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- 2007, Jule Klotter, “Jarisch-Herxheimer reactions”, in Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine, volume 285, page 48:
- JHR, or “Herx,” as some patients call it, is a worsening of condition that occurs shortly after the first adequate dose of an appropriate antimicrobial therapy. This reaction has been observed in many bacterial infections and in some protozoal infections.
- 2019 July 22, Molly Fischer, “Maybe it’s Lyme”, in New York magazine:
- Herxes, or “herxing,” are a great bugbear in the world of chronic Lyme. The term is drawn from the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, originally identified in the context of syphilis. It refers to a brief, severe reaction that can take place within the first few days of antibiotic treatment; as bacteria die off and release endotoxins, a patient experiences fever, chills, and sometimes dangerously low blood pressure.
- 2022 March 21, Gregory Derderian, “A Small Cohort of Patients with Post Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome Treated with HIFEM”, in SSRN[1]:
- During the course of using a HIFEM device for cosmetic treatment, a direct effect on two patients was noted, each with Post Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS) and each demonstrating a Jarisch-Herxheimer (Herx) reaction post treatment. A Herx reaction is due to endotoxin-like products released by the death of Borrelia Burgdorferi within the body, during antibiotic treatment, indicating efficacious antimicrobial therapy.