Why Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, fibromylagia, cancer & more.

This blog is about the on-going challenge I'm having to finish the book about CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/UK) and several secondary diseases which can present as a result, i.e., fibromyalgia, depression, IBD, cancer (especially colon cancer), schizophrenia and Parkinson's, etc.
If you have followed the recent news that an American lab determined that the retrovirus, XMRV, was found in over 90% of people with CFS, although British and German labs have not been able to find this virus in CFS patients' blood, then you might assume that a cure is in sight. Vaccination is being talked about; the use of AZT (the same drug as HIV/AIDS patients take) is also being talked about, even though AZT can make a person who does not have AIDS very sick indeed. I tried to post my scepticism about the XMRV virus several times on the recent New York Times blog about the virus and CFS: I just mentioned that it is a well-known fact amongst CFS researchers that people with CFS are extremely prone to having antibodies to whatever virus is prevalent without actually ever coming down with a viral disease, and my comments got posted only once and were then quickly removed within a few days. So I doubt my that stating the non-viral cause is going to go down well either.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Overactive Bladder is the result of intestinal damage

Recently at work I met someon who had to go to the bathroom a lot. Since I suffer from the same issue, although it's under control, I thought I'd discuss this here.
You could ask what is this to do with CFS (M.E)? Well, Overactive Bladder (OB) is a direct result of intestinal damage, therefore, carrageenan damage. And instead of taking Pfizer's Detrol LA, or Toviaz, or Vesinex, which makes a very pretty profit for companies which know all about the kind of damage that carrageenan causes, you can take control of OB into your own hands for a much cheaper price.
Initially, for a very quick resolution of symptoms, take Mucinex (sold to reduce the amount of mucus in the lungs); cheaper is a brand such as Krogers Mucus Relief which contains the identical product, guafenesin, at about $6 for 30 tablets.
Drink 1 to 2 glasses of milk each day. If lactose intolerant, there is lactose-free milk such as Lactaid (and there are also cheaper equivalents). Milk solids contain 10% of a very short carbon acid that is essential for the health of intestinal cells: butyric acid - found usually in the form of a salt and then known as butyrate.
After a couple of days of drinking milk, you can then reduce or stop the Mucinex - only using it as a backup when symptoms show up again.
One more thing you can do is to eat nuts (but definitely not almonds - too much glutamate). A couple of walnuts now and then, preferably ground up and cooked as in a banana and walnut teabread or coffeecake, are good for your intestines. Too many and every day is not so good, probably because they contain some glutamate which can create gluten in your intestines, which negates the good they do.
These simple steps will control your Overactive Bladder, getting rid of that intensely irritating urge to empty your bladder every half-hour or so. You will still get up a couple of times in the middle of the night but it's nothing compared with how it is with no treatment.

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