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I had just finished the Allergie-Immun therapy and feeling great. As a matter of fact, I was going to post that my doctor muscle tested me for Lyme and I was negative.
So...what do you think happens? I was bitten by a mosquito while I was down the shore.
Within 3 days, the bite becomes a classic bulls eye - about 2 inches in diameter.
My doctor tested me and tested the bite area and I'm positive for Lyme!!
Besides doxy, I'm also taking quintessence, soluna #7 and my own autonosode.
(Autonosode is a homeopathic remedy made from your own saliva, etc., in a diluted tincture of water and selectrolytes. It activates the body's own healing power.
Autonosodes are very potent. It caused a nice herx for a few days.
Well, I caught it early so I'll be fine.
Just wanted to alert everyone to wear that bug repellent.(Buzz Away works!) Of course, I had it with me but I didn't bother to put it on. I didn't think I needed it in the middle of the afternoon.
Aaaugh!
Posts: 163 | From New Jersey | Registered: Oct 2009
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Healerdealer, so sorry to hear of your problem but glad you're on top of it.
I appreciate hearing somebody else say they think mosquitoes can be the culprit. I'm a magnet for any critter that bites or stings, and am a devoted repellent sprayer.
Like many people, I have no recollection of ever having a tick bite. But in the last couple years, I've had some pretty impressive mosquito bites, ant bites, and some bug that bit or stung me while traveling in Costa Rica a year and a half ago, causing a hard raised welt about the size of a dinner plate. Hard to imagine he didn't play some kind of role in my recently diagnosed Lyme.
Best wishes for your speedy recovery.
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I always believed that Mosquitos CAN carry BB and other COI's. They have done studies in the field and found 1-6% mosquitos are infected. If we take into account how unreliable detection is, I bet that number is more like 10-15%.
If you (who has Lyme) are in a car with your friend (who does not), and there is a mosquito there. If it first bites you and then your friend, there is a better chance of spreading the disease.
Whole families are contracting this where field incidence of BB are so low, less than 2%. Yet entire families are getting it. I bet insects biting family members are responsible. Not just mosquitos, it could be lice, bed bug, horse flies, fleas, and anything else that bites us.
I bet if they search deep enough, they will discover that there are parasites that we can contract that also bring along with them BB.
We are living in a different world nowadays when it comes to infections and it will only become more of a problem.
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This is the second time that I was bitten by a mosquito that caused an EM rash. The difference was that this time I was tested and there is no doubt that it was infected.
My husband was right next to me and wasn't bitten. Bugs don't bite him. He has been tested for Lyme and he's negative.
All my life, I've had reactions to bug bites so I have to remember to be more careful and protect myself.
I think that it is possible that all biting bugs could carry Lyme and other pathogens.
I agree with Lymed - it's just another problem that we have to deal with.
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Question: Are you sure it wasn't a biting fly? They are well known to transmit things. Or are you SEEING the mosquitoes land and bite you?
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Wow. Was THAT reported to the CDC???
-------------------- IGM: 18+, 23+, 30+, 31+++, 34+, 39IND, 41++, 58+++, 66+, 83-93IND IGG: 31+, 39IND, 41+ Also positive for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae and RMSF. Whole family of 5 dx with Lyme. Posts: 1014 | From Texas | Registered: Jul 2009
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