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Cannabis Relieves Nerve Pain From Lyme Disease, Fibromyalgia, & Associated Conditions
September 17, 2014 by Shelley M. White

The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Nerve Pain

The endocannabinoid system’s importance as a neuromodulatory system in the brain has recently began to surface in research.

The brain’s endocannabinoid neuromodulatory system is involved in a plethora of physiological functions related to pain, leading scientists to hypothesize that individuals with Fibromyalgia pain have dysfunctional endocannabinoid neuromodulatory systems, thus lending to their grand hypothesis that the cannabinoids in cannabis can bind with malfunctioning CB1 (cannabinoid receptor type 1) and CB2 (cannabinoid receptor type 2) receptors in the brain’s endocannabinoid neuromodulatory system to repair the malfunction and relieve the patient of pain.

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NEWS: Summary of New York Times protest, in words and photos
Sept. 17, 2014

Lyme activist Regina Weichert, of the website LymeNation.net, reports that the Lyme protest in front of The New York Times garnered a lot of attention. "Although billed as a 'silent protest,' there was a gentle hum throughout."

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TOUCHED BY LYME: “Change will not happen as long as Lymies are invisible”

More than 100 Lyme advocates held a "silent vigil" outside the New York Times building this week, joined by a group of silent dancers. They were protesting the media's silence on Lyme disease and called for more and better coverage of the subject. Paula Kozinn took pictures at the event and shares the following observations.

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Stig taking the fight to obscure Lyme disease
By ROBERT DILLON
Sept. 16, 2014, 10 p.m.

FORMER Knights five-eighth Ryan Stig will head to Germany next week to receive treatment for a little-known disease that has left him struggling to resume a normal life, let alone his once-promising NRL career.

After a battery of tests over the next two years, Stig finally received a diagnosis: he was suffering from Lyme disease, a debilitating bacterial infection spread by ticks.

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Effective treatment of Lyme-disease-related arthritis depends on proper diagnosis
February 2, 2011, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Lyme arthritis can be defined as a painful, swollen joint, that causes a stiffness similar to osteoarthritis, and occurs most commonly in the late stages of Lyme disease, usually several months after the onset of the disease. About 60 percent of patients who are left untreated for Lyme disease in its early stages will develop Lyme arthritis, Dr. Cruz said.

"Lyme arthritis occurs when the spirochete, the bacteria that causes the disease, invades the joints and causes inflammation to the tissue that lines the joints," he said. "If left untreated, this inflammatory response can cause the cartilage within the joints to become damaged."

Dr. Cruz said most cases of Lyme arthritis are brief and involve a single joint, most typically the knee. The ankle, elbow, hip and wrist may also be affected, and some patients may develop a fever.

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New tick-borne disease threatens primarily immune suppressed persons
May 27, 2014, University of Gothenburg

A newly discovered tick-borne bacterium known as "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis" has been implicated in six cases of disease in Sweden. A new international study has shown that this bacterium is primarily a risk for people who are already sick and who are receiving immunosuppressive drugs.

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Chronic Lyme disease can seriously affect a person’s quality of life

My daughter had lost 20 pounds and suffered from nausea, joint pain, dizziness and flulike symptoms.

After two trips to the top disease specialists at Johns Hopkins and several blood tests that came back negative for Lyme, she happened to accompany me to a veterinary appointment for my dog. I explained what was going on with my daughter to the veterinarian. He said that the type of blood test they did for Lyme disease would not come back positive until the disease had progressed to the later stages.

My daughter finally saw a Lyme specialist..

The doctor also tested for the co-infections of Babesia and Erlichia, which, if present, must be treated prior to treating Lyme disease; otherwise, the antibiotic for Lyme will not be effective. It turned out that my daughter tested positive for these two co-infections as well as for Lyme disease. (Babesia is a relative of malaria.)

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Debbie Gibson Reveals Drastic Weight Loss Caused by Lyme Disease
By ABC News Apr 21, 2014 9:40am

For as much as most people worry about their bodies and dieting, imagine if all of a sudden you couldn’t eat foods that were a regular part of your diet, and as a result, you couldn’t stop losing weight?

“Last year I was diagnosed with Lyme disease,”

“I want to urge you all… NEVER JUDGE… ANYONE! You never know what someone is going through.”

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New Yorkers Call Lyme Disease the New Plague
Tuesday, 23 September 2014 17:36
By Jessica Bernstein, Truthout | Report

Rates of Lyme disease have rapidly escalated in recent years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announcing in 2013 that rather than 30,000 new Lyme cases annually, there's an estimated 300,000.

But other Lyme disease experts estimate that there are likely 1 to 2 million new cases per year.

Lees verder Bron: Truth-Out