artur737
21.11.07, 22:18
Wiadomosc jest tak wazna, ze sam Dr B napisal o tym oswiadczenie.
Dr David Younger z Nowego Jorku odkryl nowa metode diagnostyki boreliozy.
Wiekszosc chorych z borelioza doswiadcza roznego rodzaju zaburzen czucia,
ktore nie znajduja potwierdzenia w typowo przeprowadzanych testach takich jak
EMG czy przewodnictwo neronow.
Wg najnowszych badan, uszkodzenia nerwowe w boreliozie mozna latwo uwidocznic
z dowolnego wycinka skory poprzez zastosowanie specificznego barwnika.
Praca badawcza, a wlasciwie caly szereg prac badawczych na ten temat juz
wkrotce zostanie opublikowana.
Znaczenie tego jest takie, ze juz wkrotce negowanie boreliozy stanie sie
bardzo trudne.
List:
Hello from Dr. Burrascano,
I wanted to alert all of you to a new Lyme Disease research project
involving neuro-Lyme.
As many of you know, neurologic manifestations in chronic Lyme are
often the most disabling and least amenable to treatment. Dr. David
Younger, the NYC neurologist I have referred many people to, and who
is affiliated with The Neurology Research Foundation, has developed a
unique method of diagnosing small nerve fiber disruption as seen in
Lyme. This is what causes the terrible pains and numbness, and is
NEVER picked up on EMGs and NCVs. The method involves simple skin
biopsies in which special stains are used to highlight these nerve
fibers.
He actually presented a paper on finding this disruption in Lyme
vaccine recipients- after he made this diagnosis, he was able to
treat them and demonstrate after treatment, on repeat testing, that
the nerve fiber disruption healed, in concert with an improvement in
patient symptoms.
Many of you also may know of him as the maven on autonomic neuropathy
in Lyme, because he has developed a comprehensive testing program
using high-tech equipment and has helped many a Lyme patient.
Anyway, the big news is that he is now beginning a study to look
for
nerve fiber disruption and autonomic disturbances in all chronic
Lyme
patients, not just vaccine recipients. The study is officially
titled "Lyme neuroborreliosis: Peripheral nervous system and
autonomic manifestations: Natural history and response to
immunomodulatory therapy".
If anyone is interested in seeing him, I suggest you give him a call.
Although I have several phone numbers for him, I think the best way
at this time to contact him is through his office at 1-212-535-4314
(Dr. Younger is the Chief of Neuromuscular Diseases, NYU Medical
Center, and St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, NY, and sees
patients at these hospitals as well as in his office).
Results will definitely be published- probably several papers will
result. I find this exciting, because not only does this represent a
new and useful tool for diagnosis and treatment, it also documents
nerve damage that has until now been suspected (and felt by
patients!!!) but has been invisible on standard tests. I can foresee
this method not only validating real complaints (you are not crazy
or just a drug addict after all), but it is also the kind of objective,
measurable and photographable proof of pathology that can help in
demonstrating the realities of neuro-Lyme to all who doubt its
existence, including the insurers.
I encourage all who have the need and ability to check this out.
Best wishes, from
Dr Burrascano