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I mention co-infections because the treatment for Lyme (doxycycline) is not as effective with some coinfections. Like I think the treatment for Babesia is clind
by Arete314159 5y ago
I mention co-infections because the treatment for Lyme (doxycycline) is not as effective with some coinfections. Like I think the treatment for Babesia is clindamycin + some form of quinine. It's a parasite that infects red blood cells, kind of like malaria. So one possibly out of many is your wife could have been treated successfully for Lyme, but still have an underlying active co-infection. That's why seeing the right doctors is so important.
- thewebcount 5y agoYeah, my spouse has something like this, and tracing it back, we realized that it all started when she went off a long-term doxycycline treatment for adult acne. We've been trying to get a doctor to get her a new prescription, but many have been cagey because it's an antibiotic and they don't want to have her develop an antibiotic-resistant strain of some other disease in the process. Honestly, I can't imagine it would be any worse than 10 years of a deteriorating life where she can no longer work, or do anymore physical exercise than casually walking 1/4 of a mile. (She was previously a professional dancer, so you can imagine the psychological toll this has had.)