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Topic: Asthma & Lyme - any connection?

LymeinPrincetonNJ
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Member # 7696

posted

I have just been recently diagnosed with LD. I am fairly certain I was bitten by a tick back in April, because I've been sick since then. I developed an Asthmatic Bronchitis in mid-May and the asthma part has never left. My PMD originally thought this was because of GERD, which is highly probable, but since I was diagnosed so recently with both asthma and LD I was wondering if there's any connection? Maybe someone out there has had the same thing?

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David95928
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 3521

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Several healthcare providers diagnosed e with asthma, prior to being diagnosed with Lyme. No more "asthma."
David

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ArtistDi
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 2297

posted

I went through the same thing with the asthma
dx. They thought it was GERD or that I was
just making it up because pulmonary function
tests showed that I had lungs like an
Olympian's early on. I had air hunger and
antibiotics helped with it.

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Melanie Reber
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 3707

posted

Good morning,

Yes, many LD patients have respiratory difficulties. Mine are worse when Bartonella symptoms flare.

Welcome!
Melanie

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Lymetoo
Moderator
Member # 743

posted

Wow! Your story sounds just like mine! I got another tick bite in April and got asthma soon afterward. Never had it before.

Dr also considered GERD as a possibility. Still don't know, but since treating the GERD, things are better.

I'm now suspecting mycoplasma. {?}

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Do not take anything I say as medical advice. I am not a doctor, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express!
oops!
Lymetutu

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LymeinPrincetonNJ
Member
Member # 7696

posted

Mycoplasma! Now there's a reason I could be having difficulty breathing! I forgot those little buggers cause respiratory problems. I think they have to be treated with sulfa drugs, not abx?

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