A federal jury today awarded $41.75 million to a girl who contracted a life-altering disease while on a school trip to China.

The girl, Cara Munn of New York City, was a ninth grader at The Hotchkiss School, a private boarding school in Lakeville, Conn., when she joined a school-supervised trip to China during the summer of 2007.

Prior to, and during the trip, the lawsuit alleges, the school failed to notify the girl or her family that it would be taking the students anywhere other than urban city centers or that that there was a risk of tick-borne diseases where the students would be traveling. The school also failed to ensure that the students take any precautions against disease-transmitting ticks, according to the suit. The school failed to advise the students to wear insect repellent, and it allowed them to walk through a densely wooded area called Mt. Panshan that was known to be a risk
area for Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, and several other tick- and insect-transmitted illnesses, the lawsuit says. As a result, Cara contracted Tick-Borne Encephalitis, suffered brain damage, and is now unable to speak for the rest of her life.

“Hotchkiss failed to take basis safety precautions to protect the minor children in its care. The school should have been on notice that the Mt. Panshan area of China was an insect disease endemic area; but it failed to notify the students or their families that they would be going to Mt. Panshan, and it failed to ensure that anyone use repellent,” said Atty. Antonio Ponvert III of Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder in Bridgeport, CT, who is representing the girl and who tried the case.

The case lasted eight days, and the jury of two men and six women deliberated for about eight hours before returning their verdict.

“I hope that this case will help alert all schools who sponsor overseas trips for minors that they need to check the CDC for disease risks in the areas where they will be travelling, and that they must advise children in their care to use repellant and wear proper clothing when necessary,”
Ponvert said. “Cara’s injuries were easily preventable.”

Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder has offices in Bridgeport, New Haven, Danbury, and Stamford. The nationally known law firm has achieved record verdicts for people who suffer serious personal injuries or economic harm from medical malpractice, violation of their civil or constitutional rights, dangerous products, negligence, drunk drivers, corporate or governmental abuse and commercial misconduct.
(Source: http://www.koskoff.com)

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In the mid-1970s, several children in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, began to suffer from painful, swollen joints. They were diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a rare condition. Clinicians at Yale School of Medicine suspected the cluster of cases was caused by an infectious agent. The illness, dubbed Lyme disease, was soon recorded in an increasing number of patients in the northeastern United States. Symptoms included rashes, fevers, joint and muscle pain, and heart and neurological problems.

National Institutes of Health researcher Willy Burgdorfer identified the culprit in 1982: a spirochete bacterium that, in electron micrograph images, resembles a broken twist of barbed wire. The spirochete, named Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), was first isolated from the gut of ticks collected in woodlands on Shelter Island, New York, where Lyme disease had become endemic.

Thirty years after its discovery, Lyme disease has become by far the most common vectorborne infection in North America. Today the ecology of Bb is the subject of both intense study and intense scientific debate. Some researchers think that protecting large tracts of forest habitat – a strategy that increases the diversity of vertebrate hosts for both Bb and its tick vectors – will ultimately reduce the risk of human
infection. Others argue that there is no predictable relationship between host biodiversity and human disease risk.

Full story: http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.121-a120

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The article is in fact a study that demonstrates that not all mice that come in contact with the borrelia bacteria become infected. Read full study here - http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130405/Not-all-mice-that-come-into-contact-with-Borrelia-contract-Lyme-disease-study-finds.aspx

The truth is, that not all HUMANS that become infected with the borrelia bacteria will develop lyme disease (in fact the majority won’t develop any tick-borne related illness). The same goes for a large number of other infections – hence in many healthy individuals babesia and bartonella cannot escalate into chronic stages, in fact healthy individuals might carry the bacteria and never develop chronic illness.

Not all humans that come in contact with the borrelia bacteria contract Lyme Disease. Studies show that over half the population in Europe carries one or more strings of the borrelia bacteria.

A friend of mine, that has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease  has tested 20 of her friends in a local laboratory (specialized in lyme disease testing) and she was amazed to find out that all the tests were positive for one or more strings of borrelia (all individuals are healthy and show no symptoms of lyme disease).

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Quitting smoking is difficult business, since you’re not only suffering from physical symptoms but there is a strong psychological bond between you and smoking as a habit.

