new carcinoids arrived nearly killing her five years ago.

Our "carcinoid journey" took us to Duke Medical Center to find the current state of Carcinoid treatment. As of three years ago there is no cure, but my wife was put on a drug that slows the growth of the tumor..."sandostatin".

So Dawn, I hope you do not have these tumors as the two doctors say you may have but consider first making sure you have the very best surgeon ready to go if the situation becomes desperate. He/she should get some x rays or whatever is needed to try and find the tumors. (Even thoug they find the one or two, if you have carcinoids, they will cntinue to grow. ) And next ask the experts about something to slow the growth...sandostatin.

Finally, keep up the effort in doing alternative helps to aid the counter attack... alkalizing the system, heavy does of Vit C (not a cure but a slow down approach) and my old stand by, Silver Solution just in case the carcinoids might be triggered by viral infestations.

I hope I haven't scared you. But only because you stated that the two doctors had already diagosed you with Carcinoids (the syndrom is the manifestation of existing tumor/s) do I write to get you prepared. Don't get depressed but rather note with optimism that my own experience shows success although accompanied by numerous close calls. My wife is a real trooper.

If you'd like to talk to her, she is always happy to advise. You can initiate a contact by emailing me at david (at) dlthomaslaw (dot) com.

Best to you. Feel free to re post.

Second: Have you read up on Ann Wigmore? When she was in pretty bad shape, she tried wheatgrass juice, or was it rejuvelac, and it got her back on her feet.

I get these tests every 3 yrs hoping for some insight, I post on here hoping for some insight, I wish I'd started these tests 20 yrs ago when I was screaming in pain but back then women in pain are just hysterical. Now they call it fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome when infact, it has a real cause. My dilemna is not much has changed over the 6 yrs of doing these tests. My body is still in extreme exhaustion, in the parasympathetic state. My adrenals don't work at all, my thyroid, liver, pancreas & kidneys not much. My oxidation or metabolism is very very slow, don't metabolise protein or carbs. My body is eating its own tissue. I'm 6 x too high in calcium & mg, copper and manganese, xylene, ammonia. The lead and cadmium has come down over that time but aluminium has gone up. I'm deficient in many minerals. I can't make energy, the 4 phases of detox don't work or are only just working. I don't make any hormones, no cell permeability. Because of the state of my adrenals & thyroid my immune system is shot, I get every infection, serious ones, allergies are so bad I can't go into most buildings or near most people, gardens, animals etc. I've been following this site for some years now and a new practitioner with this most recent report but the supplements, diet, exercise, lifestyle and emotional adjustments have done little to change anything.

I can't see any hope for continuing. And I'm still homeless.

Ted

Candida. Candida dividing. Undigested tissue. Undigested food. Mucus. White blood cells. Fatty acid crystals. Starch granules. Moderate amount of bacteria: E. Coli & Klebsiella sp. Pollen. Epithelial cells (squamous & columnar). Charcot-Leyden crystals *COULD be an indicator of E. Histolytica... and no other pathogens found. SO! Whats next? I dont know! I need to contact my ND next... I am hoping she doesnt put me on a bunch of expensive pills.

For the record, I am on Teds/Bills candida protocol. I eat ONLY organic. Jog 2 miles 3x/week ( If I can! ), drink LOTS of distilled water w/ minerals.. Take a good liquid multi.. LOTS of garlic.. Coconut oil.. green juice (32 oz/day). I also take some probiotics once before breakfast, found at the health food store. I make a coconut milk/vegan protein shake when needed. My tingling hands/feet and extreme tiredness/lethargy are the most concerning. NO MORE yeast infestions, though =) Also.. I am half way through a heavy metal cleanse.. I think its taking out some stuff, because I feel a bit different, and my IC is acting up.

I want to do hair mineral analysis and blood work. Any good suggestions anyone for this? What tests to take? Which ones are accurate? I dont want to waste ANY MORE money!

Oh, I also have very high t and nk cells indicating infection on top of a very long viral list. I've resorted to taking antibiotics which is when the pain reduced a little, the reason I was able to reduce the morphine.

