Why it takes so long to treat lyme

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Here's something the LLMD said that really made a lot of sense to me:

 

Strep divides every 20 mins, so during a regular 10 day course of amoxicillin there are 720 killing opportunities. Borellia divides every 1-2 days, so to get the same 720 killing opportunities it takes 2-4 years. And that doesn't even take into account its abilities to evade the immune system (cysts, biofilms, cloaking, rearranging proteins, etc).

[Suzan]

Here's something the LLMD said that really made a lot of sense to me:

 

Strep divides every 20 mins, so during a regular 10 day course of amoxicillin there are 720 killing opportunities. Borellia divides every 1-2 days, so to get the same 720 killing opportunities it takes 2-4 years. And that doesn't even take into account its abilities to evade the immune system (cysts, biofilms, cloaking, rearranging proteins, etc).

 

 

And look how hard it is for some of us to treat strep! Makes sense what your LLMD said! Let's keep attacking and get these bugs!

 

Susan