i seriously need some help

[whitb]

my brother, age 16, has something going on with him. for the past 3 months he has suffered from headaches, thinking it was migraines, they started him on shots, but nothing seemed to work. medication after medication, still nothing. well his symptoms have gotten worse. he is seeing double vision, blurry vision. increased appiete. sleepy all the time. wakes up sick, goes to bed sick. nausea. headache. he's been passing out.



reason i ask if it could be lyme diease is because he owns his own landscaping business. he has been bitten by ticks all summer long.




can anyone help me? give me any suggestions as to what it could be?
any tests? if we dont find out soon, were gonna have to admit him to the hospital.

[ameliarta]

Hi, could you please give me the names of the two doctors in NC?
thanks much,
Amelia

[whitb]

i wanted to give you an update on my brother, and say thank you for all the information you have given me. i dont alot of research and demanded that the doctors run some tests, we got a call back today with some results. he doesn't have lyme diease but he does have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and they are starting him on treatment today. so thank you, so very much for all your help. it means alot.

whitney

[whitb]

okay so information on my brother. we asked the doctor about running some tests on lyme and he told us there was no point, it wasnt it. so they are sending him from a headache specialist to a heart specialist? im sooo confussed! i seriously believe with everything that i am, that he has lyme! from the 100+ bee stings to all the tick bites this summer, i need some advice!

[cindy903]

I'm sending you an email regarding two doctors in NC that someone sent me. Make an appointment with one of them.

[bruce622]

The symptoms are very familiar.The probability of your bro. contracting lyme went up each time he was bitten, especially if they --the ticks-- remained on him for a long time.Long enough to become embedded into the skin...Ticks when they are in the nymph stage...June-July...are no bigger than a poppy seed and could be attached to the body and go on unnoticed.I just read a health report where lyme can be present in 50% of ticks in lyme endemic areas.Lyme disease is on the rise. Your brother needs to get tested!!!  Insist on Igenex labs for testing(SEE BELOW)
I have included some websites to help in research.
www.igenex.com
Lyme Disease Links

http://www.nclyme.org/symptoms.html

http://www.ilads.org/

www.lymediseaseassociation.org

www.emedicine.com/med/topic1346.htm

www.aldf.com/lyme.shtml

http://www.lymeinducedautism.com/

http://www.lymerights.org/

http://www.lymenet.org

www.turnthecorner.org



Testing of Lyme Disease should be performed by a lab that specializes in the disease. Below are some links to laboratories that are experts in testing for B. burgdorferi and other related tick-borne illnesses:

www.igenex.com

http://www.frylabs.com/