Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Hello please help! I need an understandable expanation of Bartonellosis. my doctor (who is an MD who practices Complementary and Alternative Medicine) diagnosed me yesterday with Bartonellosis based on the two western blots (both showed the 41 band). those tests were inconclusive but i've sick since september (or earlier) and had a tick bite in June 2007. so we did an in-depth symptoms check list for Lyme and then based on those results (where i checked off many) he thought that Bartonellosis was the more likely cause of my illness so we did a symptom check off list for that and i checked off most of those. so....i have no idea what Bartonellosis is. has anyone been diagnosed with it? i've been googling it and am getting more confused. its a bacteria transmitted by ticks? some websites say its only caused by Peruvian sand flies/fleas. i can't find a simple explanation. Treatment is for 3 months at least with antibiotics: Rifampin, Azithromycin and Amoxicillin (taking the place of Doxycycline because i'm allergic to it). if you've had Bartonellosis, how long was your treatment and recovery to feeling mostly " normal. " also, does anyone know if the Lyme Disease Diet applies to Bartonellosis...my doctor didn't mention it but i am assuming it applies since its treated with antibiotics like Lyme. any information on Bartonellosis would be greatly appreciated! thank you, St. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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