The Center for Holistic Medicine
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Dr Brownstein has written many well-known books on iodine, fibromylalgia, bio-identical hormones, sea salt, gluten, allergies and vitamins.

I'm sure that Dr Brownstein will be able to help you more to resolve all your current issues which seem to be a mixture of problems that includes fungal and bacterial infections, hormone imbalance, toxins from candida and possibly both thyroid and adrenal insufficiency. Dr Brownstein will know exactly what tests you must take -- he is a very knowledgeable naturopathic doctor whose approach to healing is quite different to most regular medical doctors.

It may be worth while to have a urine hormone analysis as well. Often it's not just the thyroid that is out of balance, but several hormones at the same time. Blood analysis is not sufficient, you really need to have a urine analysis. If your doctor won't order the test (not unusual! ) find an independent bioidentical hormone replacement clinic. You can have the testing done there. Your insurance may cover the test, if not it is usually around $300 to test all your hormones.

Good luck! I'm going through something very similar, and I wish you the best!

You must adopt a method, some path toward which at some point things begin making sense.

With all the complexity of the human anatomy and pathology, one must regress back to a textbook primary understanding. Short of going to pre-med school, I would very strongly recommend Dr Murray and Pizzorno's book The Encyclopedia Of Natural Medicine 2nd (maybe a 3rd) edition. The book is divided into sections, the first is this simplification method we need, the major body systems: Circulatory, Digestive, Immune, Detoxification, and Endocrine. Other section includes all the major illnesses affecting people.

Hope this helps.

Maybe you are just really tired though. Tired is awful.

The only way to find out if this is what is happening to you is to stop all of your supplements and eat the foods that supply the necessary vitamins and minerals you need. Don't eat raw fruits and vegetables. Cook them until tender so they are easier to digest and you are able to get the nutrients from them instead of just "passing through" your body. Blackstrap Molasses has the B-vitamins you need and is a good source of other nutrients. Get the frozen "country" orange juice concentrate for your Vit C.

I get up very early and right now I'm really tired but I wanted to reply to you... I hope I am making sense to you. It may take awhile to detox from the supplement/vitamin ingredients that could be making you feel so bad. The symptoms you described are what I felt when I was drinking aspartame sweetened drinks and taking vitamins that I thought I needed.

Get clean first, then if you find you are low in something add it back into your diet. You could be taking too much of something. The toxic effects of some vitamins are the same symptoms as a deficiency.

So lately, I've been feeling unusually strange. I have new symptoms, and am like "what the heck is going on with me!!! ". I'm actually kind of scared. Before I make a big deal, I thought that others may be dealing with the same. So... I still have the IBS (now, moreso constipation-like, but pretty regular with the candida diet - 2-3x/day. normal looking mostly), and the bladder issues (IC). I have some nausea here and there... And now my joints are starting to hurt, in my hands and arms. I also get tingling/numbness in my extremities. that come and go. and my arms/legs/feet/butt fall asleep easily if I lay down/sit a certain way. I sometimes even feel a overall 'buzzing' feeling in my entire body. Like in my nerves. The tingling & numbness bothers me the most. And is very concerning. It is def nerve/circulatory related, IMO. I dont like that my joints and back are hurting (I've had back issues since I was 14, and Im 27). My head has been itching a lot lately, too... Which hasnt happened before. I looked and theres nothing there, though. I still have low-grade yeast infections, and having relations is pretty painful. =( I am SO sick os being sick! Gosh. What is going on!!!! Tired of spending all my $$ on supplements and vitamins that dont seem to help much. I want answers. I want my body back! Im only 27, and Ive been like this for 14 months now! This is ridiculous. I am waiting on a parasitology test from AZ (a well-known expert) to see if there are parasites contributing to this issue, but my question is- does yeast really cause ALL THESE SYMPTOMS! ? I feel like theres a lot more going on... And how did I get to be this bad?? I ate organic & ran 15 miles/week for the past 5 yrs! I dont even know what tests to do anymore, which ones are accurate, what to take, how much to take, what to think... Lord Jesus, help me!

I kept her on breast milk for a year, got pregnant the next month (I was thirty-six and my clock was running out. I felt she had to have a sibling) then I was set up and terminated when I was five months pregnant with my second child for frequently being away from my desk and a decline in performance. DUH!!

