AM I HAVING LYME DISEASE ?

[shanks1988]

Hi all,
I have been feeling numbness in whole body, extreme fatigue in every parts of body & with not able to focus or concentrate on anything with eyes & outside home i feel light too bright & head is quite dizzy but these symptoms are not permanent. they stayed for 5-9 days but do not comes regularly. I first experienced it when i gone to switzerland on college trip and really got panic first time nd i had worst symptoms. complete blurred vision, numbness nd not able to feel anything i used to chk my pants whehter my wallet is there or not or am i doing right. Then i came back to my own country..thgt tht may be due to first time exposure to outside home..may hv got panic attack due to homesickness. But again after may 2007...in september 2007 i got same feelings which stayed for same time 5-9 days..i got all my chk ups done..everything ws fine..MRI, SUGAR LEVELS, BP..jst had little deficiency in Vitamin B12..went to neurologist he told that evrything is fine..its all in ur head..as i also used to feel that moment i get little numbness in my leg..whole process starts nd i used to feel tht may be its due anxiety or panic...nd bt this time i continued doing regular things like driving car or going to college bcoz i thgt tht way i wil deviate my self..bt internally i was so tensed bcoz i had all those feelings of numbness, loss of confidence..nt vision problems.bt i used to drive like i am doing guessing abt roads..it continued for while nd all went good for another year..bt i used to gt these problems now at lower levels..like only numbness.bt wil nt so blurred vision..i ws nt able to focus bt i could see things better than before..nd used to do my work..bt now 2 yrs gone by nd suddenly this sunday i.e 13/3/11..in morning i got up early nd ws slept for 4 hrs..nd i started feeling numbness nd ws nt able to feel my body in morning nd i tht moment i began feeling all those feelings of pressure in head, no focus..nd really i gt panicked nd i m waiting to get pass 5-9 days so tht i can become normal again. I am 22 yr old & i m overweight too with 150kg of weight..Tell me guys is it really i m sick or its all in my head..bt if this thing is in my head then y i m nt able to feel anything or so much pressure in head is there nd y i m nt able to focus..HELP Me pls..wht shud i do ?????? i m fed with all this..is i m suffering with lyme disease..i wud preffered be in accident with broken bones.bt nt like wht i feel now..:((

[AA121]

Not sure about the strains , doctor's prescription isnt needed for ordering these tests , for treatment prescription maybe be required depending upon the medication but most small chemist shops never ask for it ,in any case i am sure if found positive she will easily find a doctor to prescribe the antibiotics. I was able to find all the tests by typing "lyme" in the test name box in "find a test" on srl.in.


About me , after making that post i got my neurologist to prescribe lyme blood test, she also prescribed tests for rheumatoid arthritis, both were negative , i know these blood tests arent 100% reliable but for now i am not getting any further treatment, some of the symptoms i was suffering with are better now , trying to mentally convince my self that i  am healthy & dont think about the symptoms that are still there..  thanks

[cave76]

Tammy,

Although the words Lyme disease are used almost universally ----strictly speaking, when searching (in India/Europe) using the search words borreliosis or borrelia or Lyme borreliosis or LB might garner more hits.

Here is a site to get you started. I make no claims about that site since I haven't looked into that much. It might be a different sort of CDC, which here in the U.S. is rather 'watered down'. But it might give you a start.

http://meduni09.edis.at/eucalb/cms_15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=38

[cave76]

That company sounds like a reputable one. Do you know what strains they use for their Lyme/ borreliosis  antibody tests?

But wouldn't Tammy have to have a doctor order those tests, or is it different in India? And if it is, wouldn't she need a doctor to treat her if found positive?
As you can tell, what I don't know about medical practices in India would fill a wheelbarrow!

How are YOU feeling? I just read a post of yours back in Feb 2013.

[AA121]

you can search for the tests online on their site http://www.srl.in/

[AA121]

^ You can get it tested from religare , they send the sample to mumbai

[tammy0927]

Hey, im a 23 yr old f from delhi... I have been experiencing the same symptoms as that of lyme since last 4 yrs which have wrosened now.. and no doctor is able to diagnos me.. I havent seen a neurologist though bt im goin to visit a neuro soon... I have a pet dog, and i had been bitten by my dog's tick 4 years back and at that time i had no idea that i could get an infection from a bite of a tick but i had developed rashes in my underarm area and back but my dermatologist told me that it is due to deodrant and few days latter i had experienced sneezing attacks and m still having allergy, i was also treated with allergic bronchitis/allergic rhinitis. and 2 and a half years back i also started experiencing knee joint pain which has worsened now and i have been experiencing with pain in each n every joint and muscles, even my fingers hurt while typing, i hv also been experiencing pin prick sensations on my face since october'12 nd now it has increased and my arms and other parts of my body also hv the same pin pricking sensation, and also want to mention that i was again bitten by my dog's tick in august'12 i.e. last year, i pulled it of but i hadnt developed any rash on my body nor any other problem occurred at that time. In jan'13 i got my upper front tooth fractured and my knee pain also increased with it and i got my root canal done but on the third day of my root canal i had a sensation that the infection has travelled on to my nose and ears.. most of the times i have a sensation of fullness in my ears and i have also been experiencing balancing issues due to my ear but my ct scan reports and pns xray reports and other medical reports are normal except tht i have low VITAMIN D levels, My WBC count is 13000 and 2 and a half years back when i was being treated for allergic rhinitis its was very high upto 30 000 i think. CAN you or anyone in this forum can help me regarding all these problems? CAN it be lyme disease ? my doctor is treating me with axiety neurosis nd depression currently. Shubham from where can i get myself tested for lyme in delhi or ncr in india ? AND is there any lyme literte doctor in India ? Please help !!