Amanda Elam

Bartonella is associated with various diseases and damage to organs A few years ago, I attended a small conference about Bartonella's role in autoimmune conditions. A rheumatologist spoke about his unique experience with the various autoimmune conditions a rheumatologist treats and the association with a #Bartonella infection. One of the challenges in medicine is distinguishing between causation and correlation. When treating someone with an autoimmune condition, I often say, “The body does not start attacking itself without a cause.” Ultimately, if an infection such as Bartonella is discovered in someone with an autoimmune condition, does treating the infection resolve the autoimmune condition? Below are the various autoimmune conditions and organ damage associated with Bartonellosis. 1. Skin • Stretch marks • Livedo reticularis (lacelike pattern) • Hives • Small blood vessel leak under skin • Erythema nodosum (red, tender bumps on shins) • Erythema multiform • Vitiligo • Granulomatous reactions (collection of blood vessels) 2. Neurological • Peripheral neuropathy • Tourette syndrome • Lambert-Eaton syndrome • #Multiplesclerosis • #GuillainBarre • #Transversemyelitis • #Epilepsy • Autoimmune #dysautonomia 3. Psychiatric • Anxiety • #Insomnia • #ADHD • Delayed auditory signal processing disorder 4. Endocrine • #Autoimmunethyroid • Low testosterone • Elevated sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) • #PCOS • Type I diabetes 5. Cardiovascular • #POTS • Coronary artery disease • Recurrent myocarditis • Transient myocardial hypertrophy • #Endocarditis • Arrhythmia 6. Gastrointestinal • Delayed gastric emptying • Partial and complete gastroparesis • Sclerosing cholangitis • Autoimmune hepatitis • Liver hemangiomas • Liver granulomas • Autoimmune pancreatitis and hepatitis 7. Gynecology • PCOS • #Endometriosis • Infertility • Erectile dysfunction • Interstitial cystitis 8. Rheumatology • #Sjogrens disease • #Hypermobility • Tendinopathies • Calcium phosphate deposition disease Read more about Bartonella: drtoddmaderis.com/bartonella…