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Posted 5/2/2018 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
My eyes are so dark they are nearly black. And I'm having a hell of a time with abx.

Bob how large was your survey? How did you acquire participants?
Posted 5/2/2018 5:41 AM (GMT 0)
Blue eyes here too!
Posted 5/2/2018 1:15 PM (GMT 0)
Personally I don't see any connection... I have really green eyes with no blue in them, just specks of gold.

All I know is I should be wearing my sunglasses more often!! LOL!

Denise
Posted 5/2/2018 4:15 PM (GMT 0)
Kalymika, the final number analyzed in the survey was 248 (there were more, but I had to weed out non-U.S. participants). It was a simple single-question facebook poll posted in a large group, and folks just responded with their eye color. With such surveys, one has to be careful in posing the question. "Are your eyes blue?" will gather more blue responses because some folks without blue eyes may tend to think "Oh, that survey is not for me", and less non-blue may participate, possibly skewing results. So, I didn't give away the answer I was expecting with the question, just asked "what color are your eyes".

After I did the analysis, I found out that a similar analysis was done for MS years ago. That was published formally, and there was a strong correlation there as well. Light eyes are an ethnic marker, the explanation for the association may be as simple as those with northern European genes are more susceptible (to various autoimmune disorders). It is not likely (in my view) that light-colored eyes are directly connected to lyme (I hope that is not how folks here are interpreting), just indirectly as a broad ethnicity marker.
Posted 5/11/2018 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
I also have blue eyes, am hyper-hypersensitive, have multiple infections making me super sick (currently bed bound) and am having a horrible time even starting anything for treatment. I also am 99% European and have the MTHFR (which causes methylation problems), COMT (increased sensitivity to pain) and CBS (impedes detoxification) gene mutations. I apologize if this was mentioned in this thread already. I'm so tired that I'm having problems reading and lines are jumping around on me but I did want to share this info in case it was interesting and/or helpful. I have done both the 23andMe and Genes for Good genetic tests so if you are curious about other gene mutations I may have, feel free to ask! BTW, Genes for Good is doing FREE genetic testing in exchange for answering some extremely simple health study questions (takes about 10 mins over 3 days to qualify for the 'spit kit') . The results can take awhile as the news has gotten out and they have so many people now wanting to participate that the normal 3 month turn around is closer to 5 or 6 months now, but it's completely free and gives you more raw data than 23andMe does with A LOT of good genetic information. There are many sites now that you can go to and plug your genetic info into that help you make sense of it all too.

I should actually make a separate post about GfG in case others are curious about their genetic makeup and how it could be affecting their own recoveries. If you want to check them out, just type in Genes for Good on FB and it should pull them up. It's a little daunting allowing your genes to be used for research, but the more people that do, the more they will be able to learn about how everyone's genetic makeup influences disease and human traits and I think it's a project that could lead to some huge breakthroughs so I completely support it. I imagine that it's not going to be a whole lot longer before you'll be able to have a genetic test and get a highly detailed completely personalized list of recommendations for the types of supplements most beneficial to you, medications that work best with your genetic make up as well as those to avoid, conditions to watch out for and how to prevent them and even the types of food and exercise that work the best for you. Some of this is even already available! smile
Posted 5/11/2018 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the information, Rare Squirrel.

We've had several discussions on the 23andMe genetic testing and in particular the MTHFR gene.


It's been awhile though...so feel free to start a new thread...or dig up an older one.
Posted 5/12/2018 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
I've never done genetic testing... My eyes are somewhere between brown and green. I think some of my family has the MTFHR gene- I'm not sure about myself. One family member has blue eyes probably has the COMT gene also. I'm the only one with Lyme disease though.
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