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Causes-Symptoms of Esophageal Cancer and natural healing protocols

Causes & Symptoms of Esophageal Cancer

There is a higher rate of esophageal cancer among men, than women. Most people who are diagnosed with esophageal cancer are over the age of 60. China, South America, France, Iran, and Africa have the highest rates of esophageal cancer.

Risk factors for esophageal cancer include:

  • tobacco use
  • alcohol use
  • betel quid use
  • history of GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
  • tylosis
  • achalasia
  • Plummer-Vinson syndrome
  • history of cancer in the trachea
  • radiation exposure
  • underweight / overweight
  • family history

Other possible risk factors include:

  • diets low in vegetables and fruit
  • eating red meat
  • eating processed meats
  • genetic mutations
  • CF (cystic fibrosis)

Some of the following symptoms can be caused by things other than esophageal cancer, so it is important to visit your physician for a proper diagnosis.

Symptoms of esophageal cancer include:

  • weight loss
  • pain when swallowing
  • indigestion / heartburn
  • pain in throat or chest
  • loss of appetite
  • regurgitating undigested food
  • nausea and/or vomiting
  • cough
  • hoarseness
  • hiccups

Who Gets Esophageal CancerWho Gets Esophageal Cancer

People who use tobacco excessively are more at risk for developing esophageal cancer. Men are more commonly diagnosed with esophageal cancer than women. Risk rises with age.

Esophageal Cancer PrognosisPrognosis if You Have Esophageal Cancer

Often, cancer of the esophagus is not diagnosed until the later stages. This is reflected in the 5-year survival rates for esophageal cancer. The earlier it is diagnosed the better the prognosis.

5-Year Survival Rates for Esophageal Cancer:

  • Stage I — 40 percent
  • Stage II / III — 21 percent
  • Stage IV — 4 percent

Keep in mind, these statistics do not separate adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinomas or other more rare types of esophageal cancer. That said, patients with adenocarcinomas tend to have a slightly better outlook.

Treatments for esophageal cancer vary depending on several factors including stage, grade, and type of cancer along with the age and the overall health of the patient.

Conventional medicine’s main types of treatment for esophageal cancer include:

  • Surgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Radiation
  • Targeted therapy
  • Palliative therapy

Esophageal Cancer ProtocolsProtocols: How to Treat Esophageal Cancer

The recommendation for esophageal cancer includes two combined primary protocols: Cellect-Budwig and the High RF Frequency . The High RF Frequency Protocol is a great immune builder and the Cellect-Budwig Protocol is effective in reverting cancer cells back to normal cells.

Other Options:

Warning: Dangerous tumors or completely, or partially blocked esophagus, stomach, or colon

If a person’s digestive tract is already partially or completely blocked, or if there are dangerous tumors in the, esophagus, stomach or colon, there are two options to deal with the cancer.

The first and best option is to use the treatment which deals with dangerous tumors. The treatment is overseen by medical professionals and is actually a complete cancer treatment, so you do not need to use any of the treatments on this page.
Dangerous Tumors (or blocked esophagus, stomach, or colon)

Second, an alternative cancer treatment protocol has been designed specifically for cancer patients who have blockages or otherwise cannot eat or digest foods. If you use this protocol, also read the rest of this article to understand other issues. Here is the article on the special treatment:
Overnight Cure For Cancer


Understanding esophageal cancer

The first thing a esophageal cancer or stomach cancer patient needs to understand is that the “cure rate” of orthodox medicine for these two kinds of cancer is virtually zero. Even the “cure rate” for alternative cancer treatments is significantly lower than for most other kinds of cancer.

The reason the cure rate is so low, in my opinion, is because of the damage caused by surgery and chemotherapy to the esophagus.

Surgery on the esophagus can damage the body’s ability to digest foods and extract the nutrients from foods.

Also, chemotherapy is known to damage the lining of the esophagus, thus interfering with the body’s ability to process the nutrients in foods and supplements. Chemotherapy kills “fast growing cells” and there are many fast growing cells in the esophagus, stomach and colon.

Because the body cannot digest foods properly, and cannot extract nutrients from the foods and supplements (because of surgery and chemotherapy), the non-cancerous cells are not able to get proper nutrition.

When you think about the esophagus, colon, and stomach cancer you need to think about three different concepts:
1) The cancer cells need nutrients from key foods and supplements in order to be killed,
2) The non-cancerous cells need different nutrients to keep the cancer patient alive,
3) The immune system needs nutrients to be effective in helping get rid of cancer cells safely.

Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy damage the ability of the body to properly digest the foods they eat and thus their cancer cells are not adequately killed, their non-cancerous cells are not adequately protected and their immune system has not been adequately nourished.

In addition, due primarily to surgery, many advanced esophageal, colon, and stomach cancer patients cannot eat very much and what they can eat is not digested properly.

One of the key solutions to these problems is “electromedicine,” meaning very gentle electrical devices which are designed to get rid of cancer cells without the need of nutrients.

There are five cases where gentle electromedicine treatments would be highly suggested if one can afford it for the treatment of cancer. The five cases are:
1) The patient cannot eat very much,
2) The patient has significant problems digesting their foods,
3) The patient cannot extract nutrients from the foods/supplements they take (e.g. due to significant chemotherapy),
4) The cancer is fast-spreading,
5) The cancer has spread throughout the body.

Whether the cancer patient uses electromedicine or not, they need to take extra doses of nutrients, namely high quality, liquid nutrients.

Remember, liquid vitamins and minerals do not need to be digested.

One excellent example is Vibe by Eniva (in the orange bottle). This is an excellent liquid vitamin and mineral supplement and can be added to any alternative cancer treatment.

IT CANNOT BE EMPHASIZED ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT LIQUID MINERALS, VITAMINS, AND OTHER PRODUCTS ARE TO AN ESOPHAGEAL, COLON, OR STOMACH CANCER PATIENT. Remember, the cancer patient is probably not able to properly digest all the foods they eat.

Products such as Cellect, which is part of the Cellect-Budwig protocol, contain critical supplements for cancer patients. The super-nutrient product Cellect may be made into a shake so as to be absorbed easily by the body. Recipes for consumption of Cellect can be found under Cellect.org. It can also be taken by mixing it into oatmeal, applesauce etc.

In summary, let us look at the unique problems in treating esophageal cancer.

First, there must be some way to get rid of cancer cells independent of nutrition. This is critical because the stomach and/or colon are not able to digest all of the nutrients that are put into the body.

The solution to this problem is “electromedicine,” which will be discussed below.

Second, also because of the lack of nutrients absorbed by the stomach and/or colon, special supplements are needed which do not require as much digestion as other products.

The best solution to this key issue is special nutrients, especially in liquid form.

All three cancer treatments discussed on this page contain BOTH electromedicine and super-nutrients.

As a side note, if your surgeon wants to “debulk” your esophagus of cancer cells and tumors, keep this in mind: colon cancer and stomach cancer patients have a lower cure rate than other cancer patients precisely because surgery and chemotherapy damages the ability of their esophagus, stomach and colon to properly digest foods. Do the math.

However, having said that, if your esophagus, stomach,or colon is blocked, or are in severe danger of being blocked, then some surgery may be required for immediate survival.


Treatment #1: Cellect-Budwig with High RF Frequency Generator / Plasma Amplifier and Fucoidan

The Cellect-Budwig protocol includes the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier electromedicine device. Let me start with the electromedicine device.

Electromedicine (e.g. the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier) is required if you can afford it because electromedicine (e.g. frequency generators) does not require the colon or stomach to be able to process nutrients to get rid of cancer cells.

I am going to repeat that because it is the most important concept an esophagus, colon, or stomach cancer patient can understand:

Electromedicine (e.g. the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier) isrequired if you can afford it because electromedicine (e.g. frequency generators)does not require the colon or stomach to be able to process nutrients to get rid of cancer cells.

This protocol includes the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier, which by itself costs about $4,700. It is by far the most effective replica of Royal Rife’s most effective cancer treatment – the plasma device. Today, these devices are commonly called “frequency generators.”

The Cellect-Budwig costs about $600 a month. If you cannot afford these two items then the next treatment (i.e. Treatment #2) costs about half as much as this protocol. Treatment #3 is even less than Treatment #2.

Treatments #1, #2 and #3 all combine electromedicine and super-nutrients.

The reason this protocol is recommended is because it does not depend AT ALL on the ability to digest foods to safely get rid of cancer cells.

Nothing in orthodox medicine can be compared to alternative medicine electromedicine protocols. The High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier is so gentle the patient frequently doesn’t even know it is turned on.

