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10-12-2006, 03:01 PM | #1 | ||
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I just saw this show on the PBS channel about Lyme Disease. This lady that has a lyme support group was talking to the host of the program. All her symptoms sounded the same as Celiac, plus her children now have Lyme...
She has been on intravenous antibiotics because she does not absorb the antibiotic pills, but is now off the intravenous & feeling worse again... Only she is getting progressively worse, whereas the people that have celiac and go on the diet get better. I do know that when I had constant bladder infections and lived on antibiotics that I felt somewhat better, although I was eating wheat. I wonder how many of these people that have lyme, really got lyme because their immune systems were already weak from celiac, & not only do they have lyme but really the worst thing is the undiagnosed celiac. Be interesting to take 100 lyme people & get the Enterolab gene test... what do you guys think? |
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10-12-2006, 03:36 PM | #2 | ||
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This subject has come up a few times, on celiac forums as well as lyme disease forums, apparently. The symptoms do cross over between lyme disease, celiac disease, B12 deficiency, and MS. These things can and do co-exist, and there seems there might be an increased association between lyme disease and celiac disease, too. If you have celiac disease, B12 deficiency, and lyme disease....they all need to be treated.
We've had a few members here treated for Lyme disease as well as gluten sensitivity/celiac disease. It seems like it might be a chicken/egg scenario. Lyme disease can damage the gut, and leave one more susceptible to developing gluten sensitivity/celiac disease. Celiac Disease can weaken the immune system, possibly leaving one more susceptible to succumbing to lyme disease. Cara
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10-12-2006, 05:02 PM | #3 | ||
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I went through this list of symptoms and had about 20 of them. It has been a question I've been pondering. Do I have an autoimmune arthritis and food intolerances? Or do I have Lyme disease? I suppose I should have the testing done, but I'll certainly have to go outside my HMO to get it done.
If I do have Lyme, I don't seem to be as debilitated by it as most of the people I've read about. |
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10-12-2006, 07:04 PM | #4 | ||
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A fellow we know definitely had Lyme Disease a few years ago. He ended up with it affecting his heart and so he has an implanted defibulater. It really took him down. He was a very healthy robust person before this unfortunate incident.
Kitt |
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10-12-2006, 08:17 PM | #5 | ||
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Kitt, do you think that he would be willing to get a gene test?
Celiac can also affect the heart & cause an enlarged heart... one of the guys I work for has a son with an enlarged heart & went on the GF diet after my urging, but has not been tested. His father & step mother are now GF also... |
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10-12-2006, 08:50 PM | #6 | ||
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The problem with doing a genetic test for gluten sensitivity is that Dr. Fine says https://www.enterolab.com/StaticPage...rpretation.htm
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Mystery Diagnosis was on last night and one story was about a young girl who became very ill with whole body pain and contractions. Of course all tests, including Lyme, were negative - I think for years. The doctors told her parents they were sheltering her too much so then sent her on a trip to Europe. To make a long story short, she roomed with a person who had similar symptoms. This person had Lyme. Of course proper testing finally revealed Lyme disease. The doctor who diagnosed her sent her blood to three separate labs. Anne |
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