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Post by overandover on Oct 20, 2009 12:21:30 GMT -5
The vet., when seeing Lady Bug yesterday seems to believe Morgellons is caused by this Bd stuff. I think some of you all have mentioned this Bd before but just in cause I figured I'd post this. She has no idea how to fix this for LadyBug and is trying anti's again. She was glad I refused to do the steriods treatments because she thinks it would spread the Morgellons worse as steroids should not be used for infections. I'm glad she agrees with my fear of it.
I'm wishing I'd never giving it to josh but was doing what the doctors said he had to live with, I'll never know.
I hope this info. can help you all cause I love you all so very much. And I'm sorry if I'm just repeating old news.
Love you so much xoxoxoxxoSuebe
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Post by kammy on Oct 20, 2009 17:14:28 GMT -5
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Post by lilsissy on Oct 20, 2009 22:20:20 GMT -5
Here Suebe, www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19717627 and B.T.W. I just read that a brain abcess can be caused by fungus or bacteria via the blood stream in those who have the congential hole in the heart. This runs in my family and in 10% of the population often unknown by those who have this abnormality. Love, Jen
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Post by Sidney on Oct 21, 2009 13:22:01 GMT -5
Suebee, that fungus is a Chytrid....pretty scary, but not all that surprising.
Makes me think of Godog's little tree toad and the fibers that emerged from it. Also reminds me to ask you, Toni-Sue, if you ever received the toad carcass from Dr. Wymore.................
If not, please write and ask for it. I know he's short on help as I understand his assistant quit, but maybe he has new helpers by now.
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Post by overandover on Oct 23, 2009 14:46:03 GMT -5
The Vet. wanted to get LadyBugs infection better before doing her experiment, biology surgery, so far she's not had much lucK with Labs regarding other critters she treats Morgellons, said she has sent many many samples and always gets a don't now back from the labs, no surprise to me.
LadyBug gets her surgery next week, then more samples sent out to the labs.
The Vet. thinks Morgellons is related to this BD because of a patient (a frog, many of them, and the owner of the frog also has Morgellons). The Vet. and the lady paitent came up with the idea it is the Bd. because it looks like it on both the lady and all of her frogs. The lady told my Vet. that it has been proved at some lab over in New Zeland that this is Morgellons and that folks get it from the frogs or plants that Bd have crossed kingdoms.
Themore she talked, the more mixed up I got but hopefully we will get some answers when the lab looks at LadyBugs samples next week.
That would be the best blessing in my whole world for answers found for you all, my future grandbabies, childrens and friends, heck everyone in this world because Morgellons is spreading and I'm getting so scared for everyone.
ALSO: Dear friends if anyone knows of a lab or anyplace that would be willing to take my body for studies. That would make me feel so proud and doing something for mankind. I've talked to the lawyer and set up to pay my body where ever it needs to go, please let me know if you know of a place, please.
I love you xoxoxoxoSuebe
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Post by Sidney on Oct 23, 2009 17:02:34 GMT -5
Sue, I hope and pray good news will come for Ladybug, for you and for all who suffer this hideous disease. Thank you so much for this brief history of how the BD possibility came into the picture.
I "got this" in my face, August of 1991, five blissful months of experience of total joy with the beautifully renovated home we bought "in the country." Whammo, this disease hit me like a ton of bricks...and as we all know, life is never the same for the sufferer, or their family for that matter. For three years I had no contact with others experiencing my symptoms, but I always knew I could not possibly be the only one so afflicted.
I can't recall the first time I heard of Chytrids and frog deformaties, but seems like it may have been around the same time Pfiesteria made the news.
Sue, what you have planned is sad, beautiful, and the ultimate unselfish gesture. The only act of courage I can think of to compare is going into battle and dying for one's country. God Bless YOU for choosing to do this for not only those who currently suffer this disease, but for future generations.
I hope and pray "someone" will provide you with the information you seek. God Bless you, Sue and lots of gentle hugs and love. You've made me cry again, but I'm smiling too because of your beautiful spirit. Thank you.
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Post by Sidney on Oct 23, 2009 17:09:49 GMT -5
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no12/03-0804.htmThe sudden appearance of chytridiomycosis, the cause of amphibian deaths and population declines in several continents, suggests that its etiologic agent, the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, was introduced into the affected regions. However, the origin of this virulent pathogen is unknown. A survey was conducted of 697 archived specimens of 3 species of Xenopus collected from 1879 to 1999 in southern Africa in which the histologic features of the interdigital webbing were analyzed. The earliest case of chytridiomycosis found was in a Xenopus laevis frog in 1938, and overall prevalence was 2.7%. The prevalence showed no significant differences between species, regions, season, or time period. Chytridiomycosis was a stable endemic infection in southern Africa for 23 years before any positive specimen was found outside Africa. We propose that Africa is the origin of the amphibian chytrid and that the international trade in X. laevis that began in the mid-1930s was the means of dissemination. One of the biggest threats facing amphibian species and population survival worldwide is the disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (1,2). Chytridiomycosis was proposed as the cause of death in frog populations in the rain forests of Australia and Panama and was associated with the decline of frog populations in Ecuador, Venezuela, New Zealand, and Spain (3–6). Evidence for a countrywide decline in frog populations in South Africa is lacking (7), and local declines of several species have been ascribed to two main threats, habitat destruction and pollution (8). Chytridiomycosis is known in South Africa from infections in Xenopus laevis, Afrana fuscigula, and Strongylopus grayii (9–11). Through surveys of extant and archived specimens, Batrachochytrium has been found in every continent that has amphibians, except Asia (6,9,12,13). Since B. dendrobatidis has been recognized as an emerging pathogen, whose spread is facilitated by the international and intranational movement of amphibians (1), identifying its origin will be useful. Some emerging infectious diseases arise when pathogens that have been localized to a single host or small geographic region go beyond previous boundaries (14). If B. dendrobatidis emerged in this fashion, we hypothesize that the source would meet the following criteria: 1) the hosts would show minimal or no apparent clinical effects, 2) the site would be the place of the earliest known global occurrence, 3) the date of this occurrence would precede any amphibian declines in pristine areas (i.e., late 1970s), 4) the prevalence in the source host or hosts would be stable over time, 5) no geographic spreading pattern would be observed over time in the region, 6) a feasible means of global dissemination of Batrachochytrium from the region of origin would be identified, and 7) B. dendrobatidis would show a greater genetic variation in the host region than in more recently invaded regions. B. dendrobatidis is common in African frogs from Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Western Africa (12,15) and declines in frog populations are poorly documented in Africa (7,16). These factors, combined with the global trade in X. laevis and X. tropicalis, prompted us to investigate the likelihood that Africa was the origin of Batrachochytrium and that the trade in Xenopus spp. played a key role in its global dissemination. Within the Xenopus genus, X. laevis is distributed over the greatest area in sub-Saharan Africa. X. laevis occupies most bodies of water in savannah habitats from the Cape of Good Hope to Nigeria and Sudan (17,18). We report the earliest case of the amphibian chytrid found in any amphibian and present epidemiologic evidence to support the hypothesis that B. dendrobatidis originated in Africa. In this article, chytridiomycosis refers to infection of amphibians by B. dendrobatidis.
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