An Outbreak of Autism, or a Statistical Fluke?

NY Times ^ | March 17, 2009 | DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

[MetaThought]

I looked around a little bit about info on Q-RIBb.

There are complaints that it is possibly too sensitive.
Too many people test positive without any symptoms of Lyme.

Can you comment on that ?

[TheThirdRuffian]

My guess is autism is genetic and the Amish are a largely closed society.

[Tomato lover]

“At night he pounds the walls for hours, which led to his family’s eviction from their last apartment.”

What prevented them from putting the bed far away from the wall??

[BossLady]

Thanks for the info!!!

[BossLady]

We have used it with great success in our office. The sensitivies are very debatable in that just because someone does not have symptoms....it does not mean the patient does not have the lurking spirochetes. Dr. Whitaker herself, did not start having symptoms until her 50s, and by then she realized she must have contracted LD in her childhood.

You can use it as a secondary test against the Western Blot, if you choose. The Western Blot tests for the antibodies. The Q-RIBb though, looks at the Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) antigen, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Microbiologist, Dr. Lida Mattman independently verified Dr. Whitaker's Q-RIBb test results and was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1997 for her research on stealth pathogens. Dr. Mattman is one of the few scientists who have been able to successfully culture the Lyme bacteria from its cell wall deficient form, (cystic or L-Form) to spirochetes in a laboratory. She is the author of the book - 'Stealth Pathogens'.

We have 4 patients, as I speak, that had various symptoms in which Drs diagnosed as Fibromylagia, ALS, MS, odd immune disorders that came back negative on the Western Blot but then came back positive on the Q-RIBb. Once we got the patients on supportive therapies, the symptoms of the ailments went away.

We provide our patients with the information and let them decide if they want to proceed with the Q-RIBb test. Most of them go ahead with the testing and the few that do not will go ahead after other therapies do not produce any viable results.

[MetaThought]

Thank you very much.

I will give the pH and the cat’s claw a shot in addition to the antibiotics.

[BossLady]

You have nothing to lose in applying all those mentioned ;)

[kruss3]

My guess would be that the Nigerian women would also be inclined to where more clothing and reduce the benefits of UVB radiation. Melanin content of the skin would also do the same.

[Myrddin]

My guess would be that the Nigerian women would also be inclined to where more clothing and reduce the benefits of UVB radiation. Melanin content of the skin would also do the same.

I agree on both counts. Moving from Nigeria to Sweden is a big change in temperature and sun exposure. The Swedes may be more inclined to eat fatty fish e.g. sardines, mackerel, salmon and cod liver oil. Those foods provide lots of vitamin D. Those foods are likely foreign to the diet of Nigerians.