Lyme Disease Support Group

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. It is now one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the U.S. Lyme disease is caused by infection with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, and is primarily transmitted to humans as well as dogs, horses and other domesticated animals by the bite of infected ticks.

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Anti Biotic / Pro Biotic

mcslo
mcslo
I had another lyme patient tell me they hey were aking all sorts of Pro Biotics and they couldn't live without them. I asked the the naturalpath Dr and she said it wouldn't help. She said the the pro would be killed off as fast as you take them.
What is the advice and if I need them which are the best for the money
deleted_user
deleted_user
One probiotic we use is Saccharomyces Boulliardi. It is actually a beneficial yeast, so antibiotics don't affect it. It does its work in the intestines. We got a bottle of 180 of them (Jarrow formulas), and you take one a day, it was not that expensive.

Another thing we use is Green Vibrance powder, it has a bunch of minerals as well as probiotics, we put it in a smoothie. Our LLMD said to take these probiotics either an hour before taking antibiotics, or 2 hours afterward, so that they are not both in the stomach at the same time. The green vibrance powder is more expensive, $60 I think for a 2 month's supply online at amazon.

Taking more than one type of probiotic, or taking a mix of probiotics, would decrease the chance that the antibiotics would kill off the beneficial bacteria I would think. Antibiotics don't kill off ALL bacteria or else one kind of antibiotic alone would be enough to kill of Lyme (and it isn't). Many Lyme patients have TERRIBLE GI issues and probiotics have helped so many.

Is your naturopath an LLMD?

Anyhow, hope this is helpful.
mcslo
mcslo
My naturalpath is not an LLMD. I am seeing one but as this is so new I'm just getting on board on things to take and eat.. Being coinfected with Q fever makes it differenet because of meds i need for it. I will try some Saccharomyces Boulliardi. Thanks for the advice
jasonalission0401
jasonalission0401
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