ended up in dr's office. have sinus/ear infection and pneumonia. the wheezing in chest with pain is really pain. very heavy sinus drainage which cause almost constant coughing. ear pain is bad, can't hear.
bp is up, staying over 150. altho heart rate is up too around 90-100, but temp is now down. strange, it's around 96.
can lyme cause pneumonia? he says it started out as a sinus infection which went into bronchitis which went into pneumonia.
but i've had sinus problems before but never going into pneumonia?
how many of you have sinus or breathing problems? i get a sinus infection every year.
is it co-infections maybe or yeast??
Posted by kelmo (Member # 8797) on :
I got a serious case of double viral pneumonia back in 95. I've had it many times since.
Dr. believes that's where the organisms have taken roost in me.
My daughter started with myco pneumonia.
So sorry. It's miserable. Watch you don't dehydrate. That's what gets me every time.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Borrelia does not cause pneumonia, per se as Pneumonia is caused by a different bacteria, virus, or fungi and requires specific drugs, depending upon the kind of infection and the strain.
Of course, lyme can complicate all matters of health, though. Talk to your LLMD for some guidance.
For some, some strains of pneumonia may have the potential to become a chronic infection, such as with Cpn, Chlamydia Pneumoniae. (See: www.cpnhelp.org ). But some doctors dispute that it can be chronic.
If they took a phlegm sample, I think it would be wise to ask what the cause is and, then, WHAT STRAIN you have and then do a little research to be sure the antibiotics they gave you match those needed for that strain and for long enough.
Pneumonia is nothing to take lightly. It will also likely slow you down for months.
For mycoplasma pneumonia, it's best to study Garth Nicolson's site. He's a brilliant and dedicated researcher in this field:
A nonprofit institute dedicated to discovering new diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for chronic mycoplasma (pneumoniae) infections. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
Pneumonia is primarily due to infections, with less common causes including irritants and the unknown.
Although more than one hundred strains of micro organisms can cause pneumonia, only a few are responsible for most cases.
The most common types of infectious are viruses and bacteria with it being less commonly due to fungi or parasites. Mixed infections with both viruses and bacterial may occur in up to 45% of infections in children and 15% of infections in adults.[15]
A causative agent is not isolated in approximately half of cases despite careful testing.[16]
The term pneumonia is sometimes more broadly applied to inflammation of the lung (for example caused by autoimmune disease, chemical burns or drug reactions), however this is more accurately referred to as pneumonitis.[17][18] . . .
- MUCH more detail at link above. -
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
it's the total exhaustion that's bad.' even getting out of bed or taking a bath wears me out. I am totally drained no energy at all
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- I know it's rough but be sure to get that water down you. It's the most important thing of all. Water. Water. Water. The lungs really need lots of water right now.
HOT TEA even better. But no caffeine as that can dehydrate.
Ginger Lemon Tea sounds soothing. -
Posted by IckyTicky (Member # 21466) on :
Do you have mycoplasma? That does it
Posted by nonna05 (Member # 33557) on :
YES a 100 times over. This has been a huge problem for me/> Is it the Buggy-bug, it;s co-infections. New strain or old Pneumonia on top of everything else... Kicks butt .Trying to get a different abx,when you're on so many is pretty hard,.. So you stop your program and do pneumonia fix and start back.. Hoping a along that was it, Lord this is no cake walk..... Nonna
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Many with Lyme also are dealing with lungworm aka varestrongylus pablovi. I posted about this several times. It is a common infection starting in the gut moving upward affecting breathing, throat, sinus, etc. Dr. K. treats most Lyme patients for this parasite. It is a 6-week protocol that I posted removed by LN moderators. If you do some searching on the internet you will find his protocol. Lungworm is erroneously interpreted as aspiration pneumonia by the hospitals and treated with abx instead of antiparasiticals. So don't go there if you can help it.
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