Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hi, Here is a link to an explanation of it http://lassesen.com/cfids/herxheimer.htm Briefly, " The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (referred to as " Herx " often) is believed to be a reaction caused by organisms (bacteria) dying off and releasing toxins into the body faster than the body may comfortably handle it. " Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 > Hi, > Here is a link to an explanation of it > http://lassesen.com/cfids/herxheimer.htm > Briefly, > " The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (referred to as " Herx " often) is > believed to be a reaction caused by organisms (bacteria) dying off > and releasing toxins into the body faster than the body may > comfortably handle it. " > > Laurie Laurie Thanks so much for your link, it is very helpful. One thing I wonder is whether you believe it is a good thing to have a really strong herx that makes one feel really ill and unwell when one is taking abx or whether you would cut back the dose a bit so that the herx is far milder or one might not feel anything at all for most of the time. There appears to be many different opinions on whether a very strong herx is a good or bad thing with regard to healing our body. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hi Pam, I don't think a strong herx is a good idea, no need to be so miserable, IMHO, and for some people a strong herx could send them to the emergency room. I like herxing a little though, so I know I'm making progress against the infection. So, personally, I would cut back the dose of abx for a milder herx. Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Hi Pam et al, when 'herxing' or suffering a 'healing crisis' I find that increasing my intake of filtered water really helps. Stick to trying to maintain 2 litres per day but increase that when 'die off symptoms' are worse. I haven't had a bad 'Herx for many months - just spells of slight feverishness. Diet, detox, and fluid increase, they are the keys. Get rid of those neurotoxins quickly Best wishes, Kezzi. . . doggy532001 wrote: > > Thanks so much for your link, it is very helpful. One thing I > wonder is whether you believe it is a good thing to have a really > strong herx that makes one feel really ill and unwell when one is > taking abx or whether you would cut back the dose a bit so that the > herx is far milder or one might not feel anything at all for most of > the time. > > There appears to be many different opinions on whether a very strong > herx is a good or bad thing with regard to healing our body. > > Pam > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Can anyone explain herxing? I have heard it mentioned a number of times... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Herxheimer reaction. It's what happens when the spirochetes start dying off. Or, actually, a couple of things... 1. Their little corpses start to rot, giving off a lot of toxins that the body need to clear. A lot of us don't detox all that well, so this can take a while. 2. The immune system kicks, and produces cytokines. These are enzymes that we make to fight off viruses and bacteria. They also create most of the symptoms we associate with flu. (In a flu, it's not the bugs that make you feel awful; it's your own body's cytokines, produced in great quantity to fight the bugs.) Herx was first identified when they started treating syphilis with antibiotics. Lyme is close enough to syphilis (also a spirochete) that it creates the same effect. Managing herx is one of the great challenges of healing Lyme. For a while, anyway, the cure can be worse than the disease, until the die- off passes. The degree of herx varies considerably with who you are, what kind of Lyme you have, and how you and the Lyme react to any given antibiotic. Some drugs gave me a fierce herx that dragged on for weeks. Some have given me almost none. Some people herx so hard they end up in the ER. Some LLMDs think that when a given drug no longer produces this die-off reaction, it's time to change drugs. Sara On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:21 PM, bridget wrote: > Can anyone explain herxing? I have heard it mentioned a number of > times... > Bridget > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Lyme Disease News continually updated from thousands of sources > around the > net: http://www.topix.net/health/lyme-disease > > MedWorm: The latest items on: Lyme Disease > http://tinyurl.com/23dgy8 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2009 Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Herxing is when the Lyme Bacteria creates a 'biofiulm' to fight off the antibiotics. This biofilm worsens symptoms as it is toxic to the body. Thus the worsened symtpoms is a " herxiemer reaction'. Elaina From: bridget <blueyes7648@...> Subject: [ ] Herxing? Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 6:21 PM Â Can anyone explain herxing? I have heard it mentioned a number of times... Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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