Guest guest Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 It's an Oxymoron to be on an effective abx for Lyme and to continually herx. Assuming that is that pathogen load has anything to do with herxing- which it DOES......... lower the bacterial load- and herxing does not occur. Barb > > > Well, mycobacteria don't express any known toxins, neither do syphilis > treponemes and plenty of other bacteria. Herxing is really all over > the place, as I documented in my reply to Mark a few months ago - > relapsing fever borreliosis, syphilis, leprosy, I've even heard of > cases in TB ... gram-neg sepsis, and I think gram-positive sepsis too. > You might was well ask what bacterioses it hasn't been reported from. > > Now, the way I'm defining it, it's not clear what antigens are > involved, nor that bacteriolysis is the only thing going on - > increased specific reactivity to bacteria remaining intact may also be > involved. This, however, is the sensible way to define it, because > generally the presence or absence of the reaction tends to be of much > greater interest than the exact antigens and mechanisms. > > Again, I'm certainly not saying the term hasn't been misused on the > internet. > > > > > Any smart, succesfull, targeted therapy, should never cause these > > types of problems IMO ..Just based on the fact that it takes > > harmonious bacterial communication to deliver toxic assault that > > hurts the patient..without this quorum sensing and a decent pathogen > > load you just don't have the types of problems called herxing which > > is what they supposedly discovered at a time when non of this was > > known. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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