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Thank you for all of the help on this site... I was wondering if you could help me once more.
I recently got a very bad infection, sore throat, 103 fever, very sore all over and tired... I saw my GP and he said it looked like an upper respiratory infection.
He did a blood test and put me on Biaxin... a week later his office called me and said that I had bandemia in my blood test. (for those who don't know bands are immature white blood cells)
shortly after this I started getting very depressed and other strange symptoms as described in my earlier post started showing up... Is this consistant with a relapse of Lyme?
Also, I notice that I have a tremor all over my body that really gets bad when I lift weights or put strain on my muscles, is this also a symptom?
Once again, thank you all for your invaluable experiences and opinions
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up for anyone?
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double post whats with that
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Activation of this cascade results in clot formation and a hypercoagulable state. Fibrin, along with platelets, macrophages, and other degradation products combine to form microthrombi in the vasculature. Microthrombi for clinical presentation. A complete blood count often reveals an elevated white blood cell {WBC} count, with bandemiaor a 'left-shift'. This is another indicator of an acute inflammatory response.{Lyme dose this}
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________________________________ Unlikly Hantavirus, a respiratory illness, can develop 1-4 weeks after contact with an infected deer mouse a small grey or brown mouse with a white belly and a furry tail or its urine or droppings. Hantavirus is characterized by fever, chills and muscle aches, followed by the abrupt onset of respiratory distress, often severe and sometimes fatal. Some patients will develop coughing and short- ness of breath within a few days. Hantavirus is not trans- missible from person to person. No cases of hantavirus have been reported in Spokane County, but surrounding counties in Washington and Idaho have had cases. If a hantavirus infection is suspected, a CBC and blood chem- istry should be repeated every 8 to 12 hours. The combi- nation of atypical lymphocytes, a significant bandemia, and thrombocytopenia in the setting of pulmonary edema is strongly suggestive of a hantavirus infection. Treat- ment of patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome {HPS}remains supportive in nature. All patients should receive broad spectrum antibiotics until HPS is proven. Doubtful
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Findings WBC per mm3
Normal 200
Noninflammatory 200 to 2,000
Inflammatory 2,000 to 150,000
Septic 15,000 to 200,000
Infection Infectious arthritis, if untreated, often leads to irreversible joint damage. Typical historical clues include acute onset of symptoms, history of previously abnormal joint, immunocompromised status or intravenous drug use. Physical findings such as fever, warmth and erythema over the involved joint, coupled with the absence of ligamentous or meniscal findings, suggest an infectious etiology. Radiographs are typically obtained, although they often fail to reveal any abnormality.
The most important test is joint fluid evaluation. Findings indicating infection include effusion, white blood cell (WBC) count greater than 50,000 per mm3 {50 3 109 per L}, organisms present on Gram stain and positive cultures. An elevated peripheral WBC and erythrocyte sedimentation rate also point to an infectious process. If the effusion recurs despite appropriate therapy, evaluation for fungal infection, tuberculosis and Lyme disease should be undertaken.
You probaly still have Lyme
Many types of infection can cause problems with WBCells, especially lyme.
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Thanks Tree for the quick response, has anyone else experienced tremor that is aggrivated when muscles are strained?
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I'm impressed you are able to lift weights!
You must not have the joint arthritis symptom, right?
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I try to work out 3 times a week... The only real symptoms I have are cognition, tremor, stiff necks/migrains... I had bell's palsy but it completely cleared up permanently about 4 years ago.
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treepatrol
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I havnt been lifting in 5 or 6 years but when I do anything physical my hands will shake like when I was tilling with troybuilt in the garden its about as easy as it gets, anyway I would walk behind it and with in maybe 2 trips my hands would be shaking bad it seems only when my heart rate is up?
Now since the last year and half I barely shake. I think over time your nerve fibres begin to heal the longer your better the less shakes.My thoughts anyway.
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