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Besides Lyme disease I was tested positive for mycoplasma fermentans. As you know many people diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome tested positive for mycoplasma fermentans.
It has been reported that people with Gulf War Syndrome expereinced a worsening of symptoms after air travel.
I experienced this about ten years ago. My symptoms got out of hand so much that I stood ast death's door.
Has this happnend to anytone else infected with Lyme or other related infection?
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I can't answer your question but would also like to know peoples experience. I have to go to a wedding this fall. It would put me on a plane for 6 hours. I am very worried that I will get there and be in bed for the whole thing.
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My daughter is very sick and we have made many plane trips to her LLMD without her getting worse.
One time, she felt so bad even before we left that she rode with her head on my lap the entire flight and in the rent car. But she didn't complain that the flight made her feel worse.
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My Lyme & Co. causes a lot of inflammation, and as such flying can be very uncomfortable. The changes in cabin pressure can adversely affect how I feel.
Not to mention that being confined to the small seats for longer flights causes my joints to set, so I'm very stiff and wobbly getting off of the plane.
I'm improved now so I recover shortly after the flight. I avoided/cancelled travel while at my worst. Trips I made while feeling at an intermediate level of health, I would feel worse after flying for at least a day or two.
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Getting migraines, dizziness, mild airsickness from flying and feeling really terrible after my flights were one of my first major symptoms of Lyme and when we figured something was not right with my health.
I had no previous history of headaches, motion sickness, etc. I have dramatically decreased air travel during treatment b/c flying still makes all my CNS symptoms worse. I used to take 8 flights/month and I could not recover between them.
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Anytime you alter the environment that surrounds you... you will spark up the buggers.
In fact, most people get sick when traveling because their body is trying to adjust to the change in weather, time, altitude, etc.
I'm sure it dampens the immune system some.
Just my opinion
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it gives me a general feeling of malaise. i almost always walk off the plane totally exhausted with a headache and a puffy face, sometimes with ears completely plugged. i don't do well with altitude changes in general.
...so yes, flying definitely aggravates my inflammation and i usually feel very tired for a day or two after i fly.
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- Q: Flight on plane = worsening of symptoms?
Absolutely.
I still have not recovered from my last flight 5 years ago. Even had to miss my father's illness and funeral. So, yes, flying can do some very serious damage. Planning is essential, and rest time later, too. Total quiet and stillness for days afterward has to be figured into time table.
If you are planning to fly, check out past threads on travel and flying. Also cross search for articles about this. It's been mentioned.
You'd also want to cross search with vestibular sites. Flying is very hard on inner/middle ears. Lyme patients often have vestibular problems.
This article explains so much about why lyme patients find it hard to even be in the same room as other due to the infection and it's damage, including encephalopathy:
. . . Attempts to indulge avocational or vocational pursuits is frequently interdicted by either the languor of Lyme or by encephalopathy. . . .
. . . impairment of concentration, inattention, easy confusion or disorientation when attempting intellectual tasks. . . .
. . . Lyme patients can be easily irritated by anyone just walking into the same room even though eye contact is never made or words exchanged. . . . -
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