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There are some people who argue anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activity are actually behind the effectiveness of a variety drugs that are not thought of as such

There are some people who argue anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activity are actually behind the effectiveness of a variety drugs that are not thought of as such. Statins, for one example, clearly do save people from having a second heart attack, even though the official cholesterol story justifying the drug is problematic. Some say the statins are actually killing off a fungal infection. The article didn't even mention toxoplasmosis infection and links to mental illness and other behaviors. I don't think it's crazy to predict we're going to see more and more health and behavior problems directly linked to infectious agents over time. People bought this simple story that antibiotics saved us from all the infections 60 years ago.

derefr 12y ago
Huh. Similarly, I have managed to "cure" a number of infections in my own body, both fungal and bacterial—and even, apparently, a few cavities—purely with a course of extra-strength expectorants and mucosal-membrane rinses containing biologically-safe surfactants (e.g. baby shampoo.) Basically, we think of diseases as things we have to fight with drugs—but our immune systems are perfectly adequate at fighting blood-borne diseases, most of the time. The only thing the body really struggles with is plaques/biofilms—whether in the heart, in the liver, in the tonsils, in the teeth, in the appendix, etc. And we've invented tons of things that break up plaques/biofilms: surfactants, mucosal thinners, ultrasound, etc. But we only apply them in very specific cases (ultrasound only for free-floating stones, mucosal thinners only for lung problems, scraping for arterial plaque, etc.) instead of thinking that this is a class of problems, that will have a class of solutions that all apply to any instance of the problem. I bring this up because, by your statement, statins sound like yet another item in that "biofilm-reducing" class of treatments that all happen to have some miraculous and mysterious effect on both chronic fungal/bacterial infections and inflammatory disease (Chron's, IBS, etc.)
- a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
  I found permanent relief from a couple long lasting problems with the application of xylitol, tea tree oil, and taking high dose aspirin. Antibiotics had been useless. In my unfortunately personal experience doctors are almost entirely ignorant on the matter of biofilms at the moment and will simply keep blasting you with antibiotics.
- aantix 12y ago
  You're one of the few people I've seen mention the usage of baby shampoo. I saw it mentioned as a treatment for chronic sinus infections. http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/01/19/journal-of-personal-science-how-i-cured-my-sinusitis/ http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/01/19/journal-of-personal-s...

derefr 12y ago

Huh. Similarly, I have managed to "cure" a number of infections in my own body, both fungal and bacterial—and even, apparently, a few cavities—purely with a course of extra-strength expectorants and mucosal-membrane rinses containing biologically-safe surfactants (e.g. baby shampoo.) Basically, we think of diseases as things we have to fight with drugs—but our immune systems are perfectly adequate at fighting blood-borne diseases, most of the time. The only thing the body really struggles with is plaques/biofilms—whether in the heart, in the liver, in the tonsils, in the teeth, in the appendix, etc. And we've invented tons of things that break up plaques/biofilms: surfactants, mucosal thinners, ultrasound, etc. But we only apply them in very specific cases (ultrasound only for free-floating stones, mucosal thinners only for lung problems, scraping for arterial plaque, etc.) instead of thinking that this is a class of problems, that will have a class of solutions that all apply to any instance of the problem. I bring this up because, by your statement, statins sound like yet another item in that "biofilm-reducing" class of treatments that all happen to have some miraculous and mysterious effect on both chronic fungal/bacterial infections and inflammatory disease (Chron's, IBS, etc.)

a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
I found permanent relief from a couple long lasting problems with the application of xylitol, tea tree oil, and taking high dose aspirin. Antibiotics had been useless. In my unfortunately personal experience doctors are almost entirely ignorant on the matter of biofilms at the moment and will simply keep blasting you with antibiotics.
aantix 12y ago
You're one of the few people I've seen mention the usage of baby shampoo. I saw it mentioned as a treatment for chronic sinus infections. http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/01/19/journal-of-personal-science-how-i-cured-my-sinusitis/ http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/01/19/journal-of-personal-s...