Re: TRUS and EPS

From: NorthernSpy1 (northernspy1_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 01:16:22 GMT

>here is a doctor who claims "chronic prostatitis is almost always an
>> autoimmune problem" (a theory that got a big boost when a guy going for a
>> kidney transplant had his immune system knocked out, which also stopped
>> his
>> pelvic pain!).
>
>Yes, and if he really had a hidden bacterial infection, the
>immunosuppression would have let it rampage through his system. Please

We disagree.

an infection and an autimmune response can co-exist (some websites say) (yes, I
know I website is nto a "study"). You kill the infection, and you may stop
the autoimmune response.

note that the infection can affect one organ, and the autoimmune response
affect a wholly different one. The classic example is rheumatic fever which
derives from a strep throat infection.

  www.medical-library.net/sitesd/_rheumatic_fever.html

But perhaps more offten (as with rheumatic fever) the original infection is
GONE but the immune response remains. I'm not saying I belieive it, but it
makes sense. I note I sometimes have Reiter's symtoms (pink eye, painful
heels) which could mean something.

>You want the downside to using antibiotics when there is no infection?
>Okaaaay:
>http://www.chronicpelvicpain.us/viewtopic.php?t=1693

To the extent we're talking quinolones (as that website does) I agree ---
doctors universally neglect to warn that the side effects can be gruesome
especially when you take quinolones for MONTHS (they're only approved for
something like weeks). I've experienced some of the side effects from Cirpro
(joint pain, insomnia, nausea) and they're bad and in some people they claim
they don't go away.

But show me the authority that proves it's dangerous to take plunky old
doxycycling for a year. Little or no downside there.

Ask Gabe.

www.drmirkin.com/morehealth/2521.html

www.drmirkin.com/archive/7207.html

www.rheumatic.org/mirkin.htm

http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/4090/

Why I Prescribe Antibiotics to Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and Other Autoimmune Diseases

- Carlos

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