My title may be vague. Simple, I mean the use of your symptoms to diagnose what infections you acquired from biting insects like ticks, fleas and other biting insects. You are sweaty, with a headache and severe fatigue you have Babesia, If you have joint and muscle pain with burning shins, it is Lyme. If you have severe depression and panic, you have Bartonella.
I am guilty of doing the same thing. My book on Checklists for Lyme disease, Babesia, and Bartonella is meant to hint at diagnosis from symptoms. But with each year, since 1993, I realize my earlier approach needs revision.
Simply, every major tick, flea, biting file, or pet scratch can pass infections that can cause anything. In your 60,000 miles of blood and lymph tubing is Bartonella and Babesia, so they go to every tissue. And Lyme buries itself in every tissue.
This is why it is critical to use a research clinician growing profoundly so your diagnosis is not from hunches, but from direct and indirect labs to make sure every infection, and the right infections are targeted.
The huge variety of infections in a tick stomach, and even mere saliva, are often treated very differently.
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