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Topic: Lyme-Thyroid-WHAT

Julie51
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Member # 13065

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Can someone please answer if you can for me the following questions.

Tick found on neck (not all the way in) came out easy 7-22-07. 11 days later I woke up to burning skin on check and neck pin and needle feeling.

Went to the doctor he said maybe lyme, but your thyroid looks funny. Tested me for thyroid said I need an uptake scan.

Just had that done and here is what it said.

Finding consistent with clinical diagnosis of Toxic Multinodular Goiter.

TSH of 0.017 mU/m1 and free T4 of 1.83 ng/dl.

Other blood tests: Hemoglobin 15.7, HCT 45.3, Absolute Neut 8.5

T4, Free 0.012 and T3 total 2.11

He now tells me he thinks its all thyroid related and not lyme.

Also can a thyroid go this bad within 1.5 months of being bitten by a tick. Plus I have no idea what Toxic Multinodular Goiter means. I have to look that up on the internet.

Thanks you all so much

Julie

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Julie

Posts: 61 | From Lake Villa IL | Registered: Aug 2007 | IP: Logged |

Aniek
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Member # 5374

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It's also possible you have Lyme and thyroid problems. Two seperate things.

Lyme symptoms can progress very quickly. I'm not a doctor, but I would think that major thyroid problems would not happen so quickly from Lyme.

However, your burning symptoms sound very much like early Lyme. Did you get any antibiotic treatment for the Lyme?

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"When there is pain, there are no words." - Toni Morrison

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jennyflyer
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I would have to agree, I don't think thyroid problems can develop that quickly. They may be completely unrelated. I have an overactive thyroid and my LLMD didn't seem concerned that it was at all connected to the LD. But the needles and burning, ya that is me every day from the LD.

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Jennifer

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Julie51
Member
Member # 13065

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Hi Vision:

Thank you so much for the email, I will print that one out so I know what questions to ask the specialist they are sending me to.

Can I ask, how did you feel during this?? My complaint is burning in the upper neck and chest, tired and bad neck pain. But the back of the neck.

Your information is very helpful, I truly appreciate it.

Julie

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Julie

Posts: 61 | From Lake Villa IL | Registered: Aug 2007 | IP: Logged |

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