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Lyme in knee fluid
How long is treatment when Lyme is present in knee fluid
One more warning.
My mother has bad fluid accumulation on one knee from Lyme and has had the fluid drawn off with a long needle several times, by a doctor NOT specialised in Lyme. She says it has made it worse each time, not better.
So in case this gets proposed as a treatment, do your research carefully before agreeing!
My mother has bad fluid accumulation on one knee from Lyme and has had the fluid drawn off with a long needle several times, by a doctor NOT specialised in Lyme. She says it has made it worse each time, not better.
So in case this gets proposed as a treatment, do your research carefully before agreeing!
yes, please get more than a few weeks of antibiotics, IDD's are famous for not giving a lot of medication. Let us know how you are doing.
You're very welcome.
Please come back and let us know how your doc visit turns out ... IDD I am guessing means infectious disease doc?
Don't be terribly disappointed if s/he gives you a couple weeks of antibiotics and that's all. ID docs are believers in quick cures for Lyme, but there is a split in the medical community on that point, and patients get caught in the crossfire. Many of us have been through that situation.
*** Be sure to get copies of ALL your test results*** and start a folder or binder at home to keep all of them for future reference. Many of us have found that our test results get scattered and no one doc has them all, when that may be key to helping a wise doc interpret what has gone before.
Here's hoping your doc has an open mind about Lyme! Fingers crossed for you (X) !!! We'll be waiting here by the water cooler when you get back.
Please come back and let us know how your doc visit turns out ... IDD I am guessing means infectious disease doc?
Don't be terribly disappointed if s/he gives you a couple weeks of antibiotics and that's all. ID docs are believers in quick cures for Lyme, but there is a split in the medical community on that point, and patients get caught in the crossfire. Many of us have been through that situation.
*** Be sure to get copies of ALL your test results*** and start a folder or binder at home to keep all of them for future reference. Many of us have found that our test results get scattered and no one doc has them all, when that may be key to helping a wise doc interpret what has gone before.
Here's hoping your doc has an open mind about Lyme! Fingers crossed for you (X) !!! We'll be waiting here by the water cooler when you get back.
Thanks Jackie......was just diagnosed and go to the IDD on Monday. I'm soo happy I found this site!
I'm pretty sure that the amount of fluid in the knee (if any) and how long it has been there is not what determines how long treatment is. Meaning: fluid on the knee is not a marker of the severity of the infection, it's just that some people have that symptoms and others don't.
It's like the flu: some people get a stuffy head, some get a sore throat, some a cough, everyone is a bit different in the 'presentation' of symptoms, but that doesn't change the infection or the treatment as far as I know.
It's like the flu: some people get a stuffy head, some get a sore throat, some a cough, everyone is a bit different in the 'presentation' of symptoms, but that doesn't change the infection or the treatment as far as I know.
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