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I've been doing a natural treatment protocol for just less than a month, and I've noticed some improvement, but I've also developed new symptoms.
I get burning feet, worse sweats and neck pain that starts on either side of my spine at the base of my skull, and curves around the side of my neck.
I also have a feeling of pressure in my throat, combined with difficulty swallowing.
And (more scarily)- I've been getting feelings of pressure in my chest (sometimes it's almost painful),
and feelings as if my heart has skipped a beat, or had an extra beat. These only last for a second or two, but they sometimes leave me with a tight feeling in my chest, or short of breath.
At first I wrote it off to anxiety- but it happens out of the blue. It feels really "wrong" and so it can give me anxiety- but I don't think it's caused by it. And it's not related to exercize.
It's not a herx- I've had one already, but it's over now.
But the doctor I talked to wrote it off as anxiety- as I am young, and in good health, and he didn't hear anything wrong with my heart.
Should I be worried?
And should I be changing something in my treatment plan? I'm not scheduled to see my lyme doc for a while- and she's a naturopath, so she could just deal with the treatment protocol.
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AZURE WISH
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Do you have babesia?
I only ask because those are some of my symptoms that i attribute to babesia. I do have lyme also so it is just my guess that is the babs causing those symptoms for me.
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Hmmm, I get those symptoms too, for me, they seem to be a herx. Herxing can happen in cycles - not just a one-time thing. I seem to herx when I add or change a med AND about every two weeks.
Yesterday, my heart was doing exactly what you describe. Makes me nauseated even. I was laying in bed, not stressed out.
I also have the constantly burning feet. And I've had neck and back pain off and on. I think these are all Lyme or co-infect symptoms.
My night sweats are all but gone since I started treatment. BUT, I've noticed that I get one or two nights of light sweats every two weeks. I think it has to do with die off.
Could be herxing or just that treatment has awakened your lyme in some way and made if fight harder.
Still, I would call your DR if you can. It's always worth checking.
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Sounds like a herx to me and definitely some babs symptoms. Neck pain and sweats were classic symptoms for me. The sweats increased with every dose increase in meds for Babs.
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Leelee
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You have described my symptoms to a tee. Besides Lyme I have been diagnosed with Bartonella and Babesia. I don't know which co-infection is specifically responsible for which ailment, though.
I do think the burning feet is probably Bartonella.
Were you tested for co-infections?
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