strange things going on....Rich
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bettyg
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rich,
are you having severe pain and numbness in arms/hands too?
lyme causes heart problems; each of us is different. so if it CONTINUES GETTING WORSE, i'd go to hospital ER and have it checked out good.
unfortunately, they don't listen to use and insurance cos. kick us out QUICKLY so i don't think you'd be able to stay no matter how stubborn you are.
do you have health insurance?
anyway, my motto ... BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY; i'm going to hospital anytime i'm like that and i've gone once so far! nothing found!
i also dragged along my THICK "LYME" MEDICAL FILES!
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Michelle M
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Any kind of chest pain that persists like that merits an EKG. At the least. Or a cardiac workup. Has your doctor recommended this? I think it's a wise idea to rule out any organic heart problems (i.e., NOT lyme-induced) before assuming chest pain is from lyme. I would definitely go to the ER and get checked out.
Posts: 3193 | From Northern California | Registered: Apr 2005
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i am just now wk 1 into iv for cardio/neuro involvement.
i had holter monitor showing sinus tachy (means heart rate races but maintains rhythem, no blockage in impules for heart to beat)
any who, sinus tach is related to immflamtory situations, illness (lol..like lyme you mean???)
so with me, RMSF causes systemic vasculitis thus means even the heart..is a muscle too
sounds like you need cardio, holter would be good--you do this at home, wear for a day. 12 lead ekg in er only gives small view
the pain you are having is very worrisome and sounds like angina needs to be ruled out,, anytime your body has pain this is a signal to you that something is wrong--- this is the whole purpose of pain so you need to listen to it
i have educated some of my own doc along the way, luckily i have relationship with most from working in the medical community here for last 10 yr
however, the cardio i saw was not receptive to the hard to treat idea..so i need to find one who is
i know i have had better luck with docs during in-office visits..ER is bad place to fight this battle..
no one please take this wrong but er is "treat and street"...that is the design of er, they are not into diagnostic work ups--get "complaint" under control (lol..you only get one ya know) and send you off to follow up with pcp.
best wishes in finding open minded cardio in your area and make appt!! i have brought in back up science research with me at times. best wishes but get this looked at!!
-------------------- i am not a Dr. any info is only for education, suggestion or to think/research. please do not mis-intuprest as diagnostic or prescriptive, only trying to help. **
dx in 08:lyme, rmsf, bart, babs, and m.pneumonia. Posts: 422 | From TX | Registered: Oct 2008
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disturbedme
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I have heart involvement with this illness.
I also have the chest pain (though I get it on both sides), palps off and on, and tachycardia. The tachycardia has been the worst, and I was put on beta blockers to control it. And my LLMD has heard a very mild murmur as well.
I, like a couple others here, have had the holter monitor, as well as EKG and echo. They were normal except holter showed sinus tachycardia of up to 150 resting. But other than that, it was normal and they told me I was fine. Fine, huh?!
I continue to worry as I've been treating lyme and co's now for two years but still have the tachycardia and have had to up my dosage of beta blockers even. So I worry that I'll be on beta blockers for the rest of my life...
-------------------- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. ~ Helen Keller
My Lyme Story Posts: 2965 | From Land of Confusion (bitten in KS, moved to PA, now living in MD) | Registered: Jun 2007
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