I think you're probably right. I think it's a neurological herx symptom. I took a rocephin shot on Saturday, and I had pretty severe head pressure all day today.
My guess is that it's probably due to killing bacteria in the brain, and release of neurotoxins which produces inflammation.
It boggles my mind how I could still have spirochetes in my body after a year and a half of constant treatment with abx. That's why Dr. MacDonald's theory about
nematode worms "farming" spirochetes resonates with me. They must be protected somehow to avoid exposure to abx. Either some sort of a biofilm or nematode worms, or some other form of protection. I took biofilm busters like nystatin and other things while I was on abx. Either the biofilm busters weren't effective against the particular biofilm the pathogens were utilizing or it wasn't biofilms that were the problem. Instead it was nematode worms.
That's ALSO why this Swiss/German treatment of induced hyperthermia is interesting to me. In theory, no matter whether the spirochete is in a biofilm or a nematode worm, if they are heated to a certain temperature, they should be killed. They cannot be protected from heat.
However, I did try to contact a few people who had this procedure, and I did not hear back concerning whether they were cured. Either they didn't want to discuss it with me or they were too disheartened that the procedure didn't cure them. I could try reaching out to more people and see if they have had positive results. I'd be particularly interested in patients with neurolyme disorders like I have. I think once our disease penetrates the blood/brain barrier, it's particularly difficult to treat with abx/herbs, ect. If patients with neurolyme were cured with the hyperthermia, I would consider this procedure. It is expensive, but if I stood a good chance of getting my health/life back, it would be worth the investment. I'd need to do some more research on the procedure and hear more first hand reports from people who had it done, and whether they were permanently cured.
It would be interesting to know if nematode worms are also killed at a certain temperature. If you killed the spirochetes, but did not kill the nematode worms, then you could still have a problem. The nematode worms themselves might actually be the cause of our head pressure, and the spirochetes are just adding salt to the wound. Supposidly you can starve the nematode worms with drugs like albendozle. I've tried very small doses of this, as it seems to be an unexplored territory, and I read several accounts of people in India dying from full doses. But, supposidly this drug is quite effective at killing nematode worms. I'm not sure if you need to keep up the treatment for an extended period of time, say like a month, to effectively starve the nematode worms. I also don't know if the albendozle could have neurotoxic effects on the brain if the treatment is extended. I'd have to look up what the recommended treatment for humans would be for albendozle. I have a product that is used for cattle, and take about
1/1000 of a drop.
But it all comes back down to CSF analysis. Until we know exactly what pathogen is causing the problem, we're just poking around in the dark with a stick. The lyme community really needs a doctor who can *safely* take CSF samples, and look at the sample under a micrscope, identify the pathogen, and then provide a recommended course of treatment. Currently, there is no doctor, to my knowledge, who perform this type of a service... Short of Dr. MacDonald. And I don't even know if he would do something like this. My guess is, probably not.
It would be wonderful if there was some benefactor out there who would donate a generous sum of money to Dr. MacDonald, so he could train a couple doctors to perform this type of a service. It would also be nice if they would do it in relatively short order, because Dr. MacDonald is getting up there in years.
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