Coinfections are Tick Born Illnesses (TBI) that can also be present with Lyme disease. There are many links on the right side of my blog filled with valuable information on Lyme and other TBI's. I found this info on the Lyme Info website
http://www.lymeinfo.net/index.html COINFECTIONS: A SYNOPSIS Compiled By: Melanie Reber Babesiosis Explanation: Protozoa that invade, infect, and kill the red blood cells Symptoms: Fatigue, night sweats, fever, chills, weakness, weight loss, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cough, shortness of breath, headache, neck and back stiffness, dark urine or blood in urine Treatment: Atovaquone (Mepron) plus Azithromycin (Zithromax), Clindamycin and oral Quinine Other: Alternative treatment may include Riamet or Artemisinin
Bartonella Explanation: Bartonella spp. bacterium Symptoms: Fever, chills, headache and severe pain in the tibia, weight loss, sore throat, papular or angiomatous rash Treatment: Erythromycin, plus a Fluoroquinolone or Rifampin
Ehrlichiosis (HGE and HME) Explanation: Rickettsiae that infect the white blood cells Symptoms: Anemia, fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, rigors, gastrointestinal symptoms, anorexia, fatigue Treatment: Doxycycline, Rifampin
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Explanation: Rickettsia rickettsii parasite that invades the cells lining the heart and blood vessels Symptoms: High fever, severe headache (especially behind the eyes), maculopapular skin rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol
Colorado Tick Fever Explanation: Reovirus that lodges inside the cells Symptoms: High fever, chills, severe muscle aches, back pain, headache (especially behind the eyes), light sensitivities, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea Treatment: No antiviral therapy is available Other: Aspirin
Relapsing Fever Explanation: Borrelia hermsii spirochete Symptoms: High fever, sudden chills, eye inflammation, coughing, jaundice, petechial rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol
Tularemia Explanation: Francisella tularensis bacterium Symptoms: Painful and swollen lymph nodes, fever, chills, fatigue Treatment: Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol
Powassan encephalitis Explanation: Flavivirus that invades and infects the brain Symptoms: Fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, light sensitivity, muscle weakness, seizures, paralysis, brain inflammation Treatment: No effective treatment
Tick Paralysis Explanation: A toxic reaction to saliva from female ticks Symptoms: Paralysis begins in legs and spreads throughout the body within hours Treatment: Recovery is rapid following the removal of the tick
Mycoplasma Explanation: A genus of small bacteria which lack cell walls. M. fermentans, M. pneumoniae, M. penetrans, M. hominis and M. genetalium Symptoms: Fatigue, headaches, muscle pain and soreness, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, joint pain and soreness, lymph node pain, cognitive problems, depression, breathing problems and other signs and symptoms Treatment: Slow-growing mycoplasmal infections are not rapidly susceptible to antibiotics. Doxycycline, Minocycline, Ciprofloxacin, Azithromycin, and Clarithromycin may be used.
COINFECTIONS: A SYNOPSIS Compiled By: Melanie Reber
Babesiosis
Explanation: Protozoa that invade, infect, and kill the red blood cells Symptoms: Fatigue, night sweats, fever, chills, weakness, weight loss, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, cough, shortness of breath, headache, neck and back stiffness, dark urine or blood in urine Treatment: Atovaquone (Mepron) plus Azithromycin (Zithromax), Clindamycin and oral Quinine Other: Alternative treatment may include Riamet or Artemisinin
Bartonella
Explanation: Bartonella spp. bacterium Symptoms: Fever, chills, headache and severe pain in the tibia, weight loss, sore throat, papular or angiomatous rash Treatment: Erythromycin, plus a Fluoroquinolone or Rifampin
Ehrlichiosis (HGE and HME)
Explanation: Rickettsiae that infect the white blood cells Symptoms: Anemia, fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, rigors, gastrointestinal symptoms, anorexia, fatigue Treatment: Doxycycline, Rifampin
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Explanation: Rickettsia rickettsii parasite that invades the cells lining the heart and blood vessels Symptoms: High fever, severe headache (especially behind the eyes), maculopapular skin rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol
Colorado Tick Fever
Explanation: Reovirus that lodges inside the cells Symptoms: High fever, chills, severe muscle aches, back pain, headache (especially behind the eyes), light sensitivities, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea Treatment: No antiviral therapy is available Other: Aspirin
Relapsing Fever
Explanation: Borrelia hermsii spirochete Symptoms: High fever, sudden chills, eye inflammation, coughing, jaundice, petechial rash Treatment: Tetracycline, Doxycycline, or Chloramphenicol
Tularemia
Explanation: Francisella tularensis bacterium Symptoms: Painful and swollen lymph nodes, fever, chills, fatigue Treatment: Tetracycline, Chloramphenicol
Powassan encephalitis
Explanation: Flavivirus that invades and infects the brain Symptoms: Fever, headache, pain behind the eyes, light sensitivity, muscle weakness, seizures, paralysis, brain inflammation Treatment: No effective treatment
Tick Paralysis
Explanation: A toxic reaction to saliva from female ticks Symptoms: Paralysis begins in legs and spreads throughout the body within hours Treatment: Recovery is rapid following the removal of the tick
Mycoplasma
Explanation: A genus of small bacteria which lack cell walls. M. fermentans, M. pneumoniae, M. penetrans, M. hominis and M. genetalium Symptoms: Fatigue, headaches, muscle pain and soreness, nausea, gastrointestinal problems, joint pain and soreness, lymph node pain, cognitive problems, depression, breathing problems and other signs and symptoms Treatment: Slow-growing mycoplasmal infections are not rapidly susceptible to antibiotics. Doxycycline, Minocycline, Ciprofloxacin, Azithromycin, and Clarithromycin may be used.