Augmentin for lyme disease
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Sometimes it takes a while to feel lousy. Take a photo of your rashes and keep taking photos as long as there are changes. Keep all the photos -- cell phones photos are fine as long as they are clear enough to see. If the scale/size of the rash isn't obvious from the photo, then I'd hold a ruler next to the rash so the ruler shows in the photo how big the rash is. MDs get really interested when there is show AND tell. Look online for Lyme rash photos and see what you think.
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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.
t always get the classic bullseye-shaped rash that docs are taught is a prerequisite for Lyme diagnosis. AND Lyme ticks often (maybe half the time) carry other diseases in addition to Lyme, so that could mess up the look of the bite area, perhaps.
I don't know that Augmentin is effective against Lyme, but I'd think about asking the docs, who seems to be trying!, about treating your daughter with antibiotics that would be more likely effective against Lyme, like doxycycline.
Below is copied from Dr Burrascano's treatment guidelines for Lyme (posted on the ILADS website), including an entry on doxycycline [aka doxy] dosage:
"Adults: 200 mg bid [meaning twice a day] with food; doses of up to 600 mg daily are often needed, as doxycycline is only effective at high blood levels." So perhaps your doc's doses are on the light side -- I'd ask him, but sometimes docs get huffy. I'd ask him anyway. It's your health we're talking about.
Probably since you do have the main band for Borrelia that is positive I would hope that an infectious disease doctor would treat you the right way for Lyme. However, I'm not sure if they would treat you as long term as you may need. I have come to have a more open mind about Lyme after having a friend get it. Well, some Staph are more virulent and of course more resistant to antibiotics than others. So it may not all be due to being immuno compromised.
I have been suffering from almost every symptom listed for Lyme Disease since being diagosed in 2007. Most recently I have had seizures and cognitive problems causing problems at work.
Does anyone have any information regarding preferred treatment other than antibiotics and pills for the symptoms. I rarely have a day withont pain.
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Hi All,
My husband wrote the previous post regarding myself with possible lyme's disease. Here are all my symptoms: headaches, joint aches, swollen lymph nodes in neck, ear pain in and behind ear, jaw pain with some tooth pain, fatigue, dizziness (almost like a brain fog), some word-finding difficulties (could be related to fatigue), and some occasional tingling/numbness in arms, hands, and left side of face. All these symptoms are intermittent. What are your thoughts?
Some who are officially diagnosed with MS, ALS, Parkinson etc. really have Lyme disease. For years I was blown off by infectious disease doctors and told I had a false-positive Lyme test. The years I lost in dealing with the havoc the disease was wreaking inside my body due to nondiagnosis will likely result in permanent disability and premature death. It has already reached my kidneys. If you are undiagnosed and not getting anywhere, don't lose any more time.
ve had full blood work including testing for Mono, Lyme, Parvo, Thyroid, urine culture, blood culture, sugar, electrolytes, kidney/liver functions all normal/negative. I did have Strep Group G and Group C though symptomatic (apparently that means no big deal to the doctors) and was treated with 2 rounds of antibiotics (Augmentin; Cefdinir)
I've gone on a low sugar, no caffeine, no dairy diet and taking a daily, d3, garlic supplement and probiotic.
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.
I am not medically trained, but to my knowledge it's possible 14 days of Doxycycline was not long enough to eradicate the infection. The tests for Lyme Disease are not 100% accurate. If you are having symptoms, you may want to see a physician who is knowledgable about Lyme Disease (referred to as a LLMD). If you google "Lyme Disease Association" and go to their website, I believe they have a referral function to locate a LLMD.
Well after the positive lyme test, their daughter refused to accept the lyme diagnosis and treatment for lyme. Why ? Because she was already addicted to painkillers and I think the lyme disease had by then affected her decision making (as well as all of the drugs she had been taking). This young woman had been taking so many painkillers, that when the producers and camera crew arrived at her apartment to film her, they found her unconscious on the floor.... glass shattered around her !
It sounds like your doc is in the traditional group and gave you the standard treatment for an earache, not for Lyme. My suggestion would be to find a Lyme specialist for a second opinion. It can be tricky finding one of these docs who thinks bigger thoughts about Lyme, because they are looked down on and sometimes threatened with loss of their licenses for treating longer than a few weeks.
t think to test for it, and the testing in general for it is very inaccurate- it only picks up on 50% of the cases of Lyme Disease. There is a great Lyme Disease section right here on MedHelp. I think you should go in there and post your symptoms. They are very knowledgeable in that forum and I think looking into Lyme Disease as a serious possibility would be in your best interest! People get bitten by ticks everyday and don't even know they were bitten, it happens all the time.
I should non specific white matter at the front of my brain. (I have read this can be related to Lyme Disease and also MS.) I currently waiting to see an neurologist and Im also working with an ENT to rule in or out inner ear problems etc. Im scheduled for a ENG balance test tomorrow that I have been waiting to get an appointment for, for 7 months now.
Anyways I came across information on Lyme Disease on the internet a month ago and started reading it.
I was tested for lyme disease over a year ago by my family physician. Test results came back negative. I was reading an article in a magazine concerning symptoms of lyme disease and everything listed as symptoms I seem to have. I am trying to find a specialist in my area who is knowledgable in this area. Should I have another blood test done to see if things have changed?
I also got good news that I am to finish my current box of Bicillin (penicillin) shots and then switch to an oral long lasting Augmentin (penicillin). I took Augmentin 875 for a week when I first got sick, not knowing what I had, and I recovered from my severe flu-like symptoms in a couple of days. It worked great. I don't finish my shots until early January, but I am glad to know the end is in sight. I will no longer feel like a pin cushion!
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