There are two different models of the High RF Frequency Generator. The more powerful model is the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier, which is a plasma device with 207-Watts (peak) of power. This is an amazing cancer protocol by itself.

The second version is the High RF Frequency Generator with a 15-Watt linear amplifier. This is an excellent protocol for esophageal cancer. Its cost is only about $2,500. It is a good alternative for those who cannot afford the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier. This is used in Treatment #2.

A frequency generator is able to revert cancer cells into normal cells by killing the microbes inside the cancer cells, thus it does not cause swelling or inflammation. This is the safest possible way to cure cancer. If you don’t understand what I just said see this article:
What Causes Cancer

Articles on frequency generators commonly recommend alkaline water as a supplement to electromedicine. The Cellect-Budwig protocol will take care of this issue so alkalized water is not necessary unless you already have the equipment.

For a vendor (use the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier), see:

Where to Buy the ICRF “Research Model” High RF Frequency Generator and Plasma Tube Amplifier:

http://www.FrequencyStore.com

Copy and paste the above website address into your web browser’s address field. Go to the vendor’s website that sells the High RF Frequency Generator and oscillator plasma amplifier which can broadcast high RF frequencies using a plasma ray tube antenna. You’ll be able to see photographs of the generator and amplifiers including full specifications and pricing at their website. They offer excellent technical support.

The Cellect-Budwig protocol is one of the most potent of the alternative cancer treatments. Because much of this protocol is liquid or powder (which is put in a drink) much of this protocol can be used by almost any cancer patient.

The Cellect-Budwig has expert support available from cancer researcher Mike Vrentas. In fact, the person who supports this protocol, Mike Vrentas, is also an expert in the use of the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier and can support both protocols. Thus you only have to deal with one person on this protocol!

The Cellect-Budwig treatment is actually a combination of several synergistic treatments and will not cause any type of swelling or inflammation in the digestive tract. The treatment works very quickly and is very effective because almost all of it can be absorbed or digested. One of the reasons Cellect works so well on esophageal cancer is that it is in powder form allowing for easy absorption after being mixed with a liquid.

At least four scoops of Cellect a day or more should be used, though Mike can tell you exactly how many scoops a day you need. Remember the person cannot digest many of the foods they eat, so higher than normal doses may be needed.

The Budwig Protocol is also part of this protocol, as are some other nutritional substances.

Here is a link to this protocol:
Cellect-Budwig Protocol

Here is a short 11-minute video by Mike Vrentas about the Cellect-Budwig protocol:
Short Video

Here is how to ask Mike a quick question or to set up a consultation:
To Email Mike Vrentas


Treatment #2: The Rife-Beck Protocol

Like Treatment #1 and Treatment #3, this protocol is a combination of electromedicine and nutrition. This protocol, by itself, contains six different cancer treatments.

In this protocol, the High RF Frequency Generator linear amplifier is used as both a Royal Rife protocol and a Bob Beck Protocol, thus it is not necessary to purchase anything for the Bob Beck Protocol except perhaps the Magnetic Pulser.

The Beck Protocol eliminates all microbes from the bloodstream. When all microbes are eliminated from the bloodstream the immune system is supercharged far beyond any other method to build the immune system. The immune system, can, by itself, cure cancer if it is freed from the bondage of the two pounds of microbes in everyone’s body.

This discovery was accidentally made by an AIDS research, Dr. Bob Beck, who had a PhD in physics.

This treatment is actually stronger at building the immune system than Treatment #1 above, but it is not as strong at directly getting rid of the cancer cells (though in a few months the supercharged immune system will take care of the cancer cells).

This protocol also includes some amazing nutritional products which can independently cure cancer. There is also a lot of synergy built into this protocol. Here is the actual protocol:
Rife-Beck Protocol


Treatment #3: Bob Beck Protocol with the MSM/CD Protocol and Fucoidan

Advanced esophageal cancer patients should do whatever it takes to use one of the above protocols. But for those who are not too advanced, this third option is a viable cancer treatment, it just takes a little longer to become effective.

The Bob Beck Protocol started out as a cure for AIDS, but ended up not only being a cure for AIDS, but also for cancer.

This treatment is much stronger at building the immune system than Treatment #1 above and eventually the immune system will get rid of the cancer cells.

However, the Fucoidan makes up for the temporary weakness in the Bob Beck Protocol because it starts to get rid of cancer cells immediately at therapeutic doses (16 ounces a day, spread out into several small doses).

