Girlie said...
Yes, sometimes when we treat one infection, another infection can have a worsening of symptoms.
For instance, treat lyme for months, and not treat bart..but the bart symptoms will get worse.
Also, a herx isn't just a worsening of current symptoms...it can also be the addition of new symptoms.
Correct.
Buhner explains it like the different bacteria are in the same ecosystem (your body) and there's competition, like any other organism on Earth. Competition for territory and food. One organism keeps another organism in the ecosystem in check.
It's like when you remove a predator the deer or rabbit population explodes.
Back to lyme, when one bacteria is reduced in the numbers another bacteria can rise.
He even goes deeper in his studies and talks about
one bacteria can even out compete another so much that over period of time one of the bacteria dies off (goes extinct), pretty fascinating (in a dark way that only lymies could appreciate).
It really is a microscopic ecosystem in our bodies.