chest pain with lyme disease - Lyme Disease Message Board

lavender01 · 08-16-2001, 07:41 PM

In May I pulled a tick off my ankle that had bit in. I had no rash at the time. But for the last few weeks I have not felt good. My chest hurts constantly. I feel aches in my arms and legs at times. I did get a rash around my stomach area in July but I took that to be from working around outside and got in to something. Does this sound like lyme?

08-17-2001, 07:18 PM

How did you remove the tick? What does your rash look like? Only about 50% of people who have Lyme have ever gotten a rash. If the rash comes back, it is a good idea to photograph it for documentation. Place something near it, like a coin or ruler, before photographing it to give it size definition. That way, you have evidence of it. Here are a couple of sites where you can see some (