The Bob Beck protocol can be very inexpensive, especially if you know someone who can build the two key devices in this protocol, the Blood Purifier and the Magnetic Pulser. The Bob Beck article explains how to get the information needed to build these devices.

But for those who can afford it, commercial versions of these two devices are available.

In this protocol the Bob Beck equipment is used, rather than the High RF Frequency Generator with Plasma Amplifier. For example, it includes the Sota Blood Purifier and Sota Magnetic Pulser and a couple of other things. This protocol costs less than either of the High RF Frequency Generator devices, but if you already have a High RF Frequency Generator it can be used as a Bob Beck device if you use the anti-microbial protocol every day (see the Rife-Beck protocol for instructions on how to do this).

The MSM/CD is a superb alternative cancer treatment, though it is not as strong as the more expensive protocols, such as the ones above. But it is a very good protocol and was designed based on a perfect understanding of how to safely cure cancer (it is a “little brother” of the Overnight Cure for Cancer)!

The third item in this protocol is Fucoidan, from a specific vendor, whose name I am not allowed to use online because of FDA persecution of vendors. Fucoidan, by itself, is a very good treatment for cancer. But the key for this protocol is that it provides its nutrients in liquid form.

In this protocol, Vibe liquid is also strongly recommended, Hopefully, three TABLEspoons a day spread throughout the day.

Here is the main Bob Beck Protocol article:
Bob-Beck Protocol

Here is the article on the MSM/CD protocol:
MSM/CD Protocol

Here is the article on Fucoidan:
Fucoidan


Avoid meat, sugar, etc.

Foods that contain absolutely no fiber, such as meat, sugar, processed flour, etc. should be avoided.

“Meat: Consumption of meat is strongly suspected to be conducive to cancer. Dr. John Berg and associates of the US National Cancer Institute and Tohoku University School of Medicine (Japan), studied 179 colon cancer patients and 357 non-cancer patients, all Japanese of varying origin and background, and found that consumption of beef was the only factor common to all the cancer patients.” “cooked meat causes damage to all vital organs, and it must be clearly understood that in order to prevent cancer or reverse it, these organs must be capable of reasonable function.”

There are other reasons for not eating meat (e.g. they destroy the anti-cancer enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin), but the main reason for not eating meat is that it is interfering with your cancer treatment. Any food that does not contribute to your cancer treatment is interfering with your cancer treatment.

Other websites

Here are other articles on these types of cancer:

Minnesota Wellness article

Here is a website that has a lot of interesting links and information:
Quality Counts

It is a given that a colon cleanse is important for this type of cancer. See the Jon Barron website for more information:
Jon Barron Website

Other colon cleanses have been developed by Dr. Richard Schulze and Dr. Hulda Clark.

How to Prevent Esophageal CancerHow to Prevent Esophageal Cancer

There are several factors for esophageal cancer that are beyond our control. That said, there are also lifestyle choices you can make that can limit your risk of esophageal cancers including not using tobacco or alcohol, and even more so, using them together, as the risk factor grows when they are used together.

The immune system contains many different types of “cells,” however, only a handful of these white blood cells actually kill cancer cells. It should be the intent of a person with cancer to focus on treatments that quickly increase the count of the cancer-killing white blood cells.

The second thing to note is that building the immune system is sometimes not the highest priority of those with cancer. People with only a few months to live should definitely take immune system building products — and focus more on the nutrients, foods and products that kill cancer cells directly, such as the Grape Cure, Noni Juice, Essiac Tea, etc. or revert the cancer cells into normal cells.

With rare exceptions, it is highly advisable to use natural substances to deal with the immune system to treat cancer, no matter what stage the cancer patient is in.

Immune System HealthImmune System Health

A healthy immune system remains your body’s best defense. Not only is a weak immune system a major reason patients have cancer — and cancer itself can further weaken the immune system.

Beta glucans help regulate the immune system, making it more efficient. In addition, beta glucans stimulate white blood cells (lymphocytes) that bind to tumors or viruses and release chemicals to destroy it.

Beta Glucan has been approved in Japan, Australia, South Korea, and Taiwan as an immunoadjuvant therapy for cancer. In fact, helping with cancer is just the beginning with Beta Glucan. There have thousands of studies showing the product can protect against infections, lower your cholesterol, lower blood sugar, reduce stress, increase your antibody production, heal wounds, help radiation burns, overcome mercury-induced immunosuppression (like Thimerosal, used as a preservative in vaccines), help with diabetes, and even naturally prevent metastasis (or the spreading of your cancer).

