Guest guest Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 > > I am also doing iron iv infusion bc my feritin was at 4. I have heard iron feeds bugs too. Was thinking more oral iron. Does anyone know if infusion feeds them? Borrelia uses very little Iron - less than ten Iron atoms per cell, which is almost nothing. Only the Super Oxide Dismutase enzyme of Bb is Iron-based. Instead of Iron most Borrelia proteins use zinc (or other trace elements). Most bugs can be 'starved' by removing Iron from the blood, which is one of the strategies your body uses to combat infection. But for Bb this doesn't work because it hardly needs Iron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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