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About 7-8 years back, I was bitten by a deer tick and it had been on me for hours. The doctors removed it and no rash ever occured. I was tested then for Lyme Disease, but it came back negative. Then about two years later, I was tested for the disease again, but again it was negative. I'm 17 now and for the past couple of years, I've been experiencing random joint pains and lethargy. (Example: I'll sleep for 18 hours and still be tired, my knees will have crippling pains, like knives stabbing through them, and recently my thumb joints are in sharp pain, as well as my the knuckles on my left hand. Plus, recently I have been randomly forgetful...example: I'll be talking with someone and randomly forget what I was saying halfway through the sentence and the same thing will happen about 2-3 times in a row. It's actually embarrasing because I look and sound like a complete moron when it happens. How long can Lyme Disease not show up and what are your thoughts on my situation? Thanks. Also, about 3 years after the first bite, I was bitten again by another tick, a deer tick. Also, Coming out of my school about 3 years ago, I walked through the front lawn and I noticed that I had about 30 ticks on each leg of my jeans, but they were brown, so I think that they were wood ticks and unharmful. No one understands why, but yes, Lyme can hide in your system, sometimes for years, without being detected by lab testing. (Lyme is often called a "stealth pathogen" for that reason.) Also, available testing is not very good--lots of false negatives (the test says you don't have it, when in fact you do.) All this is complicated by something called co-infections, which means other diseases the tick gave you when it gave you Lyme. I recommend two things: find a doctor who understand the long-term ramifications of Lyme (most of them don't) and also educate yourself about this complicated disease. |
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