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painted turtle
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I am noticing that it seems pretty easy to detect babesia with certain microscopes and this has been done for awhile now.

Why does not the mainstream know about this???

What I have been reading lately all says that babesia lasts for months sometimes and also is only treated for a couple months and not only that there can be a

spontaneous recovery.

What do you all think???

Plus, does anyone know what that new book that just came out on Babesia is called and who wrote it???

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Lymetoo
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I think it's just called Babesia.

I do NOT believe babs can go away on its own. No way. It may go into dormancy, but I doubt it will go away without treatment.

I don't know about the microscope issue. Most drs don't think babesia exists anywhere except in certain areas of Maryland or New York. [duh...idiots!]...so they're not even going to LOOK for it in anyone.

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GenaD
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I have the Babesia book--very informative.

The full name is "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Babesia."

There are many different strains of Babesia, with different intensities, too.

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Nebula2005
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From what I understand, you may be able to find Babesia in blood.

But if the infection is well-established, it may be stuck inside tissues and not circulating enough to be present in a random blood sample.

If found, it's quite distinctive to a trained microbiologist.

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GenaD
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I was able to see Babesia and Bartonella in my blood. Babesia is a parasite of the red blood cell.

There's another thread going on here where Kelmo has posted a picture of her daughter's Babesia in the blood if you want to take a look...

Can't remember the name of the thread, I'll find out...

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GenaD
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The thread is Kelmo's Daughter's Babesia Blood Smear.

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