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beths
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Anyone have ehrlichia? Seems like symptoms are very similar to Lyme or babs
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lyme in Putnam
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I did but Lyme, tularemia and Bart too. Mty docs nurse had it without Lyme and she had fever, chills, flulike symptoms, took doxy and she's been fine since. I think you could have ehrlichiosis without Lyme. She was better quick from what I remember.
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nefferdun
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What is written about ehrlichia in vet manuals is very interesting. It causes red irritated eyes in dogs and swelling in the hind legs. It also goes dormant hiding in the spleen. Then it can come out years later requiring lifetime antibiotics to control.
Most human doctors believe ehrlichia is easily cured with a few months of doxy, tough cases responding to Rifampin, but I believe it can be chronic just like it is in other animals.
An LLMD I saw told me the shin pain and swelling in my lower legs, that I took to be bartonella, was actually ehrlichia. The primary symptom I have left is dry irritated eyes which can easily become blood shot. I wonder if that is caused by ehrlichia.
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