My poor brother in-law!

If I told you guys the number of symptoms my brother in-law has, you'd flip out! 

FOR YEARS my sister and I.... and every doctor/specialist under the sun, have been trying to find a REAL diagnosis for his 'illnesses'.

So far he has been 'diagnosed' with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, depression, bi-polar, schizophrenia, IBS, Interstitial Cystitis...

....and the list goes on and on and on-- and his mystery symptoms go on and on.  

The only 'symptoms' he does NOT have, are joint pains or joint swelling, any sort of arthalgia or arthritis....and some others that would certainly indicate Lyme.  

All the tests he gets--- from brain scans to MRI's  to extensive blood tests, etc. etc. always come back completely normal/negative.  

The doctors are baffled by the fact that ONE PERSON can have so many different and seemingly unrelated things wrong with them--- mentally as well as physically.  

However, my sister has sent for an IgeneX Lyme panel--- and tests for all co-infections.  We are absolutely going all out to see if he'll test positive for Lyme +.   It's worth a shot.

 

Anyway.....my question of the day is:  Does SED rate have anything to do with Lyme?  You'd think I'd know the answer to this by now, but I don't. 

Mine has always been normal.  My brother in-law's is normal. 

We're just trying to put things together....and rule things in or out. 

 

 

I think it's more common to have all the usual panels of bloodwork come back completely normal. Even in clear cut cases of arthritis where there is an infection raging both ESR and CRP can come back completely normal.

I've got arthritis all over the place, clearly visible on imaging. Even as it's spreading I always come up 100% within normal range on inflamation tests. I don't quite understand the biology of it well enough; maybe it has something to do with the immune suppressive nature of the condition.

Don't forget - you know of a really good LLMD to get your Bro-in-law to for a proper evaluation!!

Wow, that is so great that you remained so persistent to help him.
I was so glad to read that the llmd treated him awhile and I sure hope he shows some improvement soon and gets some relief.

This is totally unreal what all this disease can do to people! I surely wish him all the best and please do post updates.

Spall said...
"I think it's more common to have all the usual panels of bloodwork come back completely normal. Even in clear cut cases of arthritis where there is an infection raging both ESR and CRP can come back completely normal.

I've got arthritis all over the place, clearly visible on imaging. Even as it's spreading I always come up 100% within normal range on inflamation tests. I don't quite understand the biology of it well enough."




If something seriously wrong and the tests show nothing wrong; then the conclusion can only be that something is not being measured.
The test must be short sighted, because when health is bad, something should show up.

Doctors say a person is completely well, because they can't find anything wrong while testing. It is medical arrogance to say that when a problem doesn't show up on the test it does not exist.

Interestingly it has occurred that the deviation from the norm that all chronic diseases have in common is glutathione deficiency. But the regular tests will not measure glutathione, so this factor remains in the dark.

And this is very wrong because glutathione is essential for detoxing, antioxidant activity and immune function. Without the right level of glutathione, the body cannot regenerate itself. Which is the essence of a chronic disease. Otherwise the body would repair damage that has occurred.

If only the panels would contain the item selenium and glutathione, things would become so much clearer. Knowing the central and crucial position of glutathione in the body, chronic illness would not be such a big mystery after all.
Because most chronic degenerative disease have to do with lack of detoxing capacities, lack of antioxidant capacities (or which comes down to the same; free radical overload) and compromised immunefunction. And glutathione plays the major role in all three aspects and a few more.

If glutathione is low, the body will collapse sooner or later on pressure and will not be able to regenerate by itself.

The crazy part of the story is that it appears to be relatively easy and cheap to get glutathione levels up by ingesting enough Brazil nuts and one can be back in business.

It may sound too simple, too good and too cheap to be true, and that is probably the reason this information takes so long to become widely known.

A good article on glutathione. www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/glutathione-the-mother-of_b_530494.html

And about the nuts: www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2209900

Post Edited (Sunnyman) : 10/8/2011 6:54:36 AM (GMT-6)