Harvard Medical School suggests following general good-health guidelines is the single best step you can take toward keeping your immune system strong and healthy:

  • Don’t smoke.
  • Eat a diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and low in saturated fat.
  • Exercise regularly.
  • Maintain a healthy weight.
  • Control your blood pressure.
  • If you drink alcohol, drink only in moderation.
  • Get adequate sleep.
  • Take steps to avoid infection, such as washing your hands frequently and cooking meats thoroughly.
  • Get regular medical screening tests for people in your age group and risk category.

More Information: Building the Immune System

Healthy DietHealthy Diet

Your diet plays a role in a healthy immune system. The top vitamins your immune system needs to perform include:

  • Vitamin C — helps to repair and regenerate tissues and aids in the absorption of iron
  • Vitamin E — a powerful antioxidant that helps your body fight off infection
  • Vitamin B6 — supports adrenal function and is necessary for key metabolic processes
  • Vitamin A — aids immune function and helps provide a barrier against infections
  • Vitamin D — modulates cell growth, promotes neuromuscular and immune function, and reduces inflammation
  • Folate — key in development of red blood cells (a lack of Folate can make the body susceptible to cancer)
  • Iron — helps your body carry oxygen to cells
  • Selenium — slows the body’s overactive responses to certain aggressive forms of cancer
  • Zinc — slows the immune response and control inflammation in your body

Sources: American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research Societ

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Pregnant with Epilepsy? Folic Acid May Prevent Language Delays

Pregnant with Epilepsy? Folic Acid May Prevent Language Delays

Summary: A new study links folic acid intake in pregnant women with epilepsy and language development in children. Researchers report among children whose mothers with epilepsy did not take folic acid, 34% had delayed language skills at 18 months.

Source: ANN.

Women who take epilepsy drugs while they are pregnant may have a lower risk of having a child with delays in language skills if they take folic acid supplements before and early in pregnancy, according to a study published in the August 1, 2018, online issue of Neurology.

The study found that among children whose mothers took epilepsy drugs while they were pregnant, those whose mothers did not take folic acid supplements were four times more likely to have delays in their language skills when they were 18 months old compared to children of mothers without epilepsy whose mothers did not take folic acid supplements. By three years old, those whose mothers took no supplements were nearly five times as likely to have language delays compared to children of mothers without epilepsy.

The study was conducted in Norway, where the government does not require foods to be fortified with folic acid, which is required in the United States. Even with folic acid added to foods, taking additional supplements is recommended for pregnant women in the United States.

“These results are important for women with epilepsy all over the world because many epilepsy drugs interact with the way folate is metabolized by the body, so we are still learning how much folic acid is needed for women with epilepsy and how it benefits their children,” said study author Elisabeth Synnøve Nilsen Husebye, MD, of the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway.

The study involved 335 children of mothers with epilepsy who took epilepsy drugs while they were pregnant and 104,222 children of mothers without epilepsy. Maintaining effective epilepsy treatment during pregnancy is important because seizures may cause harm to the fetus and the mother.

Researchers collected information on use of epilepsy drugs and folic acid supplements. Parents filled out surveys about their children’s language development at 18 months and three years.

Among the children whose mothers did not take folic acid, 34 percent of the children of mothers with epilepsy had delayed language skills at 18 months, compared to 11 percent of the children whose mothers did not have epilepsy. At three years old, 24 percent of the children of mothers with epilepsy had a delay in expressive language skills, compared to 6 percent of those with mothers without epilepsy.

Among the children whose mothers did take folic acid, 17 percent of children of mothers with epilepsy had language delay at 18 months, compared to 11 percent in the control group.

The results remained the same after researchers controlled for other factors that could affect language skills, such as education level of the parents, smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy and gestational age.

Husebye also noted that the mothers of children exposed to epilepsy drugs with language delays started taking folic acid later in pregnancy, with the average starting at week 6.5 of pregnancy for those with language delay at 18 months. Mothers with children exposed to epilepsy drugs with no delays in language skills most often started taking folic acid three weeks before they conceived.

“The apparently protective effect of taking folic acid supplements was striking,” Husebye said. “Half of the risk of having language delays at 18 months could be attributed to the lack of folic acid in children exposed to epilepsy drugs, while in children of mothers without epilepsy only 6 percent of the risk was attributed to the lack of supplements.”

