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I've had cardiac symptoms before, but I was in remission and just had a minor relapse and they have come back with a vengeance. The rest of the Lyme symptoms are pretty minor, but the cardiac ones are very scary.
pain in chest
shooting pain sometimes in heart area
strange sensations in left arm, left side of neck
sometimes short of breath, anxiety (not normal anxiety... strange heart-related anxiety).
I look up all these symptoms and they seem to be pretty serious... Pericarditis or myocarditis or something?
So my question is.......... what have you people done for cardiac symptoms that has worked and been useful? What do doctors say?
I almost feel like going to the ER, but I know they will only want to give me steroids which obviously will make the infection worse. Other than that, what can they do? I suppose IV antibiotics, but in the past antibiotics have seemed to make this problem WORSE - maybe herxing? Maybe driving the bacteria deeper? I don't know.
Would appreciate hearing people's personal stories / experiences / wisdom. Thank you.
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bluelyme
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Sorry to hear dan...i would get referal to cardio where they will do a ekg and maybe a echo ..ask for monitor if it dont act up while there.make sure valves and nerve conduction are ok..they said mine was enlarged and had small right bundle branch block..
They offered hemlock ,i mean colchicine. ..told me eat ibuprofen. That was almost a year ago...left arm goes numb if i lean to far forward ..maybe pinched artery the rocephin has helped inflammation with iv curcumin
i think it is bart ,rifing for bart like a mad person has helped too.i hold plasma tube close to chest some days ... Read neil spector story and he was a doc ...you only got one ticker ..be safe...do you have llmd still?
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Thanks blue... which freq's do you like for Bart? I have a rife but didn't know it had Bart frequencies.
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They won't give steroids for a heart condition .. unless maybe it IS myocarditis.
You could possibly have some other type of heart condition and you should be checked out.
CoQ10 helps my A-fib.
Make sure to check all of your prescription drugs. I found out after YEARS that trazodone was adversely affecting my heart.
Once I got off of it, things have gotten WAY better.
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Brussels
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Two things helped my cardiac issues: lyme treatment, anti infectious.
Second thing: teeth treatment, cavitations.
Both treatments stopped cardiac symptoms for me, in 2 different occasions.
Most lyme sufferers have cardiac symptoms, i think.
At least, it's VERY common, if you just read here in lymenet. Who DOESN'T have heart symptoms, that is more rare...
It is though scary, I agree! Keep treating lyme and I would go to a biological dentist to check for cavitations. I swear my cavitation problem felt AS bad as my lyme problem (heart-wise...)
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bluelyme
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I think 832,357 are effective ...it depends of course on the strain...houttunia may be helpful ..brussels has a awesome thread about her herbal regime with bart ...
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