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		<title>What are the symptoms of lyme disease if bitten by a deer tick?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[mayoclinic.com/health/lyme-di… That &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; help. The symptoms include a bulls-eye rash and flu like symptoms. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; may &#097;&#112;&#112;&#101;&#097;&#114; days &#116;&#111; months &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; tick bite. &#105;&#102; left untreated, joint pain (arthritis) will follow and possibly neurological symptoms. If caught &#105;&#110; early stage its easily treated with Doxycyline. Good sources of info about Lyme disease: lymedisease.org canlyme.com [...]]]></description>
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<p> That &#115;&#104;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; help.</p>
<p>The symptoms include a bulls-eye rash and flu like symptoms. &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; may &#097;&#112;&#112;&#101;&#097;&#114; days &#116;&#111; months &#097;&#102;&#116;&#101;&#114; &#116;&#104;&#101; tick bite. &#105;&#102; left untreated, joint pain (arthritis) will follow and possibly neurological symptoms.<br /> If caught &#105;&#110; early stage its easily treated with Doxycyline.</p>
<p>Good sources of info about Lyme disease:<br /> lymedisease.org<br /> canlyme.com<br /> lymenet.org<br /> lymeinfo.net<br /> lymediseaseassociation.org<br /> ilads.org<br /> betterhealthguy.com </p></p>
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		<title>Fixodent Denture Cream Named in Zinc Poisoning Lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fixodent denture cream has been &#097;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#099;&#105;&#097;&#116;&#101;&#100; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; severe nerve &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101;, and &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; neuropathy. Proctor &#038; Gamble, &#116;&#104;&#101; maker &#111;&#102; Fixodent, had been named in lawsuits alleging &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; zinc in &#116;&#104;&#101; product caused users to suffer debilitating injuries. The human body &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; need zinc – &#098;&#117;&#116; only in small amounts. Studies show &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; consuming &#097;&#116; least [...]]]></description>
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<p>Fixodent denture cream has been &#097;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#099;&#105;&#097;&#116;&#101;&#100; &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; severe nerve &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101;, and &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; neuropathy. Proctor &#038; Gamble, &#116;&#104;&#101; maker &#111;&#102; Fixodent, had been named in lawsuits alleging &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; zinc in &#116;&#104;&#101; product caused users to suffer debilitating injuries.</p>
<p>The human body &#100;&#111;&#101;&#115; need zinc – &#098;&#117;&#116; only in small amounts. Studies show &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; consuming &#097;&#116; least 50 milligrams &#111;&#102; zinc a day for a &#102;&#101;&#119; months &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; lead to copper deficiency, &#119;&#104;&#105;&#099;&#104; can cause anemia, bone loss, nerve &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101; and &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; problems. Ingesting 80 or 100 milligrams or more for months or &#101;&#118;&#101;&#110; years can lead to irreversible &#100;&#097;&#109;&#097;&#103;&#101;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I &#115;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#116;&#101;&#100; &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; tingling in my fingertips,&#8221; Fixodent users &#109;&#097;&#114;&#107; Jacoby &#114;&#101;&#099;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#108;&#121; told &#116;&#104;&#101; ABC News program 20/20. &#8220;I &#115;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#116;&#101;&#100; &#103;&#101;&#116;&#116;&#105;&#110;&#103; weaker and, you &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119;, I couldn&#8217;t walk right, off balance and I&#8217;m &#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#105;&#115; point &#110;&#111;&#119;.&#8221;</p>
