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You will find that we all seem to have a different meaning on these words.
Some people use flares to mean a herx, some use flares to mean something else.
It also has to do with what your dr. calls it.
I used to always call the die off feeling a herx. I now call it a flare. To me, it sounds a bit better when talking about it with my friends that do not understand. Flare seems to be understood better than 'herx'.
So to me, I take it as the wording is the same thing. My dr. calls it flare instead of herx also.
Herxing usually is a cycle thing, every 4 days, 4 weeks, etc.
I look at flare as a 'new' name for a herx.
There are others that do not look at them as the same. They should be posting soon with their opinion on it too.
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This is one of the things that has always bothered me about lyme treatment.
It seems like nowadays everything is a herx, and that whenever you aren't feeling well you are herxing.
I too feel that people use the term herx when they mean flair. It's a loosely used term, for a very important, specific event. I've always interpreted it as: herx=die off, flare=increased symptoms NOT related to die off...
But as you see, people interpret these things very differently!
Good luck!
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Hi soccermama, my LLMD uses flares/herxes interchangeably. I'm not so sure though. I have my typical monthly 'flare' whether I'm on meds or not (not treated Lyme sufficiently probably) then when I'm on meds I have terrible herxes... but I tell family that I'm 'flaring' that way they get it...
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I think it is hard to distinguish when you are on ABX whether you are experiencing a flare or die-off. For me, personally, the flares have changed their nature pretty much, thus I regard them as die-off reactions, since they really feel different compared to flares I experienced prior to treatment. Hope this helps Posts: 78 | From Germany | Registered: Feb 2012
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I have thought of flares as an increase in symptoms due to the monthly cycle of the bacteria or progression of the disease, while I thought a herx is an increase in symptoms due to die off of bacteria.
I get a once a month flare of symptoms and it gets way worse if I'm not on abx.
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