Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 > > > Also, I went to Dr Burrascano's talk and heard him mention that all Lyme patients have co-infections, but I don't think I do - I think I just have Lyme from a tick bite in Big Sur, CA in 1981. It seems highly unlikely that every patient has co-infections, statistically speaking ... But the fact that he thinks so says enough: the percentage of patients with tick co-infections is probably high (when using highly sensitive and reliable tests), especially in the 'chronic' group (maybe that is what he was talking about?). And because of that, the symptoms lists, treatment schedules and clinical trials are all suspect ... in most cases you cannot be sure what you are dealing with. Of course Burrascano's definition of Lyme disease is VERY different from that of IDSA (which excludes even most patients with a Borrelia infection). We know from studies that having co-infections or multiple Bb strains is a risk factor for disease severity, treatment failure etc. So chronic patients probably have more coinfections than those with early Lyme, where most of the diagnostics and treatment studies are based on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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