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I really only have one symptom, my right side from my ankle up to my armpit responds strangly to cold...i cant say its numb because i can feel a very light touch,but if i touch those areas with somthing cold it does not feel cold, it sort of stings. Has anyone else had this? Is this a sign of lyme or a specific Co? thanks for your input!!
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Just one symptom would not be typical for lyme in my opinion. Have you been tested or seen a Lyme doctor?
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Yes just the numbness, Did see lyme Dr. he said it is lyme, the tests were Igenx positive but CDC Negitive. I saw a nero before the Lyme Dr. and she said probable MS.
I just dont know who to belive... I have read about how much lyme is misdiagnosed, and have had high exposure to ticks, I just think if it was Lyme disease i would have more symptoms. I'm on ABX, never really got a herx, (well mabe a little?) It's really frustrating not knowing what to treat...
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Lymies generally get more symptoms as time goes by. That's because, if allowed to progress, lyme will attack more and more bodily systems and nerves.
How long have you had this one symptom?
Also, if you were Igenex positive, that to me is pretty good proof that it is lyme disease.
I found that I actually had more symptoms than I ever reported to my doctor. In looking back, I remembered some strange episodes that I never associated with lyme disease. Now, I know for sure that lyme and company were the cause.
Why not look at the list of symptoms in the Burrascano guidelines and see if anything else comes to mind. Starts on page 9:
The type of strange sensation you are describing is probably a lyme symptom rather than a babesiosis or bartonella symptom, just to give you a reply to your original question.
I had a coworker with a positive lyme test who told me she felt like her legs were moving when she was standing still, and also she always felt like she was walking on something wet and squishy.
I chalk all of these types of descriptions up to neuropathies which are common to lyme disease.
As Burrascano says, lyme is basically a disease of the nervous system. Quote from p. 4:
"It is clear that in the great majority of patients, chronic Lyme is a disease affecting predominantly the nervous system."
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