nefferdun - are you out there?

Hi,

I came across the following post by you concerning Bart symptoms way back in 2009 maybe?

I can just tell you my symptoms for bartonella. I have hot flashes at night but rarely sweat. My shins hurt - most of the time it is people's feet. I have a lot of headaches - take immetrex for them as they are migraine like causing upset stomach. My eyes are very dry and light sensitive. I take hyaluronic acid for that. Emotionally when I am most affected by bart, I feel apathetic and unmotivated. I am depressed but not weepy, just beyond caring. I can also be cranky and negative. I never had streaks on my skin or stretch marks that I can see. I have had pea size brown spots (which are fading with treatment) and tiny blood blisters. I have lumps along my shin bone that do not hurt and I have small lumps other places, not on bone but under the skin that hurt when I press them. Some people have swollen lymph nodes - I don't. I have swelling on my shins above my feet. Swelling is common with bart and it does not dent like normal. I had a lot of muscle twitching. When it was bad I felt completely detached from myself and the world, like going into a fog emotionally as well as mentally. I forget nouns. That is a bigger. I cannot recall people's names - once my own son!

I have a lot of the same symptoms which I have for a long time attributed to Bartonella. Whilst some have improved with Bart treatment some haven't budged and I'm now becoming more convinced some are Babesia/ Protomyxoa related - most notably the depression, head aches, light sensitivity and tiny blood blisters. I gather you have since gone on to treat Protozoa with ivermectin and have improved considerably? Would you care to comment on whether you would reallocate any of the symptoms in your above post to protozoa? Did you have a fry smear to 'prove it' and what regime helped you the most?

Hoping to make contact

Thanks

Hugh