tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post1976847524813936944..comments2024-03-29T03:11:44.874-07:00Comments on LymeMD: Urban MythsLyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-46855151223544009822016-07-13T07:57:23.108-07:002016-07-13T07:57:23.108-07:00I got lyme Jan 2016. I went on doxy for 21 days.....I got lyme Jan 2016. I went on doxy for 21 days.. I relapsed with extreme tiredness exactly 2 months later.. So my experience Lyme shows itself strongly after 2 months. <br /><br />My sister who i visited Jan 22 Feb 1, and Feb 8. She comes down with sever vertigo March 22..or about 2 months after my initial visit with her. She was doing very badly April 2016<br /><br />Ok now. She never went in the woods, never had a rash, basically had never even heard of lyme..I tell her I think I infected her around Feb 1. She gets tested via Western Blot, and is positive for lyme. She is doing better with Doxy.<br /><br />I infected her, I think by using her soap in her bathroom or by sharing a spoon for coffee. And my doctor says there is no evidence of transmission via saliva. I am 90% she got it via saliva from me<br /><br />NietzscheanLandscapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698396485244781559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-89606541909713648022008-09-22T10:43:00.000-07:002008-09-22T10:43:00.000-07:00What symptoms should I watch for with my son? He ...What symptoms should I watch for with my son? He seems to be normal, on course, however, he sleeps more then I would think he should at 3-1/2 months old. <BR/><BR/>I did do 2 lumbar punctions and then a blood patch and the punctures come up empty handed and the blood patch did not work.<BR/><BR/>I did do trigger point injections last wed night and they seem to have helped the head pain, but I hear they don't last long. <BR/><BR/>My family doc uses Quest for labs, are you aware if they have the coinfection testing available?<BR/><BR/>Also, my PCP is very willing to work with me if indeed it is lyme, but he has openly said he knows nothing about it or the treatment for it. Would you consider the possibly if the headache clinic doesn't work for me, if my PCP could work with you via phone calls on a treatment plan? I am scheduled to see the headpain clinic tomorrow with hospitalization happening afterwards.<BR/><BR/>I am desperate. My employer notified me last week, and my "talk" is today that I am losing my job since I have been unable to return to work from my fmla leave. I need my job, if not, we will loose everything.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Ramilinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307205494401044895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-4981707288827597592008-09-20T22:49:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:49:00.000-07:00This article is not convincing. The individual inv...This article is not convincing. The individual involved is a deer photographer and was shooting pictures of deer at the time he developed Lyme disease. The fly bite is probably coincidental. He reports some swelling and redness at the site of the fly bite. This is not unsuall. Maybe he even got Bartonella or possible a Strep or Staph infection. Again, there was no ECM rash documented. This sort of report should not be considered evidence that Lyme is transmitted by fly bites. Credible evidence would require a physician diagnosed ECM rash, prefferably with positive serology or better yet, a positive biopsy/culture showing Borrelia burdorferi organisms. Using reports like this as proof that Lyme is transmitted by flies becomes part of the process of the genesis of urban myths. Per Carl Sagan: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."<BR/>Maybe flies can transmit Lyme. But there is no legitimate evidence here to promote this hypothesis. When such unsupported theories are put forth by members of the Lyme community it only undermines their credibility.Lyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-42007564591255777162008-09-20T22:32:00.000-07:002008-09-20T22:32:00.000-07:00Stiff neck, headache. Certainly can be from Lyme. ...Stiff neck, headache. Certainly can be from Lyme. The bands are diagnostic. Lyme meningoencephalitis should be treated with IV Rocephin. A lumbar puncture may be helpful, but not required. Co-infection panels for: Ehrlichia, Bartonella and Babesia microti can be obtained from standard labs. IgeneX testing can be added for Babesis duncati. Expensive IgeneX testing is not required. Mostly co-infection are diagnosed clinically. Labs are inaccurate. I have seen other patients who have presented with severe headache as the primary symptom. You need a LLMD to evaluate and treat this. Transplacental transmission of Lyme has been documented but is thought to be rare. Your child is at low risk, but watch for symptoms.Lyme report: Montgomery County, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11035327980787631502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-40647604309140585472008-09-20T16:18:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:18:00.000-07:00Here is an article from a well known hunting photo...Here is an article from a well known hunting photographer on his getting lyme from a black-fly bite.<BR/><BR/>http://www.charliealsheimer.com/ca/articles/art_lyme.htmlPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261021675818650406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694894153899281485.post-65574103088589432272008-09-19T19:13:00.000-07:002008-09-19T19:13:00.000-07:00I am so thankful for your blog.I am on the quest t...I am so thankful for your blog.<BR/><BR/>I am on the quest to find if I indeed have Lyme. Pretty confident I do based on symptoms. Today I received my lab results for the western blot and I reacted to the 41 and 23 bands. Another blood work test came back only showing that I was a tad bit low on my albumin level (34).<BR/><BR/>My mri - the first was "normal", but received the summary of my second that says I have a white lesion on my right frontal lobe and there is a problem with the c5-c6 region.<BR/><BR/>So-here's my dilema's/questions....<BR/><BR/>I have had a headache for 9 weeks, 24/7. Never had a rash. I have black spots in my right eye, stiff neck, numbness in my left hand and light sensitive. Sometime throughout this headache I have developed a pinhead size rash on my torso. <BR/><BR/>I have done everything possible to find the cause. I know lyme is based on symptoms, not tests, but should I pay for the Igenex testing for co-infections? Also, if indeed I do have lyme, this headache occured post partum, what are the possible risks my unborn son was exposed to?<BR/><BR/>I am heading 800 miles away to a headache clinic, and I am afraid they will turn their noses to my suggestion to Lyme as all the other doctors I have mentioned it to have as well.<BR/><BR/>Any help....Ramilinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307205494401044895noreply@blogger.com