Dana g,
It is so hard to say, but yeah, I definitely think something is going on. I also have other health issues ( Interstitial cystitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, awful gut issues, chemical sensitivities- I seem to be reactive or allergic to most every medication out there, frequent UTI's). My gut issues are worse now then they ever have been. I have not been diagnosed with Crohns. My GI keeps saying I Have IBS. All I know is that I never met another person with IBS that has as much pan as I do.
Does your son have any other health issues besides the gut issues?
For me it seems like different things keep popping up. I started with a odd viral type illness after getting a flu shot back in 2003. Two weeks or so later I got very sick. I had this severe throat burning. I mean it felt like someone was holding a torch in my throat 24/7. I had to stop working because of it. I could not talk hardly due to the severe pain. Went all the way to Mayo clinic( they were utterly useless) for it. They said I was definitely sick but they could not tell me what I had! So that was$10,000 down the tubes. I mean then I had all kinds of upper gut issues where I could hardly eat, I was literally living on baby food. I lost so much weight which I did not even have to lose to begin with. I went Gluten free and that seemed to help my upper gut issues a lot. Then I got diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis in 2006, but had it since 2005. I still suffer today from this, it is so horrible. For three years I have been having intestinal issues( severe pain all the time). Pain was my main symptom on and off for the last three years. Just two and half weeks ago I woke up with a bout of diarrhea and have not been good since. I literally am sitting with my heating pad all day.
So to answer your question, yes I do think I have Lyme.