Hypercoagulation

[devjr]

I ran across this transcript of a conversation with David Berg, M.S.

Paraphrasing; as a result of pathogen(s) activating the immune and coagulation systems the blood viscosity increases, blood flow diminishes creating anoxia and nutrient deprivation.... This also explains why low dose heparin therapy is effective....

http://www.ImmuneSupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/3110

It occurred to me that if this blood illness exists it might offer some explanation as to the variability of bends onset.

I read elsewhere that arteriosclerosis is also associated with CFS.

 

[Dr Deco]

Dear devjr:

Blood flow and viscosity are important in the pathophysiology of DCS. It is through blood flow that gases are exchanged between the lungs and the tissues.

One way to improve gas exchange is to open tissue capillaries, e.g., by exercise. Another way is to reduce the viscosity of the blood, e.g., by hydration. The later will improve the blood flow because fluids flow though a pipe more easily when the viscosity is reduced. [We are all aware that thick liquids such as honey or corn syrup flow more slowly when cold and highly VISCOUS than when warm and with a low VISCOSITY. The effect is the same if you were to take honey and mix it with some water. The viscosity of the mixture is less, and it flows much better - - but has less flavor.]

Drugs (blood thinner) can also be used to reduce the viscosity and this could be to some advantage in diving. Drinking water has the same effect on the blood, that is, it reduces its viscosity. The effect is probably supplemented by a dilution of surfactant and the effect on gas micronuclei.

[sp][sp]Problems associated with blood flow are, indeed, most likely associated with decompression sickness because of the effect on gas uptake and elimination. While no one has ever directly measured blood flow and gas exchange directly, there is no doubt a relationship. Measured blood flows, however, predict shorter blood flows then are postulated to exist from diving experiments. That is to say, blood flow measurements will give halftimes of from 1 to 20 minutes while decompression experiments suggest that the number is instead 10 to 200 minutes. This is not a trivial discrepancy. It may well be that the difference is based on the number of patent (= open) capillaries in a tissue. While blood flows, it does not flow through all capillaries and gas exchange is slowed.

Dr Deco:doctor:

 

[devjr]

Pasteur had it right. I say that because there is something compelling about the particular dominoes that have been falling.

So little we know. Where are the great unification theories in physics and medicine? On the other hand, if we knew everything then where would we be, at God's right hand?

Evidently, that destiny is delayed by sheep straying from that fold which was originally gathered by Pasteur. Have faith, they do finally seem to be returning. Consider the discovery that ulcers are due to Heliobacter, not "nerves", as once claimed. See the smoking gun represented by antibiotics which have shown promise in treating arterial disease. Is C. Pneumonae the culprit, and not diet? What are the true interrelationships?

What is the relationship between "undeserved" bends and pathogens? Is it bubbles or bugs, or a combination thereof? Is hydration to be the prophylaxis of choice over the long term? Might this not evolve into more sophisticated treatments? Does anybody care? After all, it's not AIDS.

Uncle, are you in the grant mood?

 

[Dr Deco]

Dear Devjr:

It is truly a complicated business. The fact that 50% (10 of 20) produced decompression bubbles [ Dervay, J, MR Powell, B Butler and CE Fife. Effective lifetimes of tissue micronuclei generated by musculoskeletal stress. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 73:22-27, (2002).] on a given profile indicates that gas phase formation is regular (consistent) in a certain individual but differs among individuals in a group. The reason for this is not known. I do know that exercise and pressure change will provoke DCS - - like nothing else will.

In the absence of tissue nuclei, you will not get DCS no matter what the supersaturation. And in the absence of supersaturation, you will never get DCS no matter how many micronuclei are present in the body. It is a combination. I do not believe that microbes play a role in this disorder. But who knows what might influence the surface tension effects in the body???

Dr Deco:doctor: