Fluconazole for lyme disease
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The insect that transmits Lyme Disease also know as Lyme Borreliosis, is the most common disease transmitted by infected ticks.
Ticks are small, blood sucking creatures which feed on many different types of birds, animals and humans. During feeding they can spread infections and cause disease. They are found in woodland, moorland areas, in parks, or in gardens where there is wildlife, sheep and deer.
Ticks can carry many diseases that can affect animals and/or humans.
If you search 'ketoconazole' online, the first link that popped up for me is from the NIH (National Institutes of Health in DC) and the second one is from the website 'rxlist', which is pretty good imo at explaining medical/scientific/pharmaceutical stuff at a high level but not completely over my head. Rxlist seems pretty well balanced, and I usually go there when curious about some medication I'm supposed to take.
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.
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.
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?
Several forms of laboratory testing for Lyme disease are available, some of which have not been adequately validated. Most recommended tests are blood tests that measure antibodies made in response to the infection. These tests may be falsely negative in patients with early disease, but they are quite reliable for diagnosing later stages of disease.
"CDC recommends a two-step process when testing blood for evidence of Lyme disease.
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I'm not medically trained, but I had Lyme several years ago, and your symptoms are quite similar to what mine were ... but Lyme is tricky, so not everyone has the same list of indicators.
Infectious disease docs are not known generally for progressive views about Lyme Disease, but it can't hurt to get other possible infections ruled out, since your Lyme test came back negative.
Two preliminary questions, tho:
1--Had you taken antibiotics at all in the time just preceding your Lyme test? Some LLMDs will give a short course of antibiotics before the test, to stir up the immune system and show a reaction on the test that might otherwise be erroneously negative.
You obviously tested positive for Lyme disease, even if your blood work was sent to a lab that is inferior to Igenex which is a specialty lab for tick diseases. Yes we're biased but for good reasons!
Taking from Dr. B's treatment guidelines, which is a good place to start to read about Lyme disease treatments, if you haven't already:
"The tetracyclines, including doxycycline and minocycline, are bacteriostatic unless given in high doses.
s the immune system over-reacting to an infection that is no longer there, but Lyme specialists understand that antibiotic treatment for Lyme needs to be for an extended period of time, measured in months, not weeks.
Why? Because all bacteria are killed most easily when their cell wall is weak, as it is when the bacteria are reproducing.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection carried by ticks that may also carry other diseases. The tests and treatments are different for the various diseases.
I am not medically trained and it may be possible that all the Lyme bacteria can be killed by the immune system and we just dont know it has happened, but there are so many people sick with Lyme that I would get treated just to be sure.
Did your son's doctor advise against treatment?
Welcome to MedHelp Lyme --
Sorry to hear what you are going through -- you are, in my not-medically-trained opinion, having symptoms that could be associated with Lyme disease. Many MDs are not familiar with the broad range of symptoms that may appear in a Lyme infection and often cycle seasonally and also every few weeks (it's different in everyone). That is, I think, part of what makes it hard for docs to recognize Lyme when they see it.
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