I had the mono as well - and EBV came up in my blood work. But I don't know if Lyme or mycoplasma may have knocked my immune system down and then it set the ball rolling. I read that these bacteria and/or Lyme (I hope I get it right - it's early) do something to adrenals & thyroid - which resonated with me as I've had issues with both.I also now think bacteria is behind my issues. Maybe it wasn't in the beginning with mono, and maybe if i had used antivirals back then, things would be different, but i think bacteria is the problem now.
interestingly (maybe), there are articles that say borrelia affects toll like receptors 7 and 9 - the same ones implicated by demeirleir/lombardi in the autoimmune/CFS paper.
I am running into more and more people who say that long term antibiotics is the only thing that finally helped them.
However, it seems that the majority can never stop the antibiotics....
A guy in the tick-infested town we lived in had a permanent IV of antibiotics. My husband met him on the subway, and he said 'he was getting ready to pass out' - he was being treated for Lyme. Very sadly, his daughter was swimming in a lake in town, and died. I just wondered if there was a connection.
My fibro doc said he has kids 4-5 years old coming in on wheelchairs with Lyme.
I called his office & asked if I should be put on Doxycycline - the antibiotic they use for Lyme, and his nurse said "no". I emailed her Prof. Nicolson's pdf on treating mycoplasma, but haven't heard back.
I too, am leery of abx. They wipe out all the good bacteria and some are high in fluoride - a known carcinogen. Of course you can take probiotics to repopulate. I'm not averse to taking them - my fibro doc has to make the call. I hate relying on doctors to write me prescriptions. We should be allowed to write our own - at least in a limited sense.
What if a doc is wrong, and won't prescribe what you need? That's why I began the protocol myself.
I agree with Daffodil's reasoning above - what explains 'outbreaks' of this stuff? There is a common denominator in why we've all ended up here.
That's a good article. We all know what mercury does. I keep reading 'we are coming to the end of the age of antibiotics' in my online travels.Re-reading this thread...Dietrich Klinghardt, Lyme, autism, pyroluria expert, believes Lyme has now become congenital, w/o need for vector. This story might go some way to validating him.
Here's an interesting piece re abx just came to me yesterday:
I've read they've found Lyme in body fluids (read it in different places, not Doc Klinghardt) and that it can be passed via human contact - not sure about dog contact, as both my dogs had lyme.
If you research it, the long list of mycoplasma-induced diseases is frightening - serious stuff - MS, Parkinsons. And my neighbor across the street has MS. The neighbor behind me was ill with something for a long time, then passed away young. I don't know what it was though.