Lyme Disease Support Group

Yes, daughter gets joint pain without swelling- just not in the knees. Her pains normally migrate and are somewhat transient. I hope yours doesn't hang around too long!

I, too, have joint pain without swelling. The joint can be so painful that it is tender to the slightest touch, not just when I use it. It is transient, and it comes and goes with my flares. Since I had the PICC abx tx the joint pain has been much more manageable.

I am so glad to have a doctor who takes everything I say seriously, even if he can't do anything about it. He never acts like I'm making things up, and he knows I am not crazy, LOL, which means a lot with a strange disease like this one!

Yup... I get both, but mostly no swelling. My knees can hurt like crazy some days or trade locations of pain... or not bother me for a while. My shoulders are my worst areas at the moment...but soon it will be somewhere else! Sorry you are hurting so. Are you taking omega 3's? These are great for a number of reasons, but they are anti inflammatories as well... you may have swelling that just can't be seen.

Thank you for your replies. Does anyone take anything for the pain that they find works?

Yes it is probably Lyme related/ My kness chronicly hurt no matter what I take or do. All my joints do too but my knees and ankles are the worst. Try Omegas Fish OIL and magnesium. It has helped me a little.

I agree with Omega 3 and magnesium and also
Zinc! Those three items are worthy of a try.
Take as directed and not in large quantities.
Hope it helps. I find it helps my joint pain when I take them!

My joint pain is dull -- not sharp. Is that a different type of arthritis or something.

Hope the pain passes Vae and for everyone else too!

When I have pain and feel that it is really affecting me I take Tylenol Arthritis... I don't like taxing my liver any more than it already is. I don't take it every day. I also take Milk Thistle capsules to protect my liver from all these meds.

In my not so humble opinion I would BEG you NOT to drink or eat anything with artificial sweeteners in them!!!! I am seriously telling you that I never believed what they said about how they cause inflammation and neuro problems... I am a true believer since I forgot my stevia and used equal and splenda last week (only 1/2 packet at a time). My pain levels soared. I'm sure that's why. I am much more comfortable when I avoid them. Unfortunately that means mostly water and ice tea. I sweeten coffee and tea with stevia. Cereal too, and plain yogurt. The no sugar rule makes it tough, but it's worth reading labels and steering clear. Stevia is now sold in grocery stores as Truvia (no I am not on commission from Truvia). I use one packet of stevia over 4 cups of coffee! It is very sweet. It is expensive, but not when I figure out how little I use at a time. Just a loooooooooooong thought! Are you feeling any better?

You do not have to have terible swelling. I have chronic pain in my knees and ankles from my Lymes that was misdiagnosed way to late!!
They are swelled slightly but I have the residual arthritis from it not being treated.
I see a PM doctor for my pain. That is why I hate arrogant doctors who think they know everthing about this disease. If that were true half of us would not be in the predicament we are with it now.
My pain is constant. it never goes away. It fluctuates from better to worse but It has messed my sleeping patterns up because I wake due to my pain and sometimes threy hurt so bad they just burn!!
I would do some research on that and take it to your doctor. That is what I did when I was told that I didn't have Lyme. The doctor didn't know what to say when I called him on it!! I wish you the best of luck.

My pains are migratory and go from my knees, through my leg and to my ankle. Eventually Lymes got my wrists and knuckles. The pain always jumps around and it's extreme pain that I can't stand. Luckily, I found an excellent PM doc and Infectious Disease Doc who take me seriously. They prescribed me methadone treatment of long lasting pain and Lortab 10 for the more acute pain. This has been the worst pain ever and long lasting, does anyone else feel this way?