I get sore ankles, feet, wrists, hands with Lyme. It does not migrate. It expands and comes and goes. Though it is almost always there now.
My foot pain is in the tops of my feet. LLMD, LLNP etc. would always ask if it was the bottom of my feet. Nope.
Not until I started Flagyl and suddenly it is there. The more Flagyl the more discomfort, pain I have on the bottom of my feet.
Anyone else experience this?
I don't know if it is a new symptoms or a abx side effect?
Thanks
Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :
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Posted by Remember to Smile (Member # 25481) on :
Soles of your feet aching is a bartonellosis symptom coming out, not a med side-effect.
If you've just been treating Lyme Bb, then the Bart is flaring. You'll need to clear bartonellosis before your Lyme Bb can be put into long-term remission.
Posted by migs (Member # 16496) on :
It could be the soreness coming from your tarsals/bones in your feet too...result of the Flagyl herx.
When I added Flagyl for the first year or so, my wrist would hurt like it had been broken and my right hand and knuckles would gnarl up like I had Rheumatoid Arthritis from the pain and cramping.
Just a thought. I've heard other similar stories.
Posted by muddyfeet (Member # 26633) on :
This is helpful. Thanks. I've been thinking more and more I might have Bart.
I've been on Rifampin for it but maybe it is not enough and the Bart is flaring like you said Smile.
I will keep in mind the Flagyl herx as well.
The LLMD I went to decreased my Flagyl in response to me telling her about my feet.
She said she didn't know if it was a side effect or not.
She wants me to stop all meds now because of stomach probs.
Don't know how I'm supposed to get better if the docs keep pulling the meds from me!!!
Posted by willbeatthis (Member # 31111) on :
Muddyfeet- I switched to tindemax due to flagyl and foot pain. I think it can cause neuropathy at least it did with me-