Dirty Mouth. Nah, not Bad Language… Biofilms and Chronic Pathogen Colonies (CPCs)!

The word biofilm is relatively new in our vocabularies. Yet I think most laymen and women have understood the term, if not exactly the mechanism. What’s less well known is that biofilms can harbor viruses, as well as bacteria, fungi, molds and protozoa. A biofilm is a close-knit colony of pathogens—there may be several different organisms represented—covered in a protective muco-polysaccharide layer (slime to you and me).

Because of this protective film or layer, the immune system is handicapped in doing its job. It becomes difficult or impossible for host white cells to get at the intruders. Antibodies, cytokines and opsonins may not reach the effective site and so are powerless to intervene. This is a problem, if the pathogens are active. If something like MRSA is involved, then a biofilm can be very dangerous indeed.

When the colony of pathogens is large enough, it might be classified as a chronic pathogen colony or CPC. This is still localized but capable of spreading. The whole point is the idea of containment and infiltration—hiding from the immune system—working damage covertly, like a guerilla army.

If the infection is body-wide, of course, then that is really just an infectious disease. Measles, influenza, tuberculosis, etc. But CPCs are not so widespread. They can hide, lurk, be sneaky. Virtually all chronic diseases work around some element of biofilm; that’s why they are chronic!

Biofilms can exist in quite small colonies, say a tooth abscess, around a catheter, or at the site of a cancer, at a blood clot, under a healing scar, in  joints and even in the brains of dementia sufferers. 

But viral biofilms? Yes! The recent finding that the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) encases itself in a carbohydrate-rich adhesive extracellular protective 'cocoon', unveiled a new and surprising infectious entity and a novel mechanism of viral transmission. These HTLV-1 structures are observed at the surface of T cells from HTLV-1-infected patients and are reminiscent of bacterial biofilms. The virus controls the synthesis of the matrix, which surrounds the virions and attaches them to the T cell surface.

The authors of a 2011 paper that I quote in my book VIRUS BLITZ proposed that, similar to bacterial biofilms, viral biofilms could represent 'viral communities' with enhanced infectious capacity and improved spread compared with 'free' viral particles, and might constitute a key reservoir for chronic infections.

A good example, and one which everyone should know about, is the almost universal presence of CPCs in the mouth. Contrary to what you may suppose, the mouth is not very hygienic. It is a festering hot bed of hidden infections. Pathogens abound among the teeth, both as abscesses, dental caries and gum disease. The sinuses may be chronically infected (yellow snot).

The tonsils are especially bad reservoirs of pathogens and also the adenoids, alongside. This all adds up to what I call a “dirty mouth” and you need to take care.

Thing is, the pathogens don’t just sit there, doing nothing!

Infections are frequent and can range from a sore throat, to tonsillitis, to very unpleasant “quinsy”, an abscess. The vast majority of instances of “sore throat”, as we all know, are caused by viruses. 

We can say that—coupled with the nasal passages, teeth and gums—tonsils combine to make the mouth and back of the throat the most “dirty” infected area of the body. Even so, surgically removing the tonsils and adenoids (Ts and As) may not be such a good idea. They are there to protect us. 

Tonsillectomy including adenoidectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed in children, and physicians have long believed it can treat problems like recurrent throat infections or obstructive sleep apnea with no lasting effect on long-term health.

Research published in JAMA Otolaryngology in 2018 suggests otherwise. When Danish investigators looked at data on 1.2 million people born between 1979 and 1999, they found those who had their tonsils and/or adenoids removed when they were nine years old or younger were at significantly higher risk for respiratory disease as they grew older.

Another instance of “science” as baloney and belief, not fact.

Prof. Keith Scott-Mumby
The Official Alternative Doctor

[Edited from the book Virus Blitz: A Torrent of Safe, Highly Effective, Yet Little-Known Anti-Viral Remedies, in which I tell you what you can DO]