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This time I'm asking for a friend. After two of my children having Lyme (coinfections) and one RMSF - a friendMs 14 yo son tested positive for RMSF and has completed 12 days of doxy. He's back up to almost 105 and has complained of back pain. Initially fever was constant but after starting Abx he improved somewhat- but tonight back sliding. Other cases I've seen of RMSF responded quickly and completely resolve with 10 days of doxy. He never saw a tick and is otherwise an incredibly healthy and active young man - until this. Anyone seen RMSF like this? Thank you for any info.
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This is in Buhner's forum:
My 21-year-old son was diagnosed in 12/09 with lyme and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He only has neuro lyme symptoms, nothing physical. He’s completely lost, confused, speaks only one word sayings, and you can’t even ask him a question because he can’t answer. He’s been on multiple antibiotics and IV since. My question: He’s not getting better, any herb that might help the antibiotics? He came off 9 months of IV doxycycline, and is currently on rifampin/bactrim/bicillin shots.
Stephen’s response: Knotweed, rhodiola, ashwagandha, eleuthero. The knotweed is essential. But I would highly recommend work with an individual practitioner.
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Thank you. You all know how hard this is. Hoping to get him to LLMD this week. I'm thinking there must be more than RMSF or he'd have improved with doxy.
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You know, a few years ago, some people would put their hands on fire saying 'this drug works well for this problem'. Today, NEVER take any fixed protocol for granted.
Every person is different, infections evolved, our immune system weakened with toxins and esmog, stress, etc.
What USED to work well, does not NECESSARILY work well today.
But certainly, a soup of infections (not only tick bite related) can be one reason for the failure of the drug.
Plus, antibiotics attack the first line of defense of our immune system: the beneficial gut bacteria. Some doctors say that 80% of our immune system is there. So attacking it can be good IF the antibiotic solved the problem.
if it doesn't, the body is WEAKER than it was BEFORE the antibiotic, and now has to fight a more resistant strain.
I would add herbs instead of pushing only drugs and work thoroughly on the gut microbiome, to give the boy more chances to recover, in case he has to fight this disease longer than expected.
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