Re: Lyme Aftemath?

["mohammed" <dhafi@qatar.net.qa>]

Dear Beth and Cidney
The lyme involves the muscular skeletal in stage 1 characterised by
profound fatigue and lethargia also in stage 2 would have neurological
seqiuealle and stage 3 cardiac and arthritis.
note in Rx should be for at least 10 days 
and if reoccur as in beth case that occurs in 30% of cases then treatment
should be for at least 30 days either parentral or oral best is
tetracycline or doxy cycline.
note that 50% of treatment lymes individual would have symptoms of fatique
and leathargy for months.....Months after the infections.....
would be nice to treat your horse again for long time plus cardiac EKG if
possible.
mohammed
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> From: Beth Glace <lb@nismat.org>
> To: C Eyler <eyler@mindspring.com>
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:   Lyme Aftemath?
> Date: 27 γΗΡΣ, 2000 08:44 Υ
> 
> Hi Cindy,
> I was interested to see your message since I was just about to repost 
> to ridecamp to give an update of my ongoing saga with Lyme disease.  
> Briefly, Klassy had was dx with Lyme last March, and received 3 
> courses of oral antibiotics.  Her titer dropped from 440 or so to 110 
> by last September.  We had done lots of longing and line driving her 
> last summer, and slowly returned to riding by September. She has been 
> ridden very consistently 3-4 days per week since that time, maybe 
> working 3 hours weekly on average, rain or shine.   I've noticed that 
> she is getting quite winded lately.  This is not something that 
> happened pre Lyme.  I just had her titer redrawn and it is back up to 
> 300, indicating that the infection is still active, or that she is 
> reinfected.  AAHHHHH!!! I can't say that the Lyme is causing her 
> fatigue, but I have to suspect that it is contributing to her 
> limitation.  Either she has deconditioned significantly or it is the 
> Lyme; since her work has been so consistent [50:50 walk:trot during 
> our rides for the last 6 months], I think the Lyme is slowing her 
> AGAIN.  For those with horses dx with Lyme, it seems to be very 
> important to keep retesting them even after the titer has fallen.  We 
> will put her back on another course of antibiotics this week and hope 
> for the best.
> Good luck Cindy, and let me now how things progress,
> Beth 
> > My concern is that he is STILL huffing and puffing during those brief
trots
> > or when climbing steep hills.  Can't remember him ever being this
> > short-winded (no other signs of respiratory problems).  I've had this
horse
> > for over three years, and he just seems not quite right to me.  But
then,
> > he'd never had such a long layoff before.
> > 
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> Beth Glace, MS, CDN
> Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma
> Lenox Hill Hospital
> New York, NY
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