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I have been ill for 12 years, diaganosed and treated only 1 year agso. I had no rash at the staart of illness, but did get one at about 3 years, which faded after a few months. Initiaal treatment a yeaar ago was for Babesia (Mepron and Claarithramycin - added Cipro 5 weeks ago. Soon after adding Cipro a very bright red circular "spot" about 1cm acoss has appeared in a adifferent place to the previous rash. My doctor has diagnosed it as a Lyme rash and not a drug reaaction. Does this mean treatment is working? Is this a herx? Relapse? Other symptoms are a little worse at this time.
Grateful for any thoughts.
Ali
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momlyme
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My only suggestion is to take some good pictures of this so you can continue to research it. Post it online for others to compare, comment and give you input.
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It probably just means that the lyme is flaring. It may be thanks to the new med. Every time you change meds, these things can happen because the new med has a different killing profile from the previous med. So, it is hitting germs you were not killing previously. It does not mean relapse by any means.
These diseases flare on a regular basis. When they flare, the symptoms get a little (or a lot) worse and you can get these rashes. It is normal, so don't think you are going backwards.
Lyme flares at approximately every 28 days or so. Babesiosis can flare every 7 days, 14 days or even 4 to 6 days.
When I began treating babs, I flared like clockwork every Friday evening at 7 pm. You almost think it is crazy when you see this pattern occur.
You can tell you are making progress when the flare symptoms get less and less. When you have no more flares, that disease is gone.
Here is a quote from Burrascano, page 17:
"It has been observed that symptoms will flare in cycles every four weeks. It is thought that this reflects the organism�s cell cycle, with the growth phase occurring once per month (intermittent growth is common in Borrelia species). As antibiotics will only kill bacteria during their growth phase, therapy is designed to bracket at least one whole generation cycle. This is why the minimum treatment duration should be at least four weeks.
If the antibiotics are working, over time these flares will lessen in severity and duration. The very occurrence of ongoing monthly cycles indicates that living organisms are still present and that antibiotics should be continued.
With treatment, these monthly symptom flares are exaggerated and presumably represent recurrent Herxheimer-like reactions as Bb enters its vulnerable growth phase and then are lysed."
And, from page 26:
"Babesia Species... Symptoms cycle rapidly, with flares every four to six days."
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