The point I was trying to make was pumping more and drinking gallons of water kept up my milk supply even though working full-time and being harassed on the job. I drank the chlorinated city water and never had a problem with yeast or any of the multiple problems you shared. I drank water after every meal and after every time I pumped. Hope this gives you some hope! Where there is a will there is a way.

In answer to your questions:

1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. So have to monitor this!!

Take the lemon/acv mixed with sodium bicarbonate as advised by Ted in his Alkalizing Remedies. Doing this helps you to avoid acid -- which, when combined with an acid food diet, is what is destroying your teeth. Bacteria can't eat tooth calcium, acid is what causes teeth to decay. I would continue both with the juicing but still take both the Sodium Bicarb plus water as well as take the alkaline form of lemon/ACV remedies as recommended by Ted. Also, I would stop adding lemon(citric acid) to your juicing to avoid the acid form. Juicing will certainly help to provide minerals and vitamins for the body and it is really up to you whether want to do this. The dosages of vitamins and minerals that I recommend in the protocol are very specific - particularly vitamin c, niacin, B vitamins, iodine, magnesium, alkalizing etc and are much higher orthomolecular dosages that would be well nigh impossible to achieve through diet.

2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.

You can take niacin with meals -- this lowers the flush effect. But now, I tend to take 1000 mgs niacin 3 times a day but I take an aspirin dissolved in water twenty minutes before I take the niacin. Aspirin also opens up the blood vessels and so there is no flushing effect from the niacin when you take it after taking the aspirin. Magnesium Oil (magnesium chloride in water) - in larger dose -- with water, when taken before niacin, also helps to prevent or reduce the niacin flush for the same reasons. Taking niacin this way, outside mealtimes, also ensures that more niacin is absorbed into the body than if it is taken at mealtimes.

3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???

Supplements, although not ideal, do allow you too regulate dosage amounts more precisely. If you tried to get these same orthomolecular dosage amounts through eating food, then these dosage amounts would be hit and miss -- not accurate. I am very suspicious of all food now -- even organic food is suspect in my own opinion.

4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?

Loss of hair can be caused for many reasons - the favourite being that candida fungus is attacking your scalp causing your hair to fall out. But hair loss can also be caused by low thyriod as well (also as a consequence of candida infections). If the outer rim of your eyebrows are hairless and your eyebrows appear too short in length then this may indicate that you may well have low thyroid as well as a fungal problem. The anti-candida protocol should both help to both kill the scalp candida as well as help to normalize your thyroid.

You can try topical remdeys like 5 drops of lavendar oil mixed with a teaspoon of VCO rubbed into the scalp. You can also try borax with 3% hydrogen peroxide in water left on your scalp overnight. But if none of these topical remedies work then your scalp infection has arisen from the candida infection in your blood and not from just an infection on the skin so that is why topical remedies won't cure it. I had tinea cruris or jock itch when I had systemic candida and I could not get rid of this fungal problem until after I got rid of my systemic candida(candida in the blood). Therefore curing this problem may take some time, so please be patient.

5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.

Taking protease enzymes(enzymes that digest dead organic proteins) in larger amounts helps to digest blockages in veins and capillaries. At the moment, I am taking pancreatic enzymes with added bromelain and papain enzymes twice a day (2 X 900 mgs doses) outsode mealtimes as a regular detox procedure. Protease enzymes are not toxic or poisonous. In Dr Gonazalez's Metabolic Protocol for cancer -- he recommends a daily dosage of between 130 -- 160 pancreatic enzyme tablets per day in his protocol. The pancreatc enzymes help to remove the dead organic proteins that may be blocking the capillaries causing swelling and spider veins. Using a 70% solution of DMSO topically (with aloe vera oil) will also help to dissolve the blockages in the capillaries. MSM, supplemented at 2,000mgs to 6,000 mgs a day should also help to clear spider veins. Avoid calcium or dairy in your diet -- as advised in the anti-candida protocol.

6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?

