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Posted by firsttwin (Member # 5529) on :

Does anyone with Lyme have pain and have chills and cold feet and legs just past the ankles that are hurting? Has anyone had an uncomfortable spot on their back. Mine is on my left shoulder. Actually it goes from the front to the back but doesn't last long. I also have chilling in my upper body. This usually happenening when I ham feeling really bad.

Do you ever feeling like you are having a heart attact? If anyone have these same exeperience, please share.

Sincerely,

Maria

Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :

Hi there,

I don't know if this will help but I have cold intolerance as well. My feet and hands get really cold but I seem cold all over alot. Sometimes my hands hurt really bad from being so cold. This is saying alot for me because I lived in Alaska for a number of years.

Ditto for the chest pains too. Also unexplained high blood pressure, broken capillaries and swelling of hands, feet and neck.

Wish I had more answers for you but I'm checking myself for info on hypercoagulation on this site. Have read here that thickened blood is a problem for some with Lyme.

What I've done is typed in Heparin for a search of this site. Anyways, good luck!!

Posted by firsttwin (Member # 5529) on :

Hello there. My mother had said some things that happened her her and was wondering if it could relate to the both of us. She was told she had hardening of the artiers. The doctor gave her some meds that thined out her arteries and she seems to be doing good. Her feet and legs aren't as cold as they were.

Good luck with some answers. Take care.

Maria

Posted by hatsnscarfs (Member # 6562) on :

Yes, I've been really cold too especially my hands & feet. I always wear socks and legwarmers (I got 6 pairs really cheap on ebay) when I go out. Last weekend I just couldn't warm up so I wore heavy fleece socks & slippers and sat in front of the fireplace for hours. Still I was cold.

Finally I soaked in a really hot epsom salt bath and then I got into bed. I finally was not cold, problem was I went the other way and I could not cool off enough to sleep. I lay there naked in a 60 degree room feeling like I was in a sauna.

On days when I can't warm up I find hand/foot warmers helpful (the kind that come in a little packat and warm up when you unwrap them. I used to got them at the ski lodge. Now I have a whole case from Costco.

The first several months I had Lyme I was always too hot or too cold, never just right. Now I'm cold only about 20% of the time and rarely too warm.

Bundle up.
h&s

Posted by Kait on :

I was in the hospital a few weeks ago with really bad chest pains and pains shooting up my arms. I was up the whole night and I couldn't sleep, so I called my dr in the morning and he sent me to the hospital. I have what is called Tietze Disease. It is inflammation of the cartilidge in my sternum. It causes severe pain. Get checked for it. I went to a pulmonologist who diagnosed me with it over a year ago, right after my son was born. There isn't much they do for it though.

I also get the chills very often, sometimes i sleep with socks, fleece pants, a long sleeve shirt and a hoody with 2 blankets. But then I get to hot. There is never a medium.

Best of luck to you.

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Young N Infected

Posted by Sweetrhapsody (Member # 6701) on :

Hi there,

I don't know if this helps you or not but, what you are describing sounds just like what was happening to me for the last couple of days.

Although I just started treatment 2 weeks ago(Doxy and Rafampicin), I recognize those symptoms. I have alot more strange symptoms too. My heart skips beats and stuff.

If you are worried, I would talk to your LLMD.

Hope you feel better soon!
Take care.