Posted 4/23/2016 4:56 AM (GMT 0)
Ya bluelyme, that is Bart in the hands and feet. You got a really bad strain of bartonella which is probably the bulk of your symptoms. If you feel like you're 80 in your 30s it is mostly Bart. Do you have any of the following?
Red eyes that come and go, floaters, red marks, hand stiffness, foot aches or rashes, red marks that come and go, muscle spasms, feeling of being choked in the neck, insomnia, anxiety, feeing like gasoline is burning in your blood. Even bilateral knee aches, bone pain especially in the shins, tendon pain... Those can also be Bart. There is also scalp feelings like tingling or feeling like something is in the brain but it is actually the scalp. Bart also collects in collagen and connective tissues just like Lyme does and can damage these connective tissues.
It's a real evil bacteria and I picture it with horns lol. But if left untreated not only is life torture, but it could lead to stroke or heart valve damage. Basically damage to the cardiovascular system. The illness is variable in people though and some have more symptoms than others.
Did you watch the Dr.M's presentation on Bartonella? It is very good and you can watch it on YouTube... Search understanding bartonella. There are 2 speakers, the 2nd one is Doctor M who is the leading bartonella expert in the world... Bart is actually more an issue in Lyme disease than people first thought. And causes a significant amount of the symptoms. Some say Bart is more of an issue than Borrelia is.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYEHsRRxrQw
That's the link from my phone.
Treating Bart is like putting out a fire that takes a long time to put out. And treatment needs to be like a steady stream of water putting that fire out. So if you just do IV silver one time... It doesn't put the fire out at all, that is just like spraying a little bit of water on a fire from a hose and then stopping, the fire just goes back to the way it was and so that IV silver was basically a waste. If you want to treat with silver you'd have to do that IV silver like everyday for who knows how many days.
Also Bart has to be treated until it is 100% symptom free and then some. I'd say minimum 2 months symptom free, maybe even longer when you finally get the treatment right that works for you. For my case... I treated right until symptom free twice already and it relapsed on me both times... Both times I used antibiotics... If it relapses with antibiotic treatment then it usually comes back antibiotic resistant... So if you plan an antibiotic treatment it is best to use minimium 2 antibiotics, better is 3 and stick with it... This is to prevent antibiotic resistance. My Bart is already resistant to antibiotics. Some say it can be beat taking antibiotics continuously and not missing a dose for 6 full months (assuming it's your very first Bart treatment with no failures), but others it takes longer... 8-12 months is what I would recommend and others suggest too... Lumbrokinase or oxidative therapies help as there can be fibrin deposits caused by Bart that line the cardiovascular system. This also gives it a hiding place.
To be honest I would say you don't need IV abx I know you said you got a port installed but that is just my opinion I don't know how bad you are ill and if you are totally bed bound or what. I think a large significant amount of your symptoms is Bart... Often people confuse many of these symptoms with Lyme which is what I did.
Dr.M (Bart expert) says IV abx aren't at all necessary for a successful Bart treatment. Bart is also immunosuppressive so it needs to be addressed to help get the immune system back in working order. It also causes very low CD57.
Dr.M's preferred method of treatment for his patients is clarithromycin + rifampin (doses up to 1200 mg daily) for a good solid minimum 8-12 months or longer. (Some say 6 months but I would caution against that shorter treatment time) Mycobutin can be used as an alternative as it is a more advanced drug and causes less issue with the adrenals and adrenal fatigue than rifampin. I'm taking mycobutin right now but it can cause neutropenia in some who take it. Dr.M is now recommending using ACS 200 for Bart treatment as he has had many patients use this product with very good results... Again it has to be taken consistently. He also recommends proteolytic enzymes like lumbrokinase and if a patient isn't improving it's because they aren't taking their enzyme support. The proteolytic enzymes are necessary to clean out the crap in the cardiovascular system where Bart can hide out, in particular fibrin deposits, but also helps for the plaque buildup that occurs. You will need to clean this out or there will always be hiding places. Cardiovascular issues and damage may have already happened due to previous lifestyle that you lived so that will need to be addressed... I suppose ozone or oxidative therapies could in theory help this. If strapped for cash you can use MMS maybe last resort. (I know some on this forum argue against MMS but there are people who cured themselves with it... Me personally I wouldn't use oxidative therapies as it causes damage to your own body too including DNA and the tissues... But then the body can heal after the treatment is done)
Then there is Buhner book for treating Lyme co-infections bartonella and mycoplasma. I think it's a good book to have. Again he even says himself Bart treatment has to be very focussed and consistent. Houttuynia and sida Acuta are the antimicrobials.
I hope that helps your battle against Bart! Let me know if you have any questions I would be happy to answer and help.