When you have low energy and a weakened immune system, then generally a weakened libido is the result. Again, you need to get rid of the candida, which is continually weakening your immune system with its own myctoxins, as well as build up the body with healthy nutrients. Supplementing borax and iodine as well as a proper anti-candida diet will greatly help to stabilize and balance your hormones(as advised in the anti-candida protocol).

An intolerance to heat would also seem to indicate a thyroid problem. To check if you have a thyroid problem, on waking up first thing in the morning you should use a basal thermometer to check underarm whether your body temperature is too high or too low. If your temperature is not 98.6°F then you probably have a thyroid problem.

1. Can juicing replace the alkalizing (BS & lemon)?? I feel its helping me much, and figure it has a whole lemon in it tons of enzymes & chlorophyll.. AND my TEETH are getting really sensitive to the lemon/acv!!! I have 2 teeth that are decaying as well.. so have to monitor this!!

2. I bought the Niacin (flush) vitamin in 1000mgs... And take that with my dinner... I cant really split it up. Is this problematic? I feel like this is whats causing the small "pinch/needle-like" feelings I get that linger.. I have about 4 of them now.

3. Instead of taking all these supplements, which I cant afford all the time, esp the ALA ($$$!! ), is there a way to get it in food???

4. My hair is STILL not back to what it should be, after falling out.. The lugols helped once I started taking it, but its still thin, esp in the front. I used to have THICK curly hair. Ive lost some curl, too =( Any suggestions about growing back hair! ?

5. Ive been getting more & more spider viens!! What is the cause! ? How do I make these STOP and REVERSE! ? Im 27!!! Oy.

6. Hormones. I need to balance my hormones. I cant tolerate heat very well... I get SO HOT at night! Also, libido is very low.. And still low energy. =( Ive been taking maca.. And the lugols iodine.. Anything else?

Thanks thanks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Any suggestions?

1. Is xylitol ok? Its in my liquid multi, cal/mag, and b-complex... its 3g of carbs per serving of each.
2. Will adding some antifungal herbs/teas to the regime, or rotating the pau d'arco tea be beneficial? I dont think my body is responding to the tea anymore.
3. Recently Ive been getting numbness in my feet and hands, esp during the night.. And tingling. I awoke in the morning 4 days ago, with a sharp needle-like pain in one place, and its been 4 days... Hasn't gone... Kinda hurts when I touch it. What could this be?
4. Good lab for parasite testing?? I felt FINE for a few weeks.. Then yesterday, out of nowhere, while ont he diet and protocol, I just felt "sick" again. Slightly feverish.. And malaise. My colon was doing something.. Thought I was gonna have the runs.. still feeling sick...=/ Does yeast stay undetected then show up or is this more parasite-like?
5. Hot peppers/spices...help with yeast/fungus/parsites?
6. What are mycotoxins?
7. What are mycobacteria?
8. Is MB safe to take everyday?
9. Does yeast cause palpatations/high bp? I used to get that a lot last yr.. and recently, a little bit.
10. Is pre-eclampsia related to fungal overgrowth? Thats what I had when I was pregnant.. or is it liver related?
11. What is the cause of IC? I want my bladder healed! Lots of white stuff coming out when I pee...=/
12. Lastly, can fungus/yeast be spread to others?

Thanks again for your time....=)!!

1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?

That diet is fine but only eat small amounts of carbohydrate(sweet potatoes) because they are converted to sugar in the body and sugar feeds candida.

2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!

You can mx them in the following ways:

Borax can be mixed with any of the alkalizing remedies.

Drops of Lugols Iodine can be mixed, alone, with a solution Vitamin C.

Hydrogen Peroxide can be mixed with any of the alakalizing remedies without problems.

Always mix the Methylene Blue (if you decide to use it) with a solution of Vitamin C.

The Liver Support Protocols are normally taken all together just before or after mealtimes.

The niacin(or niacinamide) and B50 complex should also be taken at mealtimes together with the Liver protocol. Niacin works synergistically with both B50 complex and ALA for improved effect. ALA was once also regarded as part of the B Vitamins (as thioctic acid)

For more on this see Ted's List here: Remedy Combinations on EC

3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?

