Excess Ammonia

I am getting ready for work, so dont have a lot of time to research. But something is bugging me this morning. I woke to the smell of ammonia sweat. I thought back to what could cause it. Two things came to mind. Last night before bed I took burbur and pinella. And yesterdays caloric intake was a 600 calorie deficit due to being in pain, my appetite lowers a good bit when im in pain.

So could those two herbs cause a release of ammonia? Or did the caloric deficit create enough muscle break down to form an excess of ammonia to where I could smell it?

The ONLY other time this has happened for me is when I was working out and did not maintain adequate hydration. Any clues? Thanks, ill check back after work tonight. Appreciate it!

From my understanding and research ammonia is a toxin which is released when lyme bacteria die off. Dr. Jernigan has a scientific explanation of how toxins convert into ammonia.

If one wants to break down all the types of toxins, ammonia is considered to be one of the worse toxins as it can do lots of damage if the level is high.

In my case I took Neuro-Antitox to bind up the ammonia in my body and brain. I had severe brain fog, joint pains, etc. This product helped me tremendously.

I know others have used yucca root to bind it up but I also heard yucca does not cross the blood brain barrier whereas Neuro-Antitox does.

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From the article above:

"I discovered that Borrelia burgdorferi, one of the primary causative agents in Lyme disease, actually release or cause the accumulation of ammonia as their primary neurotoxin. The ammonia accumulates in the brain tissues, some of which is converted to glutamine, by way of the glutamine synthetase pathways, leading tolocalized swelling of astrocytes (brain cells). This ammonia-induced glutamine accumulation may cause dysfunction of astrocytes that leads to impairment of vascular reactivity other than through a decrease in arginine availability for NOS leading to increased production of nitric oxide (Toshiki 2000).

It has been reported that many neurological problems are caused by either congenital or acquired hyper-ammonemia (Albrecht 1998)."


Hope this helps,
Denise

Hi GH,

Of course you have the right to disagree with Dr. Jernigan. What I am curious is how are you doing in your healing journey? Are you getting closer to being healed yet?

Wishing you the best,
Denise