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Can antibiotics/herxing be dangerous?

outdamnspot

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Before blaming symptoms on a reaction to die-off, it's a good idea to fully look into whether such a reaction is known to exist for that infection. Otherwise we risk ignoring serious side-effects which should be avoided.

How do we do this? I have tried researching whether Streptococcus or Prevotella produce a die-off reaction, but can't find any information.

If it fits the strict definition of a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, it would support the suggestion that there was/is an infection by a spirochete. Some people recommend trying doxycycline or a similar Lyme-killing antibiotic to determine if there is a Lyme infection, due to the widespread inaccuracies of standard Lyme tests.

Do Flagyl or Ampicillin kill Lyme & co?
 

justy

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Flagyl is also a cyst buster so can cause quite nasty herxes in people with Lyme.
 

outdamnspot

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My CFS doctor said that the Richard Horowitz questionnaire can apply to multi-systemic bacterial infection (i.e. not just Lyme). Is it possible that a gut bacterial infection can act in such a manner?