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Topic: Can one have co-infection without Lyme (Bb)?

wtl
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Is it possible?

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Pinelady
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Are you thinking without a reliable test how is one to know? Symptoms? Gee thats a tough one.

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peacemama
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I sometimes wonder if I had congenital Bartonella and then a re-infection of lyme got me sicker as an adult.

My mother certainly had symptoms of Bart, as do her cousins, all who grew up on Long Island.

I think it is possible in placental transmission.

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wtl
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Is it possible that a tick carries co-infection bacteria without Bb?

In theory, this should be possible, right?

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seekhelp
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Of course one could. [Smile]

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TerryK
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Yes, I believe so. Just my opinion.

Terry

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Lemon-Lyme
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Yeah, it should be possible. My doctor even said it could happen.

Thing is, does it matter?

There is not an accurate Lyme test to say you don't have Lyme, so if you test positive for a co-infection, wouldn't it be prudent to treat for Lyme too? The symptoms for most coinfections and Lyme overlap quite a bit.

The odds of having Lyme would seemingly be increased greatly by a single positive co-infection result . -- it's confirmation of a sickly tick biting you at some point.

Depending on the coinfection, the medications used to treat Lyme + coinfection may be the same anyway.

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wtl
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Probably it doesn't matter. Just that I am constantly confused with the term Lyme.

I hear a lot that one has Lyme but not sure if they have co-infections. I just haven't heard much of the other way around, hence the question.

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