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Borrelia miyamotoi Disease : Neither Lyme Disease Nor Relapsing Fever

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Posted 11/29/2015 3:03 PM (GMT 0)
Abstract

"/Borrelia////miyamotoi/ disease (BMD) is a newly recognized borreliosis
globally transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes persulcatus species complex.

Once considered to be a tick symbiont with no public health
implications, B miyamotoi is increasingly recognized as the agent of a
nonspecific febrile illness often misdiagnosed as acute Lyme disease
without rash, or as ehrlichiosis. The frequency of its diagnosis in the
northeastern United States is similar to that of human granulocytic
ehrlichiosis.

A diagnosis of BMD is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of
acute blood samples, or by seroconversion using a recombinant
glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase enzyme immunoassay.

BMD is successfully treated with oral doxycycline or amoxicillin."

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2015.08.002
Posted 11/29/2015 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
and they dont even have a test for it.

who cares, "lyme does not exist"... the spirochetes are our friends. harmless and maybe even helpful. the Goa'uld from Stargate had all sorts of super powers. worms in the brain. goodie....
Posted 11/29/2015 3:58 PM (GMT 0)
This is similar to Master's Disease (STARI) in that it is yet another strain of borrelia that won't show up on any of the current tests.
Posted 11/29/2015 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
You know, the only LLMD I ever saw was Dr. Edwin Masters - the one that STARI was renamed after. He was never convince that STARI and Lyme were two separate entities. He told me that diagnosing people with STARI was a way to get them the Lyme treatment they needed since they both respond to the same treatment.
Posted 11/29/2015 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
"...not yet an established test for BMD,"

-yet-

"14% of the patients with BMD were coinfected with B burgdorferi."

Trav~Interesting with your doc. I am reading: "sometimes referred to as Masters disease, in honor of Edwin Masters, the Missouri family physician who first reported these cases to his state’s Department of Health." You were fortunate to have someone on the pulse helping you!

NO DECENT TESTING for ANY of these vector borne diseases, yet the powers that be continue to deny sick people, & then make up numbers that suit them for a moment in time.

It would almost make ya think that they LOVE having some new names mixed in to deaden the trail that leads back to them. eyes
Posted 11/30/2015 12:55 AM (GMT 0)
Confusion and misinformation works wonders.

I agree that I was incredibly blessed to have been able to see Dr. Masters - but even he wasn't able to help me. I got deathly ill (literally) under his care. He didn't know about detoxing and couldn't help me as I got sicker and sicker. This is why I tell people to follow what they know to be right, just because a LLMD says something, doesn't make it true for every person.

With that said, I still think Dr. Masters was a very gifted and concerned doctor who gave so very much of his time to Lyme research and Lyme patients. He healed many, many people and trained many doctors. I was always amazed by his attention to details and the level of caring he had. When he told me I had every one of the tick-borne diseases, I broke into tears. I was horrified. He sat there and let me cry for about 2 minutes, then reached over and just quietly put his hand on my shoulder, gave it a little squeeze and told me that it surely didn't mean I couldn't heal - it might take a bit longer, but healing was still within reach.
Posted 11/30/2015 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
Oh, Trav~your description got me misty-eyed...Know how the pronouncement of FINALLY knowing what it is, the horror of being confronted with it, & the confirmation & compassion from a doc that healing can indeed happen.
Posted 11/30/2015 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
LOL! It still gets me misty eyed when I think of it.
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