augmentin and lyme disease

I began treatment for Lyme Disease in September after feeling terrible and having many of the symptoms and many bands on the western blot. I was put on Augmentin 1500mgs a day. I had an MRI that showed a white matter lesion.A spect scan was done at Columbia hospital, I am confused by the results- Moderately severe, global,cortical hypoperfusion with heterogeneity. This perfusion is consistent with encephalitis or vasculitis, such as from infections eg.

I am so sorry that information about lyme disease and its dangers is not yet out there enough for everyone. I believe you have Lyme Disease (a 10 year sufferer here) You need to be tested asap. See if you can get your family practitioner to send your blood to Igenex. I had bells palsy just after my diagnosis. Not sure where you are in NJ but I am in northampton county PA and have an excellent family practitioner not to far from Belvidere, NJ if your interested.

the tests to determine this was an ELISHA TEST and a WESTERN BLOT TEST. same tests used for HIV. could it be at all possible that I could have HIV and not Lyme disease and they were diagnosed wrong? Im freaking out and very worried.

She has put me on a two week course of Augmentin. I was curious that if I did have Lyme would this antibiotic help? Also, does everyone Herx when they start treatment on antibiotics? I'm not even sure if this type of antibiotic would even have an effect on Lyme (if that is what I have). Just curious.

d suggest ILADS dot org, which is the main organization of Lyme specialists (LLMDs, which is a slang term used by patients to signify a doc who thinks progressive thoughts about Lyme cf to the standard views held by most infectious disease docs and neurologists, who were the first to study Lyme and really haven't moved on as more has been learned about Lyme. At the ILADS website, the tab 'About Lyme' has a pdf by Joseph Burrascano MD, called 'Diagnostic Hints etc.'.

*Augmentin XR 1000 -- This is a time-release formulation and thus is a better choice than standard Augmentin. Dose -- 1000 mg q 8 h, to 2000 mg q 12 h based on blood levels. * Chloramphenicol -- Not recommended, as not proven and potentially toxic. * Metronidazole -- 500 to 1500 mg daily in divided doses. Non-pregnant adults only.

Never while on antibiotics. And never over 99.5. However, fever came back after 3 days on augmentin and have continued up to now (though only up to 99 every night so far) 3 days after completion of augmentin. Lab work includes High potassium that had come back to normal last we checked. White blood cell count that peaked at 10 High c-reactive protein High Sed rate (34) Positive lyme Elisa 1.33 Negative western blot with one band for each the IgG and the IgM.

Wags: I have over 20 lesions on my brain and that's not a typo! Mine are small and scattered throughout my brain. The first thing the neuro asked me was "have you had lyme disease"! They ran every test under the sun and everything including the LP came back normal (thank goodness I guess). Anyhow, it also did not show Lyme disease. I was then tested at Igenex and came back positive for lyme and erlichosis.

Thanks for the help, but I got some bad news today (in my perspective), I went to an ID doctor and he says that the other doctors were wrong and I don't have Lyme Disease, and he doesn't know what I have. He said that I was positive for IgM antibodies , but not the right ones that indicate Lyme. I really don't know. He thinks I might have a rheumatic problem. If anyone has any ideas I'm welcome to any opinions.

In your situation, I would take my child to a Lyme specialist for diagnosis and treatment *now*. Infectious disease MDs are, sadly, some of the docs most resistant to the idea of Lyme as something to be taken seriously. You might take your daughter back to the doc at Emory who at least considered the possibility of Lyme or ask him/her for a referral to a Lyme-friendly doc.

Practitioners not familiar with Lyme disease may mistake depression as the underlying problem rather than a result of the bacterial infection that Lyme disease is. There is lots of medical literature out there on this point. For example, below is a portion of a 1992 article posted at lymenet, co-authored by a number of distinguished and experienced physicians and scientists. Yes, the article is 19 years old and still stands, so this is not new information.

My dog had lyme a couple years ago. I still give him frontline. I don't think they really know whether or not dogs get immune to lyme or not (it's bacterial though, not viral, so it seems you could still get a second infection). I would think my vet would have told me if I did not need to give it anymore. But just to be on the safe side I still give it - I don't want to go through that again. I don't think there are different types of lyme disease.

Dr, What is your opinion on the significance and reliability of the CD57 in diagnosing and treating lyme disease? My cd57 score was a 13. Is it true that ONLY lyme can cause a low cd57 score? Also what is your opinion on the IND bands on the Igenex Lyme WB? Thanks again.

s and infections disease doctor stated that encephalitis is out thank god but that in my case he was not going to treat me for lymes b/c in my CSF it only showed up in 4 bands? and not 5 and that out of 10 time pt does not have lyme disease in my case.

I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis and insulin resistance, pre-diabetic and lyme disease. I think the Hashimoto's is a sign or chronic lyme. I am researching Yersinia Enterocolitica and Hashimto's and lyme and Hashimoto's. There are many people with thyroid problems and lyme. This appears to be a case of molecular mimicry. Google and read lots of articles..........

s and have been reinfected with Lyme twice since then. Lyme disease can have all of the above symptoms you mentioned. Lyme can make you feel like you are dying. And can also magnetize Anxiety disorder by 100% And also can take a long time to feel better. Weeks Month or even years. I know I've been sick with it for 15 years. But went undiagnosis for Lyme for many years . So it went into the Chronic Stage.I have had every symptom you are mentioning and so much more.

In early 2007 I awoke one morning with numbness of the left side of my body-neck, shoulder and arm. The week before my gen prac ha done an adjustment to my back and suggested I get routine massages for what has been 4 years of musculoskeletal aches/pains. Also took antiinflammatory during those years to no avail. Anyhow, I never told anyone about the numbness but was scared of it. It left as quickly as it came only after 3 days or so.

Unfortunately, you cannot rely on physicians to diagnose this unless they are Lyme literate. Many have been led to believe Lyme disease is rare and even doesn't exist in certain states such as the one I live in, Utah. I have Lyme disease. It does exist in Utah. I have no doubt it is under reported since the guidelines by the CDC are set up so that many Lyme patients will not be considered positive by the CDC and therefore are not reported.

I was tested for HIV when my doctor received my lab work there were no results for HIV but a positive result for lyme disease. My doctor never ordered a lyme disease test. Is it possible the the results were for HIV? Or was Lyme disease detected when they performed the HIV test.

Thank you! :) This process of a diagnosis takes forever. I have Graves disease also, and was told that Lyme and / or it's coinfections can wreck havoc on the thyroid. ( HMMM ??) During the years of treatment for my thyroid, RAI, Radiation to both eyes due to thyroid eye disease, 5 eye surgeries, I began to have a lot of neurological things happen. First was the optic neuropathy. I was told that it was from the eye disease. Second was the slurred speech, that lasted for two weeks.

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