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For the past 2 weeks my arm below the elbow and hands go numb during the night and have a tingle feeling.
It wakes me up a few times a night to shake em out and get the feeling back. It's scary and annoying! However, it does not happen during the day? Strange??
Now this morning, my fingers feel tingly and week?
Currently back on abx 500 zith for relapse 2 weeks ago.. I've never had this symptom before, and it's freaking me out!
Could I classify this symptom as being strickly LYME?? Posts: 501 | From Hudson Ticky Valley, NY | Registered: Aug 2009
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littlebit27
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It happens to me, I don't know which infection causes it. But it happens during the day and at night. Drives me nuts.
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Sorry to hear you've got those symptoms , but they may resolve with appropriate abx tx. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is associated with Human Parvovirus B19.
Found this abstract, too: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1999 Oct; 52(5):201-7. Role of human parvovirus B19 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.
by Ishii KK, Takahashi Y, Kaku M, Sasaki T. Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. [email protected]
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin. It has been speculated that infectious agents are responsible for triggering RA. Persistent infection with human parvovirus B19 and its induction of immunopathology are hypothesized to explain the initiation and perpetuation of the disease process.
PMID: 10680086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Be wary of surgery. Spirochetes proliferate in scar tissue.
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You are not alone. This is one of my most annoying symptoms. I've had it for about 15 years.
I'm thinking I really need to start exercising with regularity (so hard to stick to!) because I think it will get things circulating and moving (and not stagnate).
Good luck! Tammy
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i get this most nights, normally as i start waking in the morning my hands are numb. I only have to move my fingers a couple of times and the feeling comes straight back.
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I have it in both arms and legs. 24/7. Had an EMG and I have sensory nerve damage.
-------------------- First Symptom 9/09 Multiple docs, negative Labcorp test LLMD: 1/10 Positive Igenex/CDC test Treatment 2/10 2/10-8/10 Amox, ceftin, zith, flagyl Currently: Bicillin, Minocycline, still dealing with severe breathing issues
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I had this, and i did not have bartonella at all. I think it's Lyme itself. Mine resolved after a few months of treatment.
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A very common complaint. I have this EVERY morning. (Days are fine.) Used to be just in the hands, & would go away pretty quickly within a minute or so after waking up. Then it SLOW-ly spread up the arms... a little bit further each day. Now Years later, there's still a general fuzzy feeling involving most of the arms upon waking, esp. below the elbows. And it now takes a few minutes, even after getting up for things to fade & be 'normal'.
I was checked for bartonella back "then" but tested negative. However, it may be a "B.L.O." that the test couldn't detect. Or a virus making it's home in the nerves. Or a leftbover form of Lyme. (??)
My own theory is the "infection" does not cause this 'periphrial neuropathy'.
Rather it's our own immune system driving abnormal "enriched" blood flow patterns (local inflammation) each morning which "spread" the synapses in the nerve bundles- dropping sensory nerve impulses along the way...& generating 'pseudo' ones. That's my take on it.
I'd like to go IV... with Rocephin and Zith to see if that helps, but can't afford it. My LLND suggests more colloidal silver, B-12 shots & exercise, along with the usual garlic & fish oil (etc.) Much cheaper, but I don't hold out too much hope for a cure for it after all this time.
You may very well be lucky & have it fade with further treatment, like others here. I just wish tests were better & we knew more. Posts: 1233 | From Dover, NH | Registered: Sep 2008
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, but they may resolve with appropriate abx tx. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is associated with Human Parvovirus B19.
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