Bell's Palsy of the Gut and Lyme Disease

4/29/13

For the past 3 days I’ve been in what I can honestly call agony with what I believe to be something which has been nicknamed Bell’s Palsy of the gut. For many years I suffered from what docs thought may be IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but now it seems that it was a lyme infection as it cleared up during the 10 weeks of antibiotics. As time went on after the doxy (antibiotic I took), this changed into a sluggish eliminative system. A thermogram some years ago showed a lot of inflammation in my body and digestive system and a lack of good bacteria.

A birthday with wine and sweets (eaten over a few days), and a relaxing of my protocol,  threw my body into an attack of indigestion, cramps, cold sweats, severe bloating, gas,  and a near stop of eliminative action. This meant that I was in pain and discomfort all day for 2 or 3 days. I was left feeling extremely weak and despondent. I’d been feeling so much better that this was a big disappointment. I addressed the problem by vigilance and a return to my program and this morning I feel much better. I did take L-Glutamine (amino acid - good for gut repair and building lean muscle, 2 big glasses of water &  psyllium husk and 2 cascara sagrada (gentle herbal non-cramping laxative) for the past 2  nights, and then I went back on my program. .

I believe that my program has been  slowly chipping away at the spirochete population and escorting them and their by products out of me. I do think it’s time to lessen the amount of things I take.

This gut devastation left me feeling weak as a baby and discouraged at first, but this morning I feel much better and I’m so glad that I have some knowledge in how to explore care for myself and return my body to balance. You can do this too. Not in exactly the same way I did. Our bodies are different. For some of you everything that works for me may work for you as well. For others some of the things I’ve tried and intend to try may not work at all. With research and courage and intuition you can find your own way. There are many of us preceding you and holding up the torch to light your way on this  journey.

 Dietrich Klinghardt, MD PhD, one of the more known LLDs, and one whose work & lyme expertise I trust, has suffered from lyme himself.  This has made him determine to research and find solutions to lyme disease. His take on it,  and I am in accord with him,  is that spirochetes have probably been in humans probably forever naturally, as are a multitude of other microbes and bacteria - some existing symbiotically and helping us, some having minimal effect, and some harming us. He feels that 30 or 40 years ago spirochete activity became more aggressive in humans.

In my research on lyme I’ve read that many llds feel that spirochetes will be attracted to weak areas in each individual’s body and be more aggressive and successful in their invasion in bodies with weak immune systems and in particularly weak areas of a person’s body. In people with skeletal injuries for instance spirochetes are said to flood the location of a an injury and initiate an infection. People with many root canals can have spirochete invasion in the root canal or those with many mercury fillings can provide spirochetes with material for biofilm.  Dietrich Klinghardt, , MD, PhDa prominent and well respected lld says that people who eat high fat diets or high meat diets also enable spirochetes to flourish.  The same with people who live in moldy homes or expose themselves excessively to too much cell phone computer etc. People with parasites, which Dr. K thinks are in a large percentage of the population also show a more severe reaction to lyme. Medical and life history, past traumas and present stresses, as well as present attitudes and emotional states all impact how the spirochetes act in our bodies according to Dr. K and all makes common sense to me.

My gut was a weak area so the 'spirodudes'  flocked there. If you have this Dr. K and others feel that getting rid of parasites and yeast is very important.It's felt to be an important issue in all Lyme issues by some doctors.