Covid and Lyme relapse

I get a major resurgence after any virus, but I have not had COVID.

Do you have COVID? How are you doing?

Even healthy people without immune dysfunction are experiencing cytokine storms (a hallmark of Lyme) a few days into the illness, so because cytokine storms already are something Lyme has primed us for, we may encounter more COVID and post-COVID complications.

Evanston - what type of testing did you have for lyme and confections?


Even after full treatment...and remission, you can still test positive on a Western Blot.

Testing, in general is not reliable for determining when we've still got active infection...unfortunately.

My doctor ran a western blot and PCR tests through Labcorp for Lyme, Bartonella (tested positive for Bartonella Quintana titers 1:256) and Lyme western blot IGG positive for six bands. The result said CDC positive with a bunch of band numbers listed. I also recently had a positive Babesia FISH through Igenex. The PCR was negative for all It’s very difficult for me to swallow the fact that I still have these infections despite feeling totally awesome and normal for several years after having had come back from the dead. Just painful what so many of us have gone through and to still be fighting the good fight. My dr wants me back on antibiotics again (I haven’t been on antibiotics since late 2017) and the Idea of reliving any of this seems like a horror movie. But I’ll pull myself together, dust myself off and continue to put one foot in front of the other. Because we are all fighters and warriors! And he did say he’s seeing that mild covid definitely is reactivating a lot of old Lyme infections. Any other reason to avoid covid like the plague!!!

I’m sorry you are struggling too! Is your Neuro helpful?

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And he did say he’s seeing that mild covid definitely is reactivating a lot of old Lyme infections. Any other reason to avoid covid like the plague!!!

Evanston1: I wonder how your doctor can tease out which symptoms are caused by active Lyme (and co.) infection vs. Covid or some kind of Covid related immune dysfunction. I hope it's not one of those situations like the hammer that sees everything as a nail, you know?

So Sorry you are dealing with this Evanston. I always worry about picking up any virus or bacteria because it adds to your bodies toxic load which can push Lyme sysmotons back to the surface and now that covid is around it is really scary. Are you detoxing at all, that always helps me. Or Would you try any natural antiviral/antibacterial supplements, I know the Cowden protocol has been helpful for a lot if people. Do you know if you have any gene mutations that put you at a higher risks for contracting viruses or bacteria? I read that when you have the MTHFR mutation like I do, which is your bodies natural antiviral pathway you are at a higher risk for contracting things like Lynne or covid . And one other thing that I just saw on the news that in China 40-60 percent of people who were covid positive did not test for antibodies after 8 weeks, dose this mean that someone could contact the virus more than once? Like you said we are all learning as we go. Try to hang in there. I hope you start feeling better.

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