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What Are The Symptoms Of Lyme Disease?

I have been bitten by deer ticks before. This year, I was bit twice. What are the odds that I have Lyme disease? I have aching feet (I just finished work & can barely stand), my knees are swollen (yesterday I could hardly bend them) & My lymph glands on my neck ssem larger than normal. My neck feels like I have a lump in my throat.
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
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i understand your concern,since all of these could originate from infected tick(except lump in your throat,that is probably somatisation). if the antibodies /bacterias are attacking your joints/nodes the key is to stop their attack,and minimise the damage. that means,as with all rheum/infec diseases of the joints-nsails (honestly,this is therapy whatever the cause). as for specific therapy,check for antibodies against borrelia burgdorferi so that you can initiate antibioticsASAP.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Lyme Disease?

i understand your concern,since all of these could originate from infected tick(except lump in your throat,that is probably somatisation). if the antibodies /bacterias are attacking your joints/nodes the key is to stop their attack,and minimise the damage. that means,as with all rheum/infec diseases of the joints-nsails (honestly,this is therapy whatever the cause). as for specific therapy,check for antibodies against borrelia burgdorferi so that you can initiate antibioticsASAP.