What is this rash?

Hey guys, I get this rash intermittently on my back. I was wondering if anyone could identify it to figure out what it was?

Post Edited (Cignet) : 6/23/2023 8:39:40 AM (GMT-8)

HI Cignet
not the stereo typical reddish purple streaks that we associate with bartonella - but close enough that it would be my best guess.

i have read that they can occur faded or white - not only purple
Bartonella is also renowned for being associated with lots of different skin manifestations

do you have a Bart diagnosis already
or a symptoms picture that fits
-neuro symptoms / over stimulated / anxiety like effects
-feet/shin pain/bone pain
-circulation issues - eg poor capillary refill times
-other skin issues - spots, pimples, slow healing
-gut issues - eg gastritis, IBS symptoms
-lack of hair on shins

For what it’s worth, I have had all kinds of skin manifestations that I believe are bartonella. There are many, like Garzie said.

Those look like Bartonella marks .

“ I have the weird venous pooling. I get poor capillary refill and it's more pronounced after a shower.
Not much in the way of feet/shin/bone pain. I get burning heels, but it seems more to do with circulation issues. It's like a raynauds like burning. My toes as well. My hands burn in the colder months, reynauds like

My gut issues, they're dysfunctional. I thought it was gastroparesis. It's IBS, I go every day but it's like twice as opposed to once like it used to be.

The hair on my shins is totally fine.

Also I get these weird symptoms. When I exhale through my nose, there is a pressure at the back of my head and there feels like a vein is blocked in the right side of my head towards the back. It's strange. Only when exhaling or inhaling through the nose. My latismus muscles and my back muscles tense up and so do my abdominal muscles, so much so that they spasm and I bend over, sometimes from side to side. It's really perplexing...”

I had venous pooling early on from Bartonella,
After a shower or bath my feet are sometimes red.

hi Cignet

i am talking houttuynia tincture - approx. 10ml a day - along with a combination of other co-infection herbs incl sida, teasel, cryptolepis and alcornea and berberis (or other berberine herb)

it has taken a long time to build up to this - but over that time i have improved significantly

however on its own for me it hasn't been enough - and so I have also added a number of other approaches and interventions - and put my progress down to the cumulative effect of all of them. i was well and truly stuck until i started thinking long term - focussing on my immune function and combining these approaches.

-wholefoods keto diet - helps a lot
-buhner immune modulating lyme herbs - per his 2nd edition Healing Lyme - also helps long term
-combination T3+T4 medication for hypothyroid - helps energy, and overall welbeing + immune funct
-LDN - seems to help me - esp. with fatigue - and I'm hoping with immune regulation / function
-Methylene Blue for Bart - again in combo with the others ( is a persister drug for bart) - low doses only so far - as have to build up slowly - think it may be helping - but only 6 weeks in and still at only 50% of target ( my target is pretty low - as its not being used as a mono-therapy) - so really too early to tell
- sleep - working har to try to get top 8hrs a night - hard nut to crack but helps tremendously when i get 8hrs
-stress management - have to work to avoid stress / getting overstimulated - drives headaches, fatigue, dysregulation etc
-exercise - had built up to doing a pretty substantial weights workout 1-2x a week - i do believe in what Burrascano's really tries to press home - that without it many of us will not get better - had to start v slow - but had worked up to around 40mins - and was really feeling a benefit in overall function, mood etc - had to stop when started MB - as it flared fatigue - just starting again now.

its almost a full time job and progress is slow - but i am steadily improving - so whilst slower than i would like i can see real lasting changes and forward motion - which is a great source of hope.

Post Edited (Garzie) : 5/19/2021 3:20:06 AM (GMT-6)

Cignet,

Are you able to obtain fresh houttuynia tincture? Woodland Essence makes it. It is a Buhner recommended source. I looked at their website. They do ship internationally. Look at their FAQ page for details.

If you can get a bottle of fresh tincture from them, you could compare to what you are taking and know whether houtty is going to do anything for you.

Most people find their houtty effective. I would start off low - maybe 5 or 10 drops since you already have treated before. Work up from there. Be prepared to possibly experience new symptoms that you haven’t had before.

yep - I'm using the APC pure - did my research and came to the conclusion that its clean enough - esp at the lowish doses i am taking

keep us posted on the fluconazole trial - Dr Philips says a lot of the azoles have activity against bart - even the anti-fungals and PPI's so you may get two for the price of one ....

WalkingbyFaith said...
Garzie,

Can you elaborate on the comment you made about PPI’s? Are you saying that Dr Phillips said that PPI’s have some effects against bartonella? I am interested in this.

yep, sort of, in his videos on youtube he said that he finds many drugs have effects on bacteria that are not their original target - he mentions azole drugs in particular (there are drugs in the azole class that are antibacterial, antifungal and PPI's - like omeprazole) he mentions omeprazole has activity against Bartonella. But for clarity, he is not saying that all PPI's are active against Bart.