Has anyone ever heard of Chlamydophila pneumoniae? Is it related to causing mul!
Question:
Has anyone ever heard of Chlamydophila pneumoniae? Is it related to causing multiple sclerosis? Is it safe?
to take the combo antibiotic treatment to treat it?
Answers:
To answer your question, Chlamydophila pneumoniae (previously known as Chlamydia pneumoniae) is a common bacterial infection in people and is one of the leading causes of pneumonia.
Scientists have long known that exposure to some infectious agent is part of the cause of MS, but they have not been able to find the actual trigger. They have been looking into several infectious triggers, and C. pneumoniae is one of them.
Chlamydia pneumoniae has also been proven to be associated with vascular disease (heart attack, atherosclerosis, etc). Regardless of their age, sex or nationality, people with sclerotic arteries tend to show signs of infection. Unlike the other infectious agents sometimes shown in both healthy and unhealthy patients, this organism never shows up in truly healthy tissue. No one is saying, however, that atherosclerosis is only caused by a bacteria; diet and exercise are certainly factors as well. But mounting evidence suggests that the leading cause of death in the western world is to some degree contagious and that common antibiotics might help bring it under control.
The treatment options for battling a long-term infectious disease such as this are as many and varied as there are doctors trying to treat it. Many researchers are now gearing up to test medications such as tetracycline; erythromycin; ofloxacin; clinafloxacin; ciprofloxacin; azithromycin; clindamycin; doxycycline and minocycline in its treatment. Besides the "combo" antibiotic regimen, other drugs such as isoniazid (a common TB medication) have also been shown to be effective against C. pneumoniae. Work with your doctor to try and come up with a combination of drugs that can treat the largest number of infectious diseases as efficiently as possible.
Oh, and stock up on the acidophilus pills. And Metamucil. They both help.
HTH
CJ