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spirochete

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Most antibiotics are not effective agains Lyme, since it is a spirochete, and can end up in your spinal fluid. Last time I had Lyme, I took Doxycycline for 6 weeks.

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Quick take

parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

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noun

parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spirochete.

noun

parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

Example sentences

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Most antibiotics are not effective agains Lyme, since it is a spirochete, and can end up in your spinal fluid. Last time I had Lyme, I took Doxycycline for 6 weeks.

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Crazy: "Dr. Zubcevik said there are videos that show a white blood cell pursuing a spirochete, which evades capture by drilling into tissue."

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For years, because the "spirochete is hiding, round bodies, etc etc". The agents used also make no antimicrobial sense - when we show the med history to ID specialists and PharmD's, they just roll their eyes...

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There is also evidence that unknown spirochete diseases can cause Alheimer like symptoms. There is also cause for concern that bio-pesticides that are GMO based are can infect the brain and cause symptoms like this as well.

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It's a spirochete, so this is completely understandable. Once you get infected one time, you will make antibody for years, or indefinitely.

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The Lyme disease spirochete literally drills countless pathways in the brain and that causes slow dementia. That spirochete also creates a biofilm which makes it challenging to detect in a living patient.

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According to the instructors, this is playing a sensation game and isn't valuable, so I'll probably be reincarnated as an syphilis spirochete or something like that.

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I would also advocate more research grants to study the spirochete bacteria and find genetic markers needed to make more effective vaccines and treatments. This is an epidemic that people are only beginning to recognize but there are solutions to be found, if we get moving.

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And this: >In Miklossy’s work, Borrelia burgdorferi—the species of spirochete that causes Lyme, was identified in 451 out of the 495 Alzheimer’s-riddled brains they examined. Yet, her work at the time was derived by other researchers and until recently, she had difficulty securing funding.

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When the spirochete for Lyme was isolated and cultured, and the initial antibiotic treatments proven, the field was quick to accept it. That plus we see a steady stream of patients mistreated and told they have "chronic lyme" that end up in the hospital due to antibiotic complications, or because the "lyme doctor" told them to stop their other medications, gives a lot of us pause regarding anything mentioning "chronic lyme".

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How do you use spirochete in a sentence?

Most antibiotics are not effective agains Lyme, since it is a spirochete, and can end up in your spinal fluid. Last time I had Lyme, I took Doxycycline for 6 weeks.

What does spirochete mean?

parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals

What part of speech is spirochete?

spirochete is commonly used as noun.