any advice what could be causing this

[lottie67]

hi im a 45 yr female over the past 10 years i have been having bouts of servere pins and needles in the right side of my body including my face and tongue, blured vision and sometimes cant seem to get my words out.i had a mri 10 yrs ago that came back normal, i was took into hospital over the weekend as my right side of my face drooped a little and the pins and needles came back really bad i had a litle bit of weakeness in my right side, dr thought maybe i had a mini stroke but then decided to send me for another mri t2 scanwhich i was told was normal but in the report it says scattered deep white matter hyperintensities i have no idea what this means, but was told i need to go back in 6 weeks to see them

[ewford]

  Melissa, the IGENEX tests are so reliable, that the goverment has tried to shut them down because so many show up positive.  The have tried double blind tests to fool the people that do the screenings and IGENEX has passed every test.  There is alot of controversy here because the insurance companies want to pay for the cheap Labcorp/Quest tests but not for the specialized tests.  The Labcorp tests are so insensative that they are 90% NEG.  Hence, insurance likes this test, it means they dont have to pay for treatment.   Igenex uses the Bowen Q-Ribb diagnostic method and out of 316 Lymes pos samples-316 were found to be positive. research the Bowen test and Dr Lida Mattman.  

  I would definately suggest treatment for Lymes and coinfections as the longer you wait, the longer the treatment is and complications can arise.  Researchers took brain samples and tested them for Lymes Borrelia bacteria.  All these brains belonged to patients that had died from diagnosed ALS, Lupus, MS, Dementia, Alzheimers and others.  over 75 % were positive for Lyme Borrelia Burgdeferi and infectious Mycoplasmas.  Research Dr Alan McDonald/ Lymes.  Keep me posted.  BTW, and serious questions should go to Dr Garth Nicolson here.  He is a brilliant researcher on CFS/GWI, Autoimmune illnesses.  I know, I have talked to him before.  He has stated that Mycoplasmas play a huge role in chronic intracellular bacterial infections and that long term ABX is often needed to help eradicate the bacteria.  Mycoplasma Fermentans-Incognitus is very often a coinfection, along with Bartonella, Babesia, Bartonella, etc.

[Melissa072]

Im in australia where they don't believe lyme exists.
June 2007 I had a horrible flu, and pins needles in feet for seven months, and hands, groin, vertigo, eye dizziness, feet numbness, twitching all over, and face pain and numb face, even prior to that i suffered a few times with face pain and dizziness.
I had mri's and L.P. all clear.
Neuro said it must be ms and to just keep having mri's every 6 months.
Then I found a Dr who said I sound like i have lyme, and got tested here with a cd57 test, it come back at 39 which indicated chronic lyme, so i got tested at igenex overseas, today my dr said it come back positive, but a faxed bit of paper did not come through clear, he is going to get it again and will call in the morning.
Do you know how reliable testing at igenex is??
I have heard so many different things.
My daughter when 7 had optic neuritis symptons ,then again at 8 and 9 and today she is 10 and has had it again, and today on and off her vision is like she is looking through plastic, she also gets pins needles in feet and hands daily and had experienced incontince for a 6 week period.
I'm going to get her tested also at igenex but am scared we both have ms and will go ahead and get treated for lyme and its really ms.
Any advice would be great
Melissa

[ewford]

You need to contact www.ilads.org to match your symptoms to Lymes. Fibro patients nearly always test positive for Lymes disease. Labcorp/quest tests are very insensative. research the Bowen Q-Ribb test for Lymes and IGENEX labs. Check out Jemseck Specialty Clinic's website for info. No standard medical Dr, including an ID Dr, will be able to figure out

Your symptoms are classic late stage Lymes w/ brain fog, pereph neuropathy, Bells palsey, blurred vision, and i will bet you have had a hysterectomy for cysts or endometriosis, etc.   Contact ILADS right away to find a dr near you, you will spin your wheels with every standard doctor.  I did for 14 months.