Anyone have erlichiosis? - Lyme Disease Message Board

Smyle · 02-21-2006, 08:20 AM

Hi Guys:

I got my results of my cd57. It was 84. Normal is 60-360. Burascano says in lyme patients they like it above 60 and that even though the range is 60-360, 200 is a normal range for cd57 in healthy people. I guess this is just another indication of lyme since technically I am sero-negative.

One thing that I noticed on this most recent cbc is that my white count is getting low-it was 4.0 which is the lowest it can be without being flagged low. I checked and the only thing that was listed as far as lyme goes and low wbc's is erlichiosis. I have been tested twice for the monocytic form of erlichia, which one of the I.D. guys brought to my attention that we do not have in Minnesota. We have the granulocytic erlichiosis here, so techically I have not been tested for erlichia.

I know erlichiosis supposedly starts with a very acute illness, fever, vomiting, anemia. etc. I don't recall having any of that recently, but am looking for input from those of you who do have Erlichiosis. What are your symptoms and how did it start?

Thanks guys I appreciate it...

Frango

dianneom · 02-21-2006, 09:01 AM

Hi Frango,

I tested Ehrlichiosis + at LabCorp in 2000. After 1 month of Doxy I've never tested + again. Even having the test done at IgeneX it was -.

deejavu · 02-21-2006, 10:15 AM

Hi Frango,

Glad you got back your results. I have Ehrlichiosis (or I did) for several years.

I tested with 3 +++'s from IgeneX for Ehrlichiosis. My symptoms were flu-like feelings, fevers (low and high), non-productive cough (went to special doctor for that), severe leg pain and severe pain in my colon (like a knife going through me and I would faint from the pain), and extreme fatigue where I was sleeping all the time. I had gotten so much better with Dr. J's treatment.

I never vomited or had problems with anemia. I know there was something not right about my white blood count, but the doctors didn't seem to be concerned about that.

I don't know if that helps any,
Denise

fotomom · 02-22-2006, 03:26 PM

I tested + for the "cousin" of Ehrlichiosis I forget the name, and my LLMD was talking to me about it today!~ Crazy!

deejavu · 02-22-2006, 03:36 PM

Hi Fotomom,

I didn't know Ehrlichiosis had a cousin, seriously! I know there is HME (human monocytic ehrlichiosis) and HGE (human granulocytic ehrlichiosis). I think I read about a new one called EGE???