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Is Random And Intermittent Pain In Joints Symptom Of Lyme Disease?

About a month ago, I found a small tick lodged on my thigh. I carefully extracted it with tweezers and successfully got the head out. Today, I felt a bump on my thigh and squeezed it before I realized it was the spot where I was bitten a month ago. I do not have the bulls eye rash or any other symptoms I have read about for Lyme except that off and on recently random joints hurt for a day then feel fine. Should I get checked for Lyme disease?
Mon, 10 Nov 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

Lymes disease when progresses to chronic stage it usually presents with joint pain, lethargy, generalized weakness, dermatitis and can be depressing to some extent.

Try to divert your mind from your symptoms by keeping in touch with friends and family and keeping yourself busy through out the day.

Lyme disease has early signs and symptoms and later signs and symptoms.
The early once appear within a month and include rash on the place where you have been bitten and flu like symptoms.

So if you've been bitten and experience signs and symptoms of Lyme disease, contact your doctor immediately. Treatment for Lyme disease is most effective if begun early.

However, diagnosis can be confirmed by ELISA for IgG against borrelia and can be confirmed by a western blot test.
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Is Random And Intermittent Pain In Joints Symptom Of Lyme Disease?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, Lymes disease when progresses to chronic stage it usually presents with joint pain, lethargy, generalized weakness, dermatitis and can be depressing to some extent. Try to divert your mind from your symptoms by keeping in touch with friends and family and keeping yourself busy through out the day. Lyme disease has early signs and symptoms and later signs and symptoms. The early once appear within a month and include rash on the place where you have been bitten and flu like symptoms. So if you ve been bitten and experience signs and symptoms of Lyme disease, contact your doctor immediately. Treatment for Lyme disease is most effective if begun early. However, diagnosis can be confirmed by ELISA for IgG against borrelia and can be confirmed by a western blot test. Thank you.