Can you have a co-infection, Babesia, Bartonella, Erlichsia, w/o having Lyme Bb?

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Originally posted by Ruffy:
Do you need to go through Igenex to get a valid result for co-infections as well.

Can you have a co-infection, Babesia, Bartonella, Erlichsia, w/o having Lyme Bb?

Do any of those co-infections have worse symptoms than Lyme? Or is Lyme the mother of them all?

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1. YES...Quest is pathetic
2. Yes .. but perhaps unlikely
3. a. ehrlichiosis can kill rather quickly in the right circumstances
b. Babs [babesia] when combined with Lyme is very hard to get rid of...and I think the symptoms are pretty horrible myself
c. bartonella is pretty bad too
LYME is a mother allright!

Testing for co-infections is currently unreliable. You can try taking artemisinin, an herb, and see if you have a flare or herx. If you do, you can present that to a reputable LLMD as evidence you need babesia treatment.

Bartonella symptoms are often indistinguishable from Lyme and babesia until you treat them. Then, suddenly, bartonella can seem to appear out of nowhere. But the symptoms are distinct:

severe insomnia
swollen, sore throat
swollen neck glands
anger, short fuse
spearlike sinus headaches
blood seeping from sinuses

So....be sure to be TREATED if you have ANY symptoms of babs or bart. The Lyme treatment will cover the ehrlich.

A trial of artemisinin is a good way to begin.