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BertPE's avatar

Well, i didn't get to read the articles because they're all paywalls (or want my email); but, Rickettsia spp. are very bad intercellular bacteria that can cause a large variety of maladies, including autoimmune diseases. According to various sources*, they travel through the body in RBCs and the lymph system and can infect every organ in the body, causing conditions from myocarditis to chronic kidney disease. Endothelial cells (blood vessel linings are typical target cells). If you have had a tick bite, you probably have rickettsia bacteria inside you somewhere, unless you did a couple of weeks of doxycycline immediately afterwards - problem is - it's very hard to detect by blood tests like IgG/IgA/IgM blood tests, and even PCR, so Drs can't justify Doxy scripts. I know from experience.

*Refs:

1) See Introduction here for general info: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541673/

2) https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/infections/rickettsial-and-related-infections/ehrlichiosis-and-anaplasmosis

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Sarah I's avatar

You all will eat z bugz...

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