Virus connection to seizures

[RobinN]

A lot of great questions Denise.
Google: Video Excitotoxins The taste that kills.
It should be the first item that comes up with your search. Otherwise use this link:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...05525501310962

Here are some links that show you what vaccines still have mercury in them:
http://www.personalinjurylawyernetwo...utvaccines.htm
http://home.san.rr.com/via/
http://www.autismcoach.com/Autism%20...s%20Banned.htm
http://www.whale.to/vaccines.html

There are ways to manage the vaccination schedule to make it safer. I believe they do give the vaccines without preservatives if you ask for it. You also can get the vaccines seperated, and not given all at once. Spread them out a bit.

I am not sure if I would give the same amount in the same time frame that was offered to me. There are ways depending on the state that you live in whether or not you must vaccinate. I also know that many parents are choosing to not and they get an exemption either for religious reasons or perhaps medical. Be aware that some doctors won't treat a child that has not had his vaccinations, and then again there is a growing number of doctors that believe they are harmful. It is a matter of personal choices.

[Shelley]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l0RDD1TPPw
In the bottom rt hand corner, there is a button called menu. Click on it, click copu url, then paste url to address line, or whatever you want to do with it.

[RobinN]

An invading virus should be subdued and immobilized by the immune system, lying dormant and harmless in the body. In the gut, certain agents of the immune system in the mucosal lining usually conquer any viruses. However, if the intestinal mucosa is damaged or is deficient this can leave an opening for a virus to be reactivated, get out of control and become industrious in the gut, and even spread to other parts of the body. The same doorway results from having a weakened immune system. This may force the immune system to constantly work at a higher level. It becomes overburdened on a daily basis, yet cannot completely destroy or subdue the virus.

A number of research studies have established various viruses are present in some children with developmental delays such as autism, and often accompany persistent digestive and health problems. Documented viruses include the stealth virus, herpes virus, measles, chicken pox, Epstein-Barr, and viral encephalitis. There is evidence that viruses can cause dysfunction in the brain and damage the protective coating, called myelin, around the nerves. This leaves the nerves exposed and susceptible to damage. Viruses are suspected as agents in many autoimmune diseases as well.

A basic therapy against such viruses needs to focus on the immune system: improving its ability to function, strengthening it, and enabling it to work at a more typical rate and manner in addition to eliminating the pathogens, if possible.

Enzymes, particularly the proteases, turn out to be an excellent therapy to use against a virus by working on several levels. Many viruses are surrounded by a protective protein film, something a protease enzyme can digest away. Eliminating this coating leaves the viruses unprotected and vulnerable to antivirals and destruction. There is also research showing how enzymes support the immune system helping it to more effectively work on problems in the body, including viruses.

http://www.enzymestuff.com/rtVirusStudyReport.htm


Then just for once consider how many virus' are injected into our babies. How many more they are attempting to demand that we give as well...including the "new" wonder drug, Gardasil. How do these virus' morph and change within each individual. Not necessarily causing symptoms that are seen on the outside, but rather issues that go undetected for years. Sure you might get eczema or an unknown rash, or intestinal issues. They are never ever connected to a virus that might have been dormant for quite sometime.

I continue to be amazed when I read other neurologist sites, and that people are recovering from disorders that were once thought of as life sentences. This is being done with removing the virus from the body. Pretty awesome direction that certain doctors (DAN) are looking into.

[RobinN]

I have practiced pediatrics for twenty-two years, the last fifteen years seeing only children with developmental disabilities, which include learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy, mental retardation and autism.

In 1978, I learned as a resident at Boston Floating Hospital that the incidence of autism was one in 10,000 children. Over the last ten years I have watched the incidence of autism skyrocket to 1/300-1/600 children.

Over the last nine months, I have treated over 1,200 children in my office. Ninety percent of these children are autistic and from the Richmond area alone. Yet the State Department of Education reports that there are only 1,522 autistic students in the entire state of Virginia.

I live in a small middle class neighborhood with twenty-three houses. I recently counted thirty children who live in this community who are on medication for ADHD. One week ago my oldest son, who is gifted but dyslexic, had twelve neighborhood friends over for dinner. As I looked around the table, all of these children but one had dilated pupils. After two-and-one-half months of taking vitamin A and D in cod liver oil, my son announced, "I can read now! The letters don’t jump around on the page anymore!" He is able to focus and his handwriting has improved dramatically. In his high school for college-bound dyslexic students, 68 of 70 teenagers report seeing headlights with starbursts, a symptom of congenital stationary nightblindness.

I think we are staring a disaster in the face that has affected thousands of Americans. The children with autism or dyslexia/ADHD are lucky. There are many other children not identified, just disconnected.

