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ORIGINAL: Lockit

For me, I had to be on the pain meds for years, until I got to MO and they right off the bat said I was a drug addict because I was allergic to a lot of medications. I got stubborn and said no one will ever call me that again and suffered with the pain.

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J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Sep;93(9):1253-8.
Herpes virus infection can cause intervertebral disc degeneration: a causal relationship?
Alpantaki K, Katonis P, Hadjipavlou AG, Spandidos DA, Sourvinos G.
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University of Crete, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Faculty of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete 71003, Greece.
Abstract

It has been proposed that intervertebral disc degeneration might be caused by low-grade infection. The purpose of the present study was to assess the incidence of herpes viruses in intervertebral disc specimens from patients with lumbar disc herniation. A polymerase chain reaction based assay was applied to screen for the DNA of eight different herpes viruses in 16 patients and two controls. DNA of at least one herpes virus was detected in 13 specimens (81.25%). Herpes Simplex Virus type-1 (HSV-1) was the most frequently detected virus (56.25%), followed by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (37.5%). In two patients, co-infection by both HSV-1 and CMV was detected. All samples, including the control specimens, were negative for Herpes Simplex Virus type-2, Varicella Zoster Virus, Epstein Barr Virus, Human Herpes Viruses 6, 7 and 8. The absence of an acute infection was confirmed both at the serological and mRNA level. To our knowledge this is the first unequivocal evidence of the presence of herpes virus DNA in intervertebral disc specimens of patients with lumbar disc herniation suggesting the potential role of herpes viruses as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of degenerative disc disease.

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ORIGINAL: Rule

Don't be daft. Of course one won't be dead or in a coma. I have been living on mostly three or four liters of yoghurt and some vitamin C tablets per day for 25 years now. All kinds of young mammals grow up to be strong young mammals by suckling on their moms tits exclusively.

Plenty of people can live for a couple of weeks on water and plain vitamin C tablets exclusively.

Why oh why do not people use their god given brains before they say something?

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ORIGINAL: Rule

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J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Sep;93(9):1253-8.
Herpes virus infection can cause intervertebral disc degeneration: a causal relationship?
Alpantaki K, Katonis P, Hadjipavlou AG, Spandidos DA, Sourvinos G.
Source

University of Crete, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Faculty of Medicine, Heraklion, Crete 71003, Greece.
Abstract

It has been proposed that intervertebral disc degeneration might be caused by low-grade infection. The purpose of the present study was to assess the incidence of herpes viruses in intervertebral disc specimens from patients with lumbar disc herniation. A polymerase chain reaction based assay was applied to screen for the DNA of eight different herpes viruses in 16 patients and two controls. DNA of at least one herpes virus was detected in 13 specimens (81.25%). Herpes Simplex Virus type-1 (HSV-1) was the most frequently detected virus (56.25%), followed by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) (37.5%). In two patients, co-infection by both HSV-1 and CMV was detected. All samples, including the control specimens, were negative for Herpes Simplex Virus type-2, Varicella Zoster Virus, Epstein Barr Virus, Human Herpes Viruses 6, 7 and 8. The absence of an acute infection was confirmed both at the serological and mRNA level. To our knowledge this is the first unequivocal evidence of the presence of herpes virus DNA in intervertebral disc specimens of patients with lumbar disc herniation suggesting the potential role of herpes viruses as a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of degenerative disc disease.

I had no knowledge about degenerative disc disease, but I do know a huge amount about herpes viruses and the many horrendous diseases that they cause. So I did a gamble and googled and got the above abstract.

Stop eating and drinking (except for plain water and vitamin C tablets) and likely all of your pain will be gone in at most two weeks.

If you must eat, then drink liters of plain yoghurt. You can eat most kinds of potatoes. For a vegetable you can eat chicory. Infrequently (once a week) have an egg or a bit of meat. Avoid all other foods.

I recommend the same diet for anyone else who is chronically ill or in pain.

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ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx
Damn it Rule, you are not a doctor.

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: Rule

Don't be daft. Of course one won't be dead or in a coma. I have been living on mostly three or four liters of yoghurt and some vitamin C tablets per day for 25 years now. All kinds of young mammals grow up to be strong young mammals by suckling on their moms tits exclusively.

Plenty of people can live for a couple of weeks on water and plain vitamin C tablets exclusively.

Why oh why do not people use their god given brains before they say something?

If you wanna be like Rule, follow his advice.



Nuff said.