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Posted 7/9/2015 6:18 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone know if mosquitos carry Lyme? They're out with a vengeance here, and I keep getting bitten. My old skin crawling/electrical shocks Lyme symptom is back, which as me wondering.
Posted 7/9/2015 6:25 PM (GMT 0)
Yes they can carry the Lyme bacteria - as well as West Nile Virus, and sooo much more!!! They are called "Nature's Dirty Needle" for good cause!

Do watch for those symptoms!!

I found some references for it too:
"Mosquitoes can carry Lyme disease and many other serious infections, as can spiders, fleas and mites."
articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/05/dr-dietrich-klinghardt-on-lyme-disease.aspx

"Lyme literate doctors are learning Lyme may be transmitted sexually, through saliva, organ donations, blood transfusions and passed to your children congenitally. Fleas, mosquitoes and other blood sucking insects can also carry Lyme Disease."
www.truthaboutlymedisease.com/


"Lyme disease can also be transmitted by contact with body fluids such as urine, tears, semen, contaminated blood and breast milk. Plus, it is not only ticks that now carry the Lyme spirochete, but also mites, spiders, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies."
rense.com/general94/provenlym.htm
Posted 7/9/2015 6:38 PM (GMT 0)
Oops, missed one, likely the best one too-
"the spirochaetal strain BR91, isolated from the Culex pipiens mosquito, were tested"

"Strain BR91 was found to be different from the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato based upon partial sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene.

"Our results of phenotypic characterization of the mosquito spirochaetal strain BR91 were compared to that of other spirochaetal strains isolated from haematophagous arthropods – B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis. Spirochaete B. burgdorferi is the closest relative to BR91 strain within the Order Spirochaetales"


www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501313001717
Posted 7/9/2015 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
I would advise a lot of caution when bitten by mosquitoes and if you recognize like 2 or 3 symptoms that have returned, then you should consider retreating, in my opinion. As we know, the earlier it's caught, the easier it is to get rid of it!!

I say 2 or 3 symptoms because stress alone can increase symptom severity, but if it feels like Lyme all over again to you, then I say it's far better to retreat and possible not have to, than to wait it out and wish you hadn't.

After being reinfected myself last year, I have now chosen to stay on Buhners suggested herb for prevention - astragalus. So far so good for me. No more Lyme!
Posted 7/9/2015 6:42 PM (GMT 0)

Traveler said...
Yes they can carry the Lyme bacteria - as well as West Nile Virus, and sooo much more!!! They are called "Nature's Dirty Needle" for good cause!

Do watch for those symptoms!!

I found some references for it too:
"Mosquitoes can carry Lyme disease and many other serious infections, as can spiders, fleas and mites."
articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/05/dr-dietrich-klinghardt-on-lyme-disease.aspx

"Lyme literate doctors are learning Lyme may be transmitted sexually, through saliva, organ donations, blood transfusions and passed to your children congenitally. Fleas, mosquitoes and other blood sucking insects can also carry Lyme Disease."
www.truthaboutlymedisease.com/


"Lyme disease can also be transmitted by contact with body fluids such as urine, tears, semen, contaminated blood and breast milk. Plus, it is not only ticks that now carry the Lyme spirochete, but also mites, spiders, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies."
rense.com/general94/provenlym.htm

This is scary stuff. It should be probably included in "New To Lyme?.......Start here!"
I hope I haven't contaminated anyone...
Posted 7/9/2015 7:36 PM (GMT 0)
I had to travel to St Louis for business a couple of wks ago. One evening right at dusk, I got bitten around my feet and ankles over 2 doz times. Luckily it was contained since I was wearing a long skirt. What a mess, though. It took an entire week before they would stop itching and I still have the scars.

So, I guess I've spread LD to St Louis. Sorry.

-p
Posted 7/9/2015 9:03 PM (GMT 0)
That's okay, P. I spent quite a bit of time there while hubby was working there, so St. Louis was already infected with Lyme from all the mosquitoes that bit me several years ago!! LOL! And I'm quite sure that we weren't the first or only ones to have Lyme, be in that area and be bit by mosquitoes! LOL!
Posted 7/9/2015 9:55 PM (GMT 0)
whew! I feel less guilty then… ;)

We don't have many mosquitoes where I live now. I'd forgotten how ridiculously PITA they are. I'm sure you have plenty in AR!

p
Posted 7/9/2015 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
Yup - too many bugs of all kinds!!! After dark, I rarely go out during this part of the year. It's hard to get a breath without some extra protein added in!! LOL!! smilewinkgrin Kind of nasty, so I've learned not to open my mouth while outside, and if I do have to speak to the dogs or someone - don't swallow!!! smhair Giggle!
Posted 7/10/2015 10:55 AM (GMT 0)
Sheesh…. that is intense.

p
Posted 7/10/2015 2:32 PM (GMT 0)
Oh man! Here in Michigan they are huge and there's lots of them! As i was walking with my 4 yr old daughter, a mosquito bit me then flew away... all i could think of is : what if it bit her after it bit me... giving her lyme
Posted 7/10/2015 8:56 PM (GMT 0)
That's why it's best to have everyone in your family on something to provide protection. I've chosen to use Buhner's suggestions and take astragalus - now if I could only get the rest of my family to understand!!!
Posted 11/22/2015 1:02 PM (GMT 0)
Aaaand... another fresh study from Germany with german mosquitoes. Not only were mosquitoes found infected with Borrelia, but apparently they also pass the bacteria to their offspring.

