And what all runners need to know about the tick-borne illness. RA_Andrews
had also been a professional runner; he and Andrews even shared a coach at one point. During the three-and-a-half-hour appointment, Sivieri studied Andrews’s previous blood tests. He noticed that, in addition to Lyme, Andrews had tested positive for two other tick-borne infections .
Ticks carry and transmit loads of other bacteria, parasites, and viruses beyond Borrelia burgdorferi. A single tick can make a person sick with several diseases at the same time, including Anaplasmosis , Babesiosis , and. And not all doctors check for these when they are focused on Lyme; those who do test for them may believe the antibiotics prescribed for Lyme will be enough to wipe out the co-infections.
Sivieri put Andrews on a 60-day course of the two antibiotics he’d previously been taking to kill the bacteria for Lyme; he also prescribed a medication to wipe out the co-infections. “He said the night sweats and the, that’s what the Babesia parasite does, it eats your red blood cells and prevents the oxygen from moving around your body.” That’s obviously a big concern for runners. “I couldn’t breathe well when running, right from the start,” says Andrews. “And I’m a trained athlete.
He stopped taking antibiotics in mid-August, now it’s complementary treatments—including vitamin C for his adrenals and immune system and curcumin for inflammation. He still avoids gluten and dairy and is content to continue the regimen for the near future. The supplements could be pointless, but he’s not going to chance it. “It seriously feels like I have my life back,” he says. “This is me. I’m back to me.
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