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Yes, you can. I passed it on to my children and they didn't start to have symptoms until in their teens.
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Thanks. Any advice on how to approach the pediatrician for this?
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julielynne4
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Yes, all four of my children have congenital lyme. They all have symptoms, some more than others.
As far as approaching the pediatrician, he/she will likely tell you that there is no way your child got lyme from you. You can certainly ask them to test your kids, but as we know, that is a long-shot.
I take my kids to my LLMD for their lyme treatment. I take them to the pediatrician for "other" issues...like ear infections, physicals for school, etc...and I really limit what I tell him about their lyme, as he is NOT lyme-literate.
Kids can be treated and cured, and the best way to go about this, is to get them to an LLMD.
If you love your pediatrician like I love mine, you can start to offer him/her reading materials on lyme. Occasionally, some doctors will be open enough to reading it. And giving them a copy of "Under our Skin" may shed some light to the more open-minded.
If you have any other questions for someone who has passed this disease on to their kids, feel free to PM me.
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It can definately be passed on, my 7 year old Granddaughter has had it since birth. She had symptoms when she was born and they got worse the older she got.
We took her to CT to see Dr. J then our LLMD in CA. took over from there since he is much closer and has worked with and learned from Dr. J. She is doing better now.
As long as we watch her diet, rest and she stays on her supplements she does well.
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Yes. And lyme has been linked with fetal death in utero (miscarriage), at term (stillborn) and infant death (at or shortly after birth). Additionally, lyme has been linked to congenital defects such as heart anomalies.
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Yes. And lyme has been linked with fetal death in utero (miscarriage), at term (stillborn) and infant death (at or shortly after birth). Additionally, lyme has been linked to congenital defects such as heart anomalies.
blinkie
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yes. and as far as heart anomalies go...they tested my newborn son in the hospital with an EKG to make sure he had no heart defects from the lyme.
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