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Posted 5/17/2014 7:04 AM (GMT 0)
When i got really sick september 2012-february 2013, i felt air hunger the whole time! feeling like an elephant was sitting on my chest. never knew this was related to lyme!!

and, last june, i had to take an antibiotic for UTI, can't remember the name but i did feel WORSE. is that normal? the antibiotic wasn't specific for lyme. i read in horowitz's book that antibiotics do make you feel worse. is this true?!
Posted 5/17/2014 10:22 AM (GMT 0)
Yes i s true. A mystery symptom will reappear during unrelad antibiotic treayment. For sure. Especialy thay specifix. Ofcourse a dr will caution that i could be AB allergy and no the old symptom. I have struggle decipherng my symptoms. Defnitely you get sicker on any AB if you have an untreated Tick infection. I had the same symptm, mine was babesia. Do you hve sweat. Btw uti can be lyme too.
Posted 5/17/2014 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
Air hunger is usually associated with Babesia, but can also be caused by Protomyxzoa Rheumatica (the Fry bug) and Bartonella.

Yes, taking an abx (antibiotics) for a UTI can cause a herx (die-off reaction) if it is on the list of abx that kill Lyme or any of the coinfections which you may have...
Posted 5/17/2014 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
The reason why antibiotics make you feel worse at first is because the die off of bacteria occurs in your body and that releases dead bugs and toxins. Then of course your immune system targets the dead bugs and bug parts, but it's good because then it helped them recognize it in the future.

You know if you had feelings like an elephant was sitting your chest. Intense pressure it could actually be related to the mycoplasma pneumonia. I know that occurred with me! I felt a bit breathless at times because of that. But I don't have that symptom at all anymore. How about frequent drenching night sweats? If you have that as well it could be due to babesia.
Posted 5/17/2014 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, abx that are on the lyme treatment list can cause a herxheimer reaction without you expecting it. It happened to me, about 9 months before I started Lyme treatment. I had Azythromycine for bronchitis, and I herxed. I had no idea why I felt like dying, so scared. This was the indication for my dr to proceed testing on Borrelia and coinfections (because earlier tests came back negative). All of a sudden I had a positive test.

MarieLS
Posted 5/17/2014 9:57 PM (GMT 0)
MarieLS -
I had a VERY similar experience. I've had a chronic sinus infection and bronchitis since Jan. 2013... was on/off abx and steroids at least 8-9 times over the course of 8 mos. and kept feeling worse, and worse. That is when I started googling my symptoms and discovered the possibility of lyme/co-infections... and found this awesome forum!

Yes to night sweats but was told it was hormonal.

Regarding air hunger - for years I would catch myself not breathing (at least that's what I thought it was)... not so much pressure from an elephant sitting on my chest but like my involuntary breathing functions weren't kicking in. Now, when I had an upper respiratory infection that lingered literally for years (would lie dormant until I would overdo the schedule and stress) I did feel like I could never breathe or take a deep breath without coughing fits. I went to several drs. about these symptoms that I experienced when I was not ill and they all ignored me.

-p
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