my bladder is driving me nuts and always has......... since i don't know my bacterial load on amy of these infections (like any ofus really do) does anyone know which infection irritates the bladder....... babesia? erlichiosis? bartonella? thanks in advance!!!!!!!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I would say Lyme. I have Interstitial Cystitis and the two TBD's I had were Lyme and babesia.
My LLMD said Lyme loves to camp out in the bladder...nice environment for them.
Make sure you don't have an infection that needs different abx to fix!!
could you tell me if you'd tried an antibiotic that relieved you from this cystitis?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I took a lot of Biaxin... maybe that was the one that helped so much? I also took Ceftin, zith, amoxy (not much), doxy (not much)...hmmm, what else?
Minocycline, clindamycin.....
Posted by janet thomas (Member # 7122) on :
Blood in the urine can be an indication of Babesia.
Posted by sunshine1 (Member # 18806) on :
thank you lymetoo!!!!!!!!! I've been taking Biaxin the past few days and it seems to help me overall. Maybe this will be the one. Amoxy, doxy , and ceftin haven't done much for this problem for me.
Posted by karenl (Member # 17753) on :
cpnhelp.org chlamydia pneumonia I causing the bladder problems, but you can have cpn and lyme.
Posted by runningshoe (Member # 24384) on :
I have IC too - probably pre lyme unless I have had lyme since 1988.... Nothing has helped yet but some have hurt - rifampin in particular was very hard on my bladder. Check out the IC websites for good ideas about what food to avoids and other meds to help with a cranky bladder. Hang in there.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Bartnonella causes bladder problems - symptoms of a UTI without testing positive for anything. When I was taking lyme abx it just got worse. It went away with bart treatment. When my bart flares, it comes back.