My dr. recently told me that it sounds like i have babesia along with lyme. I'm just wondering if anyone who HAS Babs, DOES NOT get sweats at night. For that matter i don't HARDLY get sweaty at all.
After getting on the biaxin; about 5 weeks into it, i was getting hot/cold flashes for about a week. And that was IT. I think the dr. made his conclusion PARTIALLY from that episode.
I'm NOT questioning his analysis, because i know he's good, just wondering if there is anyone that does not have this common symptom of babs?
thanks sue
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
I have several positive tests for Babs WA-1 and I hardly ever sweat. Before I became sick, I used to sweat profusely.
Go figure!
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Hi,
I don't have sweats. Not everyone with babs does and no one knows why.
With Lyme, babs and bart, the signs and symptoms lists do not mean that you have to have all the signs and symptoms. We are individuls.
daise Posted by hokie (Member # 14720) on :
I tested extremely high for babs microti (1:320) when normal range is 1:10 or less. My LLMD feels that I certainly have it with that high of a ratio. I am being treated for it.
No sweats, ever, unless working out.
Posted by Hides1 (Member # 6348) on :
I had more chills than sweats. Mine level was 1:1280 when finally found. Not until I got into treatment in 2005 did I finally get the sweats and air hunger everyone talks about. To this day I battle the Babesia as my last recent test was 1:1280 even though my FSH was neg. My Babs was missed for a while because I didn't have the classic sweats in fact for some reason I wasn't sweating much at all even in the summer back then.
Posted by Cass A (Member # 11134) on :
I didn't have sweats either--just would heat up and cool down sometimes for no apparent reason. I did get an out-of-balance feeling sometimes, and sometimes got true vertigo.
I decided to treat for Babs just in case--and got the best results of anything I'd tried to date!! Some particularly bothersome problems went away and haven't come back, including the two I mentioned.
After self-treating with artemisinin and cryptolepsis, I got the Fry Labs test done--smear and titers. The smear was clean, but the titers showed positive, so it wasn't gone. Drat.
I've been treating for Babs for about two months now with an herbal formula from my LLMD, and just started Mepron/Zith today.
Best,
Cass A
Posted by trish4 (Member # 14156) on :
I am positive for babesia and never had night sweats.
Posted by realist (Member # 15105) on :
I don't have night sweats and also tested positively for Babesia.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Hides1: I had more chills than sweats.
Me too. Even the chills were rather minimal. My worst babs issues were extreme fatigue, headaches, dizziness, and pain.
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
No sweats for me either. Very strong positive Babesia result. Alot of chills though. I have awaken from a deep sleep shivering cold.
Posted by painted turtle (Member # 7801) on :
I tested positive for the babesia on the Fry smear (4 out of 5 density).
Didn't have the sweats problem at all and still don't.
But do have chills a LOT.
As well as a very frequent off balance feeling and constriction of breath.
Posted by not so sublime lyme (Member # 15185) on :
I'm just starting my Babs treatment (have Lyme and Bart too).
I haven't really have night sweats, just an all-around elevation in body temperature, I guess.
I spent this past winter dressed in short-sleeved or sleeveless shirts.
I couldn't bear the thought of putting on a sweater. But I don't have excessive sweating, day or night.
My other Babs symptoms seem to be fatigue, general "wooziness", migraines and huge itchy rashes popping up all over that my dr thinks are Babs-related.
Good luck!
Posted by Bugg (Member # 8095) on :
I, too, had babs with no significant night sweats...Only had a few, light nighsweats once I started Mepron, zith, and art...Before treating for babs, I had extreme fatigue and my legs felt like lead weights...During treatment, I got a very stiff neck and stiff muscles along my spinal column...Now, post-babs, no more heavy legs!!! Also, (as you'll see from a post I put on this board earlier today), make sure you keep up with your magnesium intake...If not, it can cause severe muscle tightness and cramping and exacerbate fatigue.....With babs treatment, I developed hypomagnesemia from an extreme mag deficiency....
Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
Thank you Bugg,
After taking good doses of magnesium for two 1/2 years, I just stopped because I couldn't fit it in anywhere in my list of meds/supplements, due to starting on cipro.
My pharmacy instructions for cipro say: Take at the same time every day 6 hours before or 2 hours after magnesium, a,luminum, calcium, (and iron or Zinc. )
Avoid milk products, unless it's part of a full meal.
Good grief!
Gotta get it on my list again ... somehow ... because I just started Mepron this morning.
daise Posted by christinelyme2 (Member # 15028) on :
hello everyone! i was wondering if
anyone else has twitching in their eye and face?
also how do you know if you have co-infections
from lyme? what is given to treat them? any
info. would be great, thanks! Posted by daise (Member # 13622) on :
H E L L O ChristineLyme 2,
WELCOME!
We need to roll out the red carpet for you.
We can do that best if you could please start a new thread. All sorts of folks--maybe even from foreign countries--will jump into your thread to help you.
To do this, please go to near the top of this page and click "Post New Topic."
Tips: Please let us know a bit about your history. How long have you had signs and symptoms and what are they?
You can copy your post here, to the new thread.
Lymeland is information overload, so are you ready?
daise Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Yes, please open a new thread. We'll help you all we can, Christine!
I hope you have an LLMD.
Posted by CherylSue (Member # 13077) on :
Do you have to have headaches for it to be babesia?
My initial illness was high, prolonged fever, drenching sweats, extreme fatigue and malaise.
I'm in a relapse of something now with mild fever, chest tightness, burning skin, fatigue, etc.
Could this be babs even though I don't get headaches?
CherylSue
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
I have babs and never had headaches. I did have profuse night sweats.
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