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Can the body eradicate co-infections on it's own?
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Not sure
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Joined : Jul 2015
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Posted 7/15/2015 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Is the human body ever capable of eradicating a co-infection/parasite on it's own? Surely *some* people can, right? I'm currently anxiously awaiting coinfection results for my son.
Post Edited (Not sure) : 7/15/2015 1:00:28 PM (GMT-6)
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Posted 7/15/2015 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
From what little we know, yes it seems that way. There are some people that have no deficits in their health or immune function and they seem to be the ones that can be exposed to Lyme and yet not need treatments to get over it - although they too will always test positive.
But, with that said, there are many that come here saying that they had a tick or two many years ago and now have symptoms - so it's really hard to know who will and who won't have issues years later. It's all about
the health of the body and how well the immune system continues to function.
Because the bacteria can stay dormant for decades before causing symptoms, it's never safe to take the "wait and see" approach though.
A word about
the co-infection testing though - it's less reliable than the Lyme testing, so start watching for signs and symptoms of the other infections while you wait and even after those results come back. We have found that, most times, as the bacterial load from one infection is lowered, symptoms of other infections begin to show up. As the immune system is freed up more from the one infection - it begins to fight the other infections, so symptoms appear.
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Posted 7/15/2015 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
Ok that does make sense. Thanks!
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