How many of you have been tested for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? Just curious...…...
RMSF: How many of you have been tested... - Functional Neurol...
RMSF
Not that nor lyme. I dont live in a country that is at risk of those infections.
Where do you live?
Sadly Chronic/Neurological Lyme Disease is a worldwide problem that is not being recognized in the mainstream at this time, leaving many unwell not knowing the cause.
This is a good resource by a LLMD for a better understanding which might be helpful.
I live in NZ
At the moment we literally dont have ticks acting as disease vectors for lyme or the like
Yes, I have RMSF, Lyme, Bartonella, Mycoplasma as well other infections. Do you as well?
After being diagnosed with FND I felt led to continue searching for the underlying cause which led me to be seen by a Lyme Literate Doctor.
At that time I was not aware of the complexities of Lyme Disease nor did I realize about the coinfections.
Sadly the mainstream medical does not recognize Neurological/ Chronic Lyme due to the IDSA guidelines which they follow. I was not tested for RMSF, Bartonella, etc by four hospitals I was seen at and by the many doctors. I was tested for Lyme in the hospital being told my test was negative(at that time I did not know how unrealible that test is).
I often wonder due to some of what I shared, how many like myself are given a diagnosis like FND with no known cause, when these microbes could be the underlying cause which can effects ones body in many ways.
I’ve tested negative for Lyme disease
I tested positive for Lyme from Igenix & MDL labs after re-flaring of my FND to the point of disability (have had for 11 years, but was in remission for a lot of those & highly functioning) I also have CIRS biomarkers and they did find water damage in our home we’re in the process of remediation. At this point I’m a skeptic and will see what’s causing what once I start healing....I do have deficiencies too Vit D, Carnitine (which is necessary for mitochondrial to work), iodine, vit b12.