Some people just don’t learn from their mistakes, they never wake up, I probably quit smoking about 20 times now since 2004 when I first started feeling ill and the more I’ve been on this roller-coaster of quitting and relapsing the more I’ve learned (I guess the hard way). As they say… it’s never too late to change.

Dozens of books have been written on quitting smoking, and I’ll just refer to Allen Carr’s (The Easy Way) because I find it to be the biggest scam there could ever be published and released onto the market. Don’t get me wrong, there are things that are worthwhile reading in the book, but the main idea behind this book just doesn’t match the reality of quitting smoking. There is no such thing as The East Way to quit smoking, and I’m talking about 20+ quits and probably several hundreds of hours browsing quit smoking forums along the years. Everyone goes through withdrawals, and quitting is NOT easy.

In my opinion, and many people might disagree, the big problem with smoking is NOT the nicotine! It’s 80% psychological, 10% nicotine withdrawal and 10% a dramatic change in your body chemistry, as it tries to get rid of all the poisonous chemicals and restore a healthy balance.

The psychological side of smoking – You need to smoke because you simply trained your brain to smoke, it’s simply a part of your whole being. It’s a behavior that is deep in your subconscious mind period. You had a smoke with your morning cup of coffee, you are used to have a smoke after work or after you had sex. Basically as a smoker you never leave your cigarette, which means it’s a behavior you have learned and it all comes from your subconscious mind. Then comes the nicotine addiction which in my opinion is the least problematic.

Why nicotine is not the main problem and how can we prove this?

Numerous people have been going through terrible withdrawals and mood swings even on the patch or nicotine gum. Some have been on NRTs for months and still didn’t get their life back, some even suffer from terrible anxiety or depression. So is it the nicotine? The short answer is no. It’s more of a psychological addiction rather than a substance addiction, that is why people get severe anxiety and depression even months into their quit.

It’s simple, the nicotine leaves your body entirely within 24 – 48 hours of the last administration so what are all the nasty withdrawal symptoms about? Thousands of chemicals leaving your body. Your body is basically into a healing and detoxifying mode that waste a ton of your energy. The body can’t deal with all the chemical detoxification all at once, hence you suffer from dozens of bodily symptoms. You can have symptoms ranging from muscle aches, panic attacks, chest pains, headaches and I’ve seen on other forums more severe symptoms such as numbness in the limbs, vision problems, hallucinations etc.

Your body is in a constant detox mode that might last anywhere between 1 – 3 months.

A lot of the symptoms might also be psychosomatic. There is just too much stress overtaking your entire being to the point where your body can’t take it any longer and that’s when you experience psychosomatic symptoms.

Every single one of my quits has been pretty similar – I quit – I started feeling worse, even if I was using nicotine replacement therapies – gum, nicotine inhalers, e-cigs and so on. (by the way e-cigarettes are much safer than some nasal nicotine inhalers * studies show.

One step at the time, your body is healing and detoxing heavily from …….. mercury…. aluminium ……. arsenic ….. carbon monoxide ….. no need to go on..

Smoking and chronic illness just don’t go hand in hand.

Hugs

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Parasites reduce your fitness in many ways. Parasitic diseases account for a large proportion of human sicknesses.

Candida albicans is a fungus (a form of yeast), which causes oral and genital infections in humans.

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Some people who have attempted self-help have been given a diagnosis of TMJ, but for any number of reasons— including financial concerns, other health problems that take priority, or geographical location—do not seek treatment to get rid of the cause of their pain. Many people with TMJ experience symptoms erratically. They go along year after year, having temporary bouts with pain, and manage to cope. Since TMJ is not life-threatening, the decision to seek treatment is private and personal. Those who suffer minor and infrequent symptoms often feel, reasonably, that their problem is not serious enough to warrant treatment at that time. But at least they know that a permanent solution to their problems is available if symptoms worsen.

People who do not choose treatment often wonder what they can do for themselves to attempt to prevent or relieve TMJ symptoms. The suggestions given here may work in particular cases. If they don’t prevent or relieve symptoms, then you are one of the majority. This is important to remember. Patients often feel that if self-help measures don’t work, TMJ isn’t really their problem; they even may believe that the pain is of psychological origin. This only adds to their stress. Give these suggestions a try if you wish, but do not fall into the trap of believing there is no reason for your pain. The secret of success in treating pain syndromes is proper diagnosis.

