Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) describes a sense of exhaustion and post-exertion malaise, even when you have gotten enough rest and sleep. The disease is characterized by six months of incapacitating fatigue experienced as profound exhaustion and extremely poor stamina, and problems with concentration and short-term memory. The cause is unknown, but it is a...
And no ... I don't have Lyme's. I'm thankful for that!!!
Most of the material I found online seems to agree that Lyme is not found in southern Florida, but then other articles seemed less certain about that. I was tested for it when I got diagnosed with CFS, but now I'm reading here about false negatives??
Isn't anything ever straight forward in medicine? First you hear one thing, then it's something altogether different.
that kind of pisses me off you said that.
stragiht out of wikepedia....
While Lyme spirochetes have been found in insects in addition to ticks,[46] reports of actual infectious transmission appear to be rare.[47] Lyme spirochetes have been found in semen[48] and breast milk,[49] however transmission of the spirochete by these routes is not known to occur.[50] Congenital transmission of Lyme disease can occur from an infected mother to fetus through the placenta during pregnancy. The risk for fetal harm is much higher in the first three months of pregnancy than later. Prompt antibiotic treatment almost always prevents fetal harm. Pregnant Lyme-disease patients cannot be treated with the first-choice antibiotic, doxycycline (see below), as it is potentially harmful for the fetus. Instead, erythromycin is usually given; it is less effective against the disease but harmless for the fetus.[51]
film on Lyme disease called under our skin, I highly recommend it.
I never tested for lyme because I've never lived near woods or ticks and very few fleas. But anything's possible. God help us!
I just wanted to give people a heads up that it possible could be Lymes if you have not had any luck being treated for CFS. Yes it is mistaken for alot of things if you read my posts look at all the things I was diagnosed for and took medicine for that could have done damage to me since i didn't need it.
Thank you to those who were intelligent enough to read my post correctly.