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Post by itsybitsyone on Feb 26, 2008 13:03:59 GMT -8
I have heard of bartonella-type organisms and LLMD's. I'll have to look more deeply into that. I think something just came up about that on sci.med and bart gave me a link to a Dr. B video on that. I'll have to go to the thread and find it.
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Post by LymeEnigma on Feb 27, 2008 8:23:43 GMT -8
Let us know if you find anything. I'm going to see if I can do any digging on these two other strains....
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Post by LymeEnigma on Feb 27, 2008 16:31:16 GMT -8
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Post by LymeEnigma on Feb 28, 2008 8:18:21 GMT -8
I think this might be interesting to people who feel they may have caught their "Lyme" from a biting fly or other non-tick nasty: "In addition to cats, numerous domestic and wild animals, including bovine, canine, human, and rodent species can serve as chronically infected reservoir hosts for various intra-erythrocytic Bartonella species. In addition, an increasing number of arthropod vectors, including biting flies, fleas, keds, lice, sandflys and potentially ticks have been implicated in the transmission of various Bartonella species to animals or human beings" (bold mine). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18295347?dopt=Abstract |
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Post by itsybitsyone on Feb 29, 2008 12:57:00 GMT -8
I do not know if the other bugs are viable vectors/carriers of BB...
But there is mounting evidence that Bartonella can be caught a whole bunch of ways!
I just have a hard time believing its all that hard to treat. I think you should treat it. I just think treating lyme probably treats it if it is there!
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Post by LymeEnigma on Feb 29, 2008 13:47:20 GMT -8
I've had enough different antibiotics to kill just about anything, I've never even bothered testing for bart. I do have to wonder, though, what that "maculopapular rash" looks like; I've had strange, little, pimple-like bumps on my legs ever since I was a very young child, and I can't help but wonder if there is some kind of connection, somehow.
I do wonder if some pets might be chronic, asymptomatic carriers, the Typhoid Marys of bartonella, if you will: their owners might treat their infections, only to get reinfected by their pets just as soon as they've finished treatment...?
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Post by LymeEnigma on May 16, 2008 10:03:52 GMT -8
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Post by LymeEnigma on May 16, 2008 10:34:51 GMT -8
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Post by cobweb2 on Jun 14, 2008 7:10:49 GMT -8
I do believe there are many strains of Bartonella, which is another reason why people tested for Bartonella may come up negative, just because it is impossible to test for every strain.
Wish I were more into research. Most are carried by ticks.
Different vectors would indicate different strains,too.
I have been bitten by ticks-and I have been scratched by cats.
My cat(s) has never been tested for Bart.
Right now I'm pinning my hopes on Rifampin.
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Post by LymeEnigma on Jun 14, 2008 9:41:50 GMT -8
I believe you can also catch bart from flea bites and biting flies (see above).
Good luck on the Rifampin, Cobby. I have never been tested for bart, and neither have my cats. I probably should get the lot of us tested, but the money tree in the back yard has been producing Monopoly bills as of late, and I just don't think those colorful things would work that well at paying off the doctor's office....
*edited due to the fact that I'm a spaz....
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