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I'm trying to understand the cyst part of the equation. I was bit on 5/23 and started doxy 6/19 after a pos bloodtest for lyme for "early disseminated" based on my symptoms.
Do cysts start to form as soon as you are bit? I have a call into my NP but wondering when someone should think about treating the cysts either with a med or the grapefruit seed extract?
Thank you for your insight!
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- Within 20 minutes of taking doxycycline (or some other antibiotics), spirochetes can go into their protective cyst mode.
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- Doxy kills some spirochetes but still it can set someone up for chronic lyme if used without flagyl: with doxy, "cyst levels increased by 200%"
Everything you thought you knew about cyst busters is wrong . . . Eva Sapi . . .
Doxycycline worked according to plan. Doxy inhibits protein synthesis - it kills bacteria, including Lyme, by action within the cytoplasm, inhibiting the manufacture of proteins required for the bacteria's survival.
Doxy and others are commonly referred to as intracellular antibiotics.
Spirochete loads decreased by about 90% while cyst levels increased by 200% - just as expected. . . .
. . . Amoxicillin killed 90% of spirochete forms - OK, but -- it also killed 68% of the cystic forms!
Amoxicillin and other cell wall drugs are not cyst busters - only specific anti-parasite drugs kill cysts - or so we thought.
Well let�s think again for a second: what are cysts? . . . .
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- Q: Is Flagyl preferred over something like grapefruit seed extract?
I have to leave that question to others. I do not know for certain.
Some who don't have access to a LLMD or access to flagyl or tindamax would, of course, do whatever they can and GSE is one option. Just not sure if it gets into the whole body as well.
Allicin, too, may have some effect (at least I know it helps against BioFilm).
I'm still not sure if what can help break through BIOFILM (that slithery coating around bacteria) will also be enough to permeate the cyst form. -
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Flagyl crosses BBB with ease. i think it has blood thinning ability as well.
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- While not saying they are at all the same, just about these two properties:
Allicin also crosses the BBB (as in that from hepapro.com); also reduce blood thickness. -
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Do you like flagyl pulsed? They can't build resistance as they are in cyst form right?
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1) as I remember, Dr. S (? might not correct) said that to use antibiotics without Flagyl is not a good idea.
2) I read web blog by LymeMD doctor.
He recommended to add flagyl after the first two antibiotics from combo is became tolerated. Their doses might be gradually increased, one first and next the second. How fast to increase - to make less herx reaction and less side effects.
He thinks to use at least 250-500 mg in the every morning, and that continues is better then pulsing.
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- Since the cysts can start to form in just 20 minutes after taking antibiotic, I'd want the flagyl (or other guaranteed anti-cyst product) BEFORE I'd even start abx.
I think all LLMDs need to totally rethink this.
I understand that flagyl can be hard to tolerate but, somehow, something's got to be in place as early as possible.
Even before abx, other stressors can cause spirochetes to go into cyst form: heat & vibration are just two such stressors.
Spirochetes HATE heat and vibration and will burrow deeper and go faster to cyst form. So, stay cool and avoid driving "beat music" for sure. -
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Cyst forms of Bb and spirochete forms are in biofilm.
When stressed...when Bb doesn't have the foods "he" needs...primarily glucose and amino acids, "he" goes into a cyst form...to wait it out.
From what I've read, it appears the cyst form of Bb is most likely to be in the middle of the biofilm with the normal form i.e., spirochete sorta on the "outside".
"When Borrelia burgdorferi reach a certain density, they started to �stick� to each other and start to form an organized structure. Our working hypothesis for this finding is that nutrient depletion is the main stress factor for the initiation of biofilm."
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Flagyl is used to treat c diff... But it makes my yeast horrible:)
It has been shown to cause cancer in lab studies... Sorry I don't have any articles but I am sure its on here somewhere.
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quote: Spirochetes HATE heat and vibration and will burrow deeper and go faster to cyst form. So, stay cool and avoid driving "beat music" for sure.
Does this mean exercise which raises the body temperature and hot baths are bad?
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Exercise kills them. Read Burrascano's 16th protocol (first subject line under Medical Questions right here on Lymenet).
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You might want to discuss this with his doctor ...
May 2011 study (Tinidazole more effective than Doxycycline)
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