'Headline-Making Medical Mystery' & 'The Strangest Addictions Ever!'

Monday, July 16, 2012

town-affected-290x140Straight from the headlines, fifteen teenage girls in upstate New York have been afflicted with a mysterious illness causing Tourette's Syndrome-like symptoms. Anderson speaks with one of the teens, her family, and a team of medical experts to investigate what is really happening. Follow a mom whose daughter is trapped in a real life medical mystery as we search for an answer. Do you have a mysterious medical condition? Tell us.
 

car-love-290x140Then, a man in a sexual relationship with his car, a woman who eats paper, and a woman obsessed with sniffing mothballs. Anderson speaks with these guests from TLC's "My Strange Addiction," which gives a face to those suffering from peculiar addictions. Also, woman who used to be obsessed with hair dryers tells Anderson about the latest appliance that is the object of her obsession. Anderson is joined by an expert who attempts to find out what is causing their obsessions.

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Karen B.
157 days ago

One of your guests with Tourette syndrome-like symptoms said it started with a strange feeling in her spine. That made me wonder if any of the girls' or women's spinal fluid has been tested for a chemical imbalance.

A comparison can be made with the following situation. Scientists have found there is an excess of Substance P, a chemical that carries pain signals to the brain from from other parts of the body, in people with chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS)-myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)(also known as chronic fatigue syndrome {CFS}). The excess Substance P in the spinal fluid causes excessive nerve pain in people with CFIDS-ME. People with CFS-ME also experience chronic muscular pain caused by too much lactic acid in the muscles.

CFS-ME is a complex and debilitating chronic illness that affects the brain and multiple body systems, most notably the immune, endocrine,and neurological systems.(http://www.cfids.org/about-cfids/default.asp) Scientists don't know what causes it and there is no known cure (and few medical treatments)at this time, but knowing what is causing some of the symptoms makes it possible to effectively treat some of those symptoms, either with medication or with health supplements.

Spinal fluid affects neurological responses, and Tourette's-like symptoms sound like they're caused by neurological problems, so checking for associated chemical imbalances could be worth a shot. Especially if it prevents the women from suffering with the condition and being disabled by it for decades to come.

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Jordan
309 days ago

hi my name is Jordan i am 10 years old i watch your show with my mom there were some strange addictions watever makes them happy i saw that one of the people was addicted to paper i have eaten paper i dont know if i liked it but i ate it a couple times 2 or 3 but that was when i am bord thats all i have to say

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Barbara
310 days ago

Anderson I was looking at your show on Monday, strange addictions. I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 1967. B4 monday I had never seen anyone have a seizure. The only thing I can do is go by what my friends say and how much it scares them. Well watching her it scared me also, all I could was cry. I use to have 1 or 2 seizures every 4 or 5 years. Now I have them every 2 or 3 months, some times twice in the same day. But Anderson I contracted legionaires pneumonia and almost left this world I was told, all this started after the pneumonia. My apartment vents have not been checked yet, I just wanted to tell you that the show was very informative 2 me. I know this is a senior building but I think folks are dying to fast to me. nothing to do and the vents need to be checked. Thanks for silent listening. Barbara

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Tiffany
311 days ago

I am from SC and my daughter also has these tics. We took her to the neurologist and they have diagnoised it as Tourette syndrome.It started 2 years ago and I found the show interesting.

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Pamela
311 days ago

Did any of these girls or women have any Tabulations?

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yvonne
311 days ago

Wow todays show on new york concerning those poor girls that showed tourettes syndrome like symptoms was so sad and distrubing.You would think the officials in that town would be concerned that their own kids could get this. They should be grateful that Erin B. is trying to help them.

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Tosha Brownell
312 days ago

I am Lori's mom from the show and she was actually diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease and co-infections of Ehrlichia, mycoplasma, and a P.A.N.D.A.S variant. She has been on treatment since March 13 and is doing better as far as the Tics go. Her motor tics are WAY less and her verbal tics aren't as bad. She actually positive on the blood test and not all the bands were positive on the test then so they did nothing. However, when we took her to the doctor after the show, her Lyme test showed positive again, on blood and western blot. After all these years, :/... Now her life has been on hold but we hope to get her back to school in the fall. As far as the Leroy girls, I hear a couple of them had Lyme also but we don't really keep contact. All I have to say is that check yourself, your kids for tics and go to the doc right away and demand to be treated. This is a serious disease. Having a PICC line is expensive and I would NEVER wish this upon anyone. God Bless- Tosha

