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Old 08-17-2008, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Jules A View Post
my MS seems to be as close to text book RRMS as there is with eye issues that have resolved and some paresthesia
"If medical treatment is delayed, lyme disease can cause arthritis, heart, neurological, and visual problems, often, many years after the infection."

http://www.msha.gov/illness_preventi...ymedisease.htm

- Lyme can be disseminated in Time and Space
- Lyme can cause signal abnormalities on MRI scan of the brain.
- CSF will show positive PCR (Polymerase chain reaction)http://www.neurology.wisc.edu/public...bs/Neuro_2.pdf
- Lyme (Borrelia burgdorferi) can show O-bands
http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/resu...ClassSort=True

About testing for Lyme:

http://www.canlyme.com/labtests.html

Any idea when/where you picked up the Lyme?

Cherie
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