Husebye also noted that the critical period for supplementation to prevent language delays was from four weeks before the start of pregnancy until the end of the first trimester.

A limitation of the study was that the children’s language skills were not assessed by a researcher but provided by the parents.

ABOUT THIS NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH ARTICLE

Funding: The study was supported by Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and Ministry of Education and Research and the US National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Source: Renee Tessman – ANN
Publisher: Organized by NeuroscienceNews.com.
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Original Research: Abstract for “Verbal abilities in children of mothers with epilepsy: Association to maternal folate status” by Elisabeth Synnøve Nilsen Husebye, Nils Erik Gilhus, Bettina Riedel, Olav Spigset, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Marte Helene Bjørk in Neurology. Published August 16 2018.
doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006073

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Abstract

Verbal abilities in children of mothers with epilepsy: Association to maternal folate status

Objective
To examine the effect of maternal folic acid supplementation and maternal plasma folate and antiepileptic drug (AED) concentrations on language delay in AED-exposed children of mothers with epilepsy.

Methods
Children of mothers with and without epilepsy enrolled from 1999 to 2008 in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort study were included. Information on medical history, AED use, and folic acid supplementation during pregnancy was collected from parent-completed questionnaires. Maternal plasma folate and maternal plasma and umbilical cord AED concentrations were measured in blood samples from gestational weeks 17 to 19 and immediately after birth, respectively. Language development at 18 and 36 months was evaluated by the Ages and Stages Questionnaires.

Results
A total of 335 AED-exposed children of mothers with epilepsy and 104,222 children of mothers without epilepsy were surveyed. For those with no maternal periconceptional folic acid supplementation, the fully adjusted odds ratio (OR) for language delay in AED-exposed children compared to the controls at 18 months was 3.9 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.9–7.8, p < 0.001) and at 36 months was 4.7 (95% CI 2.0–10.6, p < 0.001). When folic supplementation was used, the corresponding ORs for language delay were 1.7 (95% CI 1.2–2.6, p = 0.01) and 1.7 (95% CI 0.9–3.2, p = 0.13), respectively. The positive effect of folic acid supplement use on language delay in AED-exposed children was significant only when supplement was used in the period from 4 weeks before the pregnancy and until the end of the first trimester.

Conclusion
Folic acid use early in pregnancy may have a preventive effect on language delay associated with in utero AED exposure.

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Tickborne Diseases Are Likely to Increase

Tickborne Diseases Are Likely to Increase, Say NIAID Officials

The incidence of tickborne infections in the United States has risen significantly within the past decade. It is imperative, therefore, that public health officials and scientists build a robust understanding of pathogenesis, design improved diagnostics, and develop preventive vaccines, according to a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine from leading scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Bacteria cause most tickborne diseases in the United States, with Lyme disease representing the majority (82 percent) of reported cases. The spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi is the primary cause of Lyme disease in North America; it is carried by hard-bodied ticks that then feed on smaller mammals, such as white-footed mice, and larger animals, such as white-tailed deer. Although there are likely many factors contributing to increased Lyme disease incidence in the U.S., greater tick densities and their expanding geographical range have played a key role, the authors write. For example, the Ixodes scapularis tick, which is the primary source of Lyme disease in the northeastern U.S., had been detected in nearly 50 percent more counties by 2015 than was previously reported in 1996. Although most cases of Lyme disease are successfully treated with antibiotics, 10 to 20 percent of patients report lingering symptoms after effective antimicrobial therapy. Scientists need to better understand this lingering morbidity, note the authors.

Tickborne virus infections are also increasing and could cause serious illness and death. For example, Powassan virus (POWV), recognized in 1958, causes a febrile illness that can be followed by progressive and severe neurologic conditions, resulting in death in 10 to 15 percent of cases and long-term symptoms in as many as 70 percent of survivors. Only 20 U.S. cases of POWV infection were reported before 2006; 99 cases were reported between 2006 and 2016.

The public health burden of tickborne disease is considerably underreported, according to the authors. For example, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease annually in the U.S. but estimates that the true incidence is 10 times that number. According to the authors, this is due in part to the limitations of current tickborne disease surveillance, as well as current diagnostics, which may be imprecise in some cases and are unable to recognize new tickborne pathogens as they emerge. These limitations have led researchers to explore new, innovative diagnostics with different platforms that may provide clinical benefit in the future.

