Pinelady
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They said the CDC had been notified. I wonder if they sent samples to Igenex? I don't see how they sleep at nite knowing what we know.
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Tracy9
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My son donated at school. He has Babesia Duncani and Lyme, as well as Bartonella. We didn't know he was donating, he was allowed to do so on his own, and they never even asked about Lyme. And this is in CT.
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OMG Tracy! I told my hubby he shouldn't donate anymore cause we don't know if he has it or not. Scary!! Hope I never need blood. Who knows what is in it??
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bettyg
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copying this here and breaking up for neuro lyme folks like me betty
Three Sick With Rare Tick-Borne Illness
Virginia State health officials say three people have been infected with a rare illness after receiving a blood transfusion.
The three patients have been diagnosed with an infection called babesiosis. Babesiosis is tick-borne and carries malaria-type symptoms with it.
The main carrier of babesiosis are black leg ticks, also known as deer ticks, and they are common in Virginia.
Health officials have tracked the tainted blood back to a donor from Charlottesville that is a frequent hiker.
The illness can be deadly for someone with severe health issues, just the type that would likely need a blood transfusion.
Babesiosis infections from blood transfusions are extremely rare.
Nationally there are 10 million blood donations every year and only 70 times in history has there been a babesiosis infection.
Officials point out this is the first time it's ever happened in Virginia.
Black leg ticks are becoming more and more common in Virginia, which leads to two major problems.
The state doesn't have the funds to track and collect the ticks and a test to screen for the illness doesn't exist.
The Virginia Department of Health is looking into ways to safeguard the blood supply to prevent other infections in the future.
The Center for Disease Control has been made aware of this case.
Copyright 2009 by Young Broadcasting, Inc.
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rare my foot! they don't do enough screening for lyme and ALL CO-INFECTIONS!
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tracy, i hope you called wherever your son gave blood to get rid of it due to lyme/co-infections...
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losferwrds
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All the red cross asks is if you are on antibitotics and if you have babesia in the blood screen pre test. I gave 2 weeks before I went to my first LLMD, no mention of lyme on the questionaire. I couldn't donate on the recent blood drive simply because I am on antibiotics, by CDC standards there is nothing wrong me, I only show band41. I asked about showing bart anitbodies and the screener was clueless. Its terrible, the CDC and Red Cross has their heads further up their a$$ than the IDSA.
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