Juvenile Rhematoid Arthrits

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Christy

Lack of knowledge. The pediatricians I went to said it couldn't be lyme because she didn't have the bullseye rash. Not everyone gets a rash, or if they do get a rash it resembles something else. They insisted my kid had Fifth's Disease and a dash of rheumatoid arthritis.

Another craptastic reality when it comes to the treatment of lyme disease, is that the CDC is so in bed with the insurance companies that doctor's stand to lose their medical license for "over treatment" if they don't just administer the recommended six weeks of antibiotics and then stop. Six weeks of antibiotics works great for folks who catch it early, but is not nearly enough for anyone who's had lyme for an extended period of time without any sort of treatment.

I was actually told by the "experts" at Children's hospital that if my daughter's lyme symptoms didn't go away within six weeks, then she really didn't have lyme.

CDC says that only 70-80% get the rash. DVBID: Symptoms | CDC Lyme Disease

You are correct that they don't recommend more than 8 weeks of antibiotics.

[citysherry]

Toxick - it could be many, many things.....from the worst like childhood leukemia of which one of the symptoms is back, leg, and joint pain, headache, trouble standing or walking. To one of the least worst like her long bones are growing and her tendons and connective tissue are just tight and she needs to stretch daily during growth spurts. Get her to a trusted doctor and have blood work done.

[Nanny Pam (Premo)]

Tox..here's the reverse.
I was bitten by a lyme tick. Had the bullseye rash and everything, but so far so good. No lyme disease.

So ask for the test.
Best to you and your family!

[Christy]

Originally Posted by Nanny Pam

Tox..here's the reverse.
I was bitten by a lyme tick. Had the bullseye rash and everything, but so far so good. No lyme disease.

So ask for the test.
Best to you and your family!

Lyme can be treated and cured and it is getting better around here as far as doctor's being able to identify the symptoms and test for it. I'd prefer lyme over rheumatoid arthritis, at least something can be done about lyme.

Sorry for hijacking your thread Toxick. Just get that girl in and get her tested.

[Toxick]

Originally Posted by Christy

Sorry for hijacking your thread Toxick. Just get that girl in and get her tested.

No prob - and we will.