New here-Reaction to antibiotic or part of Lyme??

Hi! I've lurked for a couple months, but now I'm ready to join this lovely group 😀

I am being treatment for Lyme, I've been on Biaxin for 6 weeks. My symptoms have remained (mild symptoms), so my dr prescribed Augmentin to be added in for treatment.

On the third (yesterday) day of Augmentin, I noticed my eye feeling bruised on top at night. In the morning (today), I woke with mild swelling on the top of my eyelid, but only towards the outer part of my eyelid. So not the entire eyelid, and not swollen shut.

I'm seeing an integrative functional dr for Lyme treatment. She is out of the office until Jan 4th. I called the office to ask if I should discontinue Augmentin, and the secretary contacted the dr. So, I didn't get to speak to her. But, she recommended stopping Augmenti

I'm not sure if the swelling is from Lyme itself, a symptom or herx? Or if this a reaction to meds? I'm scared of treating inadequately by taking Augmentin out. I have not herxed at all on Biaxin alone.

Or, maybe it's a style or infection. I'm just not convinced it's from meds, as it's not the entire eyelid. And no other symptoms.

Has anyone swelling in the upper eyelid from Lyme? Would you completely stop the Augmentin?

Thanks so much for reading!

Go ahead and stop the Augmentin.

I hate to say this but in all honesty Biaxin and Augmentin aren't going to be an effective combo. You need to be on some form of a cyst buster like Tindamax. With your Dr out of the office until the 4th you could try GSE as a cyst buster. You just need to make sure that you are detoxing enough so that your body clears the toxins. Are you taking any type of Biofilm cleaner like Serraptase and nattokinasse (I'm not checking the spelling on those)?

Others should chime in and agree or disagree. When you have a consensus you can make a decision that you feel comfortable with.

BTW Welcome

Janet

"Seems we are pioneers ahead of md and collectively we have the answer?!"

Pretty much, Bluelyme. The doctors that treat us are doing a wonderful service, for I could have never made it through my treatments without my practitioner, because I was much too sick to try to determine what was happening and how to proceed when I would start herxing. But they certainly don't have all the answers at this point.

My upper eyelids swell at times and I think I finally locked it down to adrenal issues for me. If not that, then it has to be thyroid, but my thyroid seems to be fine at times when my eyelid swells.

LOL! Well, my upper eye lid gets all puffy! Sorry. I'm still tracking it down. I know it's not due to Lyme, as I healed a while back - they just cant' get rid of me yet!

I don't know if eye lid swelling usually affects sinuses or not, but it did for me as well. I kept thinking it was a sinus issue for a long time, and tried all kinds of antihistamines and decongestants, but none of them helped.

Yes, a droopy eye lid is due to Bell's palsy - also known as facial nerve palsy. That can very much be a Lyme symptom. You can have the droopy eye lid as well as the swelling and they can be from different issues.

But... you are talking with someone who is adamant that detoxing is necessary!! As the Lyme bacteria dies, it puts off toxins - neurotoxins - that will increase your symptoms and bring on new symptoms. So you really do need to start detoxing. This is a great list that you can go over and get started with some of the more simple things on there: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Not everyone needs to detox like I had to, but detoxing is necessary. I would really encourage you to start using some of those methods right away to help your body heal better.

And yes...I need to detox...I'm scared of feeling worse off!? I did do a liver cleanse shortly after my bullseye in June. Hopefully that has aided me...