Okay i'm kind of terrified right now. My cat pricked me yesterday and i didn't think much of it. But i've got these little red lumps on my hand now and i'm really really scared about what this might bring on. Anything prophylactic i can do? I can't take abx or antimicrobial herbs because they've been causing me abdominal pains.

I'm using oregano oil, though don't know what carrier is? Haven't noticed any decrease in the lesion though. Unfortunately it's not blistered so i don't think anything i put topically is really getting very deep through the skin. Have not treated parasites and never tested positive for Bart before. I guess one of the better scenarios is that I might already have it and getting more does nothing. Taking L-arginine, withania, and rhodiola per buhners recommendation. But geeze i do not need one more thing to add.

I've used oregano oil (full strength) directly on an open lesion before, and let me tell you, if it's full strength, it will feel like a severe burn from the stove.

I had an old barn cat that came to live inside with me a few years ago. She was a doll, but she had Bartonella (didn't know that at the time), so when she scratched me or bit me (in play) I would always end up with that area infected. I learned to quickly use peroxide and the triple abx ointment that is available over the counter and a bandaid for no less than 3 days. I'm sure it still added to my Bart load, but at least I didn't have a skin infection going on at the same time.

Psil, are you able to take anything to raise your immune function? That's where I'd head if I couldn't take anything to kill Bart. At least it would help.

For me it was just an increase in symptoms - not something that I was suddenly very ill from.

You can buy oil of oregano capsules that are full strength oregano oil - but as I said, it would burn beyond belief!!! I used it to treat a brown recluse bite many years ago - back before I knew I had Lyme, and I was living without an income and just had to do something, as I had managed to give myself a concussion the night before I was to go to the doctor's appt for it - and so I couldn't drive, and only had my two kids too young to drive living with me. Soooo, time to get creative! I learned to never, ever put it on open skin, unless that's your only alternative! LOL! But it worked, my recluse bite only left a scar the size of a dime.

The now brand is 25%in olive oil ..it works ok...borrelia never travels alone so take sick confort that you probably have many microbes feasting and festering .dmso will take anything in side the skin but be careful..vet supply will have that and ivermectin ...

Oregano oil mixed with some caster oil is a very good idea. High strength manuka honey is something worth keeping around the house too it is very effective for open skin infections. Oregano oil is a mucous membrane irriatant it does burn but it is very good it kills almost anything.