I have heard again and again, watch out for the full moon phases with lyme. I have noticed I have felt VERY poorly the last couple days and it is full moon.
Why is this? What is the reasoning behind this, are bacteria more vulnerable?
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Im not saying this is right, but merely this is what i heard. I was told that the full moon acts on the fluids in your body the same way as it acts on the oceans and tides. Since bacteria live in moist wet places like your body and all its fluids, they are effected by the increased gravitational pull from the full moon.
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hmmm... sounds logical but dont really understand how it can aggravate the ketes? Guess we will never really know
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Wow, This is the first month since I've been diagnosed; therefore my first "Full Lyme Moon". My chief symptom was a spontaneous arthritic knee. I actually did notice that my symptoms were worse today (now painful hip and elbow), but I didn't make the connection that it was coinciding with the full moon. INTERESTING.
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That is so strange. I came home tonight and was shocked when I looked at my husband's face. He looked like he was having a major herx...and it isn't consistent with his other herxes.
I hadn't heard about the full moon thing, or else I forgot about it.
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If this is your first month of lyme treatment then you are going to learn all th WEIRD things about this disease, there is nothing more crazy on this earth!
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I have heard of three theories...
The first is that the spirochete is more active at this time, and more vulnerable to meds/remedies. Second, our immune systems have cycles and are stronger at that time and so that may induce more productive 'killing.' And finally, it might also be a time for reproduction. Or maybe some combination of the three?
Just theories though... no way of knowing for sure.
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I have heard of all those theorys as well, I guess I will add this question to my list for my LLMD as well...
My monthly BIG herx is always close to or on full moon. Then I have large herxes about every 3 days and then I am in a constant small herx... Life could not be better
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I work at a nursing home and it is well known that everybody will act up during a full moon. At hospitals too. Emergency rooms see more accidents and other problems during a full moon.
I don't know why it is. I heard something about it changing the atmospheric pressure. (Whatever that means I'm not sure.) O r why that would affect us???
So far, I'm sleeping the past few days. Some moons seem more sleepless, to me, than others. I don't know why. Kinda hurtin' otherwise.
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I used to really get hit by the full moon. Now that I'm so much better, I only notice little things.
I do know that I slept about 10-11 hours each of the last two nights. I usually sleep 8-9 hours.
A friend of mine who used to post here had a really good scientific explanation for the full moon thing, but it got erased when the board got rid of old threads here.
We used to call each other "wolf girl!" AAAAOOOOOOO!!!
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: AAAAOOOOOOO!!!
Which reminds me, I just saw MADDOG on a thread over in support.
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