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Posted 9/1/2014 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
My heels have been cracking and splitting for years, and now one of the cracks has started bleeding. What is that?

Margaret
Posted 9/1/2014 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Oh girl… yes, this has plagued me since I got infected. I had no idea what it was (or that I had lyme & co) and just thought it was dry skin/poor circulation. I know now that it's likely due to either Bart or Babesia… I think we had an exchange about this on another thread, but for other's benefit—

I have had that condition on my feet/heels for 15 yrs. It was gross, unsightly. I used to be a runner and even that didn't affect my feet like this. I would do these awesome acid treatments (Baby Feet is a brilliant safe acid soak) that would soften and exfoliate the skin and I'd almost be normal. And then within 2 wks they'd return to their old state. So frustrating and painful.

Then, my LLMD started me on A-Bart and A-Bab (I had been taking AL-Complex for 2 mos. already). And low-and-behold my feet returned to normal. All that old dry hard skin disappeared. Along with that came a short stint of other symptoms like clammy feet and dry, flakey hands… But I'll take that over cracked heels any day.

So, I'm guessing it's associated with the infections and likely exacerbated by issues detoxing. Hope you can find some relief. Try to keep them clean and use neosporin in the meantime.

-p
Posted 9/1/2014 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you!

Which protocol uses A-Bart and A-Bab? Is it Jernigan?

I will look them up.

I wonder which it is, Babs or Bart, that causes this problem?

Margaret
Posted 9/1/2014 7:48 PM (GMT 0)
Protocol? That is a good question, Margaret—my lymebrain cannot offer the answer today, sorry. ;)

But I bet someone else will come along with the answer to that.

I believe it's caused by Brother Bart.

-p
Posted 9/1/2014 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
It's bartonella that does that. I had the same issue. I had really dry splitting skin on my hands actually. But went away with treatment.

Maybe babesia plays a role too? But I think babesia is mainly latching on in the blood steam? Bart gets into all the fine little capillarie networks and causes some issues there.
Posted 9/1/2014 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
I think I've had dry, cracked heels most of my life I think, since I spend so much of the summer outside, with clogs or flip flops on, so my heels get dried up by the end of summer, but haven't bled yet, knock on wood!! I do occasionally put coconut oil on them and it helps.
Posted 9/1/2014 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
I never had that problem before, even though I do wear sandals in the summer. It's only happened in the last five to eight years.

It's pretty bad.

Garden, do you have Bart?

Margaret
Posted 9/1/2014 8:39 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know, but I don't think I do. It's just due to dryness.
Posted 9/1/2014 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
This didn't happen to me until some time during my forties. I'm now 54. Every year, it gets a little worse. It used to be that pedicures would take care of it, but then it would happen so soon afterwards, that I gave up.

I was just wondering if it had anything to do with coinfections or not.

Actually, the cracked skin on my heels doesn't bother me; it's when it starts to bleed that I get a wee bit concerned. I worry about infection.

I had an infected thumb a year ago, and I needed surgery. Now I have an infected finger, and am hoping that I can get in to see the doctor tomorrow,

Margaret
Posted 9/1/2014 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
ABART and ABAB are byron white
Posted 9/1/2014 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, thanks Louise.

I figured that out. I've heard his formulas are really expensive.

I went back on the "Hooch," bc I have an infected finger. I diluted it, and used a very small portion, but it might be too late for my finger.

I'm going to try to treat that topically.

I don't even care about my heels right now; I just am in maintenance mode again.

This disease is the craziest thing. I would never have dreamed this would happen to me, and that I would lose all my friends, and that nobody would even know what was going on with me.

Margaret
Posted 9/2/2014 5:33 AM (GMT 0)
Wow. I have this on my heels too - and it began the exact time after I got lyme disease. I came down with Lyme in May 2006 and summer of '06 I had my first pedicure ever (!!) to deal with all the dry skin and cracking (ridges in my foot). I have lived in New York and been outside in flip flops in winter and never had dry, cracking heels. But after getting Lyme disease - it began! I always had the most beautiful soft skin on my feet, never needed lotion in my life, and so it was really weird.

I will say that during the treatment for Bartonella (Doxycycline + Rifampin + Tinidazole) my feet returned to a much softer state.

Interesting that someone pointed out they believed it was related to Bartonella. I never really thought about it, but it makes sense.

I switched antibiotic protocols to target Babesia (Duncani) and it seems my feet have taken a turn to be a bit more dry/hard. Hmmm....
Posted 9/2/2014 6:57 AM (GMT 0)
I have had this problem for as long as I can remember. It bled once, so I'm trying to take care of my feet very regularly.
The dry skin keeps on coming and coming turn I'm like a dry skin plant tongue

If you do a lot of foot soaks, it'll dry out your feet: be sure to use a good foot cream afterwards (shea butter or Carbamide crème from Louis Widmer, a swiss company - don't know if you can get it in the US? but it's greatr stuff), every single time.
Buy yourself a good foot grater (sorry, I can't find the word in English, lol, I hope you get what I'm trying to describe) - not a metalic one (cause that will tear everything open), and be patient when you use it: don't push too hard.
Once I grated away that dry skin (do it at night), I put pure sheabutter on my feet (a lot), and put on 2 pairs of socks, so it can do its job while you are sleeping. It will make your feet soft and well moisturized.

If it gets too bad: make an appointment with a pedicurist, you can get nasty infections when your feet are damaged...

MarieLS
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