Loss of bowel control or peeing? Lyme

[adkmom]

Anyone have this as a symptom of Lyme for their child? Sudden onset, peeing and pooping in his pants. Non-Lyme child.

 

thanks.

[JTs-Mom]

My son did not actually have incontinence as a symptom of Lyme, but he did have it after we started treatment for Lyme. He experienced one incident of bowel incontinence about a month after we started Lyme treatment last March. He also had several bouts of urinary incontince that same week and has had urinary incontinence issues intermittently ever since, even though we aren't currently treating the Lyme.

 

He never had this issue until we started treatment shortly before his 6th birthday. He has been potty trained since age 3 and never had accidents up until that point, so we know it had something to do with stirring up the Lyme bacteria in his system.