<p>A possible association between zinc-containing denture creams like Fixodent and neurological injuries was &#102;&#105;&#114;&#115;&#116; suggested &#098;&#121; a 2006 study conducted &#098;&#121; University &#111;&#102; Texas researchers. &#116;&#104;&#101; study focused on four patients – all &#111;&#102; &#119;&#104;&#111;&#109; used excessive amounts &#111;&#102; zinc-containing denture cream – suffering from neuropathy and &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; neurological symptoms typical &#111;&#102; zinc poisoning and copper depletion. &#116;&#104;&#101; study concluded &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; excess use &#111;&#102; denture cream &#099;&#111;&#117;&#108;&#100; &#104;&#097;&#118;&#101; been responsible for their symptoms.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; study wasn&#8217;t published &#117;&#110;&#116;&#105;&#108; 2008. According to &#116;&#104;&#101; ABC News report, its publication was delayed &#098;&#121; &#111;&#110;&#101; reviewer, who asserted a link between excessive use &#111;&#102; denture cream and neurological disease was “little more than speculation,&#8221; and claimed &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; studies authors &#8220;don’t understand &#116;&#104;&#101; nature &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; material &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; are writing &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116;.” &#116;&#104;&#101; study authors said &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; delayed publishing their report and watered &#100;&#111;&#119;&#110; its findings &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101;&#115;&#101; criticisms.</p>
<p>What &#116;&#104;&#101;&#121; didn&#8217;t &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119;, according to 20/20 was &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; &#116;&#104;&#101; reviewer, Dr. Kenneth Shay, a dentist, was a paid consultant for Proctor &#038; Gamble. What&#8217;s more, &#104;&#105;&#115; actions went beyond criticizing &#116;&#104;&#101; Texas study &#8211; Shay &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; sent a draft report to &#116;&#104;&#101; company. &#8220;Please be circumspect &#098;&#101;&#099;&#097;&#117;&#115;&#101;, as a reviewer, I’m not supposed to be passing an unpublished manuscript around,&#8221; &#104;&#101; wrote in an email to Proctor &#038; Gamble.</p>
<p>One medical ethics expert interviewed &#098;&#121; 20/20 called Dr. Shay&#8217;s actions &#8220;wrong&#8221; and &#8220;outrageous.&#8221;</p>
<p>After &#116;&#104;&#101; study was finally published in 2008 in &#116;&#104;&#101; journal &#8220;Neurology,&#8221; many users &#111;&#102; Fixodent and &#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; denture cream who were suffering from unexplained neurological problems filed suit against &#098;&#111;&#116;&#104; Proctor &#038; Gamble, as well as GlaxoSmithKline, &#116;&#104;&#101; maker &#111;&#102; Super Poligrip, &#097;&#110;&#111;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#114; line &#111;&#102; zinc-containing denture cream products.</p>
<p>Last February, those lawsuits prompted Glaxo to announce it would &#115;&#116;&#111;&#112; &#116;&#104;&#101; manufacture, distribution and advertising &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#114;&#101;&#101; Super Poligrip products &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; contained zinc. In a statement posted on its website, Glaxo said it was reformulating &#116;&#104;&#101; Super Poligrip products as a precautionary measure to minimize &#097;&#110;&#121; potential risks to consumers.</p>
<p>A month later, Proctor &#038; Gamble &#097;&#108;&#115;&#111; &#116;&#111;&#111;&#107; action, &#098;&#117;&#116; it &#100;&#105;&#100; not &#103;&#111; &#110;&#101;&#097;&#114;&#108;&#121; as &#102;&#097;&#114; as Glaxo. While it began cautioning consumers &#097;&#098;&#111;&#117;&#116; zinc in Fixodent denture creams on it website, and added updated label instructions on how to apply &#116;&#104;&#101; product, Fixodent still contains zinc.</p>
<p>“I don&#8217;t &#107;&#110;&#111;&#119; &#105;&#102; you can put a dollar value on my health or &#097;&#110;&#121;&#098;&#111;&#100;&#121; else&#8217;s, for &#116;&#104;&#097;&#116; matter,&#8221; Fixodent plaintiff Ann Coffman, told 20/20. Coffman, who &#105;&#115; only 48-years-old, was diagnosed &#119;&#105;&#116;&#104; zinc poisoning and &#105;&#115; &#110;&#111;&#119; wheelchair-bound. &#8220;I would prefer to &#115;&#101;&#101; [Proctor &#038; Gamble) take &#116;&#104;&#101; zinc right &#111;&#117;&#116; &#111;&#102; &#116;&#104;&#101; product &#8230; or take &#116;&#104;&#101; product right off &#116;&#104;&#101; market.&#8221;</p></p>
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