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You should not take cortisone if you have Lyme unless it's a life or death situation. Cortisone can make the Lyme worse. I would not take it.
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Keebler
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- Cortisone is not anti-infective but typically used to reduce inflammation and depress the immune response (a very dangerous move with lyme).
There are many other ways to reduce inflammation. Magnesium, Fish or Krill Oil, Curcumin top this list. Stinging Nettle, too, is very valuable to dampen the cytokine storm that occurs with lyme.
We have seen literally dozens of patients with Lyme who were initially treated with steroids who reported a dramatic worsening rather than improvement as would be expected. Dr. Joseph Burrascano has coined the expression, ' Steroid Disasters, ' to describe these patients.
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Corticosteroids can last in the body for months, usually around 6 months. In many bacterial infections such as LD, damage can be done.
. . . More severe illness also results from other causes of weakened defenses, such as from severe stress, immunosuppressant medications, and severe intercurrent illnesses.
This is why steroids and other immunosuppressive medications are absolutely contraindicated in Lyme. This also includes intraarticular steroids. . . .
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. . . More evidence has accumulated indicating the severe detrimental effects of the concurrent use of immunosuppressants including steroids in the patient with active B. burgdorferi infection.
Never give steroids or any other immunosuppressant to any patient who may even remotely be suffering from Lyme, or serious, permanent damage may result, especially if given for anything greater than a short course.
If immunosuppressive therapy is absolutely necessary, then potent antibiotic treatment should begin at least 48 hours prior to the immunosuppressants.
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sammy
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Some people need a small amount of hydrocortisone (Cortef) to support their adrenals. You may want to talk with your doctor to clarify their instructions.
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WildCondor
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Cortisone only treats symptoms, and its bad news. WHat is the Doxycycline dose?
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Marnie
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Hypernatremia is a high blood level of sodium.
Cortisone can trigger hypernatremia as well as other things:
"It may occur rarely in nephrosis, congestive heart failure, and Cushing's disease and after administration of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), ***cortisone***, or deoxycorticosterone. Normal adult range of serum sodium is 135 to 145 mEq/L."
"It is also interesting that motility of B. burgdorferi requires a high concentration of NaCl
and pH 7.6, which are the normal physiological conditions for interstitial fluids. In any case, our data suggest that chemotaxis may indeed be important for the pathogenesis of B. burgdorferi."
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