Okay, last question for a while , I just had to get them all out at once!
I have had 3 children in the last 6 yrs & am wondering about possible placental/breastmilk transmission.
What symptoms do you look for in a newborn? My son is 11 weeks old & he has great muscle tone & is definitely not having any trouble gaining weight, what signs do I look for?
How about my toddler, she is also still nursing & I don't think she has the vocabulary to tell me if her joints were sore or if she was dizzy or whatever else her symptoms may be. She is definitely acting differently, but I think that is just her way of adjusting to a new baby brother.
So what do I look for in both of them?
Posted by char (Member # 8315) on :
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Posted by lymex5&counting (Member # 7202) on :
Hi Erin,
Hopefully I gave you some helpful info in the link I provided from the PM on one of your other questions.
But a couple of symptoms that come to mind are
light and sound sensitivity. My girls would
scream and cover their ears when I would run the
vacuum cleaner. One of my child's ears turn
bright red frequently. They all have dark
circles under their eyes. Stuttering from my
toddler. Thrush with nursing many times. Some of
mine complain of stomach aches, another headaches,
joint pain, and sore throats. They switch words
frequently when speaking. And the school age ones
will leave off letters when writing a word or
transverse numbers like dyslexia. Add when they
should subtract, etc. Also they have had many
unexplained rashes.
2 things that I never figured out until I learned about Lyme.
Years ago I bought a Thermoscan (Ear thermometer)
it says to get your family's baseline temp for
several days. I returned it and said it didn't
work. Since our temps were only between
96 and 97, rather than 98.6.
Also my kids
haven't worn pajamas for years. Because they
would always be soaking wet in the morning.
Hope this helps, lyme x 9
Posted by hopeful4 (Member # 8486) on :
I found this info and hope it helps. It's an easy to follow power-point type handout sheet for a slide show. Worth printing.
Below I'll paste in the info on babies and children. If you go to the site it has further valuable info on Pediatric Lyme.
Hope all goes well for you and your children.
Pediatric Lyme Disease, Dr. Ann F. Corson
lymepa.org/Corson_2004_0424_Slides_Handouts.pdf
Signs and Symptoms: Pre-schoolers and toddlers
- Mood swings, sudden emotional outbursts - Irritability - Personality changes - Regression of motor and social skills (developmental milestones) - Changes in play behavior, tire easily, less active
- Trouble falling asleep, frequent awakenings - Nightmares, new phobias, recurrence of separation anxiety - Diaper rash unresponsive to normal treatment - Frequent URIs, ear and throat infections, bronchitis, pneumonia
Congenital Lyme Disease
* Infants can be infected with Borrelia transplacentally in any stage of pregnancy and/or via mother's breast milk.
* The co-infections: Babesia, Bartonella, Mycoplasma and perhaps even the Ehrlichias can be transmitted transplacentally to the developing fetus.
* Gestational Borreliosis can be associated with repeated miscarriages, fetal death in utero, fetal death at term (stillbirths), hydrocephalus, cardiovascular anomalies, intrauterine growth retardation, neonatal respiratory distress, ``sepsis'' and death, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, cortical blindness, sudden infant death syndrome and maternal toxemia of pregnancy.
* Borrelia spirochetes have been found at autopsy in fetal brain, liver, adrenal glands, spleen, bone marrow, heart and placenta - None of the infected tissues showed any sign of inflammation
* Maternal antibiotic treatment during pregnancy does not guarantee that the fetus will be free of infection
* Mothers with Lyme disease should be treated throughout pregnancy
* Infants either infected congenitally or from breast milk can have - Floppiness with poor muscle tone - Irritability - Frequent fevers and illness early in life - Joint sensitivities and body pain - Skin sensitivity - Gastro esophageal reflux - Developmental delays - Learning disabilities and psychiatric problems
* Infants infected congenitally can have - Small windpipes (tracheomalacia) - Eye problems (cataracts) - Heart defects
* Infants bitten very early in life will have many of the same symptoms - loss and decline in developmental milestones
Posted by hopeful4 (Member # 8486) on :
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