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I've been doing some research as to why my feet and legs turn very purplish/ blue whenever I sit down. They are normal skin color when I lay down.
The other odd thing that occurs is that my calf muscles will get super hot to the touch.
Anyone else experience this weird symptom of legs & feet turning blue almost immediately upon sitting down? I thought that this might be pots, but sounds like pots occurs when you stand up.
Could this be neuro?
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Sound more like a circulation problem. You are correct, POTS is more of a blood pressure regulation problem when standing up or standing for a prolonged period of time.
Does your physician know this happens? If not, I would definitely be discussing it. Sooner than later.
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Can lyme cause this? I mentioned this to my neurologist, but he didn't have anything to say about it.
I read that lyme can thicken the blood, perhaps that has something to do with it?
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Lyme is a multiple infection syndrome that can do many horrific things to any and all systems of the body...for circulation of lower extremities you may want to try horse chestnut ,
it may be a coagulation thing but it may be blood pressure thing .it affect the hpa axis and angio-renin system so we are constantly dehydrated. ..
are you in treatment jim? You have options to get infections down but it sounds like bartonella and borreliosis need to be addressed
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Regular docs maybe clueless there are only a few lyme literate docs in canada ...girlie on healing well can point you in a direction . If you can afford or travel for treatment you still have options.watch" under our skin " and justinandcristie on you tube ..she was canadian too
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Yes I'm seeing an LLMD (for lyme, babs, bart) and doing an ABX treatment along with some herbs. Take a look at the link below for posting from other site regarding thick blood..
Could possibly also be a cause of our muscle atrophy? Sounds like our muscles can be starved of nutrients due to thickened blood that is caused by lyme. Not good... I am going to do blood work to test for coagulation.
My naturopath said this could also be caused by inflammation within the veins.
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Look for cardiologist to test you for POTS.
POTS can be caused by infectious disease.
Check out this web site http://www.dinet.org/ I hope you can find more info that can guide you in finding a doctor.
I was treated for Lyme for 4 years before I was diagnosed with POTS, but only after starting POTS treatment I was able to see significant improvements.
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Could be coagulation, nerve damage, atrophy from new found sedentary life,low oxygen or high toxicity in blood...Anyway, it results in inefficient circulation.
No matter what the cause, half the sick people I've met have this & there seems to be one universal quick fix.... compression socks. I then found Under Armour type clothing(strategically cut) worked best for me. Until you get to the root of the problem...
Beta blockers worked well for normalizing POTS symptoms for me.
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