posted
The previous thread talked about people with LD having problems sleeping, and sleep apnea.
Would someone please explain how Lyme would cause these problems?
Thanks Posts: 89 | From Northern Virginia | Registered: Oct 2005
| IP: Logged |
lymemomtooo
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 5396
posted
I am not a Dr and thus far have refused to see if I have any of these diseases..It it overwhelming to just care for my daughter..
But many have these issues..There should be a lot of posts if you do a search..
I am sure that digestion and respiration probably are big players for the sleep apnea but the bacteria has the ability to effect any organ in the body..I would think that some of this is due to nerve damage, perhaps the vagus nerve but again I am not a Dr..
With the sleep issue, I think it may be due to depletion of necessary minerals, melatonin, etc..
Perhaps by bringing this up, more will see it and be able to give a good answer..
Posts: 2360 | From SE PA | Registered: Mar 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Up
Posts: 89 | From Northern Virginia | Registered: Oct 2005
| IP: Logged |
Lymelighter
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 5310
posted
The doc at the sleep ctr I went to said that he felt Lyme could cause or exacerbate central apnea and hyponeas, but doubted it causes obstructive apnea.
He also thinks Lyme can cause Restless Leg and my LLMD concurs. He wanted to see sleep stufies before and after abx to compare.
Posts: 1010 | From Mars | Registered: Feb 2004
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic