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Mackowiak wrote: pathogens and their ability to develop resistance to "Bacteria vary widely with respect to both the antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals. emperature at which they grow optimally and the Unfortunately, the most important lesson from the emperature range over which they can reproduce _ initial failure of penicillin has not been learnt and successfully. The bacteria can be divided into three heeded. Due to the chronic, endemic lack of wisdom of arbitrary groups: psychrophiles, mesophiles and Homo sapiens, also known as “Homo stupidissimus", the hermophiles. Almost all of the bacteria that are miracle of antibiotics changed, just as with the miracle pathogenic for humans are mesophiles. For obvious — of sulphur drugs, into an unqualified nightmare. reasons, i.e., their superior ability to adapt, they grow An enormous wealth of research and and reproduce within our physiological temperature — empirical/clinical information has been accumulated range between 33° and 41° Celsius. As an example, over the decades since the 1950s. A lot of it quite Escherichia coliis growth increases rapidly as it clearly is negative and sufficient for the call to approaches the optimal temperature for growth of the discontinue the use of any antibiotics. We have to ask bacterium from the low end of the range of why orthodox standard procedures are so emperature for viability, and then decreases countereffective and unscientific. precipitously as the temperature rises above the optimum for growth.” Adverse Effects of Antibiotics Mackowiak wrote that when cultures of E. coli were Numerous reactions are listed in the product inserts subjected to a temperature of for antibiotics. Instead o 45°C for five hours, bacterial quoting tens of thousands o cells became swollen and research papers, I now distorted when suspended in The standard orthodox summarise the observed distilled water and were easily . . reactions as listed in the destroyed by lysosome (from treatment for infections— product information for a egg white). The same thing administration of variety of antibiotics. applied to Streptococcus, Neisseria ae ue . Besides creating a host o and other bacteria when antibiotics and suppression antibiotic-resistant bacteria tested. of fever at the same time—_— J 222 other micro-organisms, Moreover, according to . . antibiotics have a host o Mackowiak, early researchers Is counterproductive... adverse effects, including established that such micro- gastrointestinal problems organisms became increasingly (nausea, diarrhoea, intestina susceptible to the bacterial candidiasis, colitis including effects of normal serum, antibiotics and detergents | pseudomembranous colitis and haemorrhagic colitis), when the temperature was increased to 37°C. and they also destroy the good gut biota. Yersinia pestis (the flea-carried microbe that causes They proliferate the toxigenic strains of especially bubonic plague) developed a loosely adherent antigen- = Escherichia coli. The side effects include: containing envelope—an adaptive mechanism, since ypersensitivity (allergy) in human and animal this envelope appears to increase the resistance to __ recipients; a moderate rise in liver transaminase AST phagocytosis when cultivated at 37°C but the organism —_ and/or ALT; hepatitis and cholestatic jaundice; haemic lacks this envelope when cultivated at 28°C (the body and lymphatic system damage (anaemia, temperature of the flea). Similarly, the rate of RNA hrombocytopaenic purpura, eosinophilia and degradation in mesophilic bacteria was found to eukopaenia, including severe neutropaenia and increase linearly with increasing temperature. agranulocytosis, and prolongation of bleeding time Other studies cited by Mackowiak demonstrated the — and prothrombin time). effect of sublethal hypothermia on the metabolic The central nervous system side effects include activity of pathogenic bacteria by a general decrease in yperkinaesia, dizziness and convulsions (particularly catabolic activity and a reduced production of selected in patients with impaired renal function). end-products as well as a reduced production of | Hypersensitivity reactions include erythaematous selected end-products associated with glucose maculopapular rash, pruritus and urticaria, erythaema metabolism. multiforme and Stevens—Johnson syndrome, toxic The clinical relevance of these early findings is highly epidermal necrolysis, bullous exfoliative dermatitis and significant and obvious. The standard orthodox acute generalised exanthemous pustulosis (AGEP), treatment for infections—administration of antibiotics | angioneurotic oedema, anaphylaxis, serum sickness, and suppression of fever at the same time—is hypersensitivity vasculitis and interstitial nephritis. counterproductive, to say the least. Worse still, it Under miscellanea is included superficial tooth encourages the growth and general viability of the discolouration. pathogens and their ability to develop resistance to antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals. Unfortunately, the most important lesson from the initial failure of penicillin has not been learnt and heeded. Due to the chronic, endemic lack of wisdom of Homo sapiens, also known as "Homo stupidissimus", the miracle of antibiotics changed, just as with the miracle of sulphur drugs, into an unqualified nightmare. An enormous wealth of research and empirical/clinical information has been accumulated over the decades since the 1950s. A lot of it quite clearly is negative and sufficient for the call to discontinue the use of any antibiotics. We have to ask why orthodox standard procedures are so countereffective and unscientific. are ie) 42 * NEXUS The standard orthodox treatment for infections— administration of antibiotics and suppression of fever at the same time— is counterproductive... AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com