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Post by chaosonline on Oct 21, 2009 21:35:39 GMT -5
I recall reading a thread here about others having pain that they described as being "bone pain" accompanied by fears that this somehow had something to do with bone-marrow. I often have severe pains in my ribs and have wondered about a bone marrow connection. I have tested positive for Lyme, Babesia and Ehrlichiosis. This is one the most informative articles I have read on Ehrlichiosis. By the way Ehrlichiosis was found to be in humans just since 1994! Excerpt "WHAT IS IT?Ehrlichia are parasitic organisms which are something like a virus but are classed with bacteria. They attack the bone marrow, crippling its ability to make the white blood cells (leukocytes) which are an important component of the immune system." Read the entire article here: www.b-naturals.com/newsletter/ehrlichia/Karen
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Post by jeany on Oct 22, 2009 8:05:23 GMT -5
Hi Karen, I was diagnosed with Lyme, CPN and Ehrlichia. Before treatment I had terrible pain in both knees, hip and feet I couldn't explain. Also accompanied with fatigue, weakness and severe headaches. Sometimes I felt as if a truck hit me...lol..
Jeany
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Post by Jill on Oct 22, 2009 8:53:41 GMT -5
I'm glad you mention Ehrlichiosis Karen. Brought to mind some links I had saved but forgotten: In her dissertation, Amanda Loftis states: igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2008-1215-200707/Loftis.pdfFair use Excerpt: Ehrlichiae commonly concentrate in the spleen, liver, lungs, kidneys, and bone marrow (Allsopp et al., 2005a; Dumler, 2005; Okada et al., 2003; Rikihisa, 1991). end excerpt jme.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/35/5/283Fair use Excerpt: Dr. Gershon contends that Lyme disease is not a fatal illness. This statement is incorrect. Lyme disease has been associated with fatal myocarditis and encephalomyelitis (1,2), as well as intrauterine fetal death (3). Furthermore, tick-borne coinfections with the agents of Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Rickettsiosis and Tularemia are well-known direct causes of mortality, and these coinfections can be transmitted together with the Lyme spirochete (4-7). Because of clinical ignorance about these diseases and poor laboratory test sensitivity, it is likely that fatal cases of tick-borne diseases may go unrecognized and consequently are under-reported (7,8). end microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Ehrlichia_chaffeensisFair use Excerpt: Description and significance Ehrlichia chaffeensis causes a tick-borne disease affecting both animals and humans. The first incident of human ehrlichiosis (the infection caused by the Ehrlichia bacterium) was reported in Japan in 1954. An event of human ehrlichiosis was not reported in the United States until 1986. In 1991, E. chaffeensis was isolated from a military recruit stationed at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, this was the first isolation from a human in the US.(3) Public attention peaked after this bacterium was found to be the causative agent of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME). According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HME is one of the most frequent life-threatening tick-borne zoonoses (a disease that can be transmitted from an animal to a human) but frequently goes unreported in the United States since symptoms are similar to many other diseases or infections a person may get from insect bites, like Lyme disease from a tick. E. chaffeensis has been isolated in white-tailed deer and even dogs, with the latter being a possible carrier of the tick which can infect humans with HME. E. chaffeensis is also easily contracted in nature where bare skin is exposed and a tick carrying the bacteria can attach and infect. HME is mostly found in the southern states of the US but there are cases reported all over the country as well as in other parts of the world.(2) end excerpt Most interesting: Scroll down to the portion about the Discovery of a Novel Ehrlichial Pathogen- Amanda Loftis- pg 21 www.icttd.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletters/ICTTD_Newsletter_38.pdfMore of her work: en.scientificcommons.org/amanda_d_loftiswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394526/www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0022-2585(2004)041%5B0753:DAIAAF%5D2.0.CO%3B2keywords- Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick) and Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, and Borrelia lonestari. one more: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10916302?dopt=AbstractIrving, R. P., R. R. Pinger, C. N. Vann, J. B. Olesen, and F. E. Steiner. Distribution of E. chaffeensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaeceae) in Amblyomma americanum Southern Indiana and prevalence of E. chaffeensis-reactive antibodies in white-tailed deer in Indiana and Ohio in 1998. J. Med. Entomol 2000. 37:595–600. Bioone, PubMed, CSA
((the above is most interesting to me- because it was known in 1998 that this disease was present in Ohio and Indiana -yet doctors in my area seem to be totally unaware))
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Post by fritolay66 on Oct 23, 2009 8:02:02 GMT -5
Karen,
Thank you for thinking about all of us with bone pain.
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