Matt - several ideas just to stir the pot

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Matt,

What caused your sciatica? My husband's back problems including

sciatica completely clear up if he stays on 250 mg of Zithromax a

day. He has all sorts of back issues that show up on x-ray and clear

up on antibiotics. (We both have borrelia infections.)

An ENT told me that CPAP can cause throat irritation that looks like

reflux. I also found an article that suggests it may cause csf to

leak.

The neurologist who did my lumbar puncture took a LONG time. He

seemed to beleive that was the only safe way to go.

As you know, several of your problems sound a lot like mine. I don't

know if the borrelia plays a role or not. Here are two articles that

suggest it could. Rich V. already mentioned viruses. Now let's throw

the borrelia or God only knows what into the soup - babesia,

bartonella, erhlichia, mycoplasma, etc.

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Secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus. A complication of chronic

neuroborreliosis]

Nervenarzt. 1999; 70(6):556-9 (ISSN: 0028-2804)

Druschky K; Stefan H; Grehl H; Neundörfer B

Neurologische Klinik, Friedrich--Universität Erlangen-

Nürnberg.

We report about a 57-year-old patient suffering from the typical

symptoms of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) including gait

disturbance, urinary incontinence, and mental deterioration. CSF

analysis established the diagnosis of chronic active Lyme

neuroborreliosis with lymphocytic pleocytosis and intrathecal

Borrelia burgdorferi antibody production. After several weeks of i.v.

antibiotic treatment we observed normalization of CSF parameters as

well as a clear improvement of clinical symptoms so that surgical

shunting was no longer indicated. Interference with subarachnoid CSF

flow may be a possible cause of the observed symptomatic NPH in a

patient with chronic Lyme neuroborreliosis.

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Lyme neuroborreliosis disguised as normal pressure hydrocephalus.

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Neurology. 1996; 46(6):1743-5 (ISSN: 0028-3878)

Danek A; Uttner I; Yoursry T; Pfister HW

Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum

Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.

A 74-year-old woman presented with gait impairment, urinary

incontinence, and dementia. She showed lymphocytic CSF pleocytosis

and pronounced intrathecal Borrelia burgdorferi antibody production,

indicating active Lyme neuroborreliosis. The syndrome of normal-

pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) fully remitted after ceftriaxone

treatment. Lyme neuroborreliosis may cause NPH by interfering with

subarachnoid CSF flow.