Topic: Dry Mucus membranes - is it lyme or other TBD
Health
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Hi everyone,
I have dry mucus membranes/nose/eyes/throat,lungs, sometimes, and when it gets bad like now, it gets bad.
I first had this start happening, when I went OFF antibiotics 2 years ago, and 30 days off them, relapsed, the growth cycle, so I would assume this would mean
the dry stuff is lyme? The dry mucus membranes. I also got sick from heat/sun. NEVER had this before in my life, until then.
I have a REALLY bad cold now, and the dryness is back, and I am on the antibiotics.
I thought it may have been autoimmune, but was tested for lupus and other autoimmune but not tested for sgdrons syndrome.
I found that the antibiotics helped it, sometimes got 80% better, so this would tell me that it is lyme?
Or has anyone else found it to be another tick infection?
My immune is very low from the cold/flu, so maybe this is why the dry is back, lyme can get worse despite being on antibiotics when I get the flu or cold bad?
Which tick infection directly goes into the mucus membranes like the sinus, the lungs, the throat?
Trish
[ 12. May 2007, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: Health ]
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NP40
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Trish, lyme will often get worse when you contract a cold or flu. I'm thinking perhaps you should be checked by a good Naturopath for the sinus. Certainly could be lyme but an immune system drop can make you susceptible to all kinds of bacteria and viruses.
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lymeHerx001
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I have had dry and hollow mucous membranes ever since I developed chronic MCS 3 years ago following a toxic chemical exposure.
Before then I would only get that when I had a cold.
Now its chronic. Im even sensitive to all the nasal sprays so I cant use those either.
I just deal with it and stopped wearing colognes and air fresheners.
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I've had this too - maybe not the lungs, but the nose, mouth, throat etc. I drench them in ENTsol or Simply Saline. Take Mucinex. Drink lots of water. And humidify your bedroom.
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