TheCrimeOfLyme
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Does anyone have any information that points ehrilichia chaffeenisis to a tick other than the lone star tick?
My llmd decided in December to test me for different strains of things due to some lingering persistent symptoms that just refuse to budge. One of the ones he came up with was a very positive Erlichia Chaffeenisis. And, he said nothing about it. I'm on penicillins and researched enuff over the years to know that doesn't treat it.
Of course I will be giving him a call .
HOWEVER, I did get sick just two years out from living in both Alabama and Georgia. I was on the border of both states, lived in GA, worked in GA, had a boyfriend in AL, and most of my outside time was Lake Martin in deep Alabama. I am beginning to wonder if I was bit there. Actually, I always wondered if I did, due to my then boyfriend telling me "you got bit by chiggers".
Anywhos, all information I look up points this Erllichia Chaffeensis to a Lone star tick bite. I'll be calling my LLMD in the morning and requesting doxy or doxy with rifampin. I don't like receiving blood reports in the mail from two months ago that show I tested positive for something yet nothing was mentioned to me, at all.
I've been wondering why now for the longest time I am not really herxing on the penicillins anymore, yet not getting any better or sicker. Hopefully this is the key.
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Melanie Reber
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Hey Jodie,
E. chaffeensis has been found in other tick species. Below is one study for you and your doc.
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Abstract. A nested polymerase chain reaction specific for Ehrlichia chaffeensis was used to attempt to amplify DNA from extracts of 100 individual ticks collected from 13 counties in central Missouri. Seventeen of 59 Amblyomma americanum and six of 41 Dermacentor variabilis ticks exhibited the characteristic 389-basepair product. This supports the hypothesis that these tick species may be vectors of human monocytic ehrlichiosis.
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