Bartonella symptoms

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Common symptoms of bartonellosis include:

___Fatigue (often with agitation, unlike Lyme disease, which is more exhaustion)

___Low grade fevers, especially morning and/or late afternoon, often associated

with feelings of " coming down with the flu or a virus "

___Sweats, often morning or late afternoon (sometimes at night) - often

described as " thick " or " sticky " in nature

___Headaches, especially frontal (often confused with sinus) or on top of head

___Eye symptoms including episodes of blurred vision, red eyes, dry eyes

___Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and sometimes hearing problems (decreased or

even increased sensitivity - so-called hyperacusis)

___Sore throats (recurring)

___Swollen glands, especially neck and under arms

___Anxiety and worry attacks; others perceive as " very anxious "

___Episodes of confusion and disorientation that are usually transient (and very

scary); often can be seizure-like in nature

___Poor sleep (especially difficulty falling asleep); poor sleep quality

___Joint pain and stiffness (often both Left and Right sides as opposed to Lyme

which is often on one side only with pain and stiffness that changes locations)

___Muscle pains especially the calves; may be twitching and cramping also

___Foot pain, more in the morning involving the heels or soles of the feet

(sometimes misdiagnosed as plantar fasciitis)

___Nerve irritation symptoms which can be described as burning, vibrating, numb,

shooting, etc.

___Tremors and/or muscle twitching

___Heart palpitations and strange chest pains

___Episodes of breathlessness

___Strange rashes recurring on the body often, red stretch marks, and peculiar

tender lumps and nodules along the sides of the legs or arms, spider veins

___Gastrointestinal symptoms, abdominal pain and acid reflux

___Shin bone pain and tenderness

Bartonella is a bacterium that causes illness, the most commonly known of which

is a disease called " Cat Scratch Fever. "

Thousands of known cases of Bartonella occur in the U.S. each Year, with the

vast majority of known cases due to bites from fleas that infest cats or

infected dogs (may also occur directly from bites and scratches from infected

dogs or cats).

Bartonella can also be transmitted by ticks that transmit Lyme Disease.

In fact, in a study published recently, deer ticks from New Jersey had a higher

prevalence of Bartonella organisms than of Lyme organisms.

It is unclear whether the organism that we see transmitted along with Lyme

disease is actually a Bartonella species (such as B. henselae or B. quintana) or

is " Bartonella-Like Organism " (BLO) that is yet to be fully identified.

While BLO has features similar to organisms in the Bartonella family, it also

has features slimiar to the Mycoplasma and the Francisella (causes tularemia)

families.

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