PAIN KILLERS

It’s certainly logical for people to try over-the-counter pain relievers for minor problems. It’s important to remember that aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen may mask minor symptoms, but will not cure the real problem. These pain relievers just raise the person’s threshold for being bothered by the discomfort.

Those who do find relief with over-the-counter pain killers usually find they’re- most effective if taken when the pain first starts. However, for most people with other than very mild TMJ symptoms, this self-help measure is of little use. Most patients report that they take them more out of hope that they will get some relief rather than from the experience of finding help through them. One patient said, “The chances of any pain relievers working are about one in ten, but I try them despite the odds.”

It’s a common—but not advisable—practice to keep leftover prescription pain relievers in the home medicine cabinet. Patients have commented that these rarely are of any use. In general, neither over-the-counter nor prescription drugs are particularly helpful for TMJ symptoms.

KEEPING THE TEETH APART

TMJ-related muscles spasms are triggered when the teeth touch each other or are ground together in an abnormal gearing relationship. Consequently, one of the most important home prevention methods is to avoid letting your teeth touch each other. This is much easier said than done, however. The teeth close every time you swallow, and the swallowing reflex occurs about 2,000 times a day. Teeth also naturally touch when you are under stress, or when you pick up something heavy.

Although it is possible to consciously try to keep the teeth apart during the day just by using willpower, many TMJ sufferers find an “artificial” method helpful. If you want to try this method, take a small cotton ball, or cotton roll like those used in dentistry, or a tightly rolled piece of tissue, and hold it between your teeth on one side. You can use your tongue and cheek to keep the cotton ball or tissue from falling off the biting surfaces of the teeth.

It might seem that the purpose of the ball in this location is to physically keep the teeth from touching. Actually, its purpose is to let you know when your teeth are beginning to close down on each other. It feels unusual to try to close the teeth when there is an obstruction. This feeling triggers awareness, and when this technique is successful, the user is often able to keep the teeth apart a significant portion of the day.

This technique may sound impractical. It takes some practice and perseverance, but it is actually one of the most effective self-help techniques available. People who use it trade off a dry feeling in their mouths for relief or prevention. They also learn to work and concentrate with a foreign object in their mouths. Sometimes people report that the tissue dissolves quickly. This happens when the tissue isn’t tightly rolled.

Some years ago a patient who didn’t want to pursue treatment at the time of diagnosis tried this technique. She found it impractical for herself, because she couldn’t work with the public in her sales job with a mouth full of cotton. However, she suggested it to her husband, a computer programmer, who experienced a headache every afternoon. He attributed his headaches to the stress of deadlines and the intense concentration his work required. He found the cotton-roll technique helpful because he could avoid clenching his teeth as the pressure of the day built.

Because he found the technique so successful, he told others in the office about it. Before long, the company nurse noticed a steady stream of workers coming in after lunch asking for cotton rolls. She became curious about the reasons for the run on the cotton-roll supply, and her investigation eventually led her to call my office. Her response to my explanation was, “It must work, because I’m having fewer requests for aspirin.”

This self-help technique became a company joke, and those who used it were the objects of much teasing. Other people, not familiar with the strain of regular headaches, couldn’t understand how anyone could tolerate such an inconvenience. Only those who understand this kind of pain know that in this case anyway, the prevention is much more convenient than tolerating the discomfort of a headache.

Warning: This technique must not be used during sleeping hours, because there is a great danger that the cotton ball, tissue, or other home device will be either swallowed accidentally, or drawn into the lungs or air passages connecting the lungs. These are extremely dangerous situations. Do not use this technique any time you have a condition that suppresses your cough or gag reflex, or when exercising strenuously. Also do not use it when there is even a slight possibility of dozing or losing alertness, as when drinking alcohol, using any drug, watching television, or lying down to relax. Use this technique only when you are going about routine activities fully awake, alert, and aware.

