Thanks for sharing. My dd8 actually has a lot of GI issues including problems with her esophagus, chronic constipation & encopresis. We are looking into a Lyme dx for her. So this article was very informative for me!!
Posted by ktkdommer (Member # 29020) on :
I read this article 18 months ago when my son's stomach stopped working after a virus. The cardiologist diagnosed him with gastroparesis and he did a drug called mestinon for myasthenis gravis and it worked until proper Lyme diagnosis and treatment. Things are working fine now!
Posted by RDaywillcome (Member # 21454) on :
Great article, but no proof yet!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Oh yeah. That is a very important article.
Posted by Lymeorsomething (Member # 16359) on :
Has anyone seen Dr. S?
Posted by RDaywillcome (Member # 21454) on :
Still need proof.
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
She is a psychiatrist, not a lyme doctor.
But, she had lyme and it really affected her gastro-intestinal tract. So, she knows a lot about it.
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
quote:Originally posted by RDaywillcome: Still need proof.
Of?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
???huh?
Pretty much fact that Lyme can paralyze the gut if you ask me.
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
There is proof. There is research on tissue samples taken from patients with Gastroparesis and 2 of the 5 were positive for Lyme. After treatment for Lyme, the patients' Gastroparesis went away.
H. Pande, B.E. Lacy and M.D. Crowell. "CASE REPORT: Inflammatory Causes of Gastroparesis: Report of Five Cases." Digestive Diseases and Sciences. Volume 47, Number 12, 2664-2668, DOI: 10.1023/A:1021036601462 -- http://www.springerlink.com/content/q59068h56t765001/
"People may ask what does Lyme disease have to do with digestive diseases?
After seeing a fairly large cluster of female patients without diabetes presenting with symptoms of nausea and vomiting several years ago, all of whom turned out out have gastroparesis, a condition where there is considerable delay in gastric emptying, I suspected an infectious agent. I came across an article by Brian Lacy MD who was then at Johns Hopkins University Marvin S.Schuster Center for Gastrointestinal Motility entitled" Inflammatory Gastropathy" which descrided 5 patient with proven gastroparesis, 3 of whom developed the condition shortly after vaccination and 2 who had Lyme disease. None of my eight patient had been recently vaccinated but since we lived in an area where Lyme disease is endemic and deer hunting is considered a right of passage, I tested all eight for chronic Lyme, and all 8 were positiveby ILADS criteria. After subsequent antibiotics which had been preceded by prokinetics such as Reglan and in several cases, even total parental nutrition, all improved." -- http://www.revolutionhealth.com/blogs/nothing/what-does-lyme-diseas-4297
Lyme is also known to cause difficulty swallowing and IBS-like symptoms. I live daily with messed up gut motility from Lyme. My entire GI tract is affected.
Posted by Rumigirl (Member # 15091) on :
Although Dr. S is a psychiatrist, she does treat Lyme as far as I know. She is extremely LL, as you can see.