Antihelmintics in the treatment of Lyme disease (click for more info)

Parasites are likely to infect most everyone. It is estimated that as many as 85% of the world’s population is infected with one parasite or another. In fact, it is highly likely that you are infected by anyone or more of than over 1000 known parasites which can live in your body at any one time. 


It’s believed by some scientists that parasitic infection is more responsible for diseases like cancer, diabetes and liver dysfunction and others than traditionally accepted. Parasitic infections accelerate HIV to full blown AIDS. 


Parasites are difficult to test for, and often present symptomatic characteristics of other diseases, like flu and colds, migraine headaches, cysts, neurological disorders, anemia, chronic fatigue and general tiredness, frequent constipation, chronic weight problems, iron deficiency, etc. 

Mostly we become infected with parasites from our food and water sources. Undercooked meat (beef, pork, poultry) and undercooked or raw seafood (raw oysters, sushi) are the most common vectors, as well as unwashed fruits and vegetables. Drinking contaminated water and swimming in water as found in lakes and rivers will expose us to parasites as well. 

Parasites can also be transmitted by human contact alone, through drinking from the same glass, eating from the same utensils, kissing, sneezing and other exchanges of body fluids. Animals (pets and their fleas/mites/ticks) are also common carriers which transmit the parasite to human hosts. Simply petting and grooming our pets can facilitate infection, the parasites’ eggs passing from their fur to our hands, nose and mouth. 


Some parasites (eg. pinworms) can even be transmitted through the air and are in the dust we breath. It’s likely, therefore, that those who live in the same household will all have the same parasitic infections, whether they are currently symptomatic or not. 

Iodine and Lyme Disease...... Beyond anti-biotics

An interesting article on the possible benefits of Iodine on Lyme Disease.
Building the body's mineral reserves has been an essential part of some heavy metal detox programmes.

Lyme disease: A Look Beyond Antibiotics
Dietrich K.Klinghardt, MD, PhD
Bellevue WA aant@neuraltherapy.com 1/7/05 and 1/7/06
425-637-9339

"In the last decade the majority of outcome-oriented physicians observed a
major shift: we realized that it was neither the lack of vitamins or growth
hormone that made our patients ill. We discovered that toxicity and chronic
infections were most often at the core of the client’s suffering. We watched
the discussion, which infection may be the primary one: mycoplasma, stealth
viruses, HHV-6, trichomonas, Chlamydia pneumoniae, leptospirosis,
mutated strep, or what else?

The new kid on the block is Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) and some of us have
looked at it for a long time as possibly being the bug that opens the door for
all the other infections to enter the system. Lyme disease has become a
buzzword in the alternative medical field. Since none of the recommended
treatments are specific to either one of the microbes, we can never assume
that we really know what we treated once a patient has recovered."


It appears that many patients with MS, ALS, Parkinson’s disease, autism,
joint arthritis, chronic fatigue, sarcoidosis and even cancer are infected with
Borrelia burgdorferi. But is the infection causing the illness or is it an
opportunistic infection simply occurring in people weakened by other
illnesses.

http://www.klinghardtacademy.com/images/stories/Lyme_Disease/Lyme_protocol_Jan06.pdf