Tag: Lyme Disease
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#COVID19 and the Dance of the Rats
Living in social housing, the tension can be felt amongst us like a simmering ghetto stew.
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Wine Hangover? think Histamine…
Most of us associate the word histamine with pollen and allergies but histamine is one of the key compounds that connect many of our body’s processes.There are four histamine receptors in the body, H1, H2, H3 and H4, and only H1 and H2 are involved in our allergenic response to pollen, creating common symptoms such…
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Cannabis oil and being a single, white female
Not being one to partake in recreational drugs, but following a bicycle indecent recently, I was struggling to cope with the pain despite being prescribed a powerful anti-inflammatory and paracetamol every four hours.I turned to our dear, revered Mary Jane, at just the right moment. You see, in the past I had attempted to use…
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#Fibromyalgia: the 21st century cover up?
Considering its literal description – ’tissue pain’ – it’s beyond me how the medical profession is still getting away with it. But, yes, Fibromyalgia (FM) is the general label given to the condition suffered by so many people, predominantly women, who have a set of symptoms that their GP can’t or won’t investigate.
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My Introduction to Lyme Disease
The testing system used in the UK is seriously outdated and inaccurate – many people are said to remain undiagnosed because of this system. The true figure of people suffering with Lyme Disease and its many co-infections in the UK is impossible to estimate.
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Relationships and Chronic Illness
Receiving empathy, for someone with a chronic illness, can be like trying to get blood out of a stone. In part, this may be because chronic illnesses can frequently be invisible and, meanwhile, people judge a “book by its cover” – and person by their appearance.
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Biofilmaker
More and more people are discovering that they are harboring strange, goop-like substance inside their bodies, and are going to great lengths to get it out. This can be linked to IBS, ulcerative colitis, even Crohn’s disease, and has been given different names. These include ‘mucoid plaque’ and ropeworms’.
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Lyme and Co. – UK versus USA
The majority of people diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the UK had to obtain their diagnosis outside the UK, in the private sector. The same goes for the treatment. With regards to the diagnosis, the problem is that the testing system used in the UK is outdated and inaccurate.