Liz, I replied to your email. If you don't get it maybe check your spam. Hugh...
Hi Sam, I replied by email, hopefully you got it but you might want to check your junk if not. Hope you are doing well Tickled and Trav, still fighting the good fight this end! BW, Hugh...
No worries, I hope you find the help that you need. Good luck :)...
Laura, If you are on fb you might want to join the Lyme Disease UK Discussion Group. Hugh...
Im based in the UK and happy to help if I can. My email is listed in my profile. This is a good forum - be sure to stick around. Other useful resources are the yahoo group Eurolyme and the FB group...
I just wanted to say I'm sorry for your loss. Best thoughts, Hugh...
Well done Kirsty! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the pregnancy :) Hugh...
Rest in peace Connie....
Thanks ncot! Hugh...
Hi all, Thanks for your thoughts. Ill give the Nuffield and Spire ago as suggested. Hugh...
Hi all, I normally post in the lyme forum because that is my primary affliction. I have however developed GI problems which point to the gallbladder apparently; RHS upper quad pain which radiates to...
Check out Infuserve America for compounded nitazoxanide (generic equivalent) at approx 1/5th the price. Otherwise sounds like a good approach, Alinia rocks IMO, and I hear good things about having...
I think they treat acute babesiosis like this. But who knows what else you'd be getting. It's probably more relevant for acute coinfections that are more restricted to the blood. Maybe ozone...
I can relate to your burning feet sensation and excessive sweating. I originally associated them with bartonella, as everyone talks about foot pain with Bart and night sweats, with Babs, not day...
Any abdo pain or sinusitis?...
I'm suffering Raised Alt Raised eosinophils Raised cholesterol Antismoothmuscle muscle antibodies - often associated with hepatitis And variable pancreatic elastase I have Variable, chronic to acute...
No worries. Email me your number and I will call you if you want - easier than writing it all down. My email is in my profile....
Yawlag, Your story sounds remarkable similar to mine - I have the bartonella marks and have been treated extensively for Bart, and since they have stopped developing. Have you got any support through...
Blaize, The short answer is no. I have been diagnosed with Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia and parasites. My original symptom picture was considered to be Bartonella dominant and I was treated extensively...
Email address unavailable.... Can you write to me? Thanks, Hugh...
I'm interested in this too. Especially the dose and whether to take constantly or pulse and for how long. I think that as malarone containes 250mg atovaquone the equivalent dose to standard mepron...
I have a scar from the bite indentation. Never saw the tick, and never had an EM rash, but definitely had a substantial bite that has left a scar and a very sick person! Hugh...
I would go with clarithromycin (500 mg bid) high dose rifampin (working up to a minimum of 600 mg bid and ideally 900 mg bid) and minocycline (100mg bid). Doses for adults. I'd include systemic...
My LLMD considers central chest pain often to be a symptom of Babesia....
Hello Sam, I keep making the connection between hypoglycemia and Babesia. I'm not sure how right this is but there is quite a lot of info out there on this connection in dogs. For instance see...
Toxicity. Has a treatment reduced the inflammation but insufficient detox not dealt with the resultant toxicity? Hugh...
Can you email me? My address is in my profile. Thanks, Hugh...
My understanding is this: Lyme cycles every 4 weeks. Bartonella and Babesia cycle much quicker - around every week. You have tested positive for both microti and WA1 and from your description...
Dont give up Waiting, try something new with someone new! Gotta keep keepin on!...
Some info here: http://www.holistichelp.net/candida.html Scroll down for image and explanation...
This is the candida spit test which will tell you if you have an overgrowth of yeast, often as a consequence of prolonged abx usage for lyme. Hugh...
Sorry - to clarify, my llnp has me do challenge tests to diagnose infections/ dominant pathogens. He says that when you stop taking the challenge med, whatever it maybe, you should clear your herx...
Just sayin that if your LFTs aren't outside normal ranges I wouldn't be too concerned. My Alt has been between 35 and 105 for the last year, my LLNP says he is only concerned with sustained values of...
On the matter of raised LFTs that are not attributable to meds the coinfection Bartonella is a notorious culprit. Just one ref from the bartonella team;...
Hi Hope, Sorry to hear that you are unwell and that you might have contracted Lyme disease and its coinfections. Your exposure to ticks, bullseye rash and symptoms are all clinically indicative of...
Very good Summer, keep up the good info. Missing your blogposts and hope you are ok! H...
Can anyone recommend one/ some? Thanks, Hugh...
Yes I have. Apparently it provides an indication of actual cellular activity against Bb so provides a measure of infection rather than an indication of past infection (regardless of whether its on...
Remember lyme tests are notoriously inaccurate as well. Babesia, a common coinfection of Lyme often causes hypoglycemic-like episodes. I would most definitely check this possibility out. HW has a...
Short answer is yes. Babesia can cause massive herxes and the Byron white products are very potent - some docs start people on fractions of a drop! So well done, I think you might have hit on a...
Try a macrolide with rifampicin. The latter can have its own complications due to hepatic enzyme induction but it represents a less risky option than the fluoroquinolones IMO. Hugh...
Yes it means you have made some progress - but it doesn't mean it's gone, just that the Babesia is a bigger issue for you at the moment hence the symptoms. I believe the process is referred to as...
Marigold, Sounds like you have answered your own question - yes according to a well known LLNP your body is now prioritising Babesia as the main infection hence the switch in symptoms. Your next move...
Hi Trav, As always thanks for all you do. I'd like to help out but am really not well enough myself to do justice to the role at the moment. I hope you understand. I'm quite happy to be a point of...
Have you been bitten by a tick or biting insect and considered Lyme disease?...
I have all of these as well. Ref 2. This was one of my first symptoms, it feels like someone is squeezing my throat but also a post nasal drip like feeling. I distinguish this from air hunger which I...
Opugirl, What makes you associate the lump in the throat feeling with Babesia? I have had this for YEARS and find it really debilitating but have never worked out whats at the route of it. Thanks,...
Interesting question - I have had low elastase which is often linked to exocrine insufficiency and chronic pancreatitis. It normalised after a while - whether it was due to meds or it just fixed...