Woman cries out for help after Lyme disease was diagnosed after years of misdiagnosis
Yvonne Combrink is in constant battle with the tiny ‘monster’ in her blood vessels.
Tiny parasite cause of Emalahleni woman’s journey of pain and confusion
A little parasite the size of only three to five millimetres is the reason a young woman’s life was turned upside down.
This little parasite is a small spirochete like Syphilis, but it has seven times more DNA,” said Lyme disease expert Dr Marna Turner.
The once bubbly, independent, fitness-conscious Yvonne Combrink is now fighting an invisible ‘monster’.
Fourteen years ago, Yvonne was struggling with her arm that at times became stiff. At first, she was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, only to find out later that she was misdiagnosed.
Yvonne’s journey is tiled with continuous doctor’s visits to doctors, specialists, internists, and psychiatrists. She had undergone ketamine- and ozone therapy, but with no results.
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Physicians ran out of diagnostic options, and Yvonne’s silent prayers turned into more and more questions.
“All I can ask is why, I pray and pray, but Lord forgive me, it has been years that I am chronically ill I can’t do this anymore. I’m alone in four walls, I’m lost mentally, physically, and emotionally, I am depleted.”
Every year, Yvonne gets admitted with some type of infection with increased inflammatory markers, and the main cause was still Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Yvonne’s immune system started failing. In 2018 her knees gave in.
As a last resort, she visited a scientist that looks ‘deeper’.
A more holistic approach was next on the list and by entering Yvonne’s photo into a computerized Quantum technology scanning device that detects pathogens, Lyme disease was finally diagnosed.
“It was proven that I have chronic Lyme disease with 10 co-infections from different bacteria and viruses and Babesiosis, a parasite that lives in the red blood cells causing the neurological and nervous System to fail. Lyme disease itself has over 300 symptoms which is the trigger to all these symptoms and especially Rheumatoid Arthritis, when you are bitten by an infected Borrelia-containing tick (can spread via other means as well as in my case mother to son) it does not always show symptoms in early years as the bacteria starts to host in the body and the second stage start attacking joints and causing inflammation.”
Dr Turner said the Babesiosis parasite is similar to Malaria, but harder because it creates fibrin nests in your blood vessels.
Yvonne started treatments with a machine that works similar to a rife machine with electric pulses that kills the bacteria. The treatment worked well, but as soon as she stops after a month or so she relapsed, and then the struggle will worsen with more severe symptoms.
“My concern was the Lyme as I did show all the symptoms, so I visited several doctors and requested to test me for Lyme disease, some doctors laughed at me and the others just said there is no Lyme in South Africa, it will be a total waste of money. The doctors kept making it clear that the condition is due to chronic severe arthritis,” she said.
“Because the symptoms are like summer flu but then dissipate if not treated and becomes chronic. Symptoms are usually missed or misdiagnosed,” Dr Turner said.
Yvonne’s body started giving in slowly as it took everything to fight the ‘monster’ lurking somewhere in her body.
She did some research on her own and came across an Infectious Disease Specialist in Fourways Johannesburg who confirmed Yvonne’s condition.
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“She did all my blood tests, and I was positively tested for post-late-stage Lyme disease with four strains and chronic Rickettsiae Typhus.”
Yvonne started treatment and after eight months and the use of 22 kinds of antibiotics her body screamed out silently in pain and agony.
“Words can’t explain how bad the treatments were, it is not normal for any human being to feel like that. The pain does not stop, and the side effects are severe. I am out of options …”
Yvonne’s just doesn’t have enough healthy antibodies to fight this parasite and its cohorts.
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One evening on KykNet Dr Marna Turner from Cape Town a Lyme Lireta Doctor had a show she was doing awareness of this infectious disease.
After several consultations, the diagnosis made by Dr Turner was Post Late Lyme Syndrome, Morgellons disease, a rare condition causing fibres underneath the skin to emerge into sores with slow healing, and Babesiosis with co-infections.
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The doctor also found that Yvonne’s body does not respond to antibiotics and the immune system is dysfunctional, damage caused to the central nervous system.
Dr Turner said she suspects a mast cell activation syndrome and an inability to properly detox naturally.
Medications require imports, and some the doctor is struggling to get hold of. The body has no antibodies left to protect and heal itself, so the condition worsens without specialised treatment, a cause of the severity of Lyme.
Options are Supportive Oligonucleotide Technique (SOT) injections, which are stem cells that last for six months of protection against any pathogen attacking the immune. The cost is 1 200 Euro per strain plus the doctor’s cost.
“There are other options as well, but not all are acceptable to Yvonne. SOT interferes with pathogen replication and penetrates where antibiotics don’t but highly specific,” Dr Turner said.
Yvonne needs help to continue her treatment in Cape Town.
“There is no time length given for treatment to remission. Without these treatments, life expediency will shorten the life cycle as Lyme will take over the body. I am reaching out as I don’t have any resources and my only wish is to be healthy and to live a normal life.”
If you require more information about Yvonne’s condition, you can email her at: Yvonnec32@outlook.com
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