For people with interstitial cystitis, digestion tract inflammation, or fatigue caused by a stealthy adenovirus infection
by Greg Lee

Have you ever seen a set of nested wooden dolls? As you open the biggest doll and you see a smaller one inside, and another, and another. Eventually, you finally discover the tiniest doll inside.

How are nested dolls similar to an adenovirus infection in a person with Lyme disease?

Similar to a set of nested dolls, viruses can hide within larger germs like Lyme bacteria and parasites¹
Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that commonly infect the respiratory system, digestion tract, or other organs. A person infected with this virus can present with: fever, diarrhea, rashes, cystitis (bladder infections), pink eye², or encephalitis³. People with a weakened immune system, respiratory illness, or cardiac disease are at a higher risk from getting symptoms from an adenovirus infection. Transmission can occur by having close contact with infected people, by touching items that have adenoviruses on them and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes. Given the similar presentation to other bacterial infections, adenovirus can be easily misdiagnosed.

Misdiagnosis of adenovirus patients was greater than 80%
In one study, 88% of children infected with adenovirus were misdiagnosed with a bacterial infection and mistakenly given antibiotics⁴. Since viruses can be nested within bacterial infections like Lyme disease, antibiotic treatment may actually increase detectable levels of adenovirus.

When larger parasites or bacteria are killed with medications, viral infections have dramatically increased⁵
In Lyme disease patients that have received extensive antibiotic or anti-parasitic medications, elevated levels of adenovirus have been detected in blood tests and electrodermal scans. If detected in immune compromised patients, they may receive the antiviral medication ribavirin. Unfortunately, ribavirin is not effective against all types of adenovirus.

Adenoviruses employ multiple strategies to evade the immune system and antiviral drugs
Some species of adenovirus are resistant to ribavirin⁶. Also, adenovirus has the ability to hide within biofilms found on materials used in drinking water systems⁷. The estimated level of increased antiviral resistance due to biofilms is unknown. Since biofilms may provide an estimated five-thousand fold⁸ increase to antibiotics, there is likely to be increased antiviral resistance. Since adenoviruses hijack the nucleus of cells to reproduce, they have the ability to disrupt how cells produce immune-modulatory proteins that help to identify viruses, which allows it to escape detection⁹.

What else besides antiviral medications can help you fight an antiviral resistant, biofilm hiding, and intracellular manipulating adenovirus infection?

Here are three methods for stopping a stealthy adenovirus infection
Fortunately, there are three remedies and treatments that can help to overcome a growing adenovirus infection: essential oils, liposomal antiviral herbs, and Frequency Specific Microcurrent. These methods help to fight antiviral resistant adenovirus species, cut through biofilms, and penetrate into cells and reservoirs where the viruses are causing symptoms.

Strategy #1: Anti-Adenovirus Essential Oils
Two essential oils have been found to inhibit adenoviruses, thyme and cinnamon. Thyme, had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against adenovirus-5 of 50 µl/ml in one lab study¹⁰. Thyme essential oil has antibiofilm properties against other microbes^11,12. In another lab study, cinnamaldehyde, which is found in high concentrations in essential oils made from two types of cinnamon bark cinnamomum verum and cinnamomum cassia, had a MIC of 0.0195–0.315 mg/mL against adenovirus-3 in another study¹³. Cinnamon essential oil also has antibiofilm properties against many different biofilms^14,15,16,17. Herbs also have anti-adenovirus properties.

Strategy #2: Liposomal Anti-Adenovirus Herbs
In one study, hot water extracts two herbs Pisum sativum, aka garden peas, and Bauhinia variegata leaves and bark, aka Orchid tree, Camel’s Foot Tree or Mountain-ebony, demonstrated half maximal effective concentrations (EC₅₀) of

P. Sativum
143.1 ± 26.1 μg/ml (adenovirus-3)
87.9 ± 11.1 μg/ml (adenovirus-8)
463.9 ± 30.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-11)

B. variegata
190.1 ± 8.9 μg/ml (adenovirus-3)
118.1 ± 10.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-8)
> 500.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-11)¹⁸.

In other studies, these herbal compounds inhibited adenovirus-3: cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon¹⁹, shikonin from Lithosperm eyrthrorhizon root²⁰, and astragaloside IV from Astragalus membranaceus²¹. These compounds from sweet basil were effective against multiple types of adenovirus: ursolic acid had an EC₅₀ = 4.2 mg/L on adenovirus-8, apigenin had an EC₅₀ = 11.1 mg/L on adenovirus-3, and linalool had an EC₅₀ = 16.9 mg/L on adenovirus-11²². Ethanol extract of echinacea purpurea inhibited the inflammatory cytokines produce in response to adenovirus-3 and adenovirus-11²³.

Processing these herbs into a liposomal mixture increases their ability to penetrate into macrophage cells²⁴, biofilms, joints, and the nervous system²⁵ where adenovirus can hide. Cinnamon is contraindicated in pregnancy, and in cases of excess heat (flushed face, red eyes, dry mouth and tongue) and bleeding²⁶. Lithosperm eyrthrorhizon root is cautioned in people with diarrhea or coldness in the stomach²⁷. Astragalus is contraindicated in cases of excess anger due to liver stagnation, excess heat, coldness in the lower abdomen, lesions caused by excess heat in the blood. This herb is also cautioned in pregnancy²⁸. Sweet basil is contraindicated in pregnancy²⁹. Echinacea is contraindicated in people allergic to ragweed, chrysanthemum, marigolds, or daisies³⁰. In addition to liposomal herbs, Frequency Specific Microcurrent can help eliminate an adenovirus infection.

Strategy #3 Antiviral Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses millionth of an amp electrical currents to reduce viral infections and inflammation. Frequencies for reducing viruses, inflammation, and promoting healing are combined with frequencies to target viruses hiding inside organs like the bladder in interstitial cystitis patients, the lungs and heart, and the nervous system in patients with memory and concentration issues. Frequencies can also be used to target intracellular viral infections³¹. Using multiple remedies and treatment can help to fight off a spreading adenovirus infection.

A combined approach helps to stop a stealthy adenovirus infection
Just like opening up a set of nested dolls to find the tiniest one hidden inside, blood testing or an electro-dermal scan can help to detect an underlying adenovirus infection. Patients that have little improvement on antibiotics for Lyme disease have reported significant relief with anti-adenovirus essential oils, herbs, and frequencies. Persistent symptoms of fatigue and pain and inflammation in the bladder, lungs, digestion system, and nervous system have been markedly reduced with these methods. Since some of these methods have contraindications or cautions or may produce Herxheimer reactions, work with a Lyme literate herbalist and essential oil practitioner to develop a safe and effective strategy for your condition.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies helped you eliminate interstitial cystitis, digestion inflammation, or lung congestion from an adenovirus infection? Tell us about it.

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