Babesiosis: What is it and Why is it Spreading?

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report demonstrating that, over the past decade or so, the incidence of the emerging tickborne disease, babesiosis, has increased in certain states. This is part of a broader increase in the incidence of tickborne diseases in the U.S. overall.
In this Microbial Minutes, we discuss the data from the CDC report, the potential factors promoting the spread of babesiosis and research on the development of vaccines and new treatments for the disease.
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  • @podunk_woman
    @podunk_woman Жыл бұрын

    IMO.... Diagnosis, tracking, and reporting is lagging in all tick borne diseases. I believe there's been more infection for longer than recognized

  • @littleredhen2894

    @littleredhen2894

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, but some people have a thick head of hair and one of these buggers can burrow into their scalps. I thought shampooing would wash anything out, until I found one buried in the top of my head.

  • @erichutchinson4831

    @erichutchinson4831

    7 ай бұрын

    yup, my doctor who is internationally recognized as a top lyme/infectious desease expert would agree. Not to mention lymes has a shady history. First outbreak was by a bioweapons facility on plum island. A disease discovered by a man who self proclaimed working for the goverment to weaponizing ticks with weapons to weaken, not neccesarily kill the enemy He recieved the nobel prize for it. There was also a big outbreak by Grantsville, Utah. Right next to a bioweapon facility. When you look at the history of the response to it by the cdc and other entities, it looks even worse. Follow that money trail of you want an interesting story. Also those pathogens have been proven to be spread by far more than just ticks.

  • @amycarr2379
    @amycarr237910 ай бұрын

    I was just diagnosed and I have been sick for five years. I don’t live in any of these states

  • @kali542

    @kali542

    10 ай бұрын

    I have just been diagnosed this week. I live in Vermont. Do you feel you have been sick from this parasite all along?

  • @kali542

    @kali542

    10 ай бұрын

    I became acutely ill

  • @amycarr2379

    @amycarr2379

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kali542 yes I do.

  • @amycarr2379

    @amycarr2379

    10 ай бұрын

    I think initially I was acutely sick and just thought I had something similar to the flu . I never remember being bitten by a tick so that was not on my radar or the doctors . Then the following month I started having weird symptoms. I’ve been to so many doctors and even the Mayo Clinic and no one could figure it out until my daughter talked to her friend who is a doctor and specializes in tick diseases. She emailed me a list of symptoms of different tick diseases and I had 28 symptoms so I got tested. I don’t have Lyme just Babesia .

  • @kali542

    @kali542

    10 ай бұрын

    @@amycarr2379 WOW I’m so glad you figured it out I hope you regain full health and can celebrate soon ! What a journey so sorry you endured so long with the suffering

  • @mandamoon13
    @mandamoon136 ай бұрын

    I've had in since 10 and I'm almost 26 currently trying not to die as it came out of dormancy Im in Oregon they don't believe in disease here nor do they care if you die from it.

  • @user-je1sf6pc6q

    @user-je1sf6pc6q

    4 ай бұрын

    I’m in Oregon too, and definitely was infected here. I live on the coast but also spent time in Central Oregon. I have Babesia Odocoilei and also trying not to die.

  • @Joan11ify

    @Joan11ify

    4 ай бұрын

    I think Babesia odocoilei is far more widespread and severe than Drs know.

  • @mandamoon13

    @mandamoon13

    4 ай бұрын

    @Joan11ify Doctors don't know much when it comes to disease unfortunately:( it can be very severe but they treat it like it goes away.

  • @Pearlylove

    @Pearlylove

    17 күн бұрын

    I’m sorry to hear, but it’s the same in Europe. They don’t talk about it, don’t test it. Same with Lyme patients- you can get one round of doxycycline, and that’s It. No one will follow you up, take you to controls, care about relapses, thy don’t want you as a patient at all. They are afraid of losing their license and their job advancement. But actually, specially after Covid, a lot of people now say do it’s actually don’t care at all about the patients. Even an ordinary thing like high bloodpressure: why would a doctor prescribe medication, that does a serious impact on the body, from just measuring the blood pressure two times? Most people will easily messure their bloodpressure at home morning and evening a month, and the data goes directly to the doctor, where he can watch the number and a graf over how the bloodpressure really is. It takes a second for the doctor to take in this knowledge! Why will he not use it? Normally the bloodpressure goes up and down during the day, depending of what you do and your state of mind, what you eat etc. And if you easily could get a good correct picture of your patients bloodpressure, why would you not? Truth is it would show some patients have too high dosage of medication and having too low bloodpressure- that may be why they have problem with balance. Truth also is you REALLY can make an impact on your bloodpressure by making healthy changes, and get your blood pressure normal and medication free! The medications have side effects, all have side effects, so stay healthy without these medications may add many many years to your life, and increase life pleasure! 1) Stay away from things that increase bloodpressure, like salt, salty food and sauces- there are so many real good spices, you will not miss it! 2) Get you weight down - this will lower your blood pressure 100% sure, and your blood sugar also. To do that you: 3) Eat healthy, hit, veggies, lean meat, fish, lentils, beans, etc. 4) Exercise: any way you like, just keep moving and have fun. 5) Take good supplements proven to lower bloodpressure: Q enzym 10- start at 100 mg. This and omega 3 and 6 will also be very good for your heart. Hibiscus tea, beet juice and garlic is good to add into your diet. Do this, and you will after some time start to feel better, and sleep better, too. Whatever health issue you have, starting a healthier life will always be beneficial, and that is a good feeling that there are actually something we can do, even if we struggle with bio weapon initiated hell diseases as Lyme. I pray we all will have a good year. Take care❤

  • @artemis1986
    @artemis19869 ай бұрын

    Nice explanation, Madeline..