It is also critical that scientists develop vaccines to prevent disease, the authors write. A vaccine to protect against Lyme disease was previously developed, but was pulled from the market and is no longer available. Future protective measures could include vaccines specifically designed to create an immune response to a pathogen, or to target pathogens inside the ticks that carry them.

By focusing research on the epidemiology of tickborne diseases, improving diagnostics, finding new treatments and developing preventive vaccines, public health officials and researchers may be able to stem the growing threat these diseases pose. In the meantime, the authors suggest, healthcare providers should advise their patients to use basic prevention techniques: wear insect repellant, wear long pants when walking in the woods or working outdoors, and check for ticks.

ARTICLE:
CI Paules, HD Marston, ME Bloom and AS Fauci. Tickborne Diseases—Confronting a Growing Threat. New England Journal of Medicine DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1807870 (2018).

WHO:
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and Marshall Bloom, M.D., director of NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories, are available to discuss the article.

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Blue Light Insomnia: What You Need To Know

A lot goes into good sleep hygiene—a comfortable mattress and pillow, the right amount of noise or silence, and even the lighting in your room.

Everyone has different needs when it comes to lighting, but if you are trying to narrow down the root cause of your insomnia and can’t figure it out, it could just be that your computer screen or your iPad is to blame.

Scientists are calling this phenomenon “blue light insomnia.”

I have to admit that “blue light insomnia” is a pretty counterintuitive concept to me, which tells me that I am outside the normal curve here, because there’s solid scientific evidence backing this theory up.

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Personally I always found bluish light to be “soothing” and warmer hues of light like green to be a bit “harsh” when it comes to sleep, but apparently that is just me.

Research studies back up the idea that blue light is the worst light color for your mood!

and it turns out that lights in the blue wavelength actually disrupt your circadian rhythms!

What are Circadian Rhythms?

Before we can talk about blue light insomnia, we need to talk about circadian rhythms. This is an important biological concept to understand before you can really understand what is going on with blue light insomnia.

When I was in middle school, I vividly remember my first period morning algebra teacher would drag our class outdoors for ten minutes and then bring us back inside. She did this because the sun had finally come up; on the bus ride to school, the sun was still under the horizon or very low in the sky.

She told us that we needed to see the sunlight so we would wake up properly, and that it was unnatural for us to have to wake up before the sun and then sit indoors in our windowless classroom.

It didn’t work for me at all. I was still fast asleep in algebra class—but that’s what happens when you get five hours a night. But I did learn something about science from my algebra teacher, and it stuck with me for the rest of my life.

She taught me about circadian rhythms.

Circadian rhythms are what make you feel alert during the day and sleepy after sunset.

Sometimes the phrase “circadian rhythms” is used interchangeably with the term “biological clock.”

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According to the National Institute of Health’s fact sheet on circadian rhythms, circadian rhythms are “physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness.”

The cycle isn’t exactly 24 hours for everyone, and your circadian rhythms are driven in part by your biological clock. In short, circadian rhythms are not actually produced by your environment (they are produced by your internal biological clock), but they are affected by environmental signals.

So your body does produce its own rhythm, but light and dark signals in your environment will have an influence. If your rhythms are out of whack, you can experience problems with hormones, bodily functions, mood and (you guessed it) insomnia.

Years later as an adult, I actually do notice the effects of circadian rhythms. I sleep on a more regular schedule and get plenty of sleep most nights, so I have actually established a proper rhythm.

But I noticed throughout the year how they differing hours of daylight can really disrupt my sleep schedule.  

In the winter, when the sun doesn’t come up until later in the morning, I sleep really well! In the summer, when the sun comes up at five in the morning, I sometimes have to cover my eyes to sleep.

And when I do, the sleep I get is always much higher in quality and so much more refreshing than it is if I leave my eyes exposed to the light.

It’s been fascinating finally observing these circadian rhythms my middle school teacher taught me about. And that made me very interested in this blue light phenomenon.

How Does Light Affect Circadian Rhythms and Sleep?

When you start feeling drowsy before sleep, it is because your body is producing a hormone called melatonin. Your body’s master clock is located right above your optic nerves, which means that your body clock is very responsive to changes in optic conditions.

When there is less light, your body clock triggers the production of more melatonin, producing a drowsy state.

