Does heat kill Bartonella?

I saw my CFS doctor today. She still doesn't believe I necessarily have Lyme, but I showed her these red dots that have appeared all over my upper arm and she says they're an indicator of Bartonella.

The weather has just become a lot warmer here in the Southern hemisphere. Coincidentally, I couldn't work out why I had been doing so much worse the past 3 days -- I was bad, but stable. The only thing I've been doing differently is sitting out in the sun. Now, I wake up every morning now with burning eyes (a new symptom), my balance problems are worse, I am more sleepy/fatigued, bloated and I have increased neuropathy in my arms/legs.

Is it possible this could be a herx and that the warmer temperatures are killing something like Bartonella?

Thanks Traveler. So the heat is killing off bacteria, it's just not being detoxed properly? I am still doing coffee enemas as my primary detox method; I also tested positive for both MTHFR mutations so need to work on addressing those. I am just a bit intimidated by methylation, since it seems like quite a tricky thing to get right! I had trouble tolerating high doses of methyl-b12 in the past (when I wasn't as unwell) but am thinking about starting with just a very low dose and seeing how I go.

I have burning eyes too and I am positive for Bart via co-infection blood test. Not sure if I have Lyme since my Igenex test only showed band 41.

outscruff said...
I saw my CFS doctor today. She still doesn't believe I necessarily have Lyme, but I showed her these red dots that have appeared all over my upper arm and she says they're an indicator of Bartonella.

The weather has just become a lot warmer here in the Southern hemisphere. Coincidentally, I couldn't work out why I had been doing so much worse the past 3 days -- I was bad, but stable. The only thing I've been doing differently is sitting out in the sun. Now, I wake up every morning now with burning eyes (a new symptom), my balance problems are worse, I am more sleepy/fatigued, bloated and I have increased neuropathy in my arms/legs.

Is it possible this could be a herx and that the warmer temperatures are killing something like Bartonella?

Red dots on the skin are usually an indicator of Babesia, not of Bartonella.

Mustard Seed said...

outscruff said...
I saw my CFS doctor today. She still doesn't believe I necessarily have Lyme, but I showed her these red dots that have appeared all over my upper arm and she says they're an indicator of Bartonella.

The weather has just become a lot warmer here in the Southern hemisphere. Coincidentally, I couldn't work out why I had been doing so much worse the past 3 days -- I was bad, but stable. The only thing I've been doing differently is sitting out in the sun. Now, I wake up every morning now with burning eyes (a new symptom), my balance problems are worse, I am more sleepy/fatigued, bloated and I have increased neuropathy in my arms/legs.

Is it possible this could be a herx and that the warmer temperatures are killing something like Bartonella?

Red dots on the skin are usually an indicator of Babesia, not of Bartonella.

I've read that dots resembling blood marks indicate Babesia, but that big colonies of dots (i.e. petechial rash) are Bart. Not sure if that's correct. Maybe it could be either.

I didn't want to start a new thread to ask this, but if anyone sees this -- can starting up with methylation cause a detox reaction? I took just a low dose of Methly-B12 before dinner (500mcg); there were some positives, but it also triggered a crash, and several bowel eliminations.