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My dd's pediatrician just recommended we give 'lyme nosode' and 'ledum' to my 4 month old while we await the results of the tick testing (going to have it tested for lyme, babesia and anaplasma).
she didn't want to start antibios since she's just an infant, but I don't know much about homeopathy - is it safe for a baby?
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don't know how to edit - I meant to include the fact that I just pulled a deer tick from her face... Posts: 12 | From Pennsylvania | Registered: Jul 2009
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In your daughter's case, since it is a brand new bite, then abx are the BEST option! You have the opportunity to nip this thing in the bud! Call a pediatric LLMD and see if you can get in asap if you can't find a doc to prescribe abx for your daughter.
I understand the hesitation with abx since she is a baby, however, MANY babies get abx and they are fine. I used to work in a NICU where there were 25 week gestation infants receiving abx for sepsis or whatnot. Yes, they sometimes got yeast infections.
However, you are dealing with the possibility that your daughter may have Lyme. I personally would do the abx at this stage if it was my child...it's later on that the illness is less responsive to abx when it's deeply embedded in the body.
I am SO sorry that this has happened to your daughter. Like I said, I would personally try to contact a pediatric LLMD.
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I dont get how homeopathy could possibly work for anything since its basically alcohol/water
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I don't think it's even alcohol/water - isn't it just water? Like whatever additive diluted down so much that there are no more molecules left - just water molecules? It supposedly changes the water's structure or something like that...
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homeopathics are usually frequencies in distilled water and alcohol they can be quite powerful if done right
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happy,
i am so sorry to hear about your baby! poor little one.
did you happen to save the ticks? they can be tested. also if she gets a rash, do take pictures.
i agree with the others that you should seek out a pediatric lyme literate doctor ASAP. In my humble opinion, is the most effective form of treatment if it can be tolerated.
the positive part is that you found the ticks, which would mean a shorter protocol if abx is started right away.
you may want to carefully think about your treatment choice, because if lyme is not eradicated thoroughly it can cause lifelong complications.
also, your daughter could have coinfections, which are organisms that travel along with the lyme bacteria. see information below.
quote:Originally posted by laceyj: homeopathics are usually frequencies in distilled water and alcohol they can be quite powerful if done right
I have CS/EE degree and frankly I cannot understand how "frequencies" can be distilled in water . I was trying to understand "energetic treatments" , but the rife is only one which makes some remote sense to me (and even that is stretching).
Glad some people find something which makes them better though.
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Happytoes, your dd's pediatrician is one smart cookie.
Yes, homeopathy is safe for infants. According to one of my books:
``For infants, dissolve the remedy in a couple teaspoons of water and place a few drops on the tongue.''
I bumped up the thread with instructions on how to use Ledum and Hypericum and the Lyme nosode after a tick bite, and where to get remedies. Or click on the link below:
Yep. As far as `science' understands it, there's absolutely nothing at all in homeopathic remedies worth mentioning. (Good. The less they care about it, the less likely they are to mess with it and screw it up.)
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i dont quite understand the frequencies in homeopathics either something to do with antidotes and all living things having a frequency
but i have had my highest success with them, sometimes it takes a few times to get the right one
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yea - I don't quite understand it, and especially since I'm a biologist (or used to be at least - have a more important job to do now;), my instincts sort of lead me to think there is no validity to it... but my rational brain kicks in as well and reminds me that there are still so many things in which we don't understand (actually, most stuff!!!), and I've heard so many positive stories about it, so I think I'l try it.
I wonder how long after the bite it would still be effective? I can't get to the place that sells it until this afternoon or tomorrow... maybe I'l check the links you provided Tracy - thanks or that!!
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You are welcome, happy.
I'm not sure anybody could answer your question about how long you can wait before administering the remedies and still have them work..... each case will be different. So, just do your best to get the remdies ASAP - especially the Ledum.
(And if they don't have Ledum 200C or Hypericum 200C - if I were the one in your position - I'd get Ledum 30C and Hypericum 30C. I'd give 3 doses of Ledum 30C in the next 24 hours, followed by 3 doses of Hypericum 30C in the following 24 hours. (Note that this is just my opinion and what I would do under the circumstances.)
Good luck! (And thanks for having an open mind about this.)
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What runs bodies ?
Chemistry and electricity.
Trad med is based on chem. And how many of you are doing Greeeaat on those chems ?
Ultimately energy is more important. Lets say an animal gets killed. Are the chems left in its body ? Yup.
Is the electricity still there ? Nope.
What is so tough about that ? Some can feel energy, some cannot. It is not ESP, etc. It is what keeps us alive. Some homeopaths I have known have been very busy because of the results they were helping patients get.
And as in all professions, there is a scale of how well some do and some don't.
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just to add massman -- when the heart stops working, do they use chem's to revive you...Nope! They use a defribulater full of electricity.
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Good points, massman and Bob....
I wonder how things went with happytoes and her little one.... what a scary thing to go through.
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Just water. LOL I used them with infrared light and got better.
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