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When there is more light, your body clock triggers the suppression of melatonin production. This can make you feel more awake—which was why my algebra teacher used to take us outside in the mornings, hoping it would wake us up…and if I’d been getting a regular amount of sleep each night, it would have worked.

The sunlight would have suppressed my melatonin production, and my drowsiness would have abated.

So basically, if you have lights on at night, you are probably disrupting your body’s melatonin production to some degree, which in turn triggers you to feel alert, just as the sun would. And what wavelength of light is the worst? Blue light! According to Harvard researchers, blue light can suppress melatonin for about twice as long as green light. It can shift circadian rhythms by about twice the length of time.

Red lights apparently are the least damaging and will have less of an effect on your melatonin levels than blue or green light.

Blue Light Also Affects Mood

As if that weren’t bad enough, blue light at night presents other dangers to your body and mind. Researchers in 2013 did a study on hamsters to see whether certain colors of lighting has an impact on their mood.

Hamsters exposed to red light at night seemed significantly less depressed than hamsters exposed to blue light at night or even white light (the depressed hamsters skipped out on sugar water, a tasty treat they usually enjoy).

The only hamsters that were better off than those exposed to red light were those that were in darkness.

This is also tied to your body’s master clock. It turns out the same photosensitive cells in your retina that send messages to your body’s clock also send messages to the part of your brain which regulates your emotions.

So while blue light suppresses your melatonin production, it also makes you feel like you’re down in the dumps.

Definitely take your own color psychology into consideration though when you are selecting lighting colors at home. By default, you probably want to choose a red night light or another warm color and steer clear of blue and cooler colors.

But if you have an overly negative association with red light or a very positive, soothing association with blue light, you might do better with blue.

Try red first, though! You may be surprised how well it works.

The Dangers of Modern Life

In our high-tech, constantly connected times, we are in more danger from blue light insomnia than ever! Do you leave your computer screen on all night, projecting that dim indigo glow on your wall? Do you sleep with your iPad on your bedside table? Do you play computer games or watch a lot of television before bed?

Research backs it up

these habits could be depriving you of much-needed rest! Even if you don’t feel like that’s true, it is worth disconnecting and powering down for a few nights to see if it makes a difference. Again, you may be surprised.

There is another hazard in modern times, and that is that we are replacing our warm, incandescent light bulbs with energy-conserving LED lights. While LED lights are better for the environment and for your wallet, be wary of the cooler lights you see for sale. Many LED lights are closer to pure white on the color spectrum than traditional incandescent bulbs. Search for LED lights which are warmer in tone. These are much better for you to use at night.

What Can You Do About Blue Light Insomnia?

Now that you are aware of the blue light insomnia phenomenon, you can do something about it. Some of these suggestions I have already discussed. Here is how you can improve your sleep hygiene and negate the harmful effects of blue light insomnia:

  • Replace any blue night lights in your home with red night lights. If you do not like red, at least try to stick with a color which is warmer like orange or yellow.
  • Replace cold white lights in your home with warmer-tone lights. When purchasing LED light bulbs, be particularly careful.
  • Turn off electronic screens at night, including your television screen, your laptop or desktop screen, and your mobile devices.
  • Avoid activities which involve looking at a bright screen 2-3 hours before you head to bed. Instead of playing video games or watching television, consider reading a book or working on a hobby.
  • Use good “wake” hygiene too. During the daytime, expose yourself to plenty of sunlight. Open your windows and spend time outside. This will also help to keep your circadian rhythms going.
  • Consider not using a night light at all. Many people find they fall asleep more easily and enjoy deeper, more restful sleep in total darkness. Of course, if this is a safety issue for you, you should consider another solution.
  • Think about buying a sleep mask. A sleep mask will cost you only a few dollars, and is comfortably designed for nighttime wear. It will block light from your eyes and allow you to sleep soundly. That way you can leave on any lights you choose at night, without exposing your optic nerves. A sleep mask also works great for those summer mornings when the sun gets up before you do.
  • Establish a regular sleep schedule. I cannot emphasize this enough. It will do more to establish healthy circadian rhythms than just about anything else. Make sure you are giving yourself plenty of hours to sleep every night, and try to sleep during roughly the same hours every night. This more than anything made a huge difference for me.

Make it your personal challenge tonight to switch off all of your devices and go to sleep in a dark, comfortable environment.

It may be hard turning off your iPad, but once you do, you may never look back!

Say goodbye to blue light insomnia and hell to restful, rejuvenating sleep!