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UPDATE: I had to go to urgent care this morning and get another antibiotic as the Zithro did not completely kill this %^&* bug I've got. I've never had something that did not respond to an antibiotic, especially one as potent as Zithro. I think there's a supergerm going around.
UPDATE: I had to go to urgent care this morning and get another antibiotic as the Zithro did not completely kill this %^&* bug I've got. I've never had something that did not respond to an antibiotic, especially one as potent as Zithro. I think there's a supergerm going around.
BEWARE!
Hopefully this one will work for you. As I mentioned in my DM this IS a very stubborn bug... Doc gave me a 10 day dose of Avelox and I didn't notice any improvement till day 4 or 5. I caught it the first week of December and I am just now starting to feel about 90% better, but my voice is still a little trashed from the horrendous coughing.
I probably should have gone in sooner, but I thought it was just a simple virus...
I think you answered your own ponderings. If you ask a dentist what antibiotics are good against a dental infection, he will give you a subset list of antibiotics, because many don't work very well for dental infections. If you have a urinary tract or prostate infection, another subset of antibiotics may be indicated. Garlic does appear to either kill or mitigate the effects of some buggies, especially within the gut itself. As importantly, it appears to do so without creating an environment prime for fungi.
The warning about botulism is a slight misdirection. The culprit is less the garlic than preserving anything in oil, which prevents oxygen from reaching the product. In fact, while many homemade foods in this state can be freely sold at swap meets or flea markets in small quantities, ALL foods that are preserved in oil or infusions in an oil MUST be made in a commercial kitchen. Old garlic that is not preserved in oil will try to sprout.
I've been going through extreme workouts and find myself bleeding through my rectum, just a tad...ever since I have been Taking garlic it stopped. I've even tooken eight mile hikes and I am really happy with the reults btw I didn't start taking it for this reason...originally I read that it gives a boost if taken one hour before workouts....another benefit is that I stopped my monster, rock star or red bull cravings....I want to learn more.
I've been going through extreme workouts and find myself bleeding through my rectum, just a tad...ever since I have been Taking garlic it stopped. I've even tooken eight mile hikes and I am really happy with the reults btw I didn't start taking it for this reason...originally I read that it gives a boost if taken one hour before workouts....another benefit is that I stopped my monster, rock star or red bull cravings....I want to learn more.
You need to see a doctor as soon as possible about the bleeding. Exercise will not cause it and it is unlikely that the garlic made it stop. You need a diagnosis!
We had a guy that took raw garlic everyday. it got to the point where no one could stand to even be around him. Management talked to him about taking Garlique (SP), seeing we are in a customer service oriented environment. No luck. I moved on and I think he eventually quit.
I got interested in this and looked it up on my favorite website, and as usual there is no simple answer. The web link is: Sloan-Kettering - Garlic and here is what it says:
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Mechanism of Action
The intact cells of garlic contain an odorless, sulfur-containing amino acid derivative known as alliin. When the cells are crushed, alliin comes into contact with the enzyme alliinase located in neighboring cells and is converted to allicin. Allicin is a potent antibiotic, but it is highly odoriferous and unstable. The ajoenes are apparently responsible for the antithrombotic properties of garlic. Allicin is described as possessing antiplatelet, antibiotic, and antihyperlipidemic activity. Most authorities agree that the best measure of the total activity of garlic is its ability to produce allicin, which, in turn, results in the formation of other active constituents (1). In patients with hyperlipidemia, garlic might lower cholesterol levels by acting as an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (21). For atherosclerosis, garlic is believed to reduce oxidative stress and low-density lipoprotein oxidation and have antithrombotic effects (22). For hypertension, it is thought to reduce blood pressure by causing smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation by activating the production of endothelium-derived relaxation factor (23). Garlic might stimulate both humoral and cellular immunity, causing T-cell proliferation, restoring suppressed antibody responses (24), and stimulating macrophage cytotoxicity on tumor cells. Garlic might increase selenium absorption with possible protection against tumororigenesis (25). In addition, garlic may protect against certain cancers by halting cell cycle progression and inducing apoptosis of cancer cells as well as by decreasing angiogenesis and influencing carcinogen metabolism (26) (27).
Pharmacokinetics
Preparation of garlic, such as heating, microwaving, or drying, can substantially reduce the allyl sulfur compounds (allicin and alliin). Crushed raw garlic is highest in these components. S-allyl cysteine (SAC) is well absorbed after oral administration and can be detected in the plasma, liver, and kidney. It is metabolized to N-acetyl-SAC and excreted in the urine. Allicin has not been detected in the bloodstream and is thought to undergo extensive first-pass hepatic metabolism. Allinase, required to convert alliin to allicin, is acid-labile (28).
I got interested in this and looked it up on my favorite website, and as usual there is no simple answer. The web link is: Sloan-Kettering - Garlic and here is what it says:
That's all very well and good, but OP still needs to find the cause of the bleeding. It could be due to any number of benign conditions, but it could also be an eary warning sign of a polyp or even a cancer.
That's all very well and good, but OP still needs to find the cause of the bleeding. It could be due to any number of benign conditions, but it could also be an eary warning sign of a polyp or even a cancer.
What bleeding? The OP had a respiratory infection.
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As I mentioned in my DM this IS a very stubborn bug... Doc gave me a 10 day dose of Avelox and I didn't notice any improvement till day 4 or 5. I caught it the first week of December and I am just now starting to feel about 90% better, but my voice is still a little trashed from the horrendous coughing.
