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Posted 1/12/2016 12:49 PM (GMT 0)
This question was posted on another Lyme forum and I was quite surprised to see the number of autoimmune diseases that people have developed after getting Lyme disease. I am dealing with psoriatic arthritis from Lyme.
Posted 1/12/2016 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
Hi dmw, yes. Many of us on this board do. I have psoriasis and celiac, as well as just general auto-immune Lyme.
Posted 1/12/2016 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
I have psoriasis (confirmed clinically by doctor), and possibly psoriatic arthritis also based on symptoms.

I had Hashimoto's thyroiditis during the last years I had Lyme, but that has corrected itself.
Posted 1/12/2016 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
I have interstitial cystitis, which is not technically classified as autoimmune, but only because they don't know how to classify it yet!!
Posted 1/12/2016 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
Have both elevated Hashimoto antibodies, plus vitaligo.
Posted 1/12/2016 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
I was just diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis this past month. I've thought that I had Lyme for years...the RA diagnosis pushed me to pursue Lyme diagnosis/treatment. The more I read, the more I believe I have Lyme. :(
Posted 1/16/2016 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
Vasculitis. .and arthritis...... i heard osp from borrelia are shed as they drill and then immune system attacks "self"
Posted 1/19/2016 2:51 PM (GMT 0)
i wonder if some people who are experiencing autoimmune disease symptoms after treatment for lyme could be having symptoms due to lots of antibiotics messing up their gut. you should all be taking probiotics, and also get vitamin tests done. i went through tons of ABs in the past and was later found to have a b2+b12 deficiency, which made me feel awful.
Posted 1/20/2016 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
Hashi's here and gluten sensitivity (never tested for celiac) and tests pending on pituitary function (possible autoimmunity to pituitary- which is not uncommon in Hashi's)
Posted 1/20/2016 9:12 PM (GMT 0)

leemee212 said...
i wonder if some people who are experiencing autoimmune disease symptoms after treatment for lyme could be having symptoms due to lots of antibiotics messing up their gut. you should all be taking probiotics, and also get vitamin tests done. i went through tons of ABs in the past and was later found to have a b2+b12 deficiency, which made me feel awful.

I have some serious GI issues, so I have always been very careful to use the probiotics that seemed to help my intestines the most - but that did not stop psoriasis or Hashi's.

For some it's the fact that the immune system suddenly ramps up to try to tackle the infection - and basically gets too excited and starts attacking everything (slightly simplified version!! :-)).

For others, it's conditions that were brought on by having Lyme, not connected to the immune system ramping up, but due to actual dysfunction.

I do agree with you though about the need for probiotics! Definitely a must!
Posted 1/21/2016 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
I got Pernicious Anemia (auto-immune condition where your body destroys the mast cells) and then 8 years later, all my lyme symptom started to emerge. my ANA was elevated, so that indicates an auto-immune condition. I was told I was presenting with Fibromyalgia-like symptoms, but then I got the Lyme diagnosis. I think it could be a factor in many auto-immune issues. My Lyme doc says if you are diagnosed with Lyme and have elevated auto-immune markers, you've had Lyme at least 8 -10 years or more and your body gets tired of fighting and it emerges...
Posted 1/21/2016 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, I have Hashimotos thyroiditis and had an elevated ANA, too. I believe I got it about 10 years after Lyme and co-infections. Have chronic active Epstein Barr and Cytomegalovirus. As I understand it the body is producing antibodies to all the infections in the body in whatever tissue the are present in.
Posted 1/21/2016 8:01 PM (GMT 0)
Epstein barr, small fiber neuropathy and an auto immune they CAN'T identify. But say it's not MS, HIV, LUPUS OR CANCERS
Posted 1/21/2016 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
EBV and CMV are viruses, not autoimmune issues.

Kimbo - all those things could simply be Lyme. They are very common diagnoses when a person has Lyme.
Posted 1/22/2016 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
K also had high ANA titers which completely resolved with treatment.
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