So before ”Corona-season” is over, ”Tick-season” has already begun
A very short walk in the woods 1 week ago resulted in 3 (three!) tick bites for me. When I found the third one attached, I cried!
2 bites are healing fine, it seems, however the third one (the tick that was most likely attached to me for 2 days, and that I first tried to scratch off me with my nails bc I didn’t have my glasses on and it didn’t occur to me that it may be a tick) - the third bite is still nasty. Swollen, red/blue, itchy as hell. Sometimes there is a slight red ring around it, but it comes and goes. A doctor would tell me its fine, I’m sure. But that bite worries me...
So here’s the deal - I have the ME/CFS diagnosis since 8 years, and I was treated by a ”lyme doc” quite agressively with (different) antibiotics for the better part of a year, and my experience was mostly negative, at one time I collapsed and ended up in the ICU....
However, at this point, I am considering self-treating with Clarithromycin (”Biaxin”) cause I have it at home. IF I do - can I use a low dose to start? Can I pulse treatment? What would be the implications of doing that?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
A very short walk in the woods 1 week ago resulted in 3 (three!) tick bites for me. When I found the third one attached, I cried!
2 bites are healing fine, it seems, however the third one (the tick that was most likely attached to me for 2 days, and that I first tried to scratch off me with my nails bc I didn’t have my glasses on and it didn’t occur to me that it may be a tick) - the third bite is still nasty. Swollen, red/blue, itchy as hell. Sometimes there is a slight red ring around it, but it comes and goes. A doctor would tell me its fine, I’m sure. But that bite worries me...
So here’s the deal - I have the ME/CFS diagnosis since 8 years, and I was treated by a ”lyme doc” quite agressively with (different) antibiotics for the better part of a year, and my experience was mostly negative, at one time I collapsed and ended up in the ICU....
However, at this point, I am considering self-treating with Clarithromycin (”Biaxin”) cause I have it at home. IF I do - can I use a low dose to start? Can I pulse treatment? What would be the implications of doing that?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!