I am in my 6th month for treatment for Bart. I have been on Factive for the last 2 1/2 months.
Almost a month ago I got sick with a cold for a few days. I had an achy throat that turned into a mild cough. My chest felt congested but with no flem. I feel like someone was standing on my chest and I was having trouble breathing.
3 weeks later i feel a little better but still am having trouble breathing and feeling like my chest is tight. I went to a regular doc 2 weeks ago where they x rayed my chest and told me I had bronchitis. They gave me albeuterol which doesnt seem to help all that much. So in all this time I have only mildly improved and am starting to worry. I have never had such a lingering problem with my lungs before. Is this in any way related to Bart and the treatment I am recieving?
Posted by jadams (Member # 28016) on :
Im not sure if its related to Bart.
But...what about Babesia, that can cause a lot of chest pressure, tightness, difficulty breathing.
Also, some say candida (yeast) can cause that also.
Posted by FYRECRACKER (Member # 28568) on :
I believe Babs.
I was treating Babs with A-Bab (byron white formula).
i got sick after going out of town, on the 2nd day of feeling feverish i started A-bab. 2 weeks i had fevers, sinus infection, then it felt like it was moving to my lungs.
THEN...i was having a "good" day. Went to the dentist, had 1 tiny amalgam replaced.
6 hours later....105 temp after a bath, hit the ER, 2 hours after IV Rocephin and Xrays showing nothing wrong I was back in the ER (after being released) with CRUSHING chest pain. Like crawl on the floor screaming/begging/praying for it to stop.
After i went back... they said there is really nothing they can do but give me pain killers and anti-inflammatories. There was OBVIOUSLY an infection in my lungs, but not bronchitis, not pneumonia, not anything they could give a name to.
2 days later I went to a family doc (my llnd is 10 hours away), to get answers. All the doc did was run CT scans, the same tests, liver tests, etc.
Liver enzymes were in the 200-300's, CT scan showed everything was "normal".
So.... what else could it be? I was sick before i had the amalgam replaced. But I do feel that was what pushed the lung infection over the edge. And I really think the IV rocephin (only 1 gram) did something to upset the infection causing the extreme bone crushing inflammation in my lungs.
My LLND strongly feels it was Babesia. Not saying this is the case with you...just sharing my experience.
Posted by FYRECRACKER (Member # 28568) on :
PS. they put me on Z-pack for 10 days. My symptoms subsided.
Posted by Tgym (Member # 23638) on :
I just read that one of the yeast symptoms is cough or recurrent bronchitis. I wonder if that is the case. If I have yeast what other symptoms would I be having?
Posted by sk8ter (Member # 8671) on :
Mycoplasma !!!! It sits in the lungs. Get tested at MDL labs as they do all species. This is the number 1 cause of brochial issues.
Posted by elkielover80 (Member # 28368) on :
I agree with the Mycoplasm. It might be worth it to be tested.
The 1st week of feb this year I got the flu (the horrible resp influenza bug). My chest got tighter and tighter, the pressure was unbearable. After about 6 weeks of it I felt like I was suffocating. It wasn't just uncomfortable, it was PAINFUL.
Mid-March I finally got into the LLMD I'd been waiting on and with the labs she ran I tested positive for mycoplasm pneumonia
I've been on doxy and just within the last few days I'm finally feeling relief, I can breathe again!
Might be worth a blood draw, to know if that's what you're dealing with.
Posted by FYRECRACKER (Member # 28568) on :
i tested pos for mycoplasma on EDS tests. Call me an idiot but I don't even know what that is.. myco. pnemonia?