  • @franklinblunt69
    @franklinblunt69 Жыл бұрын

    About the climate hypothesis & range, there's no support with data about Babesiosa from regions that are characteristic wet & warm. Those ten states indicated yet no southeast USA? Seriously,..

  • @cnssegura

    @cnssegura

    Жыл бұрын

    She states it on the video. How would there be "no support"?.. when that's exactly what she's doing in the video.

  • @bicicogito989

    @bicicogito989

    Жыл бұрын

    You need to learn to shutup. Climate Change/Global Warming is the ONLY accepted dogma causal agent. Otherwise, you may be detained for being a misinformation criminal. Watch YOUR step!!

  • @ccbowers

    @ccbowers

    10 ай бұрын

    Regional changes related to climate change (e.g. milder winters in areas with cold winters) can expand the time of the year warm enough for ticks to be most active. I'm not sure why you brought up the SE US. This is not about hotter summers.

  • @user-je1sf6pc6q
    @user-je1sf6pc6q4 ай бұрын

    She says Microti is the most common? Not anymore. Odocoilei is the one spreading now and the toughest to treat.

  • @Pearlylove
    @Pearlylove17 күн бұрын

    These “advices for protection” makes me so mad and sad, because I thought I was safe when I followed these rules, but I was NOT! I got Borrelia in my nervous system because a tick full of blood dropped from a cat or bird or mouse down in a pile of dead leaves on my terrace outside my house in my little garden, I live in a city, and I put my hands and arms in this pile and took it away. And not until after I got very ill, I read that after a tick has filled herself with blood from a victim, it let go, drop down, and soon it lays 3-4000 EGGS, and when these hatches soon after, they go nowhere, but wait until someone walked into it! So PLEASE do NOT give these “advices”, but tell the truth so people can decide for themselves if they will take that risk or not - and if they do, they have a better understanding of how important it is to check the body every day- and the most effective way: To take of clothes outside and put them in a dryer on full heat for 15 -30 minutes. Take care everyone, be happy but be wise also.

  • @franklinblunt69
    @franklinblunt69 Жыл бұрын

    Ugh, ticks & bugs that bite can be among toxic organisms that vector a pathogen & parasite. Thx for the caution.

  • @Joan11ify
    @Joan11ify4 ай бұрын

    Recently discovered Babeisa odocoilei may be far more abundant than B microti, and cause severe neurological symptoms.

  • @NealZ31
    @NealZ31 Жыл бұрын

    I just had a deer tick on me last week. Got it off in under 24 hours. Accidentally broke the head off a little in me. Now it’s been itchy for a week and I’m just getting over a cold or sinus infection. I think I’m good because I’m young enough and healthy. Any advice?

  • @brianmccreadie6751

    @brianmccreadie6751

    11 ай бұрын

    Nope, go to a doctor and get on doxycycline.

  • @podunk_woman

    @podunk_woman

    10 ай бұрын

    @@66NOI773H it is an antibiotic. I think the nope was the reaction to "I'm young and healthy.". Young and healthy isn't much of a defense against tick diseases. In fact, they destroy young healthy lives and people end up with debilitating conditions

  • @Tinyteacher1111

    @Tinyteacher1111

    9 ай бұрын

    @@66NOI773HI know! Get on an antibiotic from a Lyme literate doctor, ASAP!!!

  • @erichutchinson4831

    @erichutchinson4831

    7 ай бұрын

    Doxy doesnt even kill lymes in a petri dish. The CDC recommendations and proticals are bogus. I have lymes and several coinfections. Also ELISA tests are extreamly faulty. conventional western medicine is sorely lacking when it comes to these topics. SORELY. Find a good functional/integrative medicine doctor. Forum Health has many to choose from and will do telehealth appointments if needed so location willl be less of an issue. It has been my experiance that it is a more up front cost. But getting to and fixing the root causes typically isnt covered by insurances. Also concidering the other path of endless symptom managment through thr conventional system is a FAAAR more expensive alternative. And years for suffering is no fun. Took me 15 years of endless tail chasing before I found a root cause oriented doctor. One would think all doctors are trained that way. There not or at least not allowed to when insurances dictate what your doctor can and can't do. Usually an insurance rep with no more than a highschool deplimia tasked with making the cooperation money is calling the shots for your doctor. Practicing without a licence is illegal, yet they do it anyways. Why? Big money.

  • @mandamoon13

    @mandamoon13

    6 ай бұрын

    Nope as in he's probably not good and he needs to get doxy it's not worth waiting

  • @JRN007
    @JRN0075 күн бұрын

    Add Ohio because my mom has this currently.

  • @khenry5729
    @khenry57293 ай бұрын

    If parasitic why not treat As parasitic

  • @Pearlylove

    @Pearlylove

    17 күн бұрын

    Bingo!

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