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Hi When I first went to my LLMD a week ago and finally got diagnosed with Lyme I did not have any foot pain but the day after I started having sore soles of my feet. I also have had way more CNS problems than joint pain issues like dizziness, ringing ears, blurred vision, spots in vision etc so I suspect bartonella
Anyway, my doctor put me on Zithromax and Flagly and I was just wondering if this would be adequate treatment for Bartonella if I do infact have it. Or should I be going back and telling him about the foot problems and getting on more adequate treatment for Bartonella?
hope you can help
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When you have your follow up appointment you could ask him to give you something to work with the zithro against bart, like rifampin.
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Thanks..my follow up appointment isnt until November and I am wondering if my CNS problems are the worst should I be trying to get rid of those first if they are caused by Bartonella? Would I be wasting 2 months if I waited until November to see him?
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I would call him for a phone consult. I believe it is a good idea to treat all the infections at once or the bart will get out of control. Hopefully your LLMD will agree to give you something over the phone - sometimes they are reluctant to treat you when they did not make the diagnosis in the office. But Dr. B says when CNS are out of proportion to other physical symptoms, suspect bartonella - and pain in your feet is a classic symptom. He should agree.
But I went to a LLND that refused to treat my bartonella saying she treats lyme first. Even though I had been treating lyme for two years and those symptoms were not present she still refused to give me anything. I never went back. I got the bartonella abx from the GP.
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My LLMD says Bart must be treated before lyme.
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