"
Some stages of the borrelial transmission cycle in ticks (transstadial, feeding and co-feeding) can potentially occur also in insects, particularly in mosquitoes. In the present study, adult as well as larvae mosquitoes were collected at 42 different geographical locations throughout Germany. This is the first study, in which German mosquitoes were analysed for the presence of Borrelia spp. Targeting two specific borrelial genes, flaB and ospA encoding for the subunit B of flagellin and the outer surface protein A, the results show that DNA of B. afzelii, B. bavariensis and B. garinii could be detected in ten Culicidae species comprising four distinct genera (Aedes, Culiseta, Culex, and Ochlerotatus). Positive samples also include adult specimens raised in the laboratory from wild-caught larvae indicating that transstadial and/or transovarial transmission might occur within a given mosquito population."

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X15300327

So ... just inside ticks, huh ? Yeah right...
Posted 11/22/2015 1:59 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing the article, Mpos!!!

In trying to find somewhere that the article can be read in full without a subscription, I came across this 2004 article: goo.gl/NZfHk2 "The Prevalence of spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks Ixodes ricinus and mosquitoes Aedes spp. within a selected recreational area of the city of Szczecin"

which states in the introduction: "Because the spirochetes have also been detected in Hematophagous insects such as horse flies, deer flies, fleas and mosquitoes, the role of those arthropods cannot be ruled out in the epidemiology of Lyme disease."

"In the areas of particularly high incidence of human Borreliosis (e.g. Connecticut), Borrelia burgdorferi was found with the aid of IFA in 36.2% of ticks Ixodes scapularis and in 9.5 - 11.1% of mosquitoes of the genus Aedes."

"The low percentage of infected mosquitoes compared to infected ticks may be related to the 2 week survival period of the spirochete in the organism of those insects."

Also, in a paper that PubMed doesn't want us seeing, titled "Erythema chronicum migrans (Afzelii) associated with mosquito bite.", there was a documented case back in 1966 - "In Sweden there was a case of erythema migrans observed after a mosquito bite" www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4163724


Still, the CDC only says that ticks pass these infections??? Even though there are documented cases showing otherwise.
Posted 11/22/2015 3:21 PM (GMT 0)
I added a little more spacing as well, for those with issues due to Neuro Lyme. :-)

To make a hyper link, all you need to do is use these parenthesis [] before and after the link and in the first set before the link put these letters inside those parenthesis url and at the end of the link use those parenthesis again and put inside them /url
Posted 11/22/2015 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
Messaging you the details, as that program won't immediately turn my explanation into a link!

Here's your new addition though:
"Meet the New GMO Mosquito: Millions Carrying the "Kill Switch Gene" Already Released" 2015:

www.truth-out.org/news/item/31664-meet-the-new-gmo-mosquito-millions-carrying-the-kill-switch-gene-already-released
Posted 11/22/2015 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
I use DEET insect repellent. I know it is nasty for your skin and all my other parts. I hop in the shower as soon as I possibly can after using it. We have West Nile here and I do not want to even chance adding that to lyme. I have had a mosquito bite me through my blouse, so I even spray my clothes. I do my outside business and then into the shower I go and the clothes go to the washer. I think lyme has made me a little neurotic about going outside. Nope actually it has made me a lot neurotic. No bugs for me!
Posted 6/12/2019 11:11 PM (GMT 0)
Can you repell mosquitoes using essential oils? I've been bitten a few times this year sad
How often have you been bitten this year and how do you go about preventing mosquito bites? Thanks for your advice.
Posted 6/13/2019 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
Currently I am getting Uvlrx treatments every two weeks. I have therefore been off antibiotics since the end of March. I rarely go outside anymore but decided to visit with my neighbor one evening. I walked away with fiveish bites. When I got into the house I noticed some pin prick sensations that lasted a while. After that I took 3 days of an antibiotic combination just to make myself feel better since I knew it would be a few days till my next UV treatment.
Posted 6/13/2019 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
I'm pretty sure I originally got infected from mosquito bites when we used to go camping. Essential oils will not do anything for mosquitoes, just buy repellent.
Posted 6/13/2019 2:35 AM (GMT 0)

insomniaaa said...
Can you repell mosquitoes using essential oils? I've been bitten a few times this year sad
How often have you been bitten this year and how do you go about preventing mosquito bites? Thanks for your advice.

I haven’t purchased Permethrin yet (hard to get in Canada) - and I don’t want to use DEET.

I make an essential oil spray - I don’t know how well it works because we don’t see a lot of ticks here (I have seen just one in the past 6 years)

I got the recipe online - the essential oil is Rose Geranium.
It’s expensive and I had to order it online.
The owner of the website swears by it.

http://www.primallyinspired.com/homemade-tick-spray-natural-repellent/
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