Tick bite, IgM P23 only

Hello everyone. Thank you for reading this. On May 9, I was bitten by a tick, 4-5 days later I felt a pulling pain in the shoulder area, in the triceps muscle area, this pain was in the skin, muscle and it felt like it affected the bone. I didn't attach much importance to it. The next day, the pain appeared in the area of the other shoulder, in approximately the same place, only less severe. I went to the doctor, she prescribed a lyme test, but the result showed the presence of only LgM P23, she also gave a referral to a rheumatologist and I passed tests for most autoimmune diseases, as I had previously been worried about pain in the joints of my knees and feet. After a week, I began to feel worse, I started having cold night sweats, I began to feel pain in my ribs, rib muscles, rib endings, as well as spot pains in other muscles. Some of them appear and pass, some do not pass. I also suffered a lot of stress a month before this started happening to me. I passed all the blood tests, my doctors assured me that it was not an autoimmune disease. I don't have inflamed lymph nodes, at least not visible ones. I went to the hematologist, she said I was fine. Sorry for the English, I'm just learning. At the moment, 1.5 months have passed, I feel very tired, night sweats also accompany me, pain in different muscles, some symmetrical, pain in small joints. Where there is pain in the muscles, it feels like both the ligament and the bone are hurting. I drank an antibiotic for Lyme for 20 days, then passed the lyme test again, all LgG and LgM are negative. All doctors shrug their hands, as blood tests are in the average values. Any ideas?

All the symptoms starting after the tick bite doesn't seem like a coincidence. I passed blood of every type for 11 years before a doctor who understood Lyme diagnosed me with it. Not saying you have it, but, again, it just seems to be more than coincidence.

As Garzie mentioned, Lyme testing is unreliable and so is the CDC criteria for diagnosing Lyme. Certain labs, which most all mainstream doctors don't use, are more reliable for testing for Lyme Diisease.

You mentioned you are working on your English,which seemed fine to me. Do you live in the United States, and if so, what part? That way someone can help get you to a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor in your area or closest.

running wild said...
All the symptoms starting after the tick bite doesn't seem like a coincidence. I passed blood of every type for 11 years before a doctor who understood Lyme diagnosed me with it. Not saying you have it, but, again, it just seems to be more than coincidence.

As Garzie mentioned, Lyme testing is unreliable and so is the CDC criteria for diagnosing Lyme. Certain labs, which most all mainstream doctors don't use, are more reliable for testing for Lyme Diisease.

You mentioned you are working on your English,which seemed fine to me. Do you live in the United States, and if so, what part? That way someone can help get you to a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor in your area or closest.

Yes, I live in USA, Lansdale PA

denis_shu said...
Hello everyone. Thank you for reading this. On May 9, I was bitten by a tick, 4-5 days later I felt a pulling pain in the shoulder area, in the triceps muscle area, this pain was in the skin, muscle and it felt like it affected the bone. I didn't attach much importance to it. The next day, the pain appeared in the area of the other shoulder, in approximately the same place, only less severe. I went to the doctor, she prescribed a lyme test, but the result showed the presence of only LgM P23, she also gave a referral to a rheumatologist and I passed tests for most autoimmune diseases, as I had previously been worried about pain in the joints of my knees and feet. After a week, I began to feel worse, I started having cold night sweats, I began to feel pain in my ribs, rib muscles, rib endings, as well as spot pains in other muscles. Some of them appear and pass, some do not pass. I also suffered a lot of stress a month before this started happening to me. I passed all the blood tests, my doctors assured me that it was not an autoimmune disease. I don't have inflamed lymph nodes, at least not visible ones. I went to the hematologist, she said I was fine. Sorry for the English, I'm just learning. At the moment, 1.5 months have passed, I feel very tired, night sweats also accompany me, pain in different muscles, some symmetrical, pain in small joints. Where there is pain in the muscles, it feels like both the ligament and the bone are hurting. I drank an antibiotic for Lyme for 20 days, then passed the lyme test again, all LgG and LgM are negative. All doctors shrug their hands, as blood tests are in the average values. Any ideas?

I suggest you find a LLMD to treat you.
Band 23 is Lyme specific.
I encourage you to seek out a Lyme literate doc and make an appointment.
The sooner… the better.

Based on symptoms you mentioned, seems more Lyme like, but getting checked for EBV might also confuse more as Lyme can also cause false positives for EBV. Someone please correct me if that is wrong. I've had a positive IgM, which means early Epstein Barr, for years now.

It's your symptoms and the fact they started after the tick bite. I'm not insisting it's Lyme, but it sure leans that way. And it shouldn't be hard to find a good Lyme doctor since you live in Pennsylvania.