LymeNet Flash: Persistent Infection-Neuro Lyme

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Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :

http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/6/1/23

Posted by Sick Tick (Member # 23003) on :

Thanks for posting this...we cannot ignore the role that inflammation plays in our ongoing neuro symptoms. This study may explain why some have persistent symptoms post treatment and others do not...?

[ 03-20-2010, 09:06 PM: Message edited by: Sick Tick ]

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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If infection would be adequately addressed from the start, inflammation would be brought under control. Treating the infection is number one on the list.

Feelfit, thanks for link above to the article:

Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis

Here's another similar article from the same journal:

www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/5/1/40

Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis
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[ 03-20-2010, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]

Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :

thanks Keebs, another good article!

Posted by 22dreams (Member # 17846) on :

A link to this paper, in-full, is somewhere on lymenet, I believe.

but here is the abstract of
Inflammation and central nervous system Lyme disease:

http://tinyurl.com/Inflammation-and-CNS

Posted by lymebytes (Member # 11830) on :

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[1]. LNB affects both the peripheral and the central nervous systems (CNS), resulting in acute and chronic inflammation accompanied with neurological deficits that may persist for the lifetime of a patient

Amazing they admit it can last a lifetime. Still hard to see in print....such a bummer.

Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :

I felt the same way when reading that Lymebytes...as a matter of fact, after posting I told a friend not to bother reading it. Reality is tough to look in the eye sometimes....

I was particulairly interested in the mention of 'cranial neuropathies'..something that i have never come across in the literature...at least in regards to lyme.

ff