The cotton-ball or tissue technique may be successful during the day, but because of the danger involved, keeping the teeth from touching is a much more difficult problem during the night. The best technique, and perhaps the only one with some success at night, is simply to sleep on your back with a small pillow beneath your neck. Your neck arches and extends your head backward. Before you try it, ask your physician if there is any reason this sleeping position is inappropriate for you. Unfortunately, most people find this position nearly impossible, because they naturally and unconsciously move to their sides and stomachs during the night.

It may seem surprising that sleeping position is related to TMJ problems, but picture the body in various sleeping postures. Except when you sleep on your back, your jaw must rest on something—your arm, the pillow, or the mattress. This can push the teeth together, and may also force the jaw into an abnormal and strained position.

Using an artificial method during the day—the tissue or cotton ball—and sleeping on your back at night may help prevent the onset of symptoms or relieve them should they occur. This applies to all the TMJ symptoms, not just headaches. Virtually all TMJ symptoms are the result of the teeth touching in an abnormal gearing scheme. The resulting muscle spasms produce the complement of symptoms discussed in this book, including extremity numbness, middle-ear symptoms, and shoulder pain.

BREAKING HABITS

Some common habits can contribute to TMJ problems. Most people aren’t aware that these habits can exacerbate symptoms or trigger them in the first place.

Anyone with a susceptibility to TMJ problems should avoid chewing gum. It can create problems in two ways. First, it tends to overwork the very muscles causing the pain. In the process of chewing gum, the teeth generally do not touch each other directly. This tends to trick the neuromuscular system into relaxing, making the system vulnerable to the spasm-triggering mechanism or the still present gearing problem when the gum is no longer in the mouth.

Many patients have complained about experiencing almost constant headaches that began after they stopped smoking cigarettes. They started to chew gum to help themselves cope with the withdrawal period. Most patients first attributed these headaches to nicotine withdrawal, then realized that this was not the case, since the headaches didn’t go away in a short period of time. Rather, the gum chewing itself became a habit, and the constant movement of the jaw plus the “tricking” of the neuromuscular system brought on TMJ symptoms. Breaking the gum-chewing habit was enough to relieve symptoms in many of these patients.

Other small, often unconscious habits may contribute to TMJ problems. Chewing on pens or pencils is one example. One patient said this habit was as hard to break as giving up cigarettes, but once she did, the frequency and severity of her symptoms declined. Chewing and clamping down on pipes and cigars can have the same unbalancing effect on the jaw. When the jaw is out of balance, the temporomandibular joint is stressed, possibly triggering symptoms.

If you have any of the symptoms of TMJ— even mild ones—try to be more conscious of how many times you rest your head, chin, or jaw on the heel of your hands. The jaw sits on your hands in a position that can add to the pressure on your teeth and then trigger the pain mechanism. Curbing this habit can help, although patients report that it’s difficult to do.

TELEPHONE USE

The telephone, a tool we consider indispensable in modern life, can also greatly contribute to TMJ problems: This occurs when the receiver is held between the shoulder and the ear in order to free both hands. In this position, the telephone rests on, and stresses, the lower jaw. This unnatural pressure may trigger TMJ problems. The neck muscles are also strained, and this may exacerbate the muscle spasms.

Unfortunately, there are devices available that aid in and promote this cradling position and contribute to TMJ problems in susceptible people. Probably no major problems will result from cradling a telephone receiver with or without a device, for a minute or two once in a while. However, some people use these devices to extremes. Distorting the position of, and putting pressure on, the lower jaw, head, and neck significantly contribute to TMJ problems.

Fortunately for people who must use the telephone with both hands free, the cradling problem is easily solved without adding strain on the head, neck, and jaw. Speaker telephones, which don’t even need to be held, are now widely available. Another helpful device is a headset similar to those used by telephone operators and pilots. These lightweight headsets do not put any strain on the muscles in the head and neck, nor do they stress the jaw.

DIET

Eating foods with certain textures may trigger or worsen TMJ symptoms. Hard, crunchy foods like Corn Nuts or hard candy or chewy caramels can be extremely stressful to the jaw. Chewing on ice can have the same effect. A few foods have mixed consistencies and the jaw is “tricked” into thinking the food is soft. Because the jaw is confused, it doesn’t protect itself against the hard pieces of food that are mixed with the soft; the jaw is “surprised” when it encounters them, and muscle spasms may be triggered. An example of this is a walnut or a shell inside a soft cookie. A small piece of bone in a hamburger is another example, and these situations can be significant triggers for TMJ symptoms.

