Posted by bleauberry on June 3, 2018, at 17:14:48
In reply to Dust mites carry bartonella, posted by Prefect on May 28, 2018, at 10:14:59
Bartonella is a serious and common co-infection from ticks. The spirochete Borellia in Lyme is often accompanied by Bartonella (which is mostly psychiatric in its presentation, and outwardly there may be spots similar to acne) and Babesia (not a bacteria like the others, but a parasite in the Malaria family, also very prone to psychiatric presentation).
I think any exposure to Bartonella through dust mites, if true, would be too minimal to overpower the human immune system. The Lyme confections definitely can but I doubt dust mites are much of a problem. imo
I think getting the patient feeling better as soon as possible is more important priority than hypothetical what-ifs. For example, Bartonella is one of the harder ones to beat but you can beat it. I am fighting it right now. I've won against it before. I will again. And once its population levels are low enough that your immune system can take over and you don't have any symptoms, you just co-exist, then further exposure to infected dust mites will not be an issue.
Patients who have recovered from the various Lyme pathogens, such as Bartonella, often continue to take prophylactic herbs/supplements as part of their routine diet, sort of like an insurance policy. Some patients feel fine and live normal productive lives as long as they stay on their antibiotic but not off of it. They have to stay on antibiotics for life, sort of like people here think about taking psychiatric drugs for life. Same thing. Same purpose. Same goal. The antibiotics work a lot better in my opinion but they take time and it is a different journey.
> In which case what's even the point of trying to nuke bart with antibiotics if you're going to breath it in through dust mites every day?
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