Vertigo and toe issues.

Hi Friends,

My Lyme seems to be back in full force. My stress level is through the roof (although I've left a job that was causing anxiety attacks so I'm much better after that) andI stopped eating my Lyme diet in March.

And, lo, all the symptoms I had last summer are back. Sigh. I've got vertigo right now. It's mild so I can still function. I've always attributed it to allergies, but I'm having no allergy symptoms other than that.

Is Vertigo a Lyme thing or a something wiser thing.

Also, my toes are painful and limited mobility. I've never had that before. Is that Lyme.

Thanks!!!

Hi Jingles -

I started seeing my Lyme-friendly neurologist due to petite mal seizures and vertigo (amongst all the other neuro issues). He ran all the usual tests and found nothing going on mechanically, which he said was typical for his Lyme patients.

He feels most neuropathy and pain we Lymees deal with is from inflammation. After that, I kicked up my anti-inflammatories a bit and it helped but so has making more progress w/ overall tx.

One thing I really question regarding my vertigo is whether or not it might have been caused by yeast/fungal/biofilm overgrowth in the inner ear. I had so many other "head" issues from y/f overgrowth in the gut, that traveled up my throat and into my head. And while it was a little vague, the vertigo sx seemed to correlate to the y/f/b overgrowth tx. So that might also be something to explore.

I had numbness in the outside of both big toes - I can't say it hurt but it was weird and sometimes it made my footing feel insecure. But it, too, went away after tx. Sounds like you're dealing with something a little worse.

-p

PS... what is bart again? I know it's one of the &co in Lyme & co, but I want to research it using the full name.

I had a distinct toe numbness, slight pain on the outer and tip of my right big toe. I tried to wiggle it to see if it was a circulation thing, get blood going to it maybe it fell asleep but I get this neuropathy like it's down to the bone, still numb at the tip or hurts inside the bone, also unsteadies my gait. So..yes.

I also have hair loss on my legs where my ankles are as if I wear crew socks (no hair, like it's been rubbed off but i never wear higher than ankle socks) and I researched it is tiny capillaries? not getting blood to the surface of the dermis? sign of a co-infection I believe.

Also slightly unrelated but related is ridges on my fingernails and toenails which I've read several places is a sign of ongoing chronic infection(s) DUH! My last primary ignored this in the most dismissive arrogant way! It's like I have to paint a picture and get a peer reviewed stack of papers in front of them. Anyhoo *sry

So yes I have toe pain neuropathy, sometimes numbness. Our resident experts seem to think it's more Co than Bb. I would agree. I had sole (bottom of my feet) pain/tenderness on waking for awhile, cant remember if thats usually Babs or Bart.

I have balance issues (not just financial ha!) that my equilibrium gets thrown off, so yes. I fell down (im in my 40s) while doing shuttle runs with a soccer ball.

Also had a staph aureus infection on my big left toe last year that hurt like it was broken, just throbbing (7/10) pain until minor surgery, they took the side of the nail off and gave me Bactrim. Still haven't taken more of the Bactrim because it upset the buggers my system in a way that I found hard to manage (neuropsych symptoms). I believe this susceptibility to Staph. is/was caused by immunosuppressive Lyme Borrelia and Co. (Staph aureus is everywhere, every one has it, it's in showers, u can get it from razors if you don't disinfect razor heads with rubbing isopropyl alcohol and q-tips).

Ok. That is all for now.

My grandma has had vertigo for awhile and I wonder if infections are involved. My mum has Alz. and I think it's infection related. I wish more traditional docs would believe that antibiotics might be a good angle.

For me the vertigo was horrendous. I believe it to be both brain inflammation and nerve damage to the ear . I also blame bartonella . Increase circulation with ginko and ozone inssufflation , ooo behind ears and bvt has greatly reduced it. It may be a cervical thing too with c1 c5 and c6 severe sublixations too...a atlas chiro was able to help some too