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Topic: How common it is that you have only co-infections, not LD

Hannemannn
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Member # 21133

posted

Subject tells all, so how common it is that you

get only co-infections and not at all LD.

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Buster
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Member # 19472

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pretty common, I think 'lyme' is a very loosely used term

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coltman
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No one knows. Co-infections tests are complete and pure garbage- igenex lyme test as bad as it is still has much better sensitivity

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Lemon-Lyme
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I would think the opposite. The more co-infections you have, the greater the chance of Lyme. You can consider it just statistically... if sickly ticks bite you, the odds are one of those ticks have Lyme.

Now, that doesn't mean there is 100% certainty you have Lyme, but if you test positive for multiple co-infections, and have symptoms of Lyme, I'd say the odds are pretty strong you have it.

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TF
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Member # 14183

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I recall someone here saying that Dr. Burrascano said you don't see patients with coinfections and not lyme in the real world.

I believe lyme is the most common tick-borne infection and the other infections are called "co-infections" for that reason.

In all of my experience over the last 6-7 years helping lyme patients, I have never run into a case of a person having a coinfection but not lyme disease.

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WildCondor
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How on Earth do you know you don't have Lyme? Based on what exactly? Testing=worthless

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seekhelp
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Member # 15067

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Maybe ART testing? [Smile]

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Gahagan
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Member # 21194

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All my Lyme tests have been negative, though I have a slew of Lyme symptoms. I tested positive for Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever (tick borne) but have few, if any, symptoms.

(so far)
+ RMSF
+ EBV (carrier?)
+ toxoplasmosis
+ Coxsackie B virus

I'm pretty torn about my labs. I am convinced I have Lyme. My doctor seems to think so also. It's not that I want Lyme and other co-infections, it's that I am convinced and feel I need validated. In the meantime, the treatment for the RMSF is the same. So....I guess we'll see how it goes.

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Hannemannn
Member
Member # 21133

posted

Thanks again for answers! This is a great forum when

man need to find out information and opinions about

LD.

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baileypup
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 22824

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I'll tag on to Gahagan;

+ HHV6
+ CMV
+ EBV
+ Coxsackie
+ mycoplasma hominis
+ toxoplasmosis

....and who knows what all else.

Do I have lyme, maybe.
Do I have a systemic infection....DEFINITELY

Toxoplasma can cause symptoms like lyme. Either way, I need antibiotics!

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