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Posted 2/15/2017 4:02 AM (GMT 0)
the more i'm reading and searching for what the heck pathogens are holding me back the more i'm convinced i'm dealing with brucella, a gram negative rod like bacteria very similar to bartonella. i've never been tested for this but think i might just to try and get a positive.

ticks pass it. it has very similar symptoms to bartonella. its intracellular and a real pain to get rid of once it goes chronic. most of the same antibiotics work on it as bartonella. i don't think it's considered a BLO more like a cousin not a different species of bartonella.

my main symptoms are tingling/numb/swollen lymph nodes behind the knees, numbness in my arms and toes and my chest area is irritated like the nerves are misfiring. when i get up and walk my heart feels like its pounding. also my brain feels swollen. all symptoms of brucella.

when i took rifampin/cipro jan 2016 i had the herx from hell that put me in the ER hence why i thought i was dealing with bart but brucella will also die off with this combo.

the best drug for my head has been bactrim. i've also been taking rifampin, rifabutin, doxy and minocycline over the past year. they've all helped with symptoms and sure enough a strong go to cocktail are rifampin, doxy and bactrim for brucella.

i don't see brucella discussed on here much probably cause doesn't seem many docs test for it and its believed you can only get it from living near/with farm animals and/or drinking unpasturized milk or eating infected meat.

also if you treat bartonella you are also treating brucella though brucella does have some drug combos that are more effective for it. i think i read streptomycin IV and doxy is the best.

anyone know the reproductive cycle of this little b*stard? similar to bart?
Posted 2/15/2017 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
Yea. I was researching that last week because I glanced at the symptoms on our chart and thought "oh crap, another one". I hit about every symptom for it and have lived with livestock around me and the ticks.

No, docs don't test us for it, and from what I read, it's not all that easy to find in a test. Don't know why we can't just stand in line at the cattle sale barn, because they all get tested for that before getting a number.
The cattle, I mean, not the buyers.

Another reason it's probably not talked about, and why I was shying away from starting this topic is the implications, because of how the medical community is used to talking about the transmission methods. THey aren't real hip on the notion that ticks can transfer it yet. Some are, obviously, but I know darn well the reaction I would get from my Internist if I asked to be tested. If you're scratching your head, this is farm country and the usual mode of transference is through semen. It can also be ingested in infected meat though so, there is that avenue along with the bugs.

Thakfully Buhner goes into it. I forgot the replicating cycle of it.I will look it up again.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 2/14/2017 9:23:53 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/15/2017 4:21 AM (GMT 0)
Link www.csfmed.net/brucellosis-the-other-lyme-disease/ no reproductive time frame given there.

Here either, but all good information. goodbyelyme.com/brucellosis_strategies

Post Edited (julymorning) : 2/14/2017 9:26:14 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/15/2017 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
I've posted about Brucella a few times on here. I had IGG/IGM positive test through Labcorp. They then ran an agglutination confirmatory test - and that was negative. My doctor (doctor h in NY) says that it means I have an intracellular pathogen, but doesn't necessarily mean brucella. They are retesting in March.

I have a few other key symptoms (which could also be lyme), like urinary issues and really low back pain (sacral).
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