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Topic: Are most of your symptoms one sided?

Aimee
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 20946

posted

This came up in another thread - wondering if this is true for more than just a few of us.

All of my physical symptoms have been on the left side of my body. These have included the following:

Headache
Facial numbness/tingling
Eye problems
Back Pain
Neck Pain
Leg and foot numbness/tingling
Colon issues
Ovarian cyst
Knee swelling

I have also had the fatigue, the brain fog, the loss for words and other cognitive issues but physical presentation is always on the left side.

Just wondering what the reason for this might be and if anyone else has experienced something like this.

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kensadams
Member
Member # 19272

posted

Hi Aimee,

Many of my symptoms have a 'sideness' to them.

The numbness and tingling of my feet/legs and hands/arms is much worse on the left side (but it does bother me on the right as well, just not as bad)

When I get facial numbness (often after a warm shower or exercise) it is exclusively on the left side.

The aching eye pain (like someone is trying to dig my eyeball out with a spoon) and blurriness that I get is in the right eye (go figure).

Ken

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LisaS
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 10581

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Yes, most of my symptoms are on my right. Does anyone know why this is? How can a bacteria pick a side? Or is it that it depends on what part of your brain is effected like when you have a stroke?

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sutherngrl
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 16270

posted

My symptoms are on both sides, but usually worse on the right side.

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maps
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 19758

posted

left side for me. Interesting topic though.

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1999 CFS, 2002 CMV Myco pneumonia
1 year antibiotics on and off
2002 EBV, 2009 Positive Igenex Borellia and Babesia, Brain mri severe white matter disease
Monoclonal Gammopathy. On and off antibiotics since sept. March 9 started iv antibiotics

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Ocean
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 3496

posted

Left side for me!

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IgM:23-25 IND, 31+++, 39 IND, 41 +++
IgG: 31 IND, 41++, 58+

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groovy2
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 6304

posted

Hi--

For some reason several systems usually
show up on the left side --

Bells palsey is usually on the left side
of face--

Also the chest pain from Babs is
usually on the left side of chest--

It is from cartilage between the rib cage
gets inflamed and hurts and most people
think they are having a heart attack --

--Jay--

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radfaraf
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 11909

posted

For me vast majority of the time they are equal on both sides.

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kellyb2411
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 15467

posted

I'm mainly right side with 90% but I have a couple of little niggles which like the left better.

I've always wondered why this is too.

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ABX
Doxy 400mg + Amox 1g Jun - Sep 08
Rifampin 600mg + Biaxin 1000mg
Tinidazole 1000mg/day - Sep 08 to June 08

Currently taking Salt/C 15g (himalayan salt)

85-90% better

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greenbow
Member
Member # 21463

posted

both sides but, more intense on the left!
thanks for this post

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