diaphragm issues- anyone else?

anyone here have tightness pressure restriction of their diaphragm area? I am thinking it is a babesia symptom, related to breathing issues- related to the tight band I also feel around my ribs and in my chest- but I am specifically wondering if others have a tight restriction in their diaphragm area?

Yes I had it. Every now and then I’d wake up with the tight band around the rib cage and difficulty taking a deep breath. It would only last for a couple days - thankfully.

For awhile I was worried I had MS.

I still have some pain sometimes in the rib area but only the left side (my bad side) but not the locking up anymore.

Pretty sure mine was Bartonella.

all along I have been thinking this tightness in my ribs and diaphragm and difficulty breathing is babesia. But I hear some of you saying for you it is bartonella. I have been treating babesia but not bartonella. I will eventually treat both with my new person I am working with so it will maybe work out over all but in the current time, how can I tell if the tightness is bartonella or babesia

I know mine wasn’t Babesia because it resolved with Bart treatment and I hadn’t treated Babesia yet.

bluelyme
-what is bvt? and
- how is that symptom for you now?

thank you girlie.

Im like 85 90% symptom free...even tan the other day short distance ....babs is more of a elephant stepping on chest feeling

pjmrees said...
hey there flower garden, did you ever find relief for you chest and diaphragm pressure? I've had it 4-1/2 years, never goes away. Hoping someone has found an answer.

pjmrees,

I see this is an old post. Flowegarden hasn’t been on in a while, so she may not see this. I’m sorry you have had this so long. I looked at your last posts and saw you tried treating babesia with Mepron at some point but couldn’t tolerate the increased symptoms.

I did have these type symptoms when I got really sick in 2015 following a respiratory infection. I didn’t know I had Lyme/co at the time. I was tested for asthma and it was negative. Steroid inhalers typically prescribed for asthma is what helped me. Only about 80-85% better.

Then I learned that I was being exposed to mold. I moved and the chest symptoms went away. They have flared somewhat at times during treatment over the past 2 years but nothing like what it was then. I’ve been treating Lyme and coinfections with herbs using Buhner’s protocols.

I never was sure what those symptoms were from. I have positive tests for Lyme, ehrlichia, mycoplasma, and chlamydia pneumonia. It started on the heels of a respiratory infection, so I wondered if it could have been from one of the pneumonias. I had mild air hunger off and on since childhood but never anything like what I experienced in 2015.

Though tests were negative, I strongly suspect I have bartonella and probably babesia, too. I definitely have mold. Mold can cause a lot of respiratory symptoms, too. Have you been evaluated for CIRS from mold exposure?

Just a word to the wise regarding l-arginine. Do not take if you have active herpes virus, chicken pox, or shingles. It can cause viral replication.

pjmrees said...
thanks, I did see two mold doctors and did testing. Both said it was mold based on symptoms but as you know, Lyme and mold symptoms are the same. Getting the Ceres nano test done soon so well see what it says. I often suspected a virus but my Lyme doctor refused to test for it which makes no sense. It feels like I swallowed a baseball and it lodged in my diaphragm. It started Jan 6, 2015 and has never gone away. I even had my GI test for hernia and he said I had a small one that was insignificant. It has to be the Lyme given many symptoms but nothing relieves it. Keep hoping someone has found an answer.

You won’t get better until you get away from mold. I’m finding that out by hard life experience. I moved to a less moldy place in a relative’s home. It still wasn’t enough. Now this home’s mold levels have skyrocketed due to water damage incidents that were taken care of promptly as far as they know. Aspergillis went from 90 to 970 on the ERMI. Should be less than 10. Less mold isn’t enough. It needs to be a clean (non-moldy) environment.

bumping up this old thread. Years later I still literally have this squeezing tightness every day around my diaphragm ribs chest making it hard to breathe. I know now it is nerve caused. I am working with a new dr who says there is something in my body ( a chemical I encountered) irritating the nerves. But I am skeptical of this . Because, I am on a protocol to clear this chemical and he said it takes 1-3 months to clear but we are almost at 5 months with no change.
So he said keep going but it may be permanent nerve damage. I think it may have been caused by rifampin I took for many months. But whatever caused it I am still desperate to fix it but feeling pretty hopeless and thinking it will just get worse and worse till I suffocate even more.
And nothing relievs it I dont even have a pill I take to ease the symptoms. It is constant and then sometimes severe.
Still working with this new dr as at least has identified it to be a nerve issue but not sure if he or anyone can help.
Has anyone else ofund anytihng to heal this if it comes from the nerves, or to relieve it even? I am wondering if accupuncture would ease it but I wouldnt know how to find a top nootch accupuncturist all theones I see seem sketchy. ugh it is so hard

Hey flowergarden,

I too have not found a cure for my diaphragm constriction.

And not a day goes by where I am not cursed with it (along with a host of other issues)

If you would like to talk, I would be most greatful.

Diaphragm issues from nervous system issues common.Vegal nerve effects this.I have shortness of breath many times,during eating ,because of this.Many years.
I also have Central apnea,which also phrenic nerve effected by vegal nerve.
Repeated abx help keep away in winter.Summer strong sunlight through eyes,pineal gland,help calm vegal nerve.Also immune system much stronger summer.
Can't wait,even March I see an uptick in feeling better.
I have disautonomia with baro flex failer.plus POTS.
Two suspected meningitis from ticks,90-2012.both children have Lyme as well.one POTS very mildly.one caught while I wS pregnant ,I was newly infected at the time.
Neither case ever treated properly,ignorance Lyme treatment rampant.Still today.
Best care,eastern states Lyme laws in place.Only way to curb effects ,is still how mine got much better.Those Lyme laws need to be nationwide to help so many that need it.
Good abx( gram neg,coverage)
Estrogen progesterone ,for females,nervous system Lyme stops production of all hormones.
Continuous antiinflammatorys until CRP is under 3 anyway.
Pretty standard in east coast ,not standard anywhere else.