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Posted 10/29/2013 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a little freaked out by infections that can be "hiding".

Can there be infections that are lying dormant, so to speak, hanging out inside my body....waiting to break free and try to take me down?

I know this disease is complicated. I'm 6 weeks into treatment and already on a second set of "bug killers". (about two and a half weeks in I think the first ones took a dive. LOL!!)

There is so much I don't understand. Like....are these things living in my muscles? Is that why I nearly collapsed this morning? Are the chewing away at my nerves? Is that the reason for the bee stings? Are they eating my brain? Is that the cause of all things mental? wink

Most of what I read either talks about symptoms....yeah, got those figured out, haha....or the articles use big science words that are simply not going to connect right now. tongue

hmmmmm.........
Posted 10/29/2013 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
It is estimated that 500 to 1,000 species of bacteria live in the human gut alone. Humans and these micro organisms have learned to live in harmony with each other so they don't cause any harm.

However, any time that a new predator such as Lyme comes in and disrupts the balance or harmony, things go crazy. Your immune system keeps everything in check and it is the reason that during an infection we do everything possible to strengthen the immune system.

From what I have read, the people who are the most successful at eradicating an infection are those that:
-- Work at strengthening their immune system
-- Make the environment inhospitable for the bacteria (antibacterials, herbs, supplements, etc)
-- Replace the nutrients that the bacteria steals from the body (B12, Vitamin D, Folic acid, etc)
Posted 10/29/2013 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
oh.....that makes sense. That's why the doc told me she thinks the gluten iintolerance and candida are due to the lyme.....and imbalance. Got it?

So co-infections are not bacteria from the actual tick bite? Just lurking....waiting....shiver!!!!
Posted 10/29/2013 9:04 PM (GMT 0)
Actually, many things can be passed with a tick bite besides Lyme disease - other bacteria (co-infections) and Babesia is a protozoan that can be passed, as well as viruses. But none of the are actually "chewing" or "eating" at anything - at least not in the sense that we usually think of. If a person has these infections "long enough", then permanent damage can happen - but this varies for each of us.

Most often these other infections are really "hiding" they just are being noticed so much because of how bad the Lyme can make us feel. So once the Lyme starts coming under control, we notice the symptoms of these other things more.

Kind of like driving when it's foggy - you don't notice a tree that may have blown down until after the fog has cleared.
Posted 10/30/2013 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
It's all so crazy.

Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.....
Posted 10/30/2013 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
Yep! The more you are exposed to the information, the more it will make sense. Believe me, when I was the newbie to all of this, I couldn't understand hardly any of this!!
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