Topic: Is it unusual to not have joint pain with lyme?
ticked in ri
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I don't have joint pain. Ok maybe occassionally I might get a mild ache but not the severe joint pain that people tend to think of when they think of lyme disease.
I have a lot of muscle aches - arms, legs, hands & feet but joints are pretty good.
Is this unusual? Are there others out there who don't have joint pain but a lot of other stuff?
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SForsgren
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It is not unusual. Some people have more arthritic Lyme and others neurological Lyme, etc.
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cantgiveupyet
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I have mostly neuro...with the ocasional neck, bicep and calf muscle pain.
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treepatrol
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I had fevers high low periodicaly two years or so kept getting bit throughout this period no joint pain but had tingling finger tips tip of nose,here and there then somewhere around third year Wham!!! migrating joint pains come and go move to another joint etc.
And everytime I would get a new joint oain it was progressivly worse than the last one.
Until 2001 when i could barely walk, elbow hurt so bad for months.
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I don't have joint pain, either. That's why the doctors around my area didn't want to believe that it was Lyme. They think that you need to have the bullseye rash and joint pain and that's the only criteria they go by.
I have the neurological symptoms - buzzing/vibrating sensations, shakiness, and slight tremors.
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Linda LD
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No pain for me--just incredible atigue--turns out that i was waking up every five minutes at night--from PAIN!
that's right--I have the (this is a quote) "mental capacity to push away the pain during the day." I can't do that at night--'cause my mental capacity is asleep!
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arg82
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For me, joint pain is definitely not at the top of my symptom list. I have much more neurological symptoms and symptoms in other systems of my body. I do get joint pain and arthritic symptoms at times, but it's not a major thing and I definitely don't have the "typical" swollen joints.
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