Lyme Disease Support Group

Just wondering- my joints are not swollen at all, but hurt all the time- both elbows, wrists, and finger. And the very top of my neck where the muscle attatches to the head is always sore- what is it for others? It seems strange that both wrists, both elbows, both thumbs hurt. Do most lyme joints just have one or two? I have also been tested for lupus and ra to rule out another cause, but it always comes back to the lyme only?

You got it vintage ME to a "T" both wrists carpal tunnel..all finger joints..thumb..elbows ..then hips feet..scary scary..neck snapping etc. Samento took it away and quickly..i am concerned you are saying you are having problems.. with samento..but its the cure for inflammation.. regular cats claw is not as strong..samento is supposed to be 1000 x stronger, anyway this is my opinion..abx wont fix the joint issues..samento is your answer..try again and go slow..drink your water and tons of it..if this gives you encouragement my joint issues were gone in 3 weeks flat on samento..i ramped up quick..herxed and cut back..so please try again..we want you out of joint pain report in or PM ..i am always here..one of the troops is always on duty!!

Vintage, I had joint pain without swelling. It started in my hips and knees and eventually ankles, shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers followed. They were also testing me for RA and lupus at that time. Strangely, as I know this doesn't happen for most, my joint pain was one of the first things to go away and it went away by about 3 months into my antibiotic treatment. That was about 2 months before I started on cat's claw.

Everybody's symptoms can be quite different...your joint pain definitely isn't unusual. Hang in there, and when the pain gets better let everyone know what worked for you!

At times every joint in my body will hurt - and now with neuropathy, receive some wonderfully jarring jolts...

I do get the swelling too - but not as much as when i was a teen. As a teen and an athlete - my knees would swell some 3x's normal size...

But the pain has been an ever constant companion...

Christine

Did you ever get the pain without any swelling?

Me - yea - as a matter of fact as we speak...my joints in both arms are killing me...and i just went shopping so the knees and ankles are rather achy - but no swelling...actually I have to get prepared cuz the shocks are coming - if i dont go and lay down...which of course i cant cuz i need to get cooking supper...

For me it's my hands that hurt, especially in the morning. I can't even bend them when I wake up. It takes a good 30 minutes before I can fully use them.

Then they hurt for most of the day when I hold things.

My lower back is extremely stiff. Methedone has helped a lot for my back but not for joint pain.

Lyrica did help for my joint pain...I just had to get off it...However my sister has been on it for almost a year due to Shingles, on problems...The stuff really did help me...

I was on the Lyrica and my hands and feet swelled on a 75 mg dose. I dont normally get swelling in my joints just pain

No swelling for me either. I have pain in my neck and knees. I used to have it in my hands, wrists and feet.