Can anyone give me the skinny on how Lyme affects the EYE?
As I have neurological late stage Lyme, sifting through a bunch of information is not at all easy so I am hoping someone or many can simplify it for me.
The main reason I am asking is that I am trying to come to terms with exactly when it was that I actually contracted this disease.
Is "lazy eye" part of the Lyme presentation??
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
Where ya been PT? Good to see you!
The "skinny" would be... in a nut shell...
Lyme and coinfections can do so many different things to the eye. The list is very long. Hard to tell exactly what you might relate to as far as your situation goes.
I can offer you contact info on a wonderful LL neuro-opthamologist if you want. When concerned about eyes.. just like heart concerns.. a good doc beats all.
Email me if you'd like and ask for the eye doc info. Please put Lyme in the title so you don't get deleted.. ok?
I have been in the war zone fighting this Lyme and babesia.
I have taken a medical leave of absence so now, no incoming dollars.......
Tomorrow I start a combo of 3 abx including a 5 day dose of my all time personal fave.....FLAGYL.
I wrote an article and am trying to get it published.
The reason I ask specifically about the "lazy eye" is cause that happened during first tick bit back in the mid 1970's and I am trying to really figure out if it is possible to have had this
infection in me all that time.
More recently though....floaters are the main symptom eye symptoms but they have subsided a good deal over the last year in treatment.
The "lazy eye" is like one of my eyes does not look.
Anyway thanks for saying hi. Posted by 2mag (Member # 10153) on :
hi tincup quick question what do you know about mitral valve prolapse - and ld
it is listed on burrascano symptom list - i was recently diagnosed with this
And PT- don't know much about the ocular stuff but i am sure the borrelia can attack the optic nerve:
from Clinical microbiology and infection July 2004 -- Direct involvement of the eye (keratitis, optic neuritis) has also been attributed to B. burgdorferi infection --
another article :Hengge UR, Tannapfel A, Tyring SK, Erbel R, Arendt G, Ruzicka T. Lyme borreliosis. Lancet Infect Dis 2003; 3: 489- 500. and Dr Yao has an article at http://www.uveitis.org/medical/articles/case/lyme.html
hope that helps and keep on looking best wishes
2mag
my eyes have gotten a pinch better with the herbs
Posted by troutscout (Member # 3121) on :
PT,
I would suspect Bartonella.
Trout Posted by jarjar (Member # 8847) on :
I have read of postings on the marshall protocol board where people who have been on the MP for an exteneded period have had dramatic eye improvement. Some thought they would eventually go blind but now can pass the eye exam for their Driver Lic. with no glasses.
I do know Zith is often used for eye complications and that is one of the main abx of the MP.
J
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
2mag..
Back later..
Posted by Areneli (Member # 6740) on :
I don't know but I do have lazy eye and Lyme and Bart.
Posted by dzeb (Member # 4426) on :
I have had so many problems with my eyes related to this disease it is exhausting. I have had optic neuritis, vasculitis, uveitis and I have a drifting eyeball. I am no longer on ATBX and recently had a bout of Optic Neuritis that I am being treated for with IV steroids and Methotrexate. My LLMD has drawn a Lyme test on me and the C6 Peptide has come back negative but the IGG/IGM has come back unreadable and my MD has told me tohave it redrawn when I go see a neurologist in NY on 10/30/06. This neurologist is supposed to be able to let me know if my problems are related to MS or Lyme.
Posted by 2mag (Member # 10153) on :
up
Posted by painted turtle (Member # 7801) on :
Oh my, I have been totally out of commision
back to the drawing board, it seems
throwing up bile, excruciating head pain and really really close to having to go to hospital last night
after starting new meds.
I was mainly trying to narrow it down and have decided after ready Widening the Circle definitly that I first contracted Lyme when I was a kid living in Massachusetts, a little over 100 miles from Lyme, CT in about 1975.
That book is very eye opening. One of her kids had the lazy eye so that helped me put it together.
The opthamologist I went to last year didn't see anything. So now I just don't really see from that one eye. Personally, I have a feeling it is permanent damage.
Oh well, that's what happens when it takes 30 years to get diagnosed!
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