Babesia is parasitic infection that can be transmitted by the deer tick in Lyme disease. It is a protozoa that infects red blood cells and causes malaria like symptoms. Here are some relevant sites:

The Tick Research Laboratory - Human Babesiosis:
http://riaes.cels.uri.edu/resources/...b/babesia.html

Brief general information with a picture of babesia infected blood cells:
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/VBDP/babesia.htm

Infection with a Babesia-Like Organism in Northern California:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/332/5/298

Babesia Infections in Switzerland?
http://www.ilads.org/swiss.html

There is also a book by James Schaller, MD titled - "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Babesia"

http://www.ctlymedisease.org/pdf/Bb_AlzheimerJAD.pdf

Diet and Recovery from Chronic Disease By Ron Schmid, ND:

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndi...icdisease.html

http://www.tldp.com/New%20Articles/U...20Part%203.htm

"The Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Lyme Disease" - particularly late stage Lyme Disease:

http://www.mentalhealthandillness.com/tnaold.html

A very complete list of symptoms. "Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Characteristics - A Compilation of Peer-Reviewed Literature Reports."

http://www.personalconsult.com/artic...sesymptoms.pdf

i have suffered many years with lymes disease. when i got lymes, i had the bulls eye rash as my friend did. we were very sick. i didn't have my insurance then, so all i could do was take erythomycin 33 mg. 3 times a day for 10 days. i am allergic to the docy. i have since then had all kind of weird and terrible pains, burnings, confusion , you name it. my vit d level is now very low at a 10. that scares me. i also have diabetes. plus every time the dr's do a test for lymes it comes back negitive. now they are sending me to a rhumatoligist. will i get help or will they even believe me. i wonder. if i don't have lymes, i wish some one would please tell me what that big bulls eye rash was and why i was so sick about 3 weeks after having a tic removed. we live in the country on a lake and deer walk thu our yard all the time. i would dearly love to be able to do the things i did before i got sick. i first got lymes in 1993, then it was better after 1998, then i was reinfected in 2003. any help? ty and bless you all loraina

Thank you so much,i truly appreciate all of the imformation. Sue

Loraina,

As you no doubt know, there is no proven way to deal with chronic lyme disease. I can only tell you what I am doing that seems helpful for me. Unfortunately, the stuff I do is either relatively expensive, or potentially hard on the body.

I am doing the salt/vitamin C therapy (see my post, "Salt and Vitamin C for Lyme Disease). I have problems with high blood pressure if I don't make sure to drink lots of water. I would not recommend this for you since you have diabetes. If you do decide to go this route, be sure your doctor approves and monitors you. I would think that extra vitamin C (without the corresponding amount of salt) would be helpful and safe for you. I am also helped a lot by sea buckthorn - I am taking the tea, and oil from the seeds and oil from the fruit of the sea buckthorn plant. I also consume a cultured milk product called kefir along with undenatured whey protein powder (the one I use is "Fat Flush whey protein powder"; it's important to use whey protein powder that is undenatured to preserve the whey components that help your immune system to fight bacteria). Finally, I am planning to purchase a Rife machine. I just haven't been able to decide which one yet.

I wish you all the best.

Hi wasabi, I've been reading some of your info on the fibro forum.

I've also self-diagnosed myself with chronic Lyme (infected about 9yrs ago). Last year I tried the salt/c therapy & it was the one thing that gave me improvement. However I did get concerned about my blood pressure so stopped taking it. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about the same time of my spider bite (yes,spider-not tick). Just curious if you have a link for me to read about why the salt/c shouldn't be used if diabetic cause I've never heard this before (or I forgot).

Thanks for sharing all the research you do!
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