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H i @Sushi Did you have the rash? What is PCR? What type of doctor will treat you for this I know my doctor will not believe me. What symptoms do you have that are related to Bartonella?
I have chest pain, rash ongoing quad pain , hedaches sinus face pain yadda yadda yadda.
Thankyou
PCR is a DNA test = Polymerase chain reaction. Generally you would have to go to an LLMD--a lyme doctor--that is for a chronic infection. An internist should be able to treat a new infection. You would need to check how soon after a scratch antibodies develop, as antibody is the more common test. But, the antibody tests in the US only check for 3 species when there are about 30--so it would be easy to miss.
Bartonella symptoms can range all over the place according to where it is active. You can find the most common symptoms from an internet search. I have sort of classic ME, but my doctor is finding that a big percentage of his ME patients are positive for Lyme or one of the co-infections, like Bartonella. So he tested me for it.
I have probably had it for decades so I can't remember whether I ever had a rash.
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Sushi