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Dr JoAnne Whitaker, a Lyme disease victim from About the Author: childhood, developed a reliable test for the presence Dr James A. Howenstine is a board-certified specialist of Lyme disease. Called "Q-RIBb", which stands for _ in internal medicine who spent 34 years taking care of "Quantitative Rapid Identification of Bb", this test patients in hospital and clinical environments. The looks for the Bb organism, not antibodies, and is able — second edition of his book A Physician's Guide to Natural to identify pieces of the cell wall deficient (CWD) form Health Products that Work is now available. This book of the spirochaete as well as the actual Bb organism. and its recommended products can be purchased from Dr Lida Mattman confirmed that Dr Whitaker's test is | Dr Howenstine's website http://www. sensitive and accurate because there has been a 100 ~=mynaturalhealthteam.com and by phoning 1800 416 per cent correlation between a positive blood culture 2806 (in the USA). of Bb by Dr Mattman's lab and a positive Q-RIBb test Additional information and references from Dr from Dr Whitaker's laboratory. Howenstine on blood transfusions can be found in his Because 87.5 per cent of patients incubating Lyme article published in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and disease may not have symptoms, there is a huge pool Patients, July 2008 (http://www.townsendletter.com/ of potential blood donors who present serious danger uly2008/bloodtrans0708.htm). to any patient needing blood transfusions for an Dr Howenstine can be reached by email at elective surgical procedure. Therefore, potential drjimhow@gmail.com and by writing to him care of surgical patients need to be Remarsa USA SB 37, PO Box certain that the risks of surgery 25292, Miami, FL 33102-5292, and transfusion warrant Lyme disease is the USA. proceeding with the operation. f Q are astest-growing epidemic Endnotes Protecting Yourself from the in the world and is \ w mas OG Oo. 153 4 ewsletter ‘eb; 2153; Dangers of Transfusions often thought to be a . tp://Awww.drdavidwilliams.com id fficient time t contributing factor in 2. Am Heart J 2006; 252(6):1028- Provides sulicien ero : 34; Arch Int Med 2006; 166(4):437- place your own blood in 50% of patients who have B reserve for your surgery. In the chronic disease. 3. Harvey WT, Salvato P. The Michigan study cited earlier, those who banked their own (Allergy Research Group blood and those who avoided Newsletter) 2003 Oct, p. 5 transfusions had the lowest rates of infection and the 4. The Lancet 1994 Dec 31, pp. 1768-69; The Lancet 1995 Jul 8, lowest risk of dying after coronary artery bypass P. !15 surgery. 5. Cancer 1987; 59(4):836-43 New surgical techniques can save lost blood, — ® Art Otol Rhin Laryngol 1989; 98(3):171-3 : , 7. Eur Respir} 2006 Nov | (Epub allowing it to be cleaned and recycled back to the 8. Dis Colon Rectum 2006, 49(8):1116-30 patient during the surgery. Lasers and cryotherapy can. Transfusion 1999; 39(7):694-700 instantly stop blood loss in the operating room. —_19, Am Heart | 2006; 252(6):1028-34; Arch Int Med 2006; Drops of blood instead of vials of it can be used for —_166(4):437-43 performing lab tests. Microsurgical techniques can 11. Selnes OA et al. Coronary artery bypass surgery and minimise tissue trauma and blood loss. Hyperbaric the brain. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) 2001 Feb oxygen chambers, drugs such as erythropoietin, 8; 44(6):451-2 vitamins, iron and hormones can be utilised to 12. Cell Biochem Funct 2003; 21(3):283-9 increase red blood cell production before surgery. 13. Hochman JS et al. Coronary intervention for It is estimated that 75,000 surgeons in the USA have persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction. NEJM . 2006 Dec 7; 355:2395-2407 been trained to perform bloodless surgery. Many 14. Braunwald E. Coronary artery surgery at the hospitals are now equipped to perform this type of crossroads. NEJM 1977; 297(12):661-3 surgery. You can check to to see if your local hospitals 15. Rath M, Pauling L (1991a). Solution to the puzzle of can provide this care. human cardiovascular disease. | Ortho Med 6:125-34 Continue to donate blood, as properly used transfusions 16. Grant WB. Reassessing the role of sugar in the can be life saving. Healthy individuals are allowed to etiology of heart disease. J Ortho Med 1998; 13(2):95-104 donate as often as every eight weeks. 17. Whitaker, Julian. Coronary Artery Disease: Back to The danger of blood transfusions is real and not —_ Basics. Health & Healing 2007 Feb; 12(2):1-3 widely appreciated by the general public and the '!8- ibid . ee medical profession. Try to be certain that the risks of | 19: Rowen. If you have ANY chronic debilitating transfusion are exceeded by the benefits before disease, you could be the victim of a Monster Epidemic! . ~ Second Opinion 2003 Nov; xiii(11) accepting blood transfusions. oo History of Lyme Disease. Focus Dr Lyme disease is the fastest-growing epidemic in the world and is thought to be a contributing factor in 50% of patients who have chronic disease. surgery. New surgical techniques can save lost blood, allowing it to be cleaned and recycled back to the patient during the surgery. Lasers and cryotherapy can instantly stop blood loss in the operating room. Drops of blood instead of vials of it can be used for performing lab tests. Microsurgical techniques can minimise tissue trauma and blood loss. Hyperbaric oxygen chambers, drugs such as erythropoietin, vitamins, iron and hormones can be utilised to increase red blood cell production before surgery. It is estimated that 75,000 surgeons in the USA have been trained to perform bloodless surgery. Many hospitals are now equipped to perform this type of surgery. You can check to to see if your local hospitals can provide this care. Continue to donate blood, as properly used transfusions can be life saving. Healthy individuals are allowed to donate as often as every eight weeks. The danger of blood transfusions is real and not widely appreciated by the general public and the medical profession. Try to be certain that the risks of transfusion are exceeded by the benefits before accepting blood transfusions. co 24 ¢ NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com