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What Causes Joint Pain And Cough Along With Abdominal Rashes?
I was gardening in Greenland, NH, experienced flu like symptoms, went to Urgent Care was given C-Pac. I have never been the same since. I have migrating joint PAIN, a cough, on occasion a rash sometimes on abdomen and sometimes on (R) knee. The pain moves from joint to joint and at times is incapacitating. I winter in Florida and went to my general practitioner. He ordered blood work. SED rate was 59. He thinks that I have rheumatoid arthritis, my wife thinks, Lyme disease. I have a dry cough and sore throat that come and goes! I tested negative for Lyme twice. I am in intractable pain unless I take 3 Advil every 6 hours. I am taking 12 Advil per day. I cannot see a Rheumatologist until 4/7/17 at 4PM. Is there anything I can do other than what I am doing? Sleeping is extremely difficult as I cannot get comfortable!
There is a suspicious issue with bugs (can be different from that of Lyme) giving immune response systematically with multiple joint pains via immune complex-mediated mechanics.
Rather than opting for mere pain relief, I suggest getting basic lab tests (over and above ESR ) done with your physician to look into the matter.
Empiric therapy with relevant antibiotics as doxycycline or others would help greatly to reverse the process.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Purva Patel, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Joint Pain And Cough Along With Abdominal Rashes?
Hello, There is a suspicious issue with bugs (can be different from that of Lyme) giving immune response systematically with multiple joint pains via immune complex-mediated mechanics. Rather than opting for mere pain relief, I suggest getting basic lab tests (over and above ESR ) done with your physician to look into the matter. Empiric therapy with relevant antibiotics as doxycycline or others would help greatly to reverse the process. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Purva Patel, General & Family Physician