I have pain in the right side of my ribs that is making breathing painful. Sometimes it travels up into my neck muscles or into my back. I haven't had this before. A sore spot on one rib yes, but not this.
I was trying to get rid of the yeast and have not been on abx for three weeks. Was hoping to get by on herbs until appointment with LLMD next week. Guess I will go back on the drugs. This feels like lyme but most of my recent symptoms have seemed like babesia although I haven't been diaganosed with that yet.
I have air hunger, am gasping for air and it hurts! Could this be babesia?
Posted by Jane2904 (Member # 15917) on :
Hope you feel better.
Daughter has had sore chest and breathing issues for weeks.
She just started Diflucan , I feel in her case it may be yeast related.
Not sure if it is the same case for you.
Posted by missing (Member # 22437) on :
Woah! Were you taking Mepron?
This summer I misunderstood my LLMD and went off of Mepron.
Within two weeks I thought that I was having a heart attack, except it seemed to be releaved by getting a gentle back massage by my husband.
The pain shot up my arm, back shoulder blades , and heart pain! It was intense and we really stressed out. Then I was bedridden and completely exhausted.
This pain went away after I was back on 2 weeks on Mepron. I am still on Mepron, 3 months later, and the pain has not returned. At the same time, I was starting to ramp up my AMOX doses.
Hope this helps! let me know! PM me if you need or have more questions.
Oh yeah, I also went and had a lab test to see if I had a heart attack, but it was negative!
Posted by Wolfed Out (Member # 23727) on :
nefferdun,
I know the exact feeling you're having. Mine had become so bad, I was forced to sleep on my stomach just to feel relief from the pressure in the chest.
It has improved a lot of the last 11 months, but not completely healed.
I believe it's some kind of inflammation in the wall of the chest. Sometimes it would radiate pain around the sides. Sometimes a sharp pain on the left or right side of chest.
Do you have any hypothyroid symptoms? I believe I developed thyroiditis in the midst of this symptom; with cold intolerance, cold hands and feet, dry skin, hair loss...
As the inflammation is relieving in the chest, my thyroid symptoms have improved.
I don't know about Babesia. I've been on a mild Babesia treatment including Bactrim DS and Artemisinin since May. I really don't believe it's had much of an effect on this problem.
However, if it is thyroid related, you need some thyroid...more like Adrenal help.
There is a condition, and I can't find the name of it, but if you find relief sitting up, and more problems laying down then it's basically some kind of inflammation.
The treatment is to use a large dose of Ibuprofen for 2 weeks. I did a small dose, and it helped.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Thanks for the thoughts. I am not on mepron. The yeast that was on my tongue is much better, nearly gone. It isn't related to my heart because it is on the right side, not the left. It is some really painful spasm or something.
I took a zithro to see if it helps. In the past I have gotten bad muscle pain, usually in my right arm but also my back and legs. It is hard to determine what symptoms comes from what infection.
Maybe it is babesia as you had similar pain, missing, when you quit mepron which must have let the babesia come back. Sure wish it would quit so I can breath. It is spasms as it just comes on intensely. Just now.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
I missed your post wolfed out as I was posting when you did. I do take thyroid medication and as I have not been taking the abx I have been missing it some. Maybe that is partly it. I feel extremely tired too.
It is like getting knifed some times. Makes me moan when that happens. And it is worse when I lay down and better when I stand up. I will take some ibuprofen. Goes all the way through to my back.
Posted by littlebit27 (Member # 24477) on :
I get the same pains. It even ended me up in the ER because I thought I was having a heart attack, especially since I'm lucky if my heart rate gets under 120.
It's really painful and it sucks because not only are you in pain, but you can barely breathe.
By treating with my current abx I think we've confirmed my DX of Bart (blood test neg for both babs and bart) but babs is still a mystery.
But I think I got Lyme from a tick years ago and bart from the fleas I got bit by at work, because it was shortly after that, that all my symptoms appeared.
Anyway I hope you feel better soon.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
Thanks everyone. I used a headache rub on product (think it is called HeadOn) and that calmed it down. I went back on my abx. This morning I had a few brief spasms, if that is what it is. So glad they are gone. That really hurt!
Posted by Curley911 (Member # 2205) on :
Magnesium solved this for my neice ...worked fast and well.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
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