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i dont know if it is babs but i can say that my 3rd 4th rib hurts so bad at times and it seems swollen alot.
i have been to the er with chostochondritis several and the dr so many times i cant count.
i do know it is associated with lyme. and i feel your pain, often....not fun at all!
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CaliforniaLyme
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It can infect bones because I know someone (3 someones actually!, a family) who were diagnosed thorugh bone marrow biopsies!!! But ehrlichiosis can too and can be associated with deep bone pain in my experience- but both Babs & Ehr/anaplasmosis can-
BABS is most often associated with rib pain because it affects the spleen so severely!!!
My spleen used to throb in agony- seriously. Had never even FELT my spleen my whole life before Babesiosis!!!!
GALLBLADDER can also cause rib pain!! pain can be deferred from one side to another-
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kelmo
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Parvovirus can also cause bone pain. I had this once, and it's a common co-infection of Lyme.
WIth parvo, you would also be anemic, as it hits the bone marrow and stops blood production.
We are sick with serious crud, guys!
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I have had rib pain now and stiffness for quite some time, and now that i am on Babs treatment it has gotten better. Not all better, but huge improvement. I also had pain in my elbows, and tops of my shoulders. Those are gone completely. All this time I thought it was Lyme, but it was most likely Babs. Go figure..........
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Geneal
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Recently there was a posting regarding Dr. Shaller's (sp?)new book on babesia.
In the exerpt he wrote that babesia was known to cause "severe rib pain".
I have that too. Not sure if it is all the babesia or the Lyme, or both.
Hugs,
Geneal
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