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Topic: Decreased immune system?

loveofflowers
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Member # 26055

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Anyone notice that they are catching a bunch of viruses after being on antibiotics for months?

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Hoops123
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Member # 18333

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I have not noticed this but lyme in general will suppress your immune system and will likely cause the reactivation of dormant viruses.

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WendyK
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Member # 18918

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Absolutely! (As I sit here blowing my nose and coughing from the latest cold) On the plus side, none of them have turned into sinus infections like they usually do...

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Most lyme patients do not get "communicable" diseases. I rarely ever caught anything when I had Lyme.

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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Razzle
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Member # 30398

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I think it is different for everyone. I catch everything going around.

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Lyme IgM IGeneX Pos. 18+++, 23-25+, 30++, 31+, 34++, 39 IND, 83-93 IND; IgG IGeneX Neg. 30+, 39 IND; Mayo/CDC Pos. IgM 23+, 39+; IgG Mayo/CDC Neg. band 41+; Bart. (clinical dx; Fry Labs neg. for all coinfections), sx >30 yrs.

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gigimac
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Member # 33353

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I am thinking the exact same thing. I have a cold right now and have been sick off and on all winter.

I never got sick while I had lyme disease before starting abx!!
And that was while I was going to the doctor every other week still trying to figure out what was wrong with me, and being around sick people during the winter.

Now this past winter I haven't been as exposed yet I have been sick the whole time after starting abx.

It's weird, not sure what is up with that!!

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gigimac
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Member # 33353

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I think i have asked this question before but I can't find the thread. I have this horrible cold and I need it to go away!!

Any suggestions?

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Lauralyme
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Member # 15021

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^ yes ^.....take oil of oregano

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Fall down seven times, get up eight
~Japanese proverb

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