Cherie,
David has a really nice site. The pathology of CPn escaping from the lungs may not be age dependent. The issue of CPn gunking up your body outside the lungs is best laid out by the cardiology folks via Atherosclerosis. But, if you really spend time on the pathology of arteries and the involvement of ICAM-1, the story starts to take shape. There's a keeper article on this - Watson and Alp, 2008 Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae in atherosclerosis. So then what happens when it gets in the brain?

There are slightly different variants of the protocol because of the availability of drugs varies in the UK. But, the true Vanderbilt protocol is Rifampin, Azithromycin and Flagyl. Secondary non-scripts that are part of the protocol are D3 and Pyruvate/Caffine. NAC is often used too. No one really follows ALL the recommended supplements, but after a die-off most everyone takes loads of charcoal.

I should note, much of the impact MS'ers feel when they take an antibiotic is related to die-off and/or secondary porphyria. There are a ton of threads out there about how someone took abx and it made their MS worse. Absolutely true, but the underlying "worse" actually demonstrates a high likelihood of hidden bacteria. The key in the protocol is to agressively go after the bacteria with a methodical longterm battle plan. ABX is a commitment, it's not something you can "try".

Kim has just completed 18 months on ABX. She will likely be at least 18 more. She no longer needs pee pads and she can walk way faster than before. There's more, but that's a start. Ken