Re: son bitten by tick in NC

[Guest guest]

I do not know about eosinophilic disease or how it pertains to Lyme treatments.

What I do know is that it is generally agreed that most who do not have Lyme

already, and then get bit by a Lyme-infected tick, will not show a positive for

a couple of weeks or more due to the time it takes to build up antibodies to

show up in the testing. By the time symptoms show, many that treat chronic Lyme

will say that you waited way too long. The respected Lyme docs will say to get

treatment with antibiotics immediately.

Chronic Lyme and acute Lyme are very different. Acute Lyme is only in the blood

and often can be successfully treated if given antibiotics right away. Chronic

Lyme is considered to be a very ill person, with Lyme embedded throughout the

body, immune system damage, and multi-organ damage. Some may have Lyme with

little to no symptoms and then develop symptoms at some point in the future when

a stressor comes along. Generally speaking, if a person gets bit by a tick that

is suspected of having the Lyme germ, antibiotics are given right away to kill

the Lyme before it takes hold of the body, embedding throughout the tissues.

Samento and Cat's Claw are highly popular alternative treatments to antibiotics,

but they, too, are not highly successful. I see people report on the forums

that they know someone who got treated for a few weeks who just got bit and were

fine; reports that some got well but then weeks or months or years later, got

severe Lyme symptoms; and then there are reports of many with chronic Lyme who

may or may not know how they got it. There are reports that most report never

having a rash, and no memory of a tick bite. Actually, some antibiotics kill

parasites and bacteria, such as Flagyl. So, maybe your doc can combine

treatments to kill both parasites and Lyme. It is generally recommended to treat

right away by Lyme docs, but other docs seem to want to wait till symptoms

appear or a test is positive, which is quite risky. Keep in mind that ticks also

carry other bacteria, viruses and protozoa parasites. Generally speaking, most

with chronic Lyme report also having coinfections of Bartonella, Babesia,

Erhlichia, or another one of about a dozen pathogens found in deer ticks.

Love and prayers,

Heidi N

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> My son was bitten by a tick on Tuesday.  What do you think I should do? He has

tons  of food allergies, plus eosinophilic esophagitis, and eosinophilic

gastritis, and a very high blood eos level that could by parasites or maybe his

eosinophilic disease.

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> I am afraid to start antibiotics, but also afraid not to.  His doctor wants to

put him on an antiparasitic antibiotic if the stool culture comes back positive

for parasites. I am not supposed to even give him probiotics or supplements

because of his eosinophilic disease. 

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> How would I test for Lyme?  I have heard so many different things about where

to get the most accurate test.  Also, has anyone tried Applied Kinesiology for

Lyme testing and treatment? 

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> Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

At this point, most on the Lyme forums still state they get the best results

from Igenex and Fry labs of Arizona, generally speaking. There is always some

differing of opinions. I used the Central Florida lab with no results at all,

but I did get results with Igenex and Fry Labs, so I must go with the majority

of opinion on this. And most assuredly, a significant loss of symptoms were had

from treating Lyme, Bartonella and Babesia, so I do believe the results were

accurate by Igenex and Fry. Keep in mind that there are two Fry labs, so make

sure it's this one:

http://frylabs.com/

Also, keep in mind that many on the Lyme forums and many Lyme docs will say that

those who are chronically ill, often and maybe even usually, test negative until

they are well enough to produce antibodies. For some it takes a couple or more

weeks of antibiotics and then stopping for a few days to get a positive and for

some it takes years of treatments to get a positive.

Love and prayers,

Heidi N

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> > My son was bitten by a tick on Tuesday.  What do you think I should do? He

has tons  of food allergies, plus eosinophilic esophagitis, and eosinophilic

gastritis, and a very high blood eos level that could by parasites or maybe his

eosinophilic disease.

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> > I am afraid to start antibiotics, but also afraid not to.  His doctor wants

to put him on an antiparasitic antibiotic if the stool culture comes back

positive for parasites. I am not supposed to even give him probiotics or

supplements because of his eosinophilic disease. 

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> > How would I test for Lyme?  I have heard so many different things about

where to get the most accurate test.  Also, has anyone tried Applied

Kinesiology for Lyme testing and treatment? 

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> > Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

That was the old lab that no longer exists. A new lab is now there that

is not producing that many positives as compared to other labs,

according to those who share information on the Lyme forums.

Love and prayers,

Heidi N

Central Florida Research lab, as I have never heard of a negative result