The pressures and unbalancing effects on the jaw necessary to break apart hard foods can stress the temporomandibular joint, and the neuromuscular system may respond to the stress by triggering spasms. Additionally, the teeth and fillings may be damaged by the force of the confused jaw mechanism.

Eliminating hard foods is often advisable for TMJ sufferers because it gives the jaw mechanism a chance to rest. There is a literal rule of thumb advisable for TMJ patients: They should open their mouths no wider than necessary to accommodate a thumb.

STRESS MANAGEMENT

Many people try to reduce their symptoms through stress reduction techniques. Physical exercise is one of the most widely accepted ways to handle stress, yet many types of exercise will increase the tendency to clamp down on the teeth or tighten the jaw. Bicycle riding, jogging, weight lifting, using exercise equipment, aerobic dancing, and skiing can often trigger or worsen symptoms. This is particularly frustrating for patients who take up these activities with high hopes of reducing their symptoms. One young woman recently reported that she tried one exercise after another in an attempt to relieve stress. At one point she was engaging in some kind of exercise every day—riding many miles on her bicycle, taking workout classes, jogging on an indoor track—and her symptoms kept getting worse. “I’m thin, trim, and strong,” she said, “but I live with constant pain.”

If TMJ sufferers take special care to consciously keep the teeth apart, exercise can be enjoyable and possibly beneficial to TMJ as well. However, the artificial method of keeping the teeth apart with tissue or cotton is inappropriate—even dangerous—during exercise.

Some patients have said that they are able to walk briskly and consciously keep their upper and lower teeth from touching. Brisk walking is an excellent conditioning exercise, and many people find it relaxing as well. Some people can jog and still keep their teeth apart, but most runners say this is difficult.

When people decide to get treatment for TMJ, one of the rewards is the ability to take up activities that once triggered or worsened their symptoms. Once treatment eliminates the cause of the problem, the person can use strenuous exercise for any desired reason—pleasure, stress management, weight reduction—without causing painful symptoms.

Some people who suffer from frequent mild to moderate headaches and neck and shoulder stiffness may find that relaxation techniques are sometimes helpful in preventing the onset of symptoms. Some people are more vulnerable to the effects of stress than others, and keeping stress levels low and manageable may help.

Most TMJ patients report that severity and frequency of symptoms rise and fall with changes in stress. Other patients report that symptoms apparently have nothing to do with stress. This area of health care still needs much exploration, and it’s difficult to measure how stress affects conditions like TMJ.

Sometimes attempts to prevent or relieve symptoms can become a vicious self-defeating cycle, and the person in pain ends up full of self-blame and a sense of failure. The effort to relieve stress and practice good self-care techniques can become an enormous stress in itself.

Vickie Green was a patient whose life became a cycle of self-care and stress management that dominated all of her daily life. She had a rigid routine that she had developed over several years of trying to avoid pain.

Ms. Green often woke up with a mild headache, but even if she didn’t, she took a long hot shower using a pulsating shower head to simulate massage. “If I had a headache, the long shower helped keep it from getting worse,” she said. “If I didn’t have one, I hoped the shower would prevent it. I stayed in the shower long enough to feel like a prune.”

Ms. Green also played a relaxation tape before she left for work in the morning, was scrupulous about her diet, drank only herbal teas, and had long since given up cigarettes and any drink containing caffeine. “I watched every single thing I put in my mouth and ate a minimum of six times a day. I ended up avoiding certain restaurants because I didn’t want any added sugar or food with preservatives,” she said. “I had been told that low blood sugar could cause my headaches, or preservatives, or too much sugar, or even other people’s cigarette smoke, so it was difficult to socialize with people and go places that are a normal part of life.

Ms. Green played another progressive relaxation tape in the women’s lounge at her office during her lunch hour. Two or three times a week, she had a massage after work; other nights she took yoga classes. When she came home, she stood in a hot shower again and played still another relaxation tape when she went to bed.

