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I wasn't diagnosed with it, but i was having crazy fluctuations before I was diagnosed with lyme. My body was not regulating at all. I lost considerable weight. Now I know it was from the lyme. It has gotten better.
Kathy
-------------------- Severe neurological problems. Probably sick for years. Became chronically sick in Aug 2007. Undiagnosed for another 15 months. Started treatment for lyme and bart Sept. 2008. Improving, but very slowly. Posts: 515 | From washington dc | Registered: Aug 2008
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Keebler
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Lyme plays havoc with the entire endocrine system. For more about that, authors below get into explaining that and what you can do about it.
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This book is specific to lyme and other chronic stealth infections.
The author discusses the endocrine connection and effects of STRESS on a person with such infections.
You can read customer reviews and look inside the book at this link to its page at Amazon.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROTEIN & AMINO ACID DURING ACUTE & CHRONIC INFECTION . . .
Anura V. Kurpad - Institute of Population Health & Clinical Research, Bangalore, India
129. Indian J Med Res 124, August 2006, pp 129-148. Review Article.
Excerpt: " . . . In general, the amount of EXTRA protein that would appear to be needed is of the order of 20-25 per cent of the recommended intake, for most infections. . . ."
- Full article at link (or google the title if it does not go through).
Leelee
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lymessc, I have hypoglycemia, too. It is an awful feeling.
I have had it for years and years although, like a lot of things, many doctors dismissed my complaints.
Finally, a friend suggested I see a nutritionist. I brought her my blood work. She took one look and said I was hypoglycemic. My fasting glucose level was 49.
She gave me an eating plan and I have followed it diligently for several years. It helps a lot, but even so, I crash for no known reason.
I had my first LLMD visit last week. He made a clinical diagnosis of Lyme and Bartonella. We are awaiting my test results from Igenex and Fry.
He said hypoglycemia can be a symptom of Lyme. That makes sense to me. I guess the bacteria eat up all my food stores.
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Geneal
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I have it now too. I always had issues with sugar though.
When I was initially diagnosed my blood sugar was high.
Of course I felt like my sugar was low and kept putting sugar in.
Diflucan and florinef can cause low blood sugar too.
When my stomach growls, if I don't eat I feel I am going to keel over.
Small frequent meals help a lot.
Hugs,
Geneal
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kreynolds
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Yes I was diagnosed Hypoglycemic after the diagnosis of LD
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Quest: + IGG Bands 18,23,39,41,58,66 and 93.
Quest: + IGM Bands 23,39
Quest: + Bartonella (B.Henselea & B. Quintana),+ Babesia, and + Mycoplasma and Lyme-Induced Addisons Disease
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lpkayak
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i was dx before i knew i had lyme...but i might have had it then.
with tx and diet changes it is so under control i'm not sure if ii have it anymore
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Yes, I was also diagnosed with hypoglycemia after being diagnosed with Lyme.
I don't know what all it takes to be diagnosed, but I had a glucose level of 60 (non-fasting), so my doctor said I was probably hypoglycemic.
Other times I had a glucose level of 80 or 85 when fasting. Any thoughts?
-------------------- I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease in August 2007, but I now feel it was a misdiagnosis. I was finally properly diagnosed with Chemical Sensitivity in February 2011. My life has changed drastically since then. Posts: 128 | From Dallas, Texas | Registered: Jul 2008
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tdtid
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I was actually diagnosed with it before I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease but for five years of being undiagnosed, I was testing positive for all sorts of random things but being told, "something else is still going on".
So whether the hypoglycemia was due to lyme or would have happened anyway, it's hard to say, but yes, I do have both and wonder about the connection.
It's no fun and yes, that 3 hour fasting test where you have to drink the sweet stuff had me shaking and tremoring before the test was even completed. Ugh.
Cathy
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