Does anyone else believe they got Lyme from mosquitos?
My wife was just diagnosed. She was bitten by a large mosquito in our house that I subsequently killed that had a large amount of blood in it. I have had Lyme for 4 years and she was not affected until now.
I also did not have the same symptoms as my husband. I got a severe pain in my neck and a dizzy spell. I do not have the same bacteria my husband has. I just got back from a doctor who blamed my natural body defenses.
Is it on;y me, did everyones' joint paint start as painful to the touch? Your body defenses do not react to painful to the touch.
Posted by tick battler (Member # 21113) on :
Yes, you can get lyme and coinfections from mosquitos. Three in my family were just reinfected this summer from mosquitos.
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Posted by amk33 (Member # 13206) on :
Yes, I believe so. I also think you can get it from lice, fleas, probably spiders,too.
Search the web..I remember reading that the bacteria has been isolated from mosquitos.
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
Babesia can be transmitted by mosquitos. Your symptoms sound like Babesia. It is a piroplasm, like Malaria.
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
If such is the case, that we can get it from all these critters, then is any repellent that's known to be a tick repellent also good against all bugs?
Posted by hopingandpraying (Member # 9256) on :
Yes, my son had an oval rash on his thigh, with several mosquito bites in it. That was eleven years ago. It took 6 YEARS to finally get a diagnosis of Lyme, Babesiosis and Bartonellosis.