MissMartha
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I am new here, and I am not sure how much or what I have heard about Lyme has been discussed here before. Doug, Do you know that Lyme can cause MS? Are you sure that your MS is really separate from your Lyme? Digestive problems, Many Lyme patients present with disgestive complaints as their primary complaint BEFORE they ever get into the kind of antibiotic treatments associated with this disease. Then there are the additional problems that come from the antibiotics. Probiotics are very important and there is far more than just acidophilus! Even with probiotics, because of poor immunity and heavy doses of antibiotics it is not uncommon for Lymies to get infections living in their guts. For those with plenty of diarrhea, one infection I would discuss with your doctor is C. diff. Most any lab can test for it. Other infections can be harder to detect. Genova (formerly Great Smokies) is much better than most. The best I know of is Metametrix, which can do a "Gastrointestinal Function Profile". Their rates are pretty high, but they negotiate better rates with some provides who send them a lot of samples. Besides telling you what is living in your gut, the funciton profile will give other information about how the gut is working. |
