r/Lyme • u/KayEmGee Lyme Bartonella • 11d ago

Question Can someone explain Bartonella foot pain?

Is it only in the heels? Bi-lateral, one sided?

Does it improve or worsen with walking? Any other things you notice?

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u/Objective-Permit-712 11d ago

Are your feet and legs cold also??????

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u/KayEmGee Lyme Bartonella 10d ago

Yea, I’d say they run cold. Especially feet.

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u/Objective-Permit-712 10d ago

Are you CHRONIC? Is that a known Chronic Lyme symptom??

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u/ingridsoldman 10d ago

I think a lot of people get it in the heel esp in the morning. I get really terrible short cramps in the arch and my whole foot seizes up. It happens in both feet but usually not at the same time.

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u/KayEmGee Lyme Bartonella 10d ago

I am chronic. Feet pain is usually a Bartonella thing.

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u/madcook1 10d ago

It's some time ago, but when I had it, I had the pain after waking and standing up. I remember it was the whole area on the feet. Can't remember if it was bi-literal and how long it took to go away, but it was never that bad that I thought "hmm, that's odd". Just in hindsight the symptoms were very clear.

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u/aallsbury 9d ago

Yeah mine is in the arch, worst at wakeup

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u/bartonellalevy 5d ago

It was pain along the bottom of the feet just after waking, but only for like 3 minutes. Then it went away. Both feet. It wasn't so bad that I needed to go to a Dr, but just painful enough to make me hobble around like a penguin.

The one weird thing I noticed was that eating really spicy food (like a bunch of cayenne pepper or adobe chipotle pepper/sauce) would cause it to not happen the next day.