Alzheimer’s Disease: The Crippling Of A Mind

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In our lives the one thing most people identify as containing the essence of who they are comes from the mind. It houses creativity, personality, memories and intelligence. Our thoughts are the only things we have total control over, if the brain is healthy that is. Alzheimer’s disease strips the individual of their identity by destroying the brain over a period of 8 to 20 years.

What Causes Alzheimer’s Disease?

Currently medical science is only able to view Alzheimer’s disease through opaque glass. Diagnoses are difficult as several forms of dementia exist. In fact an autopsy is required to be able to confirm the diagnosis. More is known about how Alzheimer’s disease affects the person than is known about what causes it or will prevent it.

Lyme Disease: Like Beating Back Supernatural Beasts

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The spirochetes that cause Lyme Disease are truly monsters. Like a Boogeyman they hide from detection by boring into body tissues such as bone, tendons, joints, nerves and, most preferably, the brain. This is how the spirochetes are able to avoid being confronted by either the body’s immune system or any antibiotics, which use the circulatory system as their avenue for attack. In essence the spirochetes hide under the bed until all is clear, then they dart out of their cubby holes and start creating the havoc for which they are infamous. This is why Lyme Disease can go into remission only to later resurface with a vengeance. And the fiendishness doesn’t stop there, for not only do they hide, they also shape shift like a werewolf.

Lyme Disease: Something To Get Ticked About

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If you thought Lyme disease was transmitted by ticks, you’d be partially right. If you thought Lyme disease could not be transmitted between humans, you’d be partially right. And, if you thought antibiotics could cure Lyme disease, again you’d be partially right.

Because Lyme disease is a recently discovered ailment, knowledge about the illness has only been partially developed. In fact, it is often overlooked by medical professionals because there are over 100 different symptoms depending on the stage of the disease.

America’s #1 Bug Enemy

On the world stage mosquitoes cause more disease in people than any other creature of the insect persuasion. However, in the United States the tick effects the most damage to human health. This is for the most part due to the discovery of Lyme disease in Old Lyme, Connecticut during a juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis outbreak. The Center for Disease Control thought the epidemic unnatural so they investigated the circumstances and discovered Lyme disease as the cause.

The Immune System: The War Over Disease

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If the body’s immune system were to be compared to a known society it would have to be the Spartans of ancient Greece. The immune system is a warrior-like federation with all the sophistication of a modern military. Within its ranks is an intelligence seeking force, B cells; standing army, Killer T cells; database of past actions, Memory B and T cells; weapons experts, Granulocytes; and even a force that does a little of everything, Macrophages.

First Line Of Defense

The immune system has forces within and without the body working in unison to keep the body disease free. The first line of defense is the hair, skin, tears and mucus of the mouth, nose and lungs. These, in and of themselves, possess powerful weapons. Both the skin and mucus carry chemicals which fight bacteria. The mucus has an added feature which traps invaders and through tentacle-like cilia moves them back up toward the body entrance, so they can be expelled.

Strengthen The Lymphatic System

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Can exercising for only two minutes actually benefit the body in any major way? If you are stumped, try this question. Can stress ever have a positive physical effect on the body? Still don’t know? Well, the answers to both questions is ‘yes’. The details for why this is so lies with the mechanics of the lymphatic system.

How Does The Lymphatic System Work?

The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system. Lymph fluid is formed when pressure within a capillary vessel pushes it into the surrounding tissue space. The lymphatic vessels then take the lymph fluid into its system of vessels. From there the lymph fluid, which is full of toxins, flows against gravity up the body to various lymph nodes. Each lymph node is designed with more ‘in’ than ‘out’ doors. The magic in this design is that the lymph fluid has no choice but to linger in the node where it can be more thoroughly scrubbed clean. Eventually, the cleaned fluid returns to the blood vessels through veins in the neck.