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richedie
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Okay, I have to start this topic because it has me freaked out! I read that dust mites can carry Lyme or coinfections! Is this true and common?

If so, we are doomed, dust mites are everywhere....how do you avoid?

-Rich

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tickled1
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If this is true there's nothing we can do. I'm going to try not to think about it.
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Clarissa
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deny, deny, deny

otherwise send me the straight jacket.

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What's your source?
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Clarissa
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It's listed on the cover of Dr. S's new Bartonella book.

Wash your pillows once a week, folks!

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richedie
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I dust, vacuum often and change the sheets every few weeks. What more can you do not to go crazy. If it were that easy though, everyone in my house would be suffering.

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Bactrim/Augmentin/Rifampin.
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If that's the case, I'm doomed. I haven't been able to OCD clean in like 4 years - no energy.
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Hard to believe that one. Then all of humanity has LD. !! [Big Grin]
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richedie
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I read another article today about this - Bb, Babs and Bart all carried by dust mites. I can't believe this is that frequent though because everyone would be sick! All of my neighbors are fine and they all have dust in their house, LOL.
http://www.babesiabook.com/articles/bartonellanewinfo2008.html

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Doxy/Biaxin/Flagyl pulse.
Artemisinin with Doxy/Biaxin.
Period of Levaquin and Ceftin.
Then Levaquin, Bactrim and Biaxin.
Bactrim/Augmentin/Rifampin.
Mepron/Biaxin/Artemisinin/Cat's Claw
Rifampin/Bactrim/Alinia
Plaquenil/Biaxin
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well, i for one am staying firmly in denial about this. no way, no way, no way.

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wash your bedding regularly...weekly

PLUS YOUR PILLOWS


VACUUM GOOD MONTHLY YOUR MATTRESS/SPRING!
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But dust mites don't bite.

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They sell covers for your mattress that completely encapsulate your mattress and zip up. They make them for pillows also. They are made of a different material than regular mattress pads so that the dust mites can't get through.

I had to get them for my daughter b/c she is allergic to dust. I have them on my pillows also. My daughter's pediatrician told me about them.
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