Please help! All opinions, knowlegde, ideas welcome!

I think many of you know that I have a 17 year old daughter that was born with lyme. She was diagnosed at age 14, afer being misdiagnosed time after time. SHe has been treating for lyme for 3 years now, and has seemingly been getting better. However, recent bloodwork has me rather nervous. According to her blood work, she has high glucose levels, in the stage of prediabetes from what I have read. At this stage, she still has a chance of reversing it before it becomes diabetes 2.

So thats the goal. However, this usually happens due to diet. Thats the problem. We don't eat sugar, not even fruits high in sugar content. We limit gluten, even though we don't have any gluten intolerances. She weighs 103 at 5'5". She is fit, pretty active. We do yoga. We don't eat many processed foods. She takes vitamins, herbs, and b12, b6, biotin, and folate due to the MTHFR gene mutation, the 1298 and 677. 

She has been off abx for nearl 2 weeks, being on pulse therapy, in hpes on the lyme being on it way out...

A few mnhs ago, she was having hypoglycemic symptoms and had to eat every 2-3 hrs or she would be dizzy and lightheaded. Now it has reversed?

Her vitamin/herb list:

Saventaro

garlic

eluthero

milk thistle

vitamin D (due to deficiency)

NAC

resveratrol

lysine

vit E

american ginsing

I will slowly add the following in hopes of helping the glucose levels

Alpha Lipoic acid (biotin, zinc and iron to counter the ALA)

tumeric

bitter melon

Does anyone have any ideas? I have a tough time finding any info with lyme and this. And I just can't watch my daughter go through yet another setback. It's just overwhelming.

 

Limiting carbs too. I didnt know about the vitamin E, and I have been looking for a good curcumin. Thank-you!

Have you ever heard of lyme causing diabetes?

Not sure if it can but it seems to cause just about everything under the sun so why couldn't it affect the endocrine system?

Hello Sam,

I keep making the connection between hypoglycemia and Babesia.

I'm not sure how right this is but there is quite a lot of info out there on this connection in dogs.

For instance see http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01042011-112942/unrestricted/dissertation.pdf

I think it's quite possible that the pre diabetes is a consequence of ongoing infection and dealt with in the functional stage should be entirely reversible.

Hth

Hugh

Hello Samjones-
Our stories are so similar. My daughter was diagnosed with Lyme and coinfections at 13 and it wasn't until I started reading the babesia symptoms that I realized I have this nasty stuff and gave it to her in utero. I had a nasty tick bite about 1994 and have managed quite well but am starting to see more symptoms as I age. I'd love to talk with you on the phone to compare notes and talk about what has worked/not worked for our adolescent daughters born with this stuff. I'm also interested in how you're viewing/managing care for your own health. Sounds like you, like I, have done fairly well thus far. I want to take some steps to more directly address this now that I have a better idea what's causing some of the symptoms I've kept at bay over the years through diet, supplements herbs, and detoxing.

Unfortunately, I'm having problems with Outlook so I can't just email you. If you're open to talking on the phone, let me know and when Outlook is fixed, I'll send you my phone number.

By the way...IMO the gluten free step is critical. I know it's hard with teens but if she can go 100 percent on that for at least a month to see what happens, it might be helpful. The value of the reduction in inflammation can't be understated and even a little gluten seems to get things fired up. Just my opinion.

Concernedmom

Concernedmom