Hi, for the past 17 months I've visited Dr after Dr with no definite answers. My symptoms include upper left quadrant fullness, pain in my forearms, hands, lower legs and feet. The pain is worse at night and is burning and throbbing but sometimes electric shock like. My muscels twitch everywhere all the time, but also worse at night. Even my face twitches.Tested negative for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, lymes, hiv, mono, cmv and syphilis. The middle of my back always aches and burns also much worse at night. Have had a lymph node at the base of my skull on the right that swells and then goes away and swells again. My temerature stay 100.3-101.7 ever since this started. The only lab result that showed up abnormal is my lactic acid level which I was tole shouldn't be above 2.2, is 4.5. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for all you do.
There is another test of the CD57 immune cell that can be helpful. Only AIDS and Lyme are known to lower this cell count.
In the meantime, you could try taking 500-600mg of magnesium supplements a day, and take warm baths with a couple cups of epsom salt for 20 minutes. Lyme causes magnesium deficiency which can exacerbate neuro and heart symptoms and cause miscle twitching, especially in the face. If a week or two of magnesium helps these symptoms, that could also be a clue.
I hope you get answers soon!