Not to confuse you. It's not the rocky mountain spotted fever.
My mother has lyme disease. So I was just wondering if there was any good cures. She's had lyme disease for about 2 years now and she is still not better. But when she got it. I think she also got several infections with it. I think she has lupus with it. Could someone please help. I thought, but could be mistaken, that Lyme disease was treated with a long powerful course of antibiotics. Did your mother go through this process? (That should have eliminated any infections she had with it.) And Lupus is something else altogether. It's a disease of the auto-immune system. There are tests to definitively diagnose it. I'm not certain what you're asking in your question but your mother should be under a doctor's care. Let her know you're concerned about her. Best of luck. Lyme is a very complex disease, often made more so by what are called "co-infections" (other diseases you got from the same tick bite that gave you Lyme.) It can also be complicated by issues such as environmental pollutants, toxic mold, yeast infections and other circumstances that assault the immune system. Also, many of the symptoms of Lyme are also symptoms of other diseases--lupus being one of them. So, this is not an easy disease.
Is your mom being seen by a Lyme specialist? Ideally, it would be one affiliated with ILADS--International Association of Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Alas, there aren't too many of them around. Depending on where your mom lives, she might have to travel a bit to see one.
A good way to find a Lyme doc is to go to www.lymenet.org, click on flash discussions, and then click on "seeking a doctor." Lymenet is also a good way to learn about Lyme.
Other good sources of info about Lyme disease:
http://www.canlyme.com
http://www.lymeinfo.net
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
http://www.ilads.org
http://www.betterhealthguy.com
http://www.publichealthalert.com
http://www.freewebs.com/teenswithlyme
http://www.lymetimes.org hi john,
please join as a member at www.lymenet.org
i'll send you out my lengthy 88 newbie package of info galore: links, advise, lengthy symptoms list, testing info, 25 pages of SSDI, ss disability insurance benefits from expereinced members such as myself, minoucat, connie mc, and the DISINISSUES website of outstanding file info!
also in there is treepatrol's ARCHIVE of over 1000 links of good lyme info.
i also help folks find llmds; LYME LITERATE MDs.
NO FULL-TIME CHRONIC LLMDS IN IOWA!!
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some do treat; that info has not been shared with me from the iowa folks collecting it!
where in iowa do you live? also check support groups on left hand side in lymenet!!
she needs to have a western blot igm and igg blood test taken and sent to IGENEX labs in Palo Alto, Calif which tests all 16 protein bands. Can be drawn LOCALLY but overnighted there. read my detailed instructions in my newbie package!
you'll want to post in SEEKING DRS. by chosing FLASH to get to forums.
good luck; thanks for being such a caring son to help your mom! |
