Common symptoms of Bartonella and Babesia...

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These are becoming more common in those with HepC....We have a member of

this group who is fighting for her life against Lyme & Company as well as

Morgellon's...

These have become a worldwide epidemic....We know it is our blood supply,

but there is NO testing to find it....it is contaigious and been found in

semen, vaginal fluid, saliva, tear ducts, breast milk and is NOT just spread by

ticks....

 

Babesia and Bartonella have been found in the bellies of mosquitoes in

Arizona. You don't have to have a tick bite to have Lyme and/or its

co-infections....ALS, Parkinson, MS, Alzheimers, CFS, Autism, etc., etc., etc.,

are being

mis-diagnosed when in fact it is really Lyme....For Godsake do NOT take the

word of an Infectious Disease doctor, there is a lot of cover-up going on and

the allopathic communities are split on the treatment protocol for this

horrific disease....

 

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Bartonellosis

 

Common symptoms of bartonellosis include:

 

___Fatigue (often with agitation, unlike Lyme disease, which is more

exhaustion)

 

___Low grade fevers, especially morning and/or late afternoon, often

associated with feelings of " coming down with the flu or a virus "

 

___Sweats, often morning or late afternoon (sometimes at night) - often

described as " thick " or " sticky " in nature

 

___Headaches, especially frontal (often confused with sinus) or on top of

head

 

___Eye symptoms including episodes of blurred vision, red eyes, dry eyes

 

___Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and sometimes hearing problems (decreased

or even increased sensitivity - so-called hyperacusis)

 

___Sore throats (recurring)

 

___Swollen glands, especially neck and under arms

 

___Anxiety and worry attacks; others perceive as " very anxious "

 

___Episodes of confusion and disorientation that are usually transient (and

very scary); often can be seizure-like in nature

 

___Poor sleep (especially difficulty falling asleep); poor sleep quality

 

___Joint pain and stiffness (often both Left and Right sides as opposed to

Lyme which is often on one side only with pain and stiffness that changes

locations)

 

___Muscle pains especially the calves; may be twitching and cramping also

 

___Foot pain, more in the morning involving the heels or soles of the feet

(sometimes misdiagnosed as plantar fasciitis)

 

___Nerve irritation symptoms which can be described as burning, vibrating,

numb, shooting, etc.

 

___Tremors and/or muscle twitching

 

___Heart palpitations and strange chest pains

 

___Episodes of breathlessness

 

___Strange rashes recurring on the body often, red stretch marks, and

peculiar tender lumps and nodules along the sides of the legs or arms, spider

veins

 

___Gastrointestinal symptoms, abdominal pain and acid reflux

 

___Shin bone pain and tenderness

 

Bartonella is a bacterium that causes illness, the most commonly known of

which is a disease called " Cat Scratch Fever. " Thousands of known cases of

Bartonella occur in the U.S. each Year, with the vast majority of known cases

due

to bites from fleas that infest cats or infected dogs (may also occur

directly from bites and scratches from infected dogs or cats). Bartonella can

also

be transmitted by ticks that transmit Lyme Disease. In fact, in a study

published recently, deer ticks from New Jersey had a higher prevalence of

Bartonella organisms than of Lyme organisms.

 

It is unclear whether the organism that we see transmitted along with Lyme

disease is actually a Bartonella species (such as B. henselae or B. quintana)

or is " Bartonella-Like Organism " (BLO) that is yet to be fully identified.

While BLO has features similar to organisms in the Bartonella family, it also

has features slimiar to the Mycoplasma and the Francisella (causes tularemia)

families.

 

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Babesiosis

 

As with other co-infections, there is a lot of overlap of symptoms between

Lyme disease and Babesiosis. An accumulation of the following signs and

symptoms probably warrant testing and/or treatment of Babesiosis:

 

___Chills

 

___Fatigue and often excessive sleepiness

 

___High fever at onset of illness

 

___Night sweats that are often drenching and profuse

 

___Severe muscle pains, especially the large muscles of the legs (quads,

buttocks, etc.)

 

___Neurological symptoms often described as " dizzy, tipsy, and spaciness, "

similar to a sensation of " floating " or " walking off the top of a mountain

onto a cloud "

 

___Depression

 

___Episodes of breathlessness, " air hunger " , and/or cough

 

___Decreased appetite and/or nausea

 

___Spleen and/or liver enlargement

 

___Abnormal labs (low white blood count, low platelet counts, mild elevation

of liver enzymes, and elevated sed rate)

 

___Headaches (migraine-like, persistent, and especially involving the back

of the head and upper neck areas)

 

___Joint pain (more common with Lyme and Bartonella)

 

___anxiety/panic (more common with Bartonella)

 

___Lymph gland swelling (more common with Bartonella and Lyme)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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