The connection between Lyme Disease & Fibro - Fibromyalgia Message Board

AngelaA · 02-22-2004, 03:46 PM

I recently started attending a local fibro support group. The leader suggested that instead of having fibro caused by autoimmune diseases that I am thought to have that I may be having fibro because of Lyme Disease. I have been tested for Lyme which was negative. However I had read research that Lyme will show up negative on many people's tests that actually have the disease because it can only be detected if it is in the bloodstream when the blood is drawn, yet its life cycle includes residing in one's muscle fibers much of the time. Now unlike many people I know for a fact I was bitten several times, back 8 years ago, when I found a tick imbedded in my scalp. As it was close to midnight I didn't go to the dr to have it removed. I had my father remove it and he did it wrong by grasping at the wrong part of tick and pulling the body away from the mouthpart which is suppose to make the tick regurgitate its stomach contents which can allow the bacteria that is Lyme disease, to be injected into the host's bloodstream. There has been recent research in US & England about Lyme being the real cause of fibro and that it may even account for someone having high ANA antibodies. At least this is what I have been told then was showed some data to back it up. Just wondering if anyone else has Lyme or has had a dr mention any connection. At this point I am going to try a natural treatment for Lyme to see if my fibro symptoms go away as I am not willing to undergo the usual Lyme treatment of several months to years of antibiotics as I am allergic to the ones commonly used and I hate the candida problems that follow antibiotic usage.

MrsChickapea · 04-25-2004, 10:41 AM

Dear AngelaA,
What is a natural treatment for Lyme's?? My husband had a positive result for Lyme back in the 80's, so dr. gave him one bottle of antibiotic and hubby has had aches and pains, UTI's, nite sweats, neck and back pain and sciatica since. They never removed any ticks from him at all.

Right after hubby's problems began I got the flu that has never gone away, and was diag. as having FMS. We've both been sick for over 15 yrs..

Have you tried this natural remedy and is it working? We fight with the yeast beast, also. Would much rather go natural!

Thanx so much for any help or insight.

AngelaA · 04-26-2004, 08:15 PM

MrsChickapea- The natural treatment I am using is called Lauricidin. They have a website that tells about their supplement, though the website does not directly state it will treat Lyme disease. However a friend has been using it for a year and she had heard about using it to treat Lyme from some other patients. I wrote to the Dr. that invented Lauricidin and he said he felt strongly that it would help me. I am also using something called The Zapper which is a form of Electromedicine created by a German doctor decades ago that kills neurotoxins and parasites. It sounds a bit goofy but the more I researched it the more it made sense. The idea is using an electric device to send negatively charged ions through the body because bacteria, neurotoxins and parasites are all positively charged and can not exist in a negatively charged environment. For more info I would suggest reading about Dr. Hula Clark. Would highly recommend you also research "chronic neurotoxins" and see some of the research being done on Lyme and how it is similar to something called Sick Building Syndrome and several other illnesses where the offending organism creates neurotoxins in the body and then systemically attacks the host.

BTW- I started Lauricidin about 3 months ago and using the Zapper 2 months ago and my ANA antibodies have dropped from 640 to 320 and my fibro pain is not near as bad. So I am definitely going to keep using both things. My friend has been on both treatments for much longer. She no longer has fibro and oddly enough she no longer has asthma nor has to use Singulair or inhalors.

DTemple · 04-30-2004, 01:51 PM

AngelaA, I found your post fascinating because I became sick last September with lyme disease symptoms, only to be told after four blood tests that I was negative. I was on antibiotic treatment for four months, ended up with candida and now the past four months I have had all of the pain and symptoms of fibromyalgia. I have often wondered if there is a connection. Oddly enough, I read Hulda Clark's book after doing eight months of research and now my Dad is building the Zapper for me. I was hesitant to go back on antiobiotics because they caused me to feel "toxic". I am also seeing an environmental dentist for a possible connection to mercury toxicity. I am going to look into Lauricidin. Are there any side effects? Give us as much information as you can! I'm excited about this. In the past eight months, I have seen eleven different specialists...had MRIs, xrays, EMG tests, nerve conduction studies and blood tests!!! I am about to embark on physical therapy, just to relieve the symptoms.

DTemple · 04-30-2004, 02:08 PM

I forgot to ask you what is the ANA antibodies and how do you get tested for that? Can my doctor do a blood test from a regular lab?