Both Iodine and Hydrogen Peroxide kill pathogens very quickly. These anti-pathogen nutrients work completely differently to antibiotics, they kill the pathogens -- including yeast/fungus -- very fast so no chance or opportunity for them to breed in resistance to these chemicals.

The five days on and two days off regimen is up to you.

For borax particularly -- the borax water must always be taken on a 5 days on, 2 days off basis.

4. Is taking a good probiotic ok? 5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..

I would wait at least until you've been on the anti-candida protocol for a month before you take probiotics or pre-biotics because, initially, there may be alot of toxins from heavy metals as well as fungal die-off poisons that will be dumped into the intestines first. This is not beneficial for promoting good bacteria in the gut and which may take a little while to subside. But when the Herxheimer and detoxing effects eventually diminish and the intestines are clear of toxins then that would be the best time to start take the probiotics/prebiotics.

5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?

I initially used both borax and MB as well as coconut oil for my own candida problems. Within two weeks my long term constipation problems reverted to normal dark brown healthy stools(from hard pale yellow stools). So obviously, this protocol was also beneficial for my own gut bacteria.

6. What about ingesting essential oils?

I am currently road testing essential pine oil on myself using coconut oil, castor oil or black seed oil as a carrier for the pine oil (all these carrier oils kill candida as well). I can't get the proper spirit of gum turpentine in the Philippines so I bought the essential pine oil (Pinus sylvestris) which is stronger than ordinary gum spirit turpentine instead.

There are two ways to use the pine oil. Either taken mixed with milk or water where the pine oil will be quickly absorbed into the blood from the stomach -- which will kill pathogens in the blood, detox the blood and help to purify the blood due to strong antioxidant action with little effect in the intestines. But if you have candida in the intestines you must take it with a carrier like sugar(see Jennifer Daniels article) or take it with a carrier oil to avoid direct absorption into the blood from the stomach and, instead, the carrier oil helps to carry the pine oil directly into the intestines where it rapidly acts to kill the candida yeast/fungus and other pathogens. I've also read that a man from Germany took pine oil or kerosene for his own candida problem and cured himself quickly of this disease. And when the doc checked his stool -- the candida was gone and healthy gut bacteria were present in the correct amounts. For more on the healing effects of pine oil -- see this research article by Walter Last.

Here is an article which shows how effective pine oil is against pathogens -- including candida:

http://www.imp.lodz.pl/upload/oficyna/artykuly/pdf/full/--04_09_Mercier.pdf

I currently am using 10 drops of this essential pine oil mixed with a teaspoon of carrier oil, twice a week as a preventative and tonic. I worked up to this dose slowly from an initial 2 drop dose.

7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?

Usually it is the parasite that infects first due to poor diet and poor digestion, with the bacteria and fungal pathogens piggy-backing on the parasites into our bodies. If you confirm a parasite problem then Hulda Clark's Parasite Protocol -- consisting of Wormwood, Cloves and Black Walnut extract -- is one of the best. This protocol also helps to kill fungus/yeast as well.

8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... And stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?

You might be able to get rid of some of your problems through diet but I think a multi-protocol approach that directly attacks the candida and all other bacterial co-infections, disrupts biofilms, detoxes the body andneutralizes mycotoxins, helps support the immune system and the liver together with a good healthy diet will stand a much better chance of being successful.

Many people with candida and other associated pathogen problems or bacterial co-infections very wrongly assume that if they can get rid of candida from their intestines then they will be cured. But candida is a dimorphic organism that can exist as both a yeast or a fungus -- two totally different biological forms of candida that have completely different structural, behavioural and locational forms. The yeast form is a saprophytic feeder -- it only feeds off dead organic matter but the fungal form is a proper parasite that feeds off the host itself. So if you have the fungal form -- this means that the fungal spores will have not only infected your intestines together with the yeast form but they will also be widely disseminated throughout your body -- fully capable of infecting the blood, tissues and organs with the fungal form of candida. So, if you have both the fungal form together with the yeast form of candida then this is particularly difficult to cure unless you use a sensible and wide ranging anti-candida protocol, including a good diet, that not only acts in your intestines but sufficiently acts throughout your body as well as acting to kill both the yeast and fungal forms of candida as well as killing all other bacterial co-infections which might also be involved. So this makes both the yeast and fungal forms of candida together with all other involved co-infections, extremely difficult to eradicate. To believe that candidiasis -- systemic candida -- is as easy to cure as the common cold is therefore a grave mistake.

