We have lyme, bart, and babesia. My son is MUCH more symptomatic for babesia, which has puzzled me as we had our rashes the same day.
I am curious if strains can't be isolated according to geograhy.
Anyone?
Char
Posted by prismvision (Member # 9648) on :
Hey Char,
I live in Rockland!! So far I don't know if I have any co-infects. Negative bowen for all but no other tests yet and no specific symptoms for any that I know of. I was probably infected just over 2 years ago...just diagnosed in September.
Regards, Heidi
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Hi char and prismvision,
I was infected in Rockland. I grew up there.
I was diagnosed with Lyme after being sick for 10+ years in 1993. I'd love to know what strain I have; it always seemed slightly different than everyone else I know.
It could be the Babs coinfection.
I tested positive for Babesia macroti 8 years ago(it only showed up on tests once in all these years) and believe I also have Bart but have no test to prove it.
I wonder if the coinfections and such would be the same over so many years as my initial exposure was likely almost 25 years ago, as far as I can trace symptoms, with multiple reinfections along the way.
We spent a whole lot of time in Harriman as teenagers, too. I also lived in Sullivan county for 6 or 7 years prior to diagnosis.
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
I got infected in Rockland and man did I have a NASTY experience with the first doctor I went to. This old, old man was practically frothing at the mouth, saying that "too many people think they have Lyme when they really don't" when I told him I thought it might be Lyme (I'd found the tick weeks earlier, and promptly gotten sick, and had already called a health department Lyme hotline). He very offhandedly said 'well, sure , it could be Lyme, but it could be AIDS, or leukemia', then left me no other details. It seriously sounded sadistic, like his ego was offended that a patient might possibly have done any research on what's wrong with her. luckily I finally convinced him to test me (which turned out to be positive though i didn't come back to him again!). If I hadn't done research, or was a shy person who wasn't used to fighting those I disagreed with, I would have been completely distraut with worry about this 'it could be AIDS or leukemia' comment.
Posted by WildCondor (Member # 434) on :
Lyme, babesia, ehrlichia, bartonella and tularemia are all there, and those are just the ones we know of.