Re: Babesia, thyroid and ferritin

[Guest guest]

try cynonmel and elemental iron

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I agree 100% with . Babesia for me meant ALWAYS low thyroid

levels + low ferritin levels, so I always needed supplementation. My

need for it happened in a matter of days in the second infection!!!

In the first infection, I felt sooo weak, and when I realized what

was missing, it was a bit late, so it took much longer to 'fix'

things.

Until babesia disappeared I had to keep supplementing these two

things, since then I'm on zero of these two supplements (except for

iron because it's in my mineral pill combo).

Selma

>

> heavy metals can depress thyroid functions. Air hunger can be a

symptom of

> low thyroid functions and low ferritin levels (which usually

accompanies low

> thyroid). Elememtal iron may help and the babesia is likely taking

out red

> blood cells contributing to the problem. So in addition to killing

the

> babesia, you could consider trying a thyroid booster or maybe some

iodine.

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for all the info on thyroid and iron as pertains to

Babesia. I have both issues also, plus the Babesia. I will report my

blood tests next week when they come back. I am interested to see also

where my WBC/RBC is.

I have found Lugol's iodine helpful and have never taken thyroid meds

even though they were prescribed for me in the past. I was on a

compounded steroid for my adrenals, but quit that also a few months ago.

It seems as this infection is treated over time, my hormones are

starting to come around, but it's a slow road this way. I can't take

medicines due to allergies to ingredients, plus a lot of supplements.

But there are definitely herbs to treat these things too.

Does Babesia tend to effect iron and thyroid more than lyme?

Love,

Jnanda

[Guest guest]

Jnanda, it happened to me twice in the same pattern! Two babesial

infections I got were very similar, only separated by 2 year interval.

Low ferritin: when too low, I needed iron injections every 2 months.

When I knew I had lack of iron, I started oral supplementation. Iron

supplements that fit to the body are not very easy to find (a bit

like magnesium, most supplements don't 'match' our bodies for a

reason or another). Iron too, I realized (I got quite a few I threw

away).

When very low ferritin, only the injections make an almost immediate

effect. Oral supplmentation is too slow when you suffer from very low

ferritin levels. When not that low (above 25-30 or so), oral

supplementation helps (according to my duck). And it worked for me

like that.

Once I knew I had babesia and that most people with babesia suffer

from low ferritin levels, I continued oral supplementation and never

needed the injections again. But in my experience, until the last of

it was here with me, I still needed iron supplements.

I also supplemented with bits of homeopathic iron in the beginning,

to help absorption.

As for the thyroid, only iodine didn't do the initial work... I

needed thyroid sarcodes in homeopathy (I guess, it's part of thyroid

gland very diluted). Somehow, most people with babesiosis have low T3

levels. I took these thyoroid sarcodes together with iodine (either

by skin, or by ingestion), and then it worked. Again, like iron, I

needed supplementation until the last of babesiosis was gone.

When babesiosis disappeared, so faded the need of supplementing iron

and thyroid sarcodes (but I still supplemented with iodine through

skin, very unexpensive products one finds in the pharmacies). Until

lyme was gone, it still 'tested' for a few weeks, now I guess my

intake of sea food is enough for it as it never tested anymore...

Hope this helps!

Selma

>

> Thanks everyone for all the info on thyroid and iron as pertains to

> Babesia. I have both issues also, plus the Babesia. I will report

my

> blood tests next week when they come back. I am interested to see

also

> where my WBC/RBC is.

>

> I have found Lugol's iodine helpful and have never taken thyroid

meds

> even though they were prescribed for me in the past. I was on a

> compounded steroid for my adrenals, but quit that also a few months

ago.

>

> It seems as this infection is treated over time, my hormones are

> starting to come around, but it's a slow road this way. I can't

take

> medicines due to allergies to ingredients, plus a lot of

supplements.

> But there are definitely herbs to treat these things too.

>

> Does Babesia tend to effect iron and thyroid more than lyme?

>

> Love,

> Jnanda

>