valymemom
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My son was on mepron/ceftin/zith for 3 months & this month he has been having muscle pain in the arms and legs (that moves around.)
His llmd put him instead on just ceftin /doxi for this month and said the myalgias could be erhlichia related.
I thought I read myalgias could be symptoms of babs.
His primary symptoms were extreme fatigue - insomnia - weight loss (no appetite) - eye twitching and brain fog. The only symptom that is gone (treated since 8/20) is the brain fog.
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You may not get many answers today being Sunday. This board becomes pretty inactive on weekends.
Hope the link below helps, I can do many searchs here and come up with myalgia as a symptom of babesia....so you are right in this.
I'm at a loss as to why he eliminated the mepron/zith treatment. You might want to bring this up to him and find out what his reasoning is. Hope he feels better soon.
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groovy2
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Hi Yep- myalgias (Muscle pain) is a sign of babs -- so is insomina-- joint pain Night sweats -stiff neck- headache-
I have lyme and babs-- I hurt all over all the time- and also had joint pain that moved around daily--Extreme pain-- Extreamly tight tence muscles--
After I added treatment for Babs also the muscile and joint pain almost completely gone Fast--
I do not know sx for erhlichia It could be similar
Once I added in babs treatment good progress --Quickly--Days-
Its very Important to figure out co infections-- --Jay--
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valymemom
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Thanks Meg & Groovy
I should have pressed more - since I thought/think this is herxing. I did speak up and say that I have read that going off mepron too soon can cause ineffectiveness of mepron the next go-around. Our llmd response was.... not so.
I hope this is not going to set him back.
Friday was a hard day - my hubby and third son had bloodwork done and their first appointments. Seems like all 5 of us have lyme/co.
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I just saw your post. . . I spent 5 months on mepron/ketek or mepron/ceftin/zith and my muscles hurt so bad when I saw my llmd on friday.
She took me off the mepron and put me on doxy for ehrlicia. Within a day the muscle pain had subsided, within 3 days the muscle pain was gone.
Now I have a multitude of bartonella symptoms that have presented themselves. . .
I tested positive for ehrlicia mono & gran. I wasn't treated with doxy originally because I was headed to FL on vacation. When I returned, I started treatment for babesia.
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valymemom
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Was muscle pain a symptom or did it just surface while on the mepron protocol?
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I started treatment for babs last week and the muscles in my leggs where killing me.
I know this has to be from the treatmnet because that's not usual for me to have such bad muscles pains in my leggs.
That's a good question by valymemom : did your som have muscle pain before treatment?
And if he did,did he have worse with treatment?
Symptom flares can get much worse while herxing. What I did last week was warm epsom baths ,which gave only temporary relief.
I also used a gentle vibrator on my leggs,which did the most good in relieveing the muscle pains in my leggs.
Take care
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valymemom
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I hate this disease/overlapping diseases!
My son did not have muscle pains at all until this third month on mepron. That's why I am thinking it arrived with herxing but his doctor took him off mepron and put him on doxi to cover ehrlichia.
It's never clear-cut.......what's what.
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