Mycoplasma

I got to another LLMD in January who suspected it and tested me for it. Positive was over 320 on the test and my number was 1127!

She prescribed me clindamycin 300 mg 2 per day, twice per day and biaxin 500 mg 1 twice per day. I'm also on a bunch of other supplements.

I had previously been diagnosed with bartonella, babesia and rocky mountain spotted fever and obviously the lyme but didn't know that I had the mycoplasma as well.

I might try some natural treatment for it like the byron white formula A-Myco since I don't have insurance at the moment and I've been trying to get on Medicaid.

Main problem for a long time now (I've been sick in total for just about five years) has been very severe fatigue, like to the point that I don't shower or really do much of anything because I just have absolutely no energy. Haven't seen much improvement with the abx or any of the supplements.

Myco and lyme are nasty together ...it is implecated in als ,gulf war etc etc

I think mycoplasm is worse than Lyme, especially if you've got the strain thats the genetic engineered one that causes Gulf War syndrome and ALS. I first got mycoplasma P. when I ljved in Singapore where its hot &humid and mycos thrive. T.B. is a mycoplasma. Mycoplasmas are intracellular and they actually team up w/the viruses, making it impossible to eradicate either one....

My Lyme and co's all negative, but I still have mycoplasma, Cpn, and viruses....uhg!

http://aac.asm.org/content/45/9/2604.full

This abstract said floroquinalones were the only thing that dented it...that why so many service persons got floxed...

i really think this is what is underlying in chronic illness of all sorts..

I am also in the process of getting treatment for this. my understanding is if you are IGG positive it indicates a past infection but it does not necessarily mean you are not active at the time of the test. you can still have an active infection.

I have lyme disease and recently was tested for mycoplasma p. and Igg was positive. my llmd started me on doxcycline and azithromycin and I would not tolerate it. I am off now. I have tried several times to take doxcycline but I have not been able to take it. I have read you must take it to get rid of lyme. now, I need it for mycoplasma and I cannot take it.

has anyone else had this problems and any suggestions?

I got mycoplasma under control, not gone, with a typical bartonella abx regiment, anti parasitics, and high dose vitamin C ivs. I am crossing my fingers it doesn't pop up again. It is my understanding from the clinic I was at that ALOT of people are walking around with mycoplasma without symptoms. The key is getting it under control. Frankly my Bartonella has been a lot more dug in for the long war. Time to root them out as well!

k07 said...
Does anyone know if you can get myco pneum transmitted by ticks? I have gotten mixed answers on the high IGG. Regular doctors and neurologists tell me it is just a past infection, yet integrative and Lyme docs say a high IGG can represent an active infection.

I really felt so much better on azith/plaq. That makes me think that possibly most of my symptoms are myco related. Unfortunately my hearing started getting weird and I was afraid it was a side effect. During the 6 weeks of azith I had nights where none of my limbs would go numb and I wasn't buzzing like a live wire.

Those are also commonly used abx for Bartonella. So is the other herbal protocol you were on. Bartonella / mycoplasma protocols tend to overlap.

Is Mycoplasma fermentans the same as Mycoplasma pneumoniae?

Mycoplasma fermentans and mycoplasma Pneumonia are 2 different strains of the myco. Chlamydophilia p is not a mycoplasma but is another type of bacteria. Chlamydophila pneumonia is a different strain than the chlamydia std...

Each bacteria has more than one strain, some have several. Last September I got a rare salmonella strain called 'Poona'- its found in lizard/reptillian feces. I ate cukes from mexico, grown at a farm thats infested w/geckos. Uhg!

My doctor ordered the test through Labcorp. It tests your IGG and IGM antibodies for mycoplasma. There's also tests for chlamydia pneumonia, EBV, and cytomegalovirus.

Myco - in all forms are hard to get rid of when combined with Lyme and company according to J Clinic. DS finally had his first negative myco result last week after 2 years of treatment! He was unable to take abx daily which J Clinic wanted - because the herxing was terrible. He also got reinfected with it after he was improving last winter. It is prevalent in high schools. He is finally using his albuterol inhaler much less as a result. His treatment has been to pulse minocycline for it (but is always on some other abx too) for 2 years now.

So, it can take a long time to get rid of - in fact his LLNP says he has to continue treatment of it for 2-3 more months maybe more if they creep back up. It is the last of his infections to be causing issues.

Well for DS it was in the lungs but also other symptoms. It's my understanding that it can go beyond the lungs but it seems there would be lung symptoms at some point given that's where it starts (I believe).

See this chart for the other ones: www.lyme-symptoms.com/LymeCoinfectionChart.html