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When diagnosed with Bart....my test for lym came back negative...but doc said he's not sure about that. I keep questioning in my mind if I really have Bart. But doc seems to think that I do...he is a lym specialist...so I guess I have to trust. Whats hard for me is I am on doxy (antibiotic) and other naturalpathic stuff. I feel like my symptoms are more constant and elevated...here's a list...twitching muscles...a lot in feet...heels hurt...eyes get dry (new symptom) foggy..at times,burning feeling in legs and feet,sometimes my feet feel extremely cold!!! Periodic head burning...comes and goes (that only started when I started regimen ) all of this still after 1.5 months of being on antibiotics seems more elevated...is this what others feel,or is typical of lym/ Bart?
For my Bart, I have been through rifampin (gave me stomach pain, which just added to the existing Bart caused stomach pain), Avelox, which gave me an achilles heel cramp, Levaquin, which seemed to work well for me, but also caused achilles heel discomfort, and now I am starting Bactrim. I started Plaquenil last week. I believe the Bactrim/Plaq combo is also good against both Bart and Lyme when they go intracellular.
I was recently diagnosed with barts and I have all those problems and more. I agree with everyone above, if it's brand new symptoms, then tell your doctor, if you have had them before it could be the herxing which I have been doing a lot lately and is not always pleasant. Good luck
Hi,
For bart, the combo often used is doxy or minocycline (similar but more powerful) plus bactrim/cotrim plus plaquenil, plus rifampicin.
An alternative is levofloxacin, but ILADS is no longer recommending that because the side effects are dangerous and it is less effective (bart goes inside your body cells and levofloxacin only works outside them).
Is your doctor an ILADS member, or just a doc how tells you he knows about Lyme?There's a big difference.
There are herbs that work on bart but if your infection is bad, they won't help a lot (I say that since i am no herbs for bart and they are not doing much).
Bart is a horendous infection, just as bad as lyme itself or possibly worse - I have both so I cannot be certain but that's what I think.
As for all these symptoms springing up - are they pre existing ones or old ones getting worse/comig back, or are they new?
If they are symptoms you have ever had before then you're having a drug reaciton and need to get onto the doctor about it.
If it's old stuff getting worse, I would sit it out for a while as it is very possibly a herx.
Good luck with it.
For bart, the combo often used is doxy or minocycline (similar but more powerful) plus bactrim/cotrim plus plaquenil, plus rifampicin.
An alternative is levofloxacin, but ILADS is no longer recommending that because the side effects are dangerous and it is less effective (bart goes inside your body cells and levofloxacin only works outside them).
Is your doctor an ILADS member, or just a doc how tells you he knows about Lyme?There's a big difference.
There are herbs that work on bart but if your infection is bad, they won't help a lot (I say that since i am no herbs for bart and they are not doing much).
Bart is a horendous infection, just as bad as lyme itself or possibly worse - I have both so I cannot be certain but that's what I think.
As for all these symptoms springing up - are they pre existing ones or old ones getting worse/comig back, or are they new?
If they are symptoms you have ever had before then you're having a drug reaciton and need to get onto the doctor about it.
If it's old stuff getting worse, I would sit it out for a while as it is very possibly a herx.
Good luck with it.
Sometimes it happens that the treatment causes side effects when the bacteria die off, called a Herx reaction.
Doxycycline is not the only medication that can be used for Lyme; I am not sure what is commonly used for Bartonella.
If you are not entirely comfy with your current doc's approach, you might get a second opinion.
Doxycycline is not the only medication that can be used for Lyme; I am not sure what is commonly used for Bartonella.
If you are not entirely comfy with your current doc's approach, you might get a second opinion.
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