We must direct all of our resources and efforts to establish multi-disciplinary centers to treat these children. Insurance companies should pay for evaluations, both medical and psychiatric, and treatment. These children are physically ill, immunosuppressed with a chronic autoimmune disorder affecting multiple organ systems.

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/autism.html

[RobinN]

Stan Kurtz just posted this on his yahoo group:
www.stankurtz.com

Nature. 2007 May 17;447(7142):326-9. Links
Herpesvirus latency confers symbiotic protection from bacterial infection.

Barton ES, White DW, Cathelyn JS, Brett-McClellan KA, Engle M, Diamond MS, Miller VL,
Virgin HW 4th.

Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University Medical School, 660
South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

All humans become infected with multiple herpesviruses during childhood. After clearance
of acute infection, herpesviruses enter a dormant state known as latency. Latency persists
for the life of the host and is presumed to be parasitic, as it leaves the individual at risk
for subsequent viral reactivation and disease. Here we show that herpesvirus latency also
confers a surprising benefit to the host. Mice latently infected with either murine
gammaherpesvirus 68 or murine cytomegalovirus, which are genetically highly similar to
the human pathogens Epstein-Barr virus and human cytomegalovirus, respectively, are
resistant to infection with the bacterial pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Yersinia
pestis. Latency-induced protection is not antigen specific but involves prolonged
production of the antiviral cytokine interferon-gamma and systemic activation of
macrophages. Latency thereby upregulates the basal activation state of innate immunity
against subsequent infections. We speculate that herpesvirus latency may also sculpt the
immune response to self and environmental antigens through establishment of a polarized
cytokine environment. Thus, whereas the immune evasion capabilities and lifelong
persistence of herpesviruses are commonly viewed as solely pathogenic, our data suggest
that latency is a symbiotic relationship with immune benefits for the host.
PMID: 17507983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Human Herpesvirus-6B with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

[RobinN]

http://www.wisconsinlab.com/hhv6.htm
www.stankurtz.com

Yes, now the HHV6 connection to seizures is interesting to me.

I know several families who have kids that have seizures and the kids
also have high HHV6. And as you'll see below 16% of febrile seizures
are linked to HHV6 in one study and Valtex is not the best at treating
HHV6. So is there a possibility that not treating HHV6 correctly
could cause a seizure in kids who commonly get seizures, I suspect yes.

Could treating everything else but the HHV-6 cause a problem? Maybe, yes.

For folks with raised HHV6 levels you may want to consider Kudapressin
(Nexavir) and/or Red Marine Algae (natural alternative). Studies
about both are under the seizure/HHV6 reference.

Other ones I have been looking at are Immunovir (Isoprinosine) (looks
interesting) , and Amantadin (just getting started looking at that).

I'll put together an HHV6 section to the anti-infectious document over
the next month.

Lastly, I see a lot reports of folks with high HHV-6 titers do really
well with Valtrex, clinically speaking. So if my child have HHV-6
today and did not have seizures I would certainly jump right in with
the Valtrex/anti-infectious combination strategy but at the same time
I would also be looking at these other therapies for HHV-6.

If my child had seizure activity and HHV6 I would consider trying the
HHV6 antivirals first before trying the rest of the anti-infectious
strategy.

That's my view about what I would do with my child anyway. Again, I'm
not a seizure specialist. Just sharing my view of course.

- Stan

[RobinN]

http://www.plazamedicine.com/hhv6/hhv6_1.html

Our group has been intensely interested in HHV-6 infection for the past two years. We have been studying a variety of disease associations, especially in the previously healthy adult who has developed new onset disease (examples: multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia). Based on the studies and observations in our own patient population, as well as an extensive review of the medical literature, it is our belief that this virus can establish a chronic active infection in certain patient populations and lead to chronic diseases via several different postulated mechanisms. We believe this represents an evolving understanding of a "New Paradigm" of human diseases related to the chronic active HHV-6 infection. In working with these concepts for over two years, it has become clear that this is a very complicated pathophysiological and clinical puzzle. Herein, we present this new paradigm and begin to "piece together" some of this intriguing puzzle. The process of "piecing together" the puzzle of newly described microbial pathogens is indeed not new to those of us who have spent our medical careers in the field of infectious diseases.

In this era of global communication and rapid access to a massive amount of information on the Internet, we believe it is important to share our observations and ideas about this new paradigm with the health care community and the interested public in a time efficient fashion. Putting forth these new disease concepts in the venue of the "information highway" is somewhat non-traditional. However, our goal is to stimulate interest, generate new ideas from others, further research interests, and share current information in a rapid, global format. In the end, we hope that our small addition to the information network will help lead to better care and treatments for our patients and improve the lives of mankind.