When my neighbor had lyme they misdiagnosed her with RA initially. Fortunately her primary ordered lyme testing. Both ELISA and WB were CDC positive.
I suffer from many eye problems yet i know i have 20/20 vision. I am making an opt. appointment to have them looked at even though i know all of my problems are related to my lyme infection. I have the following symptoms
- Visual Snow
- Blood Shot Eyes
- Extreme amounts of Vitreous Floaters
- Peripheral Waves
- Sudden spots in my vision field
- Halos around objects
- Photophobia
That's what I am concerned about. Given I had bullseye rash it seems like it is lymes, but I seem have classic symptoms of RA. The optomologist really has me wondering now because he said RA is usually inherited. Lyme awareness is so bad here in CA that I only thought of it recently in the month that maybe this is what it could be. I was told by so many doctors that only people on the east coast get it.
That is interesting. I also have eye problems, including redness, mild double vision, and eye pain. I did have all of this checked by an opthamologist who was puzzled as to the origin.
I have developed a lot of RA symptoms such as you describe: morning stiffness, pain/burning in joints, etc. I did see a rheum last fall who thought I was coming down with RA or lupus, but my blood test came back negative. I have a somewhat high SED rate and c-reactive protein, but negative ANA and negative rheumatoid factor.
I didn't have these symptoms before being placed on steroids, which makes me think that my infections are to blame.
My LLMD also thinks I exhibit a lot of RA symptoms, but is hoping they clear up with treatment. I feel as long as I am still dealing with Lyme and co-infections, it's not possible to really tell what, if any, other conditions I may have.
Lyme can mimic so many things, and it is of course also possible to have both Lyme and another condition. This makes it very confusing as a patient.
Thanks for the info.