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Posted 6/25/2016 1:04 AM (GMT 0)
I am confused about co-infections. Do you get them at the time of the original tick bite or do they develop after the tick bite due to your body being weak from the original tick bite. I am just curious. Thank you!
Posted 6/25/2016 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
The bacteria enters your body at the same time that you get Lyme from the tick.
But, they don't always present themselves right away...sometimes after lyme treatment...they will come to the forefront.
Sometimes we have the symptoms, but they may not be our worst symptoms...so aren't given a lot of attention. Then as we treat and knock down one infection...another one becomes more noticeable....

Also, if we don't treat...our immune system becomes even more compromised...and the co-infections will flourish..

Hope that makes sense.
Posted 6/25/2016 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Shanna--

I agree with Girlie's post. Jernigan (well-known lyme specialist) created a questionnaire where you weight your symptoms, which can help you figure out from a clinical perspective which coinfections you might have and which might be dominant. I found it very helpful:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3033860

-p
Posted 6/25/2016 12:04 PM (GMT 0)
You can have co-infections, but no Lyme.
Posted 6/25/2016 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
CD, our mod here, always called a tick bite a salad bowl of infections.

I always thought of it as Forest Gump's box of chocolates, "you never know what you're going to get"
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