Women and men respond differently?

[cave76]

Source:
http://campother.blogspot.com/2012/03/lyme-disease-presents-differently-in.html

A Creative Commons site.

"Recently, Lauren A. Crowder, M.P.H. reported observations on some differences between women and men in response to Lyme disease in a poster at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

The short story: Women with Lyme disease display more clinical symptoms than do men with the disease and also are less likely to seroconvert following treatment, according to findings from a prospective cohort study involving 77 patients.

The study revealed the following observations:

Significantly more women than men reported joint pain, muscle pain, headache, back pain, heart palpitations, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, numbness and tingling, and changes in vision during at least one of six preplanned study visits with a physician.
At the initial study visit, a similar proportion of men and women (about 60% of each) tested negative for Lyme disease using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended two-tier testing criteria for serodiagnosis. At the first post-treatment interview, 70% of women who tested negative at the first pre-treatment visit remained negative, compared with only 35% of the men who initially tested negative."

Compare these findings with those I posted at
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Lyme-Disease/Blood-transfusion-and-antibiotics/show/1958270

That's how science works. Study after study. Examining and reexamining. Theorizing, rebuttals of those theories and rebuttals of the rebuttals. LOL

[cave76]

Go to thread

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Lyme-Disease/Flu-like-symptoms/show/1943224

----scroll down about 6-7 replies and you'll find the name of a doctor that was (maybe still is?) researching the connection between female hormones and Lyme flares.

(The LUAT she refers to is the older, discontinued test by Igenex)

I was able to have her speak at the support group I ran and to be on the same panel as she was at a later time. She's a really nice woman with a fine mind and gave her time willingly.

[wonko]

My symptoms are always at their worst in sync with my menstrual cycle, which seems to be a common complaint of female Lyme patients.  I've had other issues, such as very short cycles (I get my period about every 3 weeks), fibroids, and abnormal hormone levels.  I don't know for certain that Lyme is a culprit, but at the very least these issues seems to complicate and worsen how I experience Lyme symptoms.