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Topic: Arthritis and Swollen Knees question

Shay
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Member # 32941

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Three summers ago I woke up one morning with very sore knees. I had been walking on the beach of Lake Michigan and thought I was just out of shape as I hadn't walked on the beach since the last summer. I figured they would get better but they never have and I have been to an orthopedic dr. for torn maniscus and he says I have knees that look to be 20 yrs. older than I am. Says arthritis is the culprit. It seems strange to me as I look back on it how quickly my knees became sore and swollen. My 20 yr. old son has been diagnoised with Lyme and co-infections last Feb. 2011 and in treatment with a LLDR. Has anyone ever had Lyme with only knee swelling and arthritis. I don't seem to have it anywhere else. The more I read on Lyme the more I wonder if my quick onset of arthritis could be those nasty spirochetes. Thanks for input you may have.
Shay (Mich)

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payne
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 26248

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mine started in the knees for 3 yrs then gallbladder removed, (c4-5) many small things added on over the next few years then the blood clots and finally a LLMD saying I have chronic lyme and was probably 10 yrs ago when bite...
yup,bit while turkey hunting the spring before my knees were DX's with arthritis... asteo...
find a lyme doctor and get tested.
wayne

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jlp38
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Member # 27221

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Mine started in the knees as well but quickly progressed to most all joints.

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mr al
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Member # 18191

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I had my knee start hurting one day and then it became so bad I couldn't walk to the bathroom and had to quit my job. It stayed like that for years. I thought my knees were seriously injured some how under the skin. But then one day they just went away and were almost all better. (I got a whole new set of problem the day that happened but that's another story.) But yeah, that day your knees hurt was probably the lyme.

and yes i had just my knee hurt for a while until the rest of my body and head go to hell.

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TF
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 14183

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The classic lyme symptom is "arthritis" in the knee or swollen knee. It is called "lyme arthritis."

Get to a good lyme doctor right away and watch the "arthritis" go away!

It is lyme and not arthritis!

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joji442
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Member # 29076

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Same as with the others, I had a very swollen and arthritic knee before it progressed to the other joints and nerve/muscle pains. No other joint was as swollen as that one knee though.

For me, It took about 4 months of just the knee being swollen, developing a terrible limp and muscle atrophy before the other stuff happened.

Interestingly, it chose the knee that I already had arthritis and previous injuries to.

Can you see your son's LLMD?

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