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The reigning explanation for familial aggregation is that people pass down faulty genes to their offspring. | The reigning explanation for familial aggregation is that people pass down faulty genes to their offspring. | ||
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The Th1 pathogens gradually mutate genetic pathways and cause disease by a process known as successive infection. | The Th1 pathogens gradually mutate genetic pathways and cause disease by a process known as successive infection. | ||
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Several studies have shown that spouses have a greater chance of developing the same disease as their partners - a phenomenon that can best be explained if familial aggregation has an infectious cause. | Several studies have shown that spouses have a greater chance of developing the same disease as their partners - a phenomenon that can best be explained if familial aggregation has an infectious cause. | ||
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* **chronic fatigue syndrome** – Dr. Garth Nicholson, a researcher at The Institute of Molecular Medicine in California has also conducted several studies on the communicability of diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome, autism and Gulf War Syndrome (a disease with symptoms very similar to those of CFS). He noted that among soldiers who developed Gulf War Syndrome during the war in Iraq, 70% or more of family members showed symptoms of the same disease within 10 years after the soldier had returned from the war. At the 2006 Autoimmunity Research Foundation Conference in Chicago, British clinician and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome researcher Dr. Andy Wright stated that he very rarely sees a family in which the spouses do not both have the Th1 pathogens in their blood. | * **chronic fatigue syndrome** – Dr. Garth Nicholson, a researcher at The Institute of Molecular Medicine in California has also conducted several studies on the communicability of diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome, autism and Gulf War Syndrome (a disease with symptoms very similar to those of CFS). He noted that among soldiers who developed Gulf War Syndrome during the war in Iraq, 70% or more of family members showed symptoms of the same disease within 10 years after the soldier had returned from the war. At the 2006 Autoimmunity Research Foundation Conference in Chicago, British clinician and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome researcher Dr. Andy Wright stated that he very rarely sees a family in which the spouses do not both have the Th1 pathogens in their blood. | ||
* **autism** – Scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands also found that relatives of individuals with autism often begin to show mild autistic traits, a phenomenon known as the broader autism phenotype (BAP). In one study conducted by the group, fathers with an autistic child demonstrated a different reaction time pattern and responded slower on the social cues than control fathers.(({{pubmed> | * **autism** – Scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands also found that relatives of individuals with autism often begin to show mild autistic traits, a phenomenon known as the broader autism phenotype (BAP). In one study conducted by the group, fathers with an autistic child demonstrated a different reaction time pattern and responded slower on the social cues than control fathers.(({{pubmed> | ||
- | * **Alzheimer' | + | * **Alzheimer' |
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==== Family members are more likely to develop different diseases too ==== | ==== Family members are more likely to develop different diseases too ==== | ||
- | It should be noted that none of the above studies take into consideration the fact that spouses and siblings very often develop different forms of Th1 disease. If researchers were to look for the incidence of Th1 disease among family members and take into account all possible | + | It should be noted that none of the above studies take into consideration the fact that spouses and siblings very often develop different forms of chronic |
- | A 2008 study of parents of children with autism found they were more likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder than parents of control subjects. Schizophrenia was more common among case mothers and fathers compared with respective control parents.(({{pubmed> | + | * **mental disorders** – A 2008 study of parents of children with autism found they were more likely to have been hospitalized for a mental disorder than parents of control subjects. Schizophrenia was more common among case mothers and fathers compared with respective control parents.(({{pubmed> |
+ | * **autism and eye disorders** – Researchers working at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found a [[http:// | ||
- | As evidenced by progress reports on the Marshall Protocol | + | As evidenced by progress reports on the Marshall Protocol site, there are a substantial number of spouses who both suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases. There are also entire families on the MP - with each member using the treatment to eliminate his or her own [[home: |
When one considers how often chronic diseases co-occur within a family unit – heart disease, arthritis, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer’s disease – it becomes increasingly plausible that nearly all inflammatory diseases are communicable and that this communicability results in familial aggregation. | When one considers how often chronic diseases co-occur within a family unit – heart disease, arthritis, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer’s disease – it becomes increasingly plausible that nearly all inflammatory diseases are communicable and that this communicability results in familial aggregation. | ||
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As would be expected for the Th1 diseases, which are [[home: | As would be expected for the Th1 diseases, which are [[home: | ||
+ | * **Alzheimer' | ||
* **multiple sclerosis** – Multiple sclerosis occurred in epidemic form in various North Atlantic islands: probably in Iceland and the Shetland-Orkneys; | * **multiple sclerosis** – Multiple sclerosis occurred in epidemic form in various North Atlantic islands: probably in Iceland and the Shetland-Orkneys; | ||
* **obesity** – Research suggests that obesity is also an inflammatory disease caused by certain species of the Th1 pathogens. | * **obesity** – Research suggests that obesity is also an inflammatory disease caused by certain species of the Th1 pathogens. |