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19 years since I got Lyme, every single time I catch a cold my aches, arms, twitches, migraines, etc, almost completely go away.
I've been on abx for 2.5 years, 6 months with a nasty chest infection then a nice Lyme relapse following. I've got a cold now and its probably the best I've felt since right before Lyme kicked in again, which was possibly the best I've felt since I was a child. 2 week reprieve to show me what a human is suppose to feel like.
Anyone else experience anything like this?
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Yes! I also feel a whole lot better when i'm "normal" sick (cold, flu etc). The malaise and aches are gone. When I have a fever my brainfog almost disappears too! I feel like a normal healthy person getting sick, if you know what I mean. It's like my body just forgets about lyme & friends and only concentrates on the cold. I always have been wondering about this....
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Before my diagnosis, this was the case with me, too.
I've only been sick one time since I've been on abx, and I felt worse. But I think that's because I'm so much better overall.
I think with chronic Lyme, the immune system becomes ineffective against the Lyme and co-infections, but still has some ability to fight normal viruses. When we get that immunity boost, we give our Lyme a small "hit" and feel temporarily better.
I know some people who never got sick during the worst of their Lyme. They always felt it was because their immune systems could not mount any defenses.
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I had this happen as well: I think that my immune system was working better when it had the additional viral/bacterial load of a cold or flu.
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