My daughter has been fighting lymes for 3 years. She has had chest pains since that time and the doctors do not see a link w/ lymes? Anyone heard of this. Is it possible in the chest muscles? There is no pattern to the pain that we can identify. Any help would be appreicated.
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Donna, It sound to me like you/your daughter need to find a Lyme Literate MD. some body able to take everything into account and evaluate.
I think you should go to the "Seeking a Doctor" section of the forum and post asking for someone in your area. (put where you are in the subject line)
I'm from that area, originally, and know there are docs that know what to look for within reasonable driving distance. (I drove to NJ from New Windsor.) I just don't know who's practicing these days.
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
Oh, I forgot to answer your question.
Yes, I have had chest pains that turned out to be in the muscles and/or joints between my ribs.
I did have a full cardiology work up when I was first diagnosed and it didn't really show much, mitral valve redundancy.
However, heart problems are common with Lyme. Which is why I posted above suggesting finding an LLMD.
Ok, I'm done now. I hope you can find her some good help.
--------------------------------------------------------------- Obviously, nothing I say is even remotely to be construed as medical advice. Posted by NP40 (Member # 6711) on :
My teenager had loads of chest pain with lyme/babs. His was more babs induced, however, lyme often causes chest pain.
Lyme can cause pericarditis [swelling of sac around heart], Bb can settle along the nerve that runs across the chest, it can inflame the muscle/tissue in the chest cavity, ribcage.
Very common.
Posted by Limping Lily (Member # 5099) on :
Donna, yes, chest pain can be just from inflammation caused by Lyme, but it could be more serious, so check it out with a LLMD. i've had chest pains, sometimes severe, since i was 10; even wore a holter monitor for 24 hrs recently, which showed 'nothing', but it still concerns me, because at my age, i could ignore something that could be life threatening. at the very least, your child might need better treatment, so she doesn't have those sx.
Posted by Foggy (Member # 1584) on :
Welcome aboard Donna!
Do a search on this site. Lots of chest pain info one the site. Mine was Babesia related and went away after a short dose of Mepron.
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hi All
Blackmom-- posted some Really Good info on it about 6 months ago-- Explaned symptoms and cause very well- Worth doing a search--Jay--
Posted by JimBoB (Member # 8454) on :
HI: I had chest pains everyday for a few months, but since I went on my herbal portocol I haven't had any chest pain. I just really realized this, that it has been gone completely, after reading your post here.
Not sure, WHAT my chest pain was from.
Jim
Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
Both my kids get chest pain.
The little one (who HATES to go to the doctor) INSISTED on being taken a couple of years ago. This was before the Lyme diagnosis. His dad took him to a children's hosp. They ran a battery of tests and told my husband, "We know he is in a LOt of pain--but we don't know why." Know we know why.
L
Posted by Kerryblue (Member # 4077) on :
First been awhile since been on any sites. HI, all... If all checks out including Mitral Valve Prolapse, BTW/ they forget to tell you not to drink much water 24 hrs. prior. Which as I did can give you wrong read. Also there is Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome, not many know of.
If not the most common cause is chostrochondritis(Spelling)??? Most at clinic I helped at say 80% suffered from this. Can feel like having heart attack. Back when working at Hosp. we would keep people under 1 week heart monitoring bed rest. They checked out fine. Looking back now & their other symptoms probably was chostro. It is part of 1 of 100 +++ symptoms. Can be scary/ hard to figure out if it is heart problem or not. It will come and go as many of our symptoms due. Really no med for or herb. Just time, stretching. Doe`s her chest crack especially in AM if stretching arms back??? Good Luck figuring out all our symptoms Posted by Lymied (Member # 6704) on :
Right before I got hit with my first Babesia symptoms and felt like I couldn't breath I had what I thought was costochondritis.
I was a rower and had just finished 200,000 meters in a three week period on the ergometer (indoor rower). I felt great for two weeks then I started having chest pains and feeling like I was going to pass out.
I had experienced crazy migraines with stroke like symptoms 4-6 times a year a few years before.
Long story short finally two years later I get my diagnosis of lyme, babesia, and ehrlichia.
The chest pain was bad at times and I had pulmonary and heart tests up the ying yang but everything checked out alright.
While it is hard to separate symptoms out completely I think for me it was the babesia causing the worst of the chest pains.
I hope your daughter finds relief soon. I found Yoga really helped on many fronts and helped those ribs and costocartiledge loosen up.
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