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Everyone gets sick with colds/flu etc. I was wondering how one may know the difference between getting sick or Lyme being the culprit.
I pulled a muscle a little while ago and it hurts now and again. How do I know it it is Lyme or if it's generally a pulled muscle?
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- Pulling a muscle is not lyme, just as if you fall off a ladder, you just fell off a ladder. Physics rule.
However, with lyme, pain can be worse - perhaps much worse, actually because lyme infects nerves and when nerves (and surrounding tissue) are irritated, inflamed & infected get a hit of any kind, there is often just more pain . . .
damage from what might have previously been experienced as "slight" injuries can be rougher -
and obtained more easily (when tissue is inflamed it's just more likely to be more easily damaged),
healing can take longer, etc. And, often, patients are not willing to "nurse" injuries completely enough with a tendency to jump back to what they "think" they should be able to do.
Keeping in shape . . . this is just one reason why it's important to do low impact NON-aerobic conditioning with light weights (if able) - but some can't lift due to joint / tendon / nerve issue. Qi Gong or other forms of similar exercise can still be very helpful.
Ergonomics matter, too. When not feeling well, body mechanics can suffer. We must keep up our posture, so to speak.
The way the body is in a very precarious place is also why nutrition & rest is of utmost priority.
bis - you may not want to read all this, but this does provide a lot of detail. I am glad to see that you posted in another thread that you are going to see a LLMD. That's key. You may want to just know where to find this, then, for now.
BE SURE TO COPY & PASTE this article above, print it out for easier reading.
This article is essential reading to gain an understanding of what it's like to HAVE lyme. This can be frightening, yet it is informative -- and then empowering so that symptoms and patterns are not so scary.
And, with the best ILADS educated LLMD or LL ND we can secure (and if not, the best articles and books by the best of the bunch) . . . we can be somewhat calm knowing that all the bases are covered and there is a chance for success.
It just may take a while. And, of course, not all symptoms come at the same time, not everyone gets all symptoms, either. The rotation is both a blessing and curse.
The blessing part, and part that provides hope, is that each night when we go to bed we can tell ourselves that, maybe, maybe tomorrow will be okay.
If it is, wonderful. If not, maybe later in the day will be better. It often is. Sometime during each day is usually better but that time of day may not be the same so the uncertainly is unsettling.
But, as nice as it is not to have most symptoms carved in stone for even all of any one day, it's so hard to know when we can do this or that -- and know for sure.
And it makes it harder for others to understand when symptoms come and go like clouds. Even hard for us to understand. It sure "does a number" on even the most stable sense of self reliance.
And . . . with all this . . . the key is to be treated by the best ILADS educated (and beyond) lyme & tick borne disease literate MD or ND that one can find / manage.
If that is not possible, still, direct major attention to treating the CAUSE with SUPPORT for body. Support, alone, will not work.
There may be various ways, but only someone who really knows the science of lyme / TBD is going to able to properly treat.
So, there is hope. Many have gotten better, some with complete recoveries.
- explores the neuro-psychiatric and neuro-psychological ramifications. This author's work shows the impact of infected, irritated & inflamed (&/or damaged) nerves and the systems they comprise. -
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