Posted 5/6/2014 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
Can someone please tell me if they have experienced (or heard of) this? i have a throbbing pain on the back of my hand at the bottom of my middle finger (just above the knuckle). It has been coming and going (for hours at time) for the last few days. I am on the Zhang protocol (and 2 1/2 months into it) and treating suspected Babesia and confirmed Lyme and Bartonella.
The weird thing is that this was my very first symptom 1 and 1 /2 years ago (Lyme came out of dormancy when I stupidly took Levaquin for a sinus infection). The levaquin caused a neurotoxic reaction, resulting in nerve and tendon damage (plus mental health issues) AND brought out lyme (never knew I had it, but went from nothing to late stage lyme 4 days after taking those pills...)
For about 6 months, it hurt almost every day, then suddenly disappeared, only to come back again now that I am in treatment. So...is this a herx? Is it the Levaquin nerve damage reasserting itself? It's all very tricky and confusing...Many of the symptoms overlap w/Lyme and co's, so it's near impossible to tell the difference
And, most importantly, what can I do about the pain...it's driving me nuts....for pain,currently take Zhang's AI#3 and also Curamin