symptoms say lyme's disease but test says negative?

Question

my boyfriend has been sick the past month. it started as a headache that wouldnt go away no matter what he was taking for it. then he started to get muscle aches, weakness and nausea. he doesnt have insurance so we didnt do anything about it. we let it go on and his back started hurting him his head started hurting worse to the point where he couldnt lay down and go to sleep at night becuase it hurt to bad. his back has been killing him his jaw muscles ache when he is talking or chewing. it got so bad i took him to hospital he is always in the woods riding 4 wheelers and dirt bikes so they tested him for lymes disease he did pull small tick off but never had a rash. does anyone know of anything else that could make him feel like this like a spider or maybe he has lymes disease and there is another test they can do that is better? they took his blood for testing but i heard there is a urine test they can do. can someone plz help so i can try and help him im tired of seeing him in pain

Answer 1

Lyme disease dosent always show up in 1 blood test because alot of times they only take 1 tube and the chances of it being in just that 1 blood tube are slime they need to take may diffrent test i just saw a show on tv called mystery dignosses and this teenage girl went thru alot of the same things and they told her there was nothing wrong with her and made her go thru all this regurese PT and said it was all in her head cause she wanted attention and she went off to camp and another girl had the same symtoms and she was dignosed with lyme and so her friend from camp told her to go to this certain docter and sure enougth the teenage girl had lyme but she was tested in the past but they didnt see it cause in lyme it takes multpale tubes of blood and many diff test and sending them to deff labs is what was said by the docter on tv and this is a true story hope this helps

Answer 2

If you show the tell-tale sign of the tick bite and have recently been in an area with a large deer population, your doctor will probably diagnose you using these clinical findings. If you don’t have these clear signs but do have vague, confusing symptoms ranging from “flu,” numbness, and muscle and joint ache to arthritis, fatigue, and unexplained nerve or heart problems, your doctor may order these blood tests to see if you have Lyme disease. The test is used to determine if your blood has made antibodies to the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The infection affects many body systems, and in many patients starts with a “bulls-eye” rash at the site of the bite, and flu-like symptoms. The disease can progress and eventually cause a variety of chronic symptoms, including inflammation of the heart, arthritis, and central nervous system disease, including meningitis. But because the symptoms of Lyme disease vary from person to person, and because antibodies to the bacterium do not appear until 3-6 weeks after the tick bite (although the skin lesion may appear within 3 to 30 days), the infection is difficult to diagnose. At this point, a blood test can be used to detect levels of antibodies, immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G that develop against the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. This test, however, can also detect antibodies to other bacteria. Therefore, if the test is positive, an additional test, called a Western Blot, is often required to confirm the presence of specific antibodies to the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Lastly, A DNA-based test based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may also be done and is even more sensitive; it is used to detect the genetic material of the infecting bacteria. Taken together, these tests will help your doctor confirm a diagnosis. Once the diagnosis is made, your doctor will recommend appropriate treatment. A healthy adult has no antibodies to the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. If you test positive, you have been exposed to the bacterium and most likely have Lyme Disease. If you test negative, you could still have the disease, but your antibody level is too low to detect. In that case, your doctor will treat you according to your history and symptoms. Antibiotics can interfere with the test results, so if you are being treated with antibiotics before being tested for Lyme disease, make sure your doctor knows. You boyfriend needs to return to the ER for treatment. There are a myriad of "other things" it could be, none of them very good. I feel for you on the expense....I, too, have no insurance. But an ER can not refuse to treat, even if you tell them you can't pay up front (and they will try to collect while you are lying there on the exam table!). Just pay them five dollars a month for the rest your life, but get the guy to a doctor!

Answer 3

Having no medical insurance myself, I understand not wanting to go to the doctor. However, In this case he should go to a doctor very soon. The ER will treat the symptoms and do tests, then send you home to see your regular doctor. In this case, he probably doesn't have one. I would suggest instead going to one of those clinics most cities have. Like a Med 7 or other. Yes it will cost $, but better that than find out it could be something that needs to be treated NOW, with any delay making it worse! The peace of mind you both would get will far outway the costs.

I don't think you could get an accurate diagnosis online with symptoms that you have listed the causes could be so many different things. I feel for you, truly. Being seen is expensive but most places have programs to help out especially if it is something that would require him to stay a few nights.

Answer 4

I had a friend that had symptoms of Lyme disease and was being treated for it. Thank God his wife knew a nurse and talked her into getting him to do a stress test at her office. He failed the test and was taken to a major Hospital for tests. He had 8 blockages in his heart and underwent surgery. He did not have lyme disease, he had a major heart condition.. even the head aches could be a sign of blocked arteries to the brain.. Get a new Doctor and better ER not matter what the price. His life could be hanging in the balance as we speak.. NO one is to young to die of a heart attack either. The person I knew as 50yrs old, active, never smoked, drank or did drugs. It was inheritated. Get a expert involved.

Answer 5

You need to stick to one course of treatment until you know if it will or will not work. You cannot mix allopathy (which suppresses symptoms) with homeopathy (which stimulates the body to heal itself.) You can use either antibiotics or homeopathy, but not at the same time. Since your vet has not been able to come up with a clear diagnosis or an allopathic treatment that he knows will work, I would stick with the homeopathic approach until you know for sure if it is the answer or not. . From what you said yesterday, it sounds like it is working, and you just need to be patient. Your dog did not get into this condition in a day, and will not be cured in a day. If, after a reasonable amount of time, you find that the homeopathic remedy is not helping, then you can try the antibiotics (with all the potential allergies and intestinal problems they entail.)

Answer 6

The hosptial should have given you some kind of answer. They wouldnt just say "its not lyme disease" and let you leave.

Answer 7

He should go to a different doctor and get the urine test and take pain killing medication

Answer 8

symptoms lymedisease test negative

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Answer 10

Good sources of info about Lyme disease:

www.lymenet.com
www.lymeinfo.net
www.lymediseaseassociation.org
www.ilads.org
www.betterheatlhguy.com
www.publichealthalert.com