Thick blood

I’m not aware of people with lyme having thick blood.

Mine flows freely.

I would talk to the Dr about this.

In Chinese TCM, they call that something like 'Gu syndrome' or 'stagnant blood'.
Dr Klinghardt said that it had to do with a blood that is full of toxins from infections.

I believe it has to do with dehydration too... or diets too full of fats, animal proteins (my opinion).
Thick blood could be causing more infections to grow (because of stagnation of blood), like it is hard to transport immune cells, nutrients, and to eliminate toxins when the blood is too thick.

Here in Germany /Switzerland, people take something called Rechtsregulat: a sort of mix of enzymes, super rich, and there are studies saying thick and dark colored blood change to liquid and fluid in a matter of minutes after intake... I read about it long ago.

During my disease, I had extremely thick blood. Almost molasses like. My LLMD would order 20 or more vials of blood for testing every month, and every time the nurse would have problems getting, or keeping the blood flowing. My blood was very dark, almost purple or brown, and it should be a nice light red.

My labs always showed very high plaetlets as well. These are responsible for blood clotting.

My ferritin was also sky high. i researched and found there is only one treatment for high ferritin, and its BLOOD LETTING. Yes, even in our advanced modern medical times, we still use the earliest and most crude form of medical procedures to 'let the demons out' as they thought was happening when blood letting was very popular in the middle ages.

So I finally found a phlebotomist, who was also the head of an oncology clinic, who finally agreed to order blood letting for me after 2-3 doctors refused. So I would go in every two weeks and 'give' a pint of blood, sitting alongside people in recliners taking chemo, some of whom were given death sentances. This experience humbled me greatly, and I still look back on that miserable room and realize how far ive come and how lucky I actually am, and how many people in that room are no longer alive.

Anyway, the phlebotmies were even worse than the LLMD lab blood draws. They used a huge gauge needle, and often my blood wouldnt flow until they switched arms. It was very painful, but after a few sessions, my ferritin and platelet numbers decreased, and I began to notice my blood flowing sightly easier and thinner.

I was doing no other treatment at this time for my Lyme, but I felt a lot better after a few sessions. I didnt really treat until about a year later, but i personally feel those phlebotomies helped me to eventually beat Lyme.

Theres some possible science there. It could be helpful for babesia if you can irradicate enough of the parasites and turn over your red blood cells faster than the babesia can re-occupy them, giving your immune system a chance to turn the tables.

I think there is some correlation between thick blood and tick diseases. I remember reading a blog where A man had credited his Babesia remission to taking heparin injections. Heparin is a very common blood thinner used by nurses to thin out blood and get an easier collection sample. They gave me several shots of heparin when my blood was too thick to draw, so there may be something there.

But yes, the thick blood was a constant reminder for me every blood draw, that my health was not good. I attributed the blood thickness to a lot of the sluggishness, tingling, and poor circulation I had during Lyme.

Then after treating, i went in to get my first blood draw in many months, just to see where my numbers were because i felt 100% better, and my blood flowed very quickly. It had a nice watery consistency and was nice bright red. My platelets and ferritin numbers have remained normal.

Its also important to point out that many of Buhner's herbs are also blood thinners. Japanese knotweed being one. Jap Knotweed is also very good at increasing micro-circulation in very important places like the brain and the eyes,
places where Lyme is known to be attracted.

Lyme and coinfections are remarkably adept at changing the bodies terrain to make it more hospitable for their inhabitance. Free flowing circulation, with the replacement of nutrients, removal of cellular waste, and circulation of antioxidants and killer cells all represent major threats to these organisms, so they alter your body's terrain to eliminate these threats.

Same thing with oxygen. Oxygen kills most of these pathogens, so if oxygen cant circulate in your blood properly, it cant threaten the disease causing organisms. "air hunger' is a form of a self defense mechanism for these pathogens.

These organisms can hijack the bodies homeostasis mechanisms and use them for their benefit. My body temp was always consistently low with lyme. High temps are a threat to them, so they signal the body to lower its internal temperature.

Its amazing how advanced these life forms have become to hijack our bodies for their use. And yes, thick blood is one of the very common ways Lyme and coinfections go about doing this in the human body.

Yes hypercoagulation is definitely a thing with the 3-BBB's...it's one of the dozens of our "wonderful" /s symptoms...

bluelyme and logmoss82, thanks for those informative posts!

A cardiologist refused my request for a hypercoagulation test...:/ still wondering what to do about it...

Luckily I still have some NAC, and Japanese Knotweed Resveratrol on hand to counteract my poor holiday food choices. : )

My mother's platelets are high as well (400) normal is 150 - 350 I think. She does feel better and light she says after going on the exercise bike for 10 - 15 mins.