Could someone please explain what Babesia Ducani is? I have just recently had a bad incident concerning my head. So much pressure, needed morphine.Please explain.... Thanks Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Babesia Duncani is a strain of babesia that originated in Washington state. It is very difficult to get rid of. The symptoms are similar to babesia microti but you do not have profuse sweats.
Some symptoms of babesia include headaches behind the eyes, extreme fatigue/weakness, memory loss, inability to concentrate, muscle pain, cramps in the large muscles of the buttocks, thighs and back, low grade fever, hot flashes, depression, air hunger, sweating and wanting to sleep a lot.
Another infection that causes similar symptoms so it can be confused with babesia is protomyxzoa. The difference for me is protomyxzoa causes insomnia and babesia makes you sleep more. Protomyxzoa also causes headaches and pain in the bone and muscle. You can have pain in your teeth as well. It causes a lot of congestion. I would lose my voice now and then and have a dry cough from it but I have read babesia can also cause the cough and hoarse voice.
Posted by CD57 (Member # 11749) on :
How are the symptoms of protozoa so distinguished from babs strains I wonder? I saw this symptom list from DR A.C. but wonder how distinctions can be made amongst multiply infected Lyme patients?
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
The big difference to distinguish babesia from protomyxzoa is the ability to sleep. If you are zonked out, then you have babesia. If you are exhausted but cannot sleep, probably bart or protomyxzoa.
It is hard to determine what is causing what when you have so many infections. Bartonella causes insomnia but it also causes skin changes like pea size brown spots. When I treated bart, those went away.
I get confused trying to figure out what is causing what. I hope all I have left to treat is protomyxzoa but who knows.. . . .
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