Most people use the wrong approach or strategy to get rid of candida because they think its a simple disease or they think they are only infected with just the yeast form of candida or they think the problem is just in their intestines. Wrong thinking. In such cases, when people use anti-candida strategies that are too simplistic, ineffective or inappropriate -- what normally happens is that the candida may go away for awhile but it always comes back with a vengeance again and again. I have read this so many times on EC and on many other health blogs too.

1. Can I eat root veggies, carrots, peas, sweet potatoes at all?
2. Is the there a way to mix any of the protocol/fungus killing stuff.. As there is a LOT of stuff w/ liquid to take!!
3. Isn't fungus/yeast always mutating or resistant? So.. Doesnt the protocol have to change every 5 days (so I hear)?
4. Is taking a good probiotic ok?
5. Fermented foods ( Ive been hearing great stuff about it.. Trillions of good bacteria! )..
5. Will the fungus-killing stuff like borox and the MB kill GOOD bacteria?
6. What about ingesting essential oils?
7. Have you heard of parasites giving off a lot of yeast, or is it the yeast overgrowth that attracts the parasites?
8. Isn't it possible to just get rid of parasites by eating REALLY good organic, alkaline, raw foods... Detoxing the kidneys, liver, colon, and blood... and stay on that for awhile? Won't they just 'leave'?

TIMH... No.. No snails.. Hm.. But can it be ingesting through the water? The flukes? How do I know I really have flukes? Can you tell me where I can get good quality parasite stuff... Theres SO much out there, I dont know what to get! I've noticed significant improvement in energy when I juice... I juice 2x/day. Helps with energy! All organic, green juice.. Cucumber.. Celery.. Garlic.. Ginger.. Wheatgrass.. Lemon.. Kale.. Spinach... That is all. Thank you SO much for your input!!!!! God bless!

I suppose you didn't find any snails in the water hole from which you drank???

For immediate relief take hot baths w/ 1/4 cup Epsom Salt, 1/4 cup Baking Soda, 1/4 cup Borax.

Take Garlic Oil Softgels in the AM for parasites and pathogens. Take Oregano Oil Softgels in the PM for parasites and pathogens.

Purchase and use a Zapper to help eradicate parasites and pathogens; Zapper is also good for replenishing energy.

Purchase and use Detox Foot Pads for heavy metal elimination: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR6.TRC1&_nkw=detox foot pads&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Also try Oil Pulling as it is very good for detoxing. Be sure to use mouthwash or rinse before and after.

Also use Coconut Oil daily. Also begin Potassium Iodi(n)(d) supplement to kill pathogens and restore energy.

Biofilm Formation by the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans: Development, Architecture, and Drug Resistance.
Role of dimorphism in the development of Candida albicans biofilms
Recurrent Candidiasis: One Step Forward, Still Backward, (2004)

The above research should open your eyes to the fact that modern medicine still remains quite clueless as to how you should both treat and eradicate candida. Diagnosis of candida by modern medical techniques is also known to be poor and inaccurate:

Biological diagnosis of systemic candidiasis: difficulties and future prospects (2007)

Growing Concern: Inability to Diagnose Vulvovaginal Infections Correctly (2004).

The gist of the above is that modern medicine has not got a good record of either diagnosing or treating candida problems. Indeed Dr Orian Truss's well known book on candida is called Candida: The Missing Diagnosis -- which would seem to blatantly confirm modern medicine's clueless approach in diagnosing candida.

If you want to confirm whether you do indeed have a candida or fungal problem then you should take William Crook's questionnaire. William Crook wrote the book: The Yeast Connection: A Medical Breakthrough. From the book, this questionnaire will confirm, fairly accurately and in minutes at no cost, whether you have an internal yeast/fungal infection. This questionnaire works off a points system to give you a definite result:

William Crook's Questionnaire

To cure your yeast/fungal and co-infections problem I would further recommend that you take the following anti-candida protocol described lower down in this post stream.

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