Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a bacteria responsible for a vast amount of human disease. It is related to corynebacterium and is considered acid fast. It can often be extrapulmonary [1]. All about M bovis [2]
Named diseases
Sjogrens [3]
Raynauds?
Testical swelling [4] as well as other things possibly hydrocel
Insomnia
Insomnia in tuberculosis [5]. Also see brain section relating thalmus issues to insomnia.
Chronic Fatigue
Basically everyone with mycobacterium avium infection have chronic fatigue either mild moderate or severe [6].
Behavior
Bovine TB causes erratic behavior in possums [7] reminicent of toxoplasmosis. I believe TB causes radical conservative views and toxo causes radical liberal views.
Might cause picking due to nmda receptor changes [8].
Gluten Sensitivity
Four times risk [9].
Stiff neck
Extreme stiff neck is a symptom [10].
Jaw Inflammation
Mycobacterium is the most common cause of jaw inflammation and overbite.
Hearing loss
Can be linked to tuberculosis [11]
Brain
Thalmus effected often (infarct) and basal ganglia (the home of the substantia nigra which produces dopamine) and also hydrocephalus pressure in head [12]. Thalmus is related to sleep regulation and extensive damage can lead to coma, also damaged in fatal familial insomnia [13].
Dementia from unilateral thalamus infarct [14].
Infection of the hypothalamus can cause weight gain [15].
Low Cortisol, hyopthyroidism, hyperprolactin [16]
Eyes
Can cause possibly myositis of the eye muscles or cranial nerve palsy leading to strabismus lazy eye Sixth cranial nerve most effected [17] causing outward gaze [18] [19] or eyelid twitching [20].
Estrogen
Estrogen elevated by m tuberculosis [21] which likely is what causes gynecomastia.
Estrogen prevents progression of tuberculosis [22].
Bone infection
Also capled osteomyelitis [23].
Can attack the sternum which is linked to gynecomastia.
Sternum and spinal osteomyleitis [24]
Chest wall rib tuberculosis is very common and if it it starts there it is probably mycobacterium bovis [25].
Arthritis
Tuberculosis can cause it [26].
Shoulder
Images [29].
Sternoclavicular joint [30].
Hand
Back pain
Mycobacterium causes slipped disks, bulging disks, and herniated disks and failed back syndrome [33] which is linked to TNFa [34].
Spondylitis is infection of the vertebral joints [35].
Kidney
Often environmental mycobacteria infect the urinary tract [36] which can cause lower back pain.
Heart Disease
Mycobacterium possibly causes stabbing pain in the heart and inflammation of the pericardium. Corynebacterium and Bacillus might also be to blame. All are countered with garlic.
Diabetes
Mycobacterium is likely the #1 cause of type 1 diabetes. See diabetes.
Dry mouth
Mycobacterium might cause it. I waz getting with teef powder and I raised eucalyptus essential oil seems to have fixed it.
Viral Complications
Mycobacterium is one of a few bacteria implicated in SARS, a respiratory syndrome from coronaviruses like COVID-19. Haemophilus is even more prevalent.
BCG vaccine which is a live mycobacterial bovis strain has cross reactivity with coronavirus [37].
Coinfections
- Parasites [38] ascaris [39] Liver fluke [40].
- Klebsiella [41].
- Staphylococcus [42].
- Fungus [43].
- Virus and streptococcus [44] [45].
- Moraxella, haemophilus, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and more [46].
Treatment
This bacteria is most effectively tackled with garlic (raw or garlic powder that contains allicin) and eucalyptus oil and bergamot essential oil.
Magnesium significantly lower in people with TB [47] so should be supplemented.
Fucoxanthan from brown seaweed fights mycobacterium [48].
US Military are routinely tested and treated [49] which might cause them to have lower rates of infection than general population.
Essential oils [50]
- Thyme [51].
- Cinnamon [52]. Cinnamon effective but not lemongrass [53] [54].
- Eucalyptus
- Calendula [55]
- Bergamot
- Thymol, carvacrol, and cinnamaldehyde most potent in that order [56] [57].
- Juniper [58]
- Myrtle [59] [60]
- Clove cumin cinnamon [61].
- Pine Cedar Bergamot [62]
- Spearmint and to much lesser degree peppermint [63].
- Rosemary [64] [65] [66].
- Higly volatile components of rosemary, white fir, lavender, thyme, peppermint highly effective [67].
- Citronella due to geraniol [68]
- O. europaea, N. officinale, C. sinensis and C. aurantifolia [69]
- Limonene (orange eo) and a-pinene (eucalyptus eo) best components [70]
Specific combo
When you want to specifically target mycobacteria and very little else
- Eucalyptus
- Orange
- Peppermint/spearmint
Topical Combo
10 drops thyme
10 drops oregano
40 drops peppermint
20 drops rosemary
20 drops castor oil
1/2 oz C8 MCT
Internal combo
See EO protein shake
Topical Salve
[71].
Extracts
- EGCG and Quercetin more effective than caffeic acid and ellagic acid [72].
- Willow as described by Dioscorides [73] [74].
- Salicin might help tuberculosis by reducing TNFa slighly [75]which is elecvated in fighting TB. This is what is in willow, do cold water extraction.
Corticosteroids always prescribed with antibiotics so here are some herbal alternatives [76].
- paraminosalicylic acid effective [77].
- salicylic acid changes morphology [78].
- acetylsalicylic acid helps fight TB [79].
Reservoirs
Pigs and cows [80].
Macrophages for iron [81]
Immunity
- Mendelian suseptibility [82]
Diet
Fatty foods [83]
Blood sugar
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