Self Magazine Article Co-infections

[justinekno]

I saw this link on another Lyme board. Thought it was interesting.

 

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[lyme_mom]

I saw this link on another Lyme board. Thought it was interesting.

 

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Thanks for posting this. This will help spread awareness even though it is not the greatest article in terms of the accuracy of the info. They don't mention bartonella which is just as much of a problem as babesia. The statistics on the number of cases of babesia and other tick borne diseases are really low and they do not mention that even CDC estimates these numbers to be a fraction of the number of people suffering from these diseases. They quote Dr. Gary Wormser who is an infectious disease doctor at the heart of the lyme controversy. He does not agree with ilads trained doctors that lyme can persist in patients and that long term antibiotic treatment will cure you. He and the other doctors who wrote the guidelines for the Infectious Disease Society of America regarding the diagnosis and treatment of lyme disease are the reason why so many are going undiagnosed and improperly treated for lyme disease.

I did not know that babesia can kill you (any more than any of these tick borne diseases). Lyme can kill you too especially if it attacks your heart or if it causes you to get something like ALS or MS. The stuff about the blood supply was so true. You can have babesia and not have symptoms so you can imagine how likely it is that the blood banks have some of these infections. The author did not mention how unreliable the testing is either. That was a big oversight. A reader might be lead to believe that all they need to do is get tested for these infections and we all know that the testing is not reliable. They did quote Dr. Daniel Cameron who is an ilads doctor. Notice that the woman who was so sick ended up going to an ilads doctor to get well b/c they are the only ones who know how to get rid of these infections. They did not mention the psychological effects of these illnesses either which would have been great to add. In any event it will increase awareness that these diseases are out there so we don't sound so crazy talking about babesia, bartonella, etc. Thanks for posting. Did anyone notice how many times they mentioned St. Louis, which is not usually considered a hot spot for lyme (although I know they have a big problem with it)?