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In this definition of "herx", Wikipedia says:
"It is seen in 50% of patients with primary syphilis and about 90% of patients with secondary syphilis."
So that leaves a percentage of syphilis patients who don't herx?
It also say here that a herx starts about 1-2 hours after administration and only lasts a few hours.
Does that sound right?
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sparkle7
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I think that it's a broad term. Lyme Disease is not exactly the same as syphilis. It's actually alot more complicated than syphilis.
You may not herx if you were misdiagnosed - which does sometimes happen. Not all people who are diagnosed as positive are since it's a "clinical diagnosis". Usually, there are more false negatives but false positives do happen.
Herxing usually means having a bad reaction due to some kind of die-off of pathogens. It's not necessarily specific to syphilis even though I believe that's where the term originated.
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I don't think I herx to some drugs/supplements and really feel it with others.
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Bacteriostatic drugs may not cause a herx. And sometimes it is the case that when a person switches to a new antibiotic, they will herx again after reaching a point with previous drug that this no longer occurred. Do the bacteria become tolerant? Are there multiple strains that react to different drugs? Questions without answers at this point.
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