Lyme Disease Presenting as cfs

[Guest guest]

" More aggressive investigation confirmed the diagnosis of lyme. "

Do you know what that involved? Tests from mainstream labs, or Igenex, or Bowen

Labs,

or perhaps muscle testing by a " medical intuitive? "

As Dr. Shoemaker says in Mold Warriors, a negative result from a mainstream lab

doesn't

rule Lyme out, and a positive result from a " specialty lab " doesn't rule it in.

It's a sorry

state of affairs.

>

> http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/id/7459/searchtex

> t/lyme/

>

> Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

>

> by Shor

> ImmuneSupport.com

>

> 11-01-2006

>

> Journal: Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Vol. 13(4) 2006 pp. 73-

> 82.

> [Published online ahead of print. Article copies are available for a

> fee

> from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail

> address: docdelivery@... ; Website:

> http://www.HaworthPress.com.]

>

> Author and affiliation: Shor. Washington University

> Health

> Care Sciences, Reston, VA. [E-mail: sshor@...)

>

> DOI: 10.1300/J092v13n04_06

>

> Objective: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by definition represents a

> diagnosis of exclusion. Late stage or " Chronic lyme " infection with

> or

> without " co-infections " is a difficult diagnosis to establish. The

> symptom complex of both conditions can be very similar. This case

> study

> represents an attempt to support serious consideration for a

> subpopulation of patients otherwise diagnosed with " CFS, " as actually

> representing chronic lyme disease.

>

> Method: A case study is presented of a 33-year-old man, who for two

> years, was being managed as having CFS. However, after ~2 years of

> utilizing multiple modalities of management with limited success, the

> diagnosis of lyme was reconsidered. Historical exposure risks to lyme

> in

> this individual were high. He had prolonged exposure in the highly

> tick-infested mountains of North Carolina for 18 months, several

> years

> prior to becoming ill. More aggressive investigation confirmed the

> diagnosis of lyme.

>

> Appropriate changes in management were associated with an improved

> level

> of functioning that was far in excess of what maximal management of

> CFS

> was able to achieve. The features of CFS and chronic lyme can be very

> similar and include the following: Profound fatigue often associated

> with cognitive impairment. Other common symptoms related to both of

> these conditions include sleep disturbances, fibromyalgia, and

> dysautonomias.

> In pursuing clarification of this diagnosis, the author was exposed

> to a

> contrast in medical opinion regarding diagnostic tools and criteria

> that

> were perceived as creating potential barriers to the management of

> patients presenting with these symptoms.

>

> Conclusion: Acceptance and awareness of the possibility that lyme

> disease can present as CFS has important therapeutic and prognostic

> implications.

>

> Keywords: lyme disease, chronic lyme, chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS,

> fatigue.

>

[Guest guest]

http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/id/7459/searchtex

t/lyme/

Lyme Disease Presenting as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Shor

ImmuneSupport.com

11-01-2006

Journal: Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Vol. 13(4) 2006 pp. 73-

82.

[Published online ahead of print. Article copies are available for a

fee

from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail

address: docdelivery@... ; Website:

http://www.HaworthPress.com.]

Author and affiliation: Shor. Washington University

Health

Care Sciences, Reston, VA. [E-mail: sshor@...)

DOI: 10.1300/J092v13n04_06

Objective: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) by definition represents a

diagnosis of exclusion. Late stage or " Chronic lyme " infection with

or

without " co-infections " is a difficult diagnosis to establish. The

symptom complex of both conditions can be very similar. This case

study

represents an attempt to support serious consideration for a

subpopulation of patients otherwise diagnosed with " CFS, " as actually

representing chronic lyme disease.

Method: A case study is presented of a 33-year-old man, who for two

years, was being managed as having CFS. However, after ~2 years of

utilizing multiple modalities of management with limited success, the

diagnosis of lyme was reconsidered. Historical exposure risks to lyme

in

this individual were high. He had prolonged exposure in the highly

tick-infested mountains of North Carolina for 18 months, several

years

prior to becoming ill. More aggressive investigation confirmed the

diagnosis of lyme.

Appropriate changes in management were associated with an improved

level

of functioning that was far in excess of what maximal management of

CFS

was able to achieve. The features of CFS and chronic lyme can be very

similar and include the following: Profound fatigue often associated

with cognitive impairment. Other common symptoms related to both of

these conditions include sleep disturbances, fibromyalgia, and

dysautonomias.

In pursuing clarification of this diagnosis, the author was exposed

to a

contrast in medical opinion regarding diagnostic tools and criteria

that

were perceived as creating potential barriers to the management of

patients presenting with these symptoms.

Conclusion: Acceptance and awareness of the possibility that lyme

disease can present as CFS has important therapeutic and prognostic

implications.

Keywords: lyme disease, chronic lyme, chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS,

fatigue.

[Guest guest]

I don't know, but I will try to find out and post here. My own

experience and that of two other members of my family is that an IgG,

IgM and a urine antigen test with reverse western blot have shown all

of us to be positive for borrelia. I don't think this is likely to be

a false positive on three different tests, yet we were all negative on

standard western blots. Our symptoms vary with me being the only one

with classic cfs.

a Carnes

>

> " More aggressive investigation confirmed the diagnosis of lyme. "

>

> Do you know what that involved? Tests from mainstream labs, or

Igenex, or Bowen Labs,

> or perhaps muscle testing by a " medical intuitive? "

>

> As Dr. Shoemaker says in Mold Warriors, a negative result from a

mainstream lab doesn't

> rule Lyme out, and a positive result from a " specialty lab " doesn't

rule it in. It's a sorry

> state of affairs.

>