If I want to know what bacteria is in my blood, and what antibiotics the bacteria are sensitive to, is a blood culture and sensitivity test the test I should take?
Having linked my hypertension to its root cause - periodontal bacteria in biofilm colonies in my blood vessels - I'm thinking of using antibiotics to slowly rid my system of these bacteria. Most of these bacteria are dormant, embedded in the plaque. But they ones that are active are enough to cause my blood pressure to go really high.
What I want to do is use an appropriate proteolytic enzymes to lyse plaque. With the right enzyme (one that's not ony fibrinolytic, but also thrombolytic), I minimize the chance that the removal of plaque would lead to thrombosis, where chunks of lysed plaque block the passage of blood in a narrow section of a vessel. And with the right dosage, I would be able to keep the plaque coming off from blocking my blood vessels. At the same time, it would also limit the release of bacteria awakened from their state, as a deluge of bacteria would overwhelm my body's innate immune system.
I had 15+ years of periodontal infection that I wasn't able to fix, mainly because the infection was hidden. During that time, it had released a lot of bacteria into the blood stream, and these bacteria now line the vast network of blood vessels in my body. Over this time, the bacteria has not only developed strong biofilms that are resistant to being broken to antibiotics, but they have also developed a symbiotic community, where bacteria and even fungus would help each other survive and thrive.
To get a good blood culture that would contain these bacteria and fungi, I would have to use biofilm busters before I head to the lab to get my blood drawn. This way, having biofilms broken would mean the pathogens are released to the blood, and when collected, the blood would contain these pathogens. This would allow more pathogens to be identified in the blood culture, for which suitable antibiotics would also be identified for me to use.
I want to make sure whatever antibiotics I use would be useful, in that the bacteria and fungi are not resistant to any of the antibiotics used. Although I'm no longer a heavy user of antibiotics, it's still possible my past frequent use of antibiotics still have lingering effects.
These are the antibiotics I'm considering, which have been effective against Porphyromonas Gingivalis -
-tetracyclines
-macrolides (erythromycin)
-lincosadimes (climdamycin)
-B-lactams (ampicillin, amoxicillin)
-nitroimidozoles (metronidazole)
I haven't taken a blood culture before. Is this the best way for me to go about it, and would the sensitivity test cover all the antibiotics mentioned?
Thanks.
FYI: I'm dealing with hypertension. My theory is that this comes from two main causes. One is low blood volume, a result of low blood albumin. Albumin is either being used up or excreted because of the action of bacteria. Low blood volume leads to higher blood pressure, as Ray Peat has mentioned many times. The other cause is from low nitric oxide. This is because arginine, the precursor to nitric oxide, is being used up by bacterial enzymes. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator, and relaxes blood vessels, leading to lower blood pressure.
My task is to kill these bastard bacteria. Help me kill them with your advice. Thanks again!
Having linked my hypertension to its root cause - periodontal bacteria in biofilm colonies in my blood vessels - I'm thinking of using antibiotics to slowly rid my system of these bacteria. Most of these bacteria are dormant, embedded in the plaque. But they ones that are active are enough to cause my blood pressure to go really high.
What I want to do is use an appropriate proteolytic enzymes to lyse plaque. With the right enzyme (one that's not ony fibrinolytic, but also thrombolytic), I minimize the chance that the removal of plaque would lead to thrombosis, where chunks of lysed plaque block the passage of blood in a narrow section of a vessel. And with the right dosage, I would be able to keep the plaque coming off from blocking my blood vessels. At the same time, it would also limit the release of bacteria awakened from their state, as a deluge of bacteria would overwhelm my body's innate immune system.
I had 15+ years of periodontal infection that I wasn't able to fix, mainly because the infection was hidden. During that time, it had released a lot of bacteria into the blood stream, and these bacteria now line the vast network of blood vessels in my body. Over this time, the bacteria has not only developed strong biofilms that are resistant to being broken to antibiotics, but they have also developed a symbiotic community, where bacteria and even fungus would help each other survive and thrive.
To get a good blood culture that would contain these bacteria and fungi, I would have to use biofilm busters before I head to the lab to get my blood drawn. This way, having biofilms broken would mean the pathogens are released to the blood, and when collected, the blood would contain these pathogens. This would allow more pathogens to be identified in the blood culture, for which suitable antibiotics would also be identified for me to use.
I want to make sure whatever antibiotics I use would be useful, in that the bacteria and fungi are not resistant to any of the antibiotics used. Although I'm no longer a heavy user of antibiotics, it's still possible my past frequent use of antibiotics still have lingering effects.
These are the antibiotics I'm considering, which have been effective against Porphyromonas Gingivalis -
-tetracyclines
-macrolides (erythromycin)
-lincosadimes (climdamycin)
-B-lactams (ampicillin, amoxicillin)
-nitroimidozoles (metronidazole)
I haven't taken a blood culture before. Is this the best way for me to go about it, and would the sensitivity test cover all the antibiotics mentioned?
Thanks.
FYI: I'm dealing with hypertension. My theory is that this comes from two main causes. One is low blood volume, a result of low blood albumin. Albumin is either being used up or excreted because of the action of bacteria. Low blood volume leads to higher blood pressure, as Ray Peat has mentioned many times. The other cause is from low nitric oxide. This is because arginine, the precursor to nitric oxide, is being used up by bacterial enzymes. Nitric oxide is a vasodilator, and relaxes blood vessels, leading to lower blood pressure.
My task is to kill these bastard bacteria. Help me kill them with your advice. Thanks again!