News and resources for neurological Lyme disease and co-infections.
Bartonella is a destructive blood infection, commonly referred to as “Cat Scratch Fever”. Currently testing exists for two species, however, there are now over 30 known unique species with over 200 variants.
Ehrlichiosis usually develops rapidly. Patients who are infected with ehrlichiosis will begin to feel symptoms between 3 to 16 days after being bitten by an infected tick. A patient may feel fine early in the day only to experience very severe, debilitating symptoms a few hours later. While ehrlichiosis is often very mild, with only flu-like symptoms, in some cases, symptoms can be severe and even cause death.
Have you ever heard of Dysautonomia? Well, it is a general term used to describe a breakdown, or failure of the autonomic nervous system, which is a symptom of neurological Lyme disease.
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Chlamydia Pneumoniae, also known as CPN, is a fast emerging Lyme co-infection with very similar symptoms. In fact for some who remain very sick and have yet to receive a positive Lyme diagnosis, CPN is something that should definitely be tested for.
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Until recently, Babesia was considered a rare disease because it was only diagnosed in extremely ill patients with high fevers (104+). The bacteria which invades the red blood cells, has been largely ignored by the medical community in part because there wasn’t a reliable test for diagnosing it, and in part because there has been so little information about the disease.
