I was curious if lyme symptoms could be slowly progressive? Can lyme symptoms progress slowly over a certain number of years? Is it possible that symptoms may gradually increase a little every year? Or are symptoms usually more rapid?
I just asked the same question 3 times, but u get the point. lol
Posted by DaveNJ (Member # 17362) on :
stuman,
the answer is yes ..lol. i had mild symptoms for two years and then all in one day they exploded. Others have more acute onset.
that's the crazy thing with this disease ...its different for all of us.
Dave
Posted by stuman455 (Member # 17823) on :
Thanx for the answer dave.
Posted by Geneal (Member # 10375) on :
Since I never saw the tick that got me....
I would definitely say yes.
I had some health issues for years like chronic sinus, low grade fever,
Re-occuring pink eye, etc.
Then one day I just rapidly (and I mean rapidly) declined.
Hugs,
Geneal
Posted by hshbmom (Member # 9478) on :
Hi Stu,
Another way to think about your question:
It may be our understanding of the disease symptoms that are slow. When I was "first" infected I didn't realize the symtpoms I've had since I was a teen were possibly related to Lyme.
As I learned more about the disease I realized I've had symptoms for much longer time. When I was a teen I had numerous tick bites, swollen knees, debilitating fatigue, stiff neck, and a huge expanding rash that was diagnosed as ringworm.
I also have a history of several miscarriages and it takes me several years to feel normal after giving birth. My family has/had a multitude of symtpoms that could be Lyme disease.
I've read about others whose symptoms developed overnight...some wake up one morning unable to walk. Others slowly lose their ability to walk. Same with blindness. It might happen slowly in some, and quite fast in others.
The progression would depend on many factors, as others have mentioned: the bacterial load of the tick, the virulence of the bacteria, the presence of coinfections, the number of tick bites, the length of the tick's feed, previous exposure to these pathogens, and your immune status.
The speed of progression of this illness may be related to a delay in diagnosis or proper treatment.
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