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Posted 4/7/2017 3:44 AM (GMT 0)
So, today I went back to the ND in Atlanta and got my test results. I was only reactive to one band IGM 41. Also, my neutrophils were elevated, indicating early lyme....I guess. I was so upset and cried all the way home......I was trying not to read and freak myself out anymore--but decided to google one weird symptom I have been having (but I really do think it started before that tick bite)....it is the sensation of things crawling on my skin and scalp!!! I wish I hadn't looked this up bc I then read all about the possibility of parasites! OMword I am freaking out! Could this have happened this soon? Tick bite was only two weeks ago? How do I find out if I have these and how do I get rid of them?
Posted 4/7/2017 3:53 AM (GMT 0)
Did your ND not want to prescribe antibiotics? (or can't ND's prescribe?)

I think because you had a tick attached (was it engorged?) you should treat - as Traveler pointed out...'Treat the Bite'

Not worth it to wait for more symptoms. You need to treat for 28 days even if you don't have symptoms.

Can you go to your PCP and get antibiotics. You had a tick bite...and you don't feel well (wink, wink, nudge,nudge)
Do you have flu like symptoms? (wink wink nudge nudge)

I'm trying to remember - did your PCP already give you a couple weeks of abx?
Try and get a few more weeks...or order online..
Posted 4/7/2017 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
I'm taking doxy--have been for a week. I haven't had any symptoms and didn't even think to mention that one to her. I was just thinking about it when I went home. It's something that I've been feeling for the past few weeks… I actually really think I've been feeling longer than that, like before the tick bite but I can't be sure. My daughter had gone to babysit for someone and wound up getting lice from their kids....I started noticing that feeling when she had lice and just attributed it to psychological stuff etc. being worried about bugs… But realized it is definitely more than that. I haven't been thinking about lies for the past few weeks but it has been still going on and not just on my head on my arms and legs to
Posted 4/7/2017 3:58 AM (GMT 0)
I edited my post - because I was starting to remember a few things about your story.


You just don't want to stop short with treatment...you definitely should take 28 days - minimum for the tick bite alone.
Posted 4/7/2017 4:05 AM (GMT 0)
Believe me, I won't but I'm scared to death about the possibility of parasites now
Posted 4/7/2017 9:53 AM (GMT 0)
Hi it might not be just parasites, you can get those sensations with lyme and other co infections.

In Tired to Lyme website they list crawling, itching sensations.

Buhner lists: Vit B12, B6, Folic Acid ,Magnesium,Sida acuta, Gabapentin to help with crawling sensations

if you have his book its on pg 229.
Posted 4/7/2017 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Lyme can most definitely cause the crawling sensations under the skin, as Goshawk said. While some with Lyme also have parasites, just because a person has Lyme doesn't mean they have parasites.
Posted 4/7/2017 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
How can you find out? Also, is the only way to test for confections the igenix test? Is it worth doing at $1700..? What about the new urine test available now?
Posted 4/7/2017 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
There are no good tests that I'm aware of where most that have these infections will get a positive - it's pretty much a cr@p shoot.

Lyme lowers our immune system, so it can't produce the necessary antibodies that most of the testing looks for. Those tests that rely on 'seeing' the bacteria (PCR and others) aren't that accurate due to it only requiring a small amount of bacteria to cause a very debilitating disease - less bacteria in the blood makes it harder to find.

The urine based tests seem to have better results overall, but they don't show positive for everyone that has these infections either.

From what I understand, testing for parasites isn't all that it needs to be either, so we are caught in the middle and must rely on a doctors good judgement in catching and telling these things apart -or just by trialing the meds sometimes.
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