Much of what Ms. Green did in her self-care program constitutes a healthful lifestyle. No health care practitioner would discourage any of these things in and of themselves. “If this regimen had worked all the time, I may have just kept it up for the rest of my life. But after three or four years of this, I still have pain.” The cycle of stress management and pain prevention had left this patient unable to have a meaningful social life. Those few people still left in her life saw this regimen as neurotic, and she herself was sick of the self-absorption.

Ms. Green’s case may sound unusual, but it isn’t. I’ve heard this kind of story over and over again. Another patient, Joe Sterling, had a similar self-care regimen, which included regular visits with a hypnotist and meditation classes. If he skipped one of his classes or hypnosis sessions, he ended up filled with self-defeat. He ended up blaming his pain on his own inability to deal with what most people would consider normal stresses of life.

These examples aren’t meant to discourage anyone from pursuing a healthful lifestyle. In fact, patients should engage in any activity that enhances their lives and contributes to their overall well-being. But in Ms. Green’s case, she practiced the activities so obsessively and rigidly that they prevented her from living a “real” life. Mr. Sterling ended up deeply depressed because he thought he was too weak to handle life.

Because of cases like those described, bear in mind that self-help measures do not always work for TMJ sufferers. And even when they do, they should not necessarily be viewed as a substitute for treatment, especially when the measures themselves lead to self-absorption, depression, and excessively rigid living.

HEAT AND COLD

Once symptoms begin, there is one home remedy that can sometimes break the muscle-spasm cycle and relieve symptoms. Although this method is not used in my office treatment protocol, it is sometimes used by pain clinics and physical therapists. It is a practical method to use at home.

This method alternates the use of heat and cold therapy. The goal of the combination of heat and cold therapy is to irritate the muscle thermally in an attempt to break the spasm cycles. Anyone trying this method should use moist heat and ice alternately—hot packs for twenty minutes, cold packs for twenty minutes, nothing for twenty minutes. This hourly sequence can be repeated as needed.

Although it is less effective and penetrating, sometimes dry heat will accomplish what moist heat can. If wrapping hot moist towels around the head and neck is impractical, then a heating pad can be used. Sometimes using heat or cold alone will relieve muscle-spasm pain.

People have to decide for themselves at what point TMJ symptoms are manageable and at what point they are seriously interfering with their lives. This is an individual decision, but when life becomes an endless cycle of preventing symptoms or coping with them, seeking help is probably advisable.

L.E M.D

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Like many other people that have been struggling with getting a proper diagnoses for 5 or ever 30 years, I am one of them that has been sent to psychiatrist over and over again for the last 8 years. Sure thing, the disease has progressed, I’m not complaining, I know there people that barely walk or talk, but still the “mysterious” illness is still affecting my life and I will never stop researching and treating myself, not until I will be 100% healed.

I’m long off of antibiotics now, 2 months to be more exact. Following the antibiotic treatment, I’ve been taking Cat’s Claw and raw garlic, and now I’m off any kind of treatment. I’m doing a little better than I was doing when I wrote my last post, unfortunately I’m still dealing with many neurological and musco-skeletal symptoms. The headaches won’t subside (I do take pain killers now (Ibuprofen 800 twice a day), the neck stiffness and upper spine pain has returned ever since I stopped antibiotics, the anxiety has increased and I’m also dealing with “pins and needles”, sore throat, hot flashes, vision issues, mild swallowing issues as if something is stuck in my throat and to top it all, I have a constant irritable mood, due to a persistent sinus infection (that never really leaves me either).

Heh, that’s just a bit about me. I will no longer afford antibiotics and anyways I feel somewhere deep inside that they’re not the real cure, especially in chronic cases, or may I say that antibiotics alone will not cure anyone. It takes much more than that – positive thinking, a healthy and strict diet, a huge lifestyle change and a low-stress environment. There is much more to be added, but these are just the main factors.

I’ve also managed to quit smoking again (I wasn’t smoking a whole lot lately) but it was sure enough to harm my body one day at the time. I’m dealing with the withdrawal at the moment which is terrible, however I’m sticking to my plan. No more smoking cigarettes for me. This is the first step I’m taking when it comes to “lifestyle changes”.

Still working on my diet and exercise.

Hope everyone is doing well.

May your day be filled with peace.

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