high ammonia levels - anyone?

Ive been volunteering for over a year now, at a memory care nursing facility for the Elderly. They ALMOST ALL of them, ALMOST ALWAYS are being treated for HIGH ammonia. Its the leading cause of exacerbating their dementia.

The ROOT cause is the leaky gut. Biotoxins cause the ammonia, then travels thru the blood to the brain. Most of the patients at this nursing facikuty have ongoing bladder & kidney infections. High ammonia is seen w/high GFR.

Ive been dealing with this off & on because of the dieoff and my body doesnt get rid of the biotoxins, thus then create high ammonia, then exacerbated symptoms. Rifaximin is Dr. Nemechek protocol to rid the gut of iotoxins. It worked>AMAZING for me!!-

It is frustrating to read inaccurate information perpetuated on a consistent basis. Thank you mcspike for telling what is occurring a vast majority of the time. Ammonia isn't made by Lyme bacteria or toxins, it's made by the body and often serves as a defense mechanism.

Ammonia is a cellular byproduct in multiple systems in our body. It is natural and why our range is normally 15 to 45 µ/dL (11 to 32 µmol/L). So a 54 is bad or concerning depending on what units the test used for measuring. That level didn't come from a tourniquet IMO.

Dr J is one of the best but sometimes doesn't see the forest for the trees. He says "I believe that it is the accumulation of Lyme bacteria ammonia" yet nowhere in the literature does it say Borrelia burgdorferi can produce ammonia. Yes, H pylori can make ammonia through urease production, but other bacteria and fungi do as well. Some of the Enterobacteriaceae, Proteobacteria, and even some Staph make it as well. These bacteria make ammonia and carbon dioxide in the GI tract These bacteria don't account for the levels often seen in Lyme patients. It has been shown that the ammonia produced in the GI tract directly affects the tight junctions and alters absorption. I'd be concerned with high nickel levels if I have a lot of urease producing bacteria.

I was hit pretty hard on this site when I once said many of us have NAFLD. This is the beginning stages of what can lead to Type C Hepatic Encephalopathy. NAFLD is more common in chronic bacterial/viral infections than we would like.

Ammonia comes from the breakdown of protein. You eat more protein, you have more ammonia production. This occurs mostly in the liver and the ammonia travels to the brain. LOLA helps by increasing the efficiency of the urea cycle which is a main producer and reducer of ammonia.

Much study has raised many questions for me on ammonia levels. I have my theories based on research but have yet to find a study encompassing the multi-pathway alterations caused by dysbiosis. The pH of our distal illeum plays a big role in our health and ammonia plays a big role in this.

Wow- interesting factoid about dementia patients testing high

That rings true for me- more protein = more ammonia

Are there any ways to neutralize that you reccomend ?

So how often should we be eating meat per week?

Girlie said...

Mind body spirit said...
Wow- interesting factoid about dementia patients testing high
That rings true for me- more protein = more ammonia
Are there any ways to neutralize that you reccomend ?

I should get the LOLA and try it.
I’m curious - what would Georgia Hunter recommend

The complicating factor in all of this is the illeocecal valve between the distal illeum of the small intestine and the colon. It's supposed to keep bacteria from moving from intestine to colon and vice versa. This may not work for Lyme patients and is an interesting theory. Cellulose in plants helps reduce ammonia in the colon but what about the small intestine? I believe it may do the same there. The saponins in Yucca have shown to reduce ammonia levels and have some antiprotozoal properties as well. Basically, eat a lot of fiber and take Yucca.

Most physicians use lactulose to reduce ammonia levels. It's a prescription laxative.

thanks ill study that cycle ...it makes sense now how NO was so low , i couldnt inflate my vessels . vsl 3 did help lots so the lactobaccillus make sense too

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