Streptococcus infections

Condition
Streptococcus is wild in people right now, it's the new superbug and it's in everybody
  • Multiple strains: 100 different strains exist, people can have 5-6 different strains by age 38-42
  • Antibiotic use creates upgraded strains: Each antibiotic treatment upgrades strep into a stronger, more resistant strain. Antibiotics have petroleum and eggs in their formulations that also feed strep. Parents who carry upgraded strep can pass more aggressive strains to their children from birth. The cycle of antibiotics → stronger strep → more antibiotics is the mechanism behind chronic, recurring infections.
  • Strep strengthened by blood draws: Excessive blood draws deplete immune cells. As tubes of blood are drawn, immune cells are extracted from the bloodstream and cannot be replenished overnight. With fewer immune cells, strep, E. coli, C. diff, and staph bacteria rise up. Chronic illness patients who receive frequent blood draws often experience worsening strep-related symptoms (sinusitis, conjunctivitis, bacterial vaginosis, SIBO, yeast infections) as a result.
  • Chronic strep: Long-term strep infection in linings of small and large intestinal tract, different from SIBO
  • Strep as a childhood infection that never leaves: Most strep infections begin in childhood — picked up from parents, other children, shared fluids, or bathrooms. Strep throat in a child is not resolved by antibiotics; the bacteria migrate deeper into the lymphatic system and gut, where they persist for decades. Children given antibiotics for ear infections, sore throats, or bronchitis are creating stronger antibiotic-resistant strep strains over time.
  • Mold exposure trigger: Mycotoxins from mold exposure are a trigger that lowers the immune system, allowing streptococcus infections to proliferate
  • PANDAS co-infection and contributing factors: PANDAS is caused by a co-infection of one or more strains from over 50 groups of streptococcus bacteria plus a virus (most commonly HHV-6), with toxic heavy metals being a contributing aspect that facilitates the condition's development.
  • Multiple strains accumulate across a lifetime: People can accumulate 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or more distinct strains of strep in their system over a lifetime. New strains are picked up through intimate contact, shared fluids, and social environments. By age 38-42 many women carry 5-6 strains with different properties and resistance profiles. Different strains colonize different locations: sinuses, bladder, colon, skin, and reproductive system.
  • Bacteria transmission: Picked up when young from parents, other children, bathrooms, or sharing fluids
  • Strep spreads through the body via gas and toxins: Strep bacteria in the colon and intestinal tract produce noxious gas that becomes painful when moving through the intestinal tract. The gas itself carries toxins that can inflame surrounding tissue. Strep loves to burrow into pockets in the ileum, sigmoid colon, descending and ascending colon, and lives there all day. The toxins from strep cause body-wide aching, including in the liver area.
  • Antibiotic resistance: Strep becomes stronger with each antibiotic treatment, creating upgraded resistant strains

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