Did anyone else have a spike in cholesterol with treatment?...I have always been good with cholesterol and don't have it in my family and suddenly after the antibiotics for a couple of months my cholesterol is high and my PCP is telling me I must eat better and exercise more and get medication...
I told him I do eat well and exercise...I try to tell him about the Lyme but he has the typical attitude that if it's not in the blood work you don't have it.
Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :
yes, mine went up 100 points without any lifestyle changes.
Posted by wiserforit2 (Member # 18286) on :
I had the same experience. Cholesterol is a protective device that kicks in when the body has excessive inflammation.
Doctors always want to put me on statins, which just mimic and exacerbate joint and tissue pain. I've chosen to stay away from the drugs.
I'm trying a more stringent diet of increasing fruits and veggies (EAT TO LIVE), mostly to see if will have any effect on cholesterol at all. I have gained too much weight ever since I got sick, so losing anything won't be a sad thing!
Good luck,
wiserforit2
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Try Omega 3 fish oil and Red Yeast Rice .. and maybe a little Vitamin E thrown in for good measure. It'll drop!
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
IMHO, cholesterol-lowering drugs are dangerous - they deplete the muscles of Co-Q10, which is needed for energy metabolism in the cells of the muscles (including the heart).
Cholesterol is needed by the immune system, and there has been some research published that suggests that one can be "too low" in cholesterol and that low cholesterol can increase one's risk of catching infectious diseases.
That said, it is the liver that makes cholesterol, so perhaps we get high cholesterol because the meds we all have to be on stress the liver so much... I wonder if taking milk thistle (protects liver cells from damage) and artichoke (removes fatty buildup from the liver) would by itself be enough to bring down the cholesterol in those who have seen their numbers increase from lyme/coinfection treatment?
Just "thinking out loud..."
Posted by steve1906 (Member # 16206) on :