Monday, December 18, 2023

My Quora Answer to "What Does Sepsis Feel Like?"

Honestly, I only had a handful of septic patients. If you count them as "Lives I've Saved," that puts me past 100. Not brag. Just fact:

To the patient, they all felt like they were burning in Hell. Because sepsis also causes neurological problems, a lot of them reported hallucinations. Being in Hell was one of them.

https://bit.ly/3GRVDlz 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

I've Got the Methylene Blues

 We used methylene blue to test dialyzers when I worked at Baxter-Travenol Labs in Round Lake, IL a few lifetimes ago. If I had known then when I know now, I would have been taking it daily since. Dosing is in the article. 

The article is the transcript of an interview with Scott Sherr, M.D. entitled "Methylene Blue – The Magic Blue Pill for Energy and Brain Performance." I edited this excerpt for clarity.

It is well worth your time to read, especially if you are concerned about Aging Gracefully:

“Methylene blue is one of these very unique compounds that helps you make more energy in your mitochondria which is the powerhouse, the energy production center of your cell. But at the same time, it also increases antioxidant capacity… The electron transport chain is just an energy gradient that is created in your mitochondria so that you can make energy. And what you need for that to happen are electrons. And these come from our food, but they can come from molecules like methylene blue that donate electrons to the electron transport chain, induce the gradient, which allows you to make more energy. And that is how it works. Interestingly enough, there are other things that also donate electrons to the complex four. One of the major things is red light, near-Infrared light at 660 nanometers does the same thing.”

https://bit.ly/3RHN1nP