Cold.. good thing?

Tarheels8

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Joined : Nov 2018

Posts : 44

Posted 3/8/2021 8:00 AM (GMT 0)

Is it actually a good thing for us with Lyme to get a cold? Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t that show that our immune system is fighting?

But won’t dont make sense is my wife & daughter both got the flu & covid this past year & I didn’t react to neither. Had absolutely not symptoms at all while they both had the same symptoms.

I’ve had a cold now for 3 days and thought I read something in the past explains this.

Tia

WalkingbyFaith

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Joined : Aug 2017

Posts : 8146

Posted 3/8/2021 2:34 PM (GMT 0)

I don’t ascribe to that theory, as it hasn’t seemed to apply to me, personally. I have had colds since being chronically sick with Lyme. To me, it feels like it depletes my immune system further.

I suppose if you had a cold once a year before getting sick and then didn’t have one for years and suddenly got a cold again, then it probably indicates something has changed in your immune system. I don’t know for sure what exactly changes when that happens.

If you want to know the current state of your immune system, get your immunoglobulins and subclasses checked along with CD57 and titers for things like mycoplasma and chlamydia pneumonia and some herpes viruses.

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