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Brucellosis

Brucellosis (febris undulans) · Brucelóza

What it is

A bacterium from unpasteurised milk and cheese or infected animals — a wave-like fever that can settle in bones and joints.

Symptoms & signs

  • Undulating fever and night sweats
  • strong-smelling sweat
  • joint and back pain
  • tiredness and low mood
  • swollen testis in men

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Chest pain or breathlessness with fever
  • call 112 / 911 now Severe headache, stiff neck or confusion with fever
  • see a doctor soon Fever coming and going for weeks after unpasteurised milk or cheese
  • see a doctor soon Back pain with fever that does not settle

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Blood culture and antibody tests
  • doxycycline with rifampicin or streptomycin for 6 weeks
  • longer treatment for spine or heart involvement

Natural & lifestyle

  • Only pasteurised dairy
  • gloves when handling animal births

Emerging & experimental

  • Shorter combined regimens
  • vaccines for people

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Raw milk as a health food — it is the main source of infection not confirmed in trials
  • Herbal fever remedies — untested anecdotal / traditional
  • Vitamin D — untested anecdotal / traditional

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