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Does anyone else here have motor nerve damage (not sensory nerves) caused by Lyme disease as seen by reinnervation and/or denervation in an EMG?
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Tincup, what did your EMG show? Reinnervation and/or active denervation? How many limbs were involved and did you have swallowing and/or diaphragm involvement? Did treatment help these symptoms?
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I had some trouble with swallowing at certain points with Lyme. I didn't have any kind of EMG or anything (no insurance), but that probably would have shown damage. I didn't take any supplements to directly affect nerve regeneration, but blood-thinning herbs such as Gingko were helpful, at least for sympton reduction. The important thing is, all this stuff resolved after extended antibiotics and herbal treatment for Lyme and co-infections. Thus there was probably a certain amount of nerve regeneration happening. Good luck; may you find the optimal treatment with the fewest possible setbacks! DaveS
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I have a lot of problems that suggest irritation and damage of motor nerve, only my EMG that I took 2 yrs ago was perfectly normal (though I didn't have half the problems I have now) and all the drs I have seen recently tell me it is psycosomatic since emg is normal and will not repeat the emg because they don't think it is outdated. Don't quite know what to do, ah, before you ask, no, not a llmd in sight: you know I do live in Europe
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kev-
i have not had the test/s you describe, but i did have all the sypmtoms you stated and to the same severity.
they resolved with extensive treatment with abx, hbot, sunlight, FIR sauna, detox, vit supp, and much more.
healing these diseases is an all day job for 2-4 yrs.
it sucks sometimes but look at it this way, when youre done, and healed, how much knowledge will you have gained?
hope you find the best treatment.
hang in there man
humbly
derek
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Had an EMG in 2002, 5 years before Lyme diagnosis, which showed L4 (or L5?) radiculopathy causing symptoms in both legs.
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