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tiffany mcdaniel
312 days ago

i am addicted to chewing toilet paper i love it! It makes me more easier and i have been doing this sense i was young like 7 i chew certain types of toilet paper and i have some that i prefer. I know know i chew it when im sad,scared,and hungry. It has impacted my life i cannot work because it takes over my life, i have to do it or i get angry. It makes me sad and i hate myself sometimes. My kids have caught me doing it and i had to explain to them , i promised them that i would stop but now i just hide and do it. I want to stop but i dont. I dont know if this is hurting me i feel like a weirdo, i dont even have friends or interact with people anymore at all. Help

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kathie
312 days ago

How are the girls doing with tics from Leroy, NY? Would love an update!,,

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William
312 days ago

For the "tourette" cases, instead of trying all those prescribed medication and "white magic pills", medical marijuana might be the answer. If any of you think I'm just a "pothead", then you're a very close minded person, and don't just take my word for it, watch this interview then tell me that marijuana is not a medicine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXe75TZYjJs

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mary williams
312 days ago

love your show you are acheiving a new type of talk show,not just gossip but real interesting/ people and experiences very interesting, like to watch,/

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Deb Hawkins
312 days ago

This could be the cause of the tics you have on your show, it would be well worth your investigation!
Microwave for brain control
There are a few articles online to back this up but I was only allowed to enter 1 url.,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUnYX2jvSTg&feature=youtu.be
Have no idea if you will ever be allowed to air this,
I was told by someone that this existed before I was sent this info,
Enjoy your show!
Thank you
Deb Hawkins
Polk City, FLo

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Pam Clifton
417 days ago

I think your show today is one of the best ever!!!! Love Janet Jackson!!

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Tina Lee Johnson
453 days ago

Regarding the mystery illness that many women have been suffering from New York.....I wonder if it is only a female thing? Have any men been suffering from the same symptoms? Could this also be a clue to the illness? I certainly don't think any of them are faking it. That is a heartless and non compassionate point of view.

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lucia
462 days ago

When I see mysterious neurological ailments appear suddenly in clusters of individuals who are close to the same age, and who were previously healthy, I think: "VACCINE-INDUCED EVENT." When this occurs amidst one gender, I think: "GARDASIL."
Contrary to what we medical consumers are led to believe, achieving perfect consistency of vaccine batches is not an exact science. The fact that a particular lot of vaccines could have been delivered to clinics in a certain area of New York State -- and that neurological signs appeared among a significant proportion of girls who may have received the vaccine, is a possibility worth exploring. After all, distressing side effects reported in the US and throughout the world among girls having taken the vaccines raise the question of whether Gardasil's ingredients could conceivably be unstable, inconsistent or, indeed, toxic to a substantial percentage of patients.
As a mother, aunt and grandmother, I need to see centers like the CDC and WHO employ OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES in compiling and analyzing short- and long-term data that would guide and enhance policies about administering vaccines. Having incurred SIX serious vaccine-induced events within my own family, I have noted that MD's are very dismissive of even the most obvious cases of significant vaccine side-effects. I think they are inherently afraid of "blame" (read: "lawsuits.") However, they also appear frightened of censure from medical disciplinary bodies, who have enormous powers to curtail or destroy an MD's practice if s/he dares to challenge one of Medicine's religious tenets. North American tots are shot with many more vaccines than is recommended for children in other modern nations, including Scandinavian countries, which generally enjoy superior standards of health and medical care than does North America. The comparatively reduced vaccination schedule applies to Switzerland, home of WHO (the World Health Organization.) Meanwhile in North America, The Omnipotent Temple of Allopathy successfully bullies parents into vaccinating and re-vaccinating; even children who have health-based contraindications, causing all or some vaccines to pose significant risks to these individuals. As for the supposed "evidence" the medical community invariably trots out as they circle the wagons to protect and affirm their position, I frankly find such data to be an insult to my intelligence. OF THE SIX SEPARATE VACCINE-INDUCED EVENTS EXPERIENCED BY MY FAMILY, NOT A SINGLE ONE WAS REPORTED BY THE MD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. As I compare correspondence with THOUSANDS of other parents, I discover identical stories of non-reporting. MISSING DATA QUITE SIMPLY MAKES THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT'S ASSURANCES OF ABSOLUTE VACCINE SAFETY WORTHLESS.

When are agencies like CDC and WHO going to make it MANDATORY for local doctors to report ALL SERIOUS VACCINE-INDUCED SIDE-EFFECTS EXPERIENCED BY ANY OF THEIR PATIENTS to a data-collection collection agency? And when are the health departments of our governments (NOT past, present or future members of the vast, rich, powerful pharma industry) going to EXERCISE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, by ensuring that ONGOING, THOROUGH, CREDIBLE RESEARCH -- UNTAINTED BY THE PROFIT MOTIVE -- IS CARRIED OUT ON ALL PHARMACOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY MANDATORY ONES SUCH AS VACCINES?

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