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Posted 2/8/2016 9:53 PM (GMT 0)
My dad just called me about this article. Has anybody heard of this before?

www.foxnews.com/health/2016/02/08/cdc-discovers-new-bacteria-species-that-causes-lyme-disease.html
Posted 2/8/2016 9:56 PM (GMT 0)
I changed to a hyperlink
Posted 2/8/2016 10:02 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Girlie!
Posted 2/9/2016 6:24 AM (GMT 0)
30 days of doxy? ...fox n mayo sounds like bs sandwich. ..there are 200 types of borellia what about testing what about new abx what about bob...maybe it will help funding idk im a septic sceptic...
Posted 2/9/2016 12:47 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all,

I saw the same article on yahoo so I think all the websites have the same article. From what I know, there are over 300 strains of bacteria (I don't believe the majority of these strains have a name).

People I personally know who contracted lyme and were diagnosed immediately took 2 to 4 weeks of doxy never got chronic lyme or showed any symptoms of lyme. I guess it depends on the person and how healthy they are.

As far as abx goes, most people are becoming resistant due to our foods that contain high amounts of abx thus a clean diet (organic) is really important if one can afford eating 100% organic.

Just my thoughts,
Denise
Posted 2/9/2016 1:37 PM (GMT 0)
The article seems to be making the rounds and I'm not surprised to hear about yet another strain. New strains of Borrelia (Lyme) are being discovered every few months along with new strains of Babesia and Bartonella.

Ummm....I started 3 wks. of doxy the day after I pulled the tick out of my abdomen. It clearly wasn't enough since I'm still treating. My symptoms have always been mild which is testament to the health of my immune system but I obviously got more than my body could handle.
Posted 2/9/2016 2:51 PM (GMT 0)
Of course they got the treatment wrong! We haven't won that battle yet - and I did say yet! What we need to be celebrating is the fact that they are acknowledging that more than just one single strain of this bacteria causes human illness! We've had proof of this for a while now, so we have been waiting for them to be convinced that the information is true!! It's as if we are literally training them - one step at a time until they learn enough to be on their own!! turn
Posted 2/9/2016 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
a 2nd borrelia bacterium that causes lyme? what about all the other forms of borrelia that induce illness (but we don't call "lyme")? I don't understand why the word lyme is used, I feel it is used in order to narrow the definition for these illnesses further preventing people from getting treatment and dx. Such a wide variety of borrelia species, each with various pathogenic properties that we haven't untangled yet. Would be nice if they spent some time, research, and develop better testing for borrelia.

That said at least they are making progress. Discovering new bart species as well, hey maybe we will be turning the corner and these institutions will start realizing all these sick patients with the same illness patterns are not just "crazy" or "lazy," but are suffering from a variety of forms of multi-systemic infectious diseases.
Posted 2/9/2016 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
" I don't understand why the word lyme is used, I feel it is used in order to narrow the definition for these illnesses further preventing people from getting treatment and dx." - Exactly!!!

On the other hand, who said that Lyme only means one single strain? The CDC.
Posted 2/10/2016 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
I think the most important thing about this article is more exposure to people about lyme disease. Before I became sick with lyme or whatever strains I contracted, I never even heard of lyme! Maybe if there were articles on all these different websites (being the curious person I am) I would have clicked on it and said to myself "wow, there is a disease caused by a bug called lyme"....

As far as strains go it would help if all 300 or more could have a name and the damage it could cause. I guess we still have a long way to go before research can name the strains.

Cd, one year after I healed from lyme I found a tick attached to my belly button and I had some Borrelogen (one of Dr. Jernigan's botanicals) left over and I took it just to be on the safe side as well as upping my detoxing. Thank goodness I didn't become reinfected!

As said a million times before what works for one person may not work for another.

Bluelyme, I think you are very funny and I loved your line "what about Bob?" in your post! LOLOL!! :-)

Denise
Posted 2/10/2016 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
This article is confusing for non-lymies.

Its not a "new bacteria" that was found to cause lyme.

They should have said Borrelia mayonii is just a NEWLY IDENTIFIED "sub-strain" of Borrelia, in addition to the common Borrelia burgdorfer, and the many other non-named sub strains.

Could have been written by the National Inquioror.
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