How are the pathogens that cause Th1 disease passed from parent to child? For one thing, it’s quite probable that the pathogens are able to survive in the sperm and egg. It’s equally true that the pathogens are simply passed among people in close contact, and infants and their parents are together quite often.

But the results of a recent study show it’s also likely that some of the chronic bacterial species that cause inflammatory disease can remain alive in breast milk and thus be passed from mother to child by breast feeding. While the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, indicates that a virus can be passed in breast milk during feeding, the fact that the Th1 pathogens have evolved so many survival mechanisms and are such persistent pathogens strongly suggests that at least some of them possess the same capability.

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My recent article Bacteria vs. genetic predisposition: the spread of Th1 disease in families discusses how the bacteria responsible for causing chronic disease can be passed from generation to generation. At the same time, the genetic mutations created by these pathogens are also passed from mother to child.

Just this month, researchers led by John H. Werren at the University of Rochester in New York elucidated yet another way that bacterial DNA is likely passed from person to person. This demonstrates just how easy it is for bacterial DNA to become incorporated into human DNA - a reality that is central to biomedical researcher Trevor Marshall’s model of chronic disease in which pathogens are constantly swapping genetic material with each other and their host.

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Sam is a 32-year-old patient who is using the Marshall Protocol to treat CFS and depression (and doing extremely well). But Sam is certainly not the only person in his family suffering from Th1 disease – the name given to inflammatory illness caused by bacteria that reside undetected inside biofilms and the cells of the immune system. These bacteria, which are often in a cell-wall-deficient form (the L-form), are collectively referred to as the Th1 pathogens.

Sam’s mother suffers from fibromyalgia, accompanied by insomnia, fatigue, and irritable bowel disorder. His father recently had a stroke, and deals with substantial fatigue and depression. His older brother has debilitating back pain and is hard of hearing. His youngest sister suffers from alopecia, brain fog, depression, excessive fatigue, and mild attention deficit disorder. The youngest brother in the family has a severe case of bipolar disorder, as well as irritable bowel syndrome.

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