Re: Babs/Malaria

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Nelly:

I'm not saying Babs can't be chronic - just that there's never been a

documented case in the USA... and I know from experience, the

conventional requirement is that they find one in a smear.

I agree, just becuase there's never been a documented case, doesn't

mean they aren't out there- I'm not sure anyone's even looking.

I'm just saying- if you study Malaria- it becomes clear that with

the milder form of Malaria, symptoms become almost indistinguishable

from Babesia - especally if you have the blood profile (red cell

fragments, anemia, Large RBCs - indicating high turn over rate) and a

requirement is periodic fevers.

So in my case- and especially since I responding so remarkably well

to ARTEMIS and DOxy - that there's a possibility - in my case - it

was uncomplicated Malaria... I have read where Babesia doen't respond

as well to to the Malaria drugs.

In your case- with the endemic areas you lived in you could have Babs

OR the mild form of Malaria - especially since you respond to the

anti-Malaria drugs - but with all the anti-Malaria drugs you've

taken, I don't know why you haven't erradicated it.......... SO..

Maybe you ARE a case of chronic Babs.

Right about one thing though- It's almost impossible to pin this down

if the actuall parasite is NOT found in a smear.

Barb

> > > I've talked to someone in England who knows four different

lymies

> > who

> > > kept relapsing after going off antibiotics, who got well on

> vermox.

> > > And not even that much of vermox. 3 are completely well. The

4th

> > has

> > > slight relapse symptoms but not too bad.

> > >

> > > Anybody have thoughts about this? Burgdorfer did find

nematodes

> in

> > > the mid 80's in the tickguts and other researchers are

finding

> them

> > > more often now. Whether they are pathogenic, or perhaps,

> symbiotic

> > > with borrelia as some think (could they harbor borrelia in

some

> > way,

> > > be the niche?), who knows....

> > >

> > > These drugs probably don't give fungal side effects like

> > antibiotics.

> > >

> > > Barb...where did you test for babesia? My quest is negative,

and

> I

> > > also never had spiking fevers, YET I know that something else

is

> > > going on besides lyme or I would not have gotten so ill.

Babesia

> > > being epidemic in CT where I was bit is the likely candidate

so

> I'm

> > > thinking of paying for Igenex Fish...tho I understand serial

pcr

> > and

> > > a bunch of them is the best way but I don't want to bankrupt

> myself

> > > with tests.

> > >

> > > TIA from anybody

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