lets say someone is being treated for lyme disease. The medicine that they are taking for it is effective against the lyme. If that person takes a while to get better from the effective treatment. is that a pretty good indication that theyve had lyme a LONG time? (like YEARS)
because id have to assume that if the lyme meds are working. then that person taking awhile to get better would probably mean theyve had it a long time therefore they have high bacterial load.
is this true?
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Lyme is a tough disease. I don't think this is always the case...
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Not necessarily and yes...'definitely a tough disease!
I was only symptomatic for six months prior to diagnosis and starting treatment. Now...on my second LLMD, my second IV med and numerous orals later and I have made little progress and am still very sick!
I think that it depends on a lot of different factors...
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^ Well right but just because you were only symptomatic for six months doesnt mean you didnt have it before that. You could have had it for awhile without any obvious symptoms. Or maybe you had symptoms in the past but didnt identify them as lyme symptoms.
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I suppose so...but I never had ANY lyme symptoms prior...even minor symptoms of anything that I could even remotely attribute to lyme...
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i think that generally, the longer you've had lyme disease, the longer it takes you to get better.
but if someone isn't improving, it might be because they haven't found the right anti-biotic. different anti-biotics effect everypne different. some might not help you at all, and some might help a lot!
i have felt pretty sick for at 9 years, so i assume i have had lyme disease for at least that long.
i think the best way to figure out how long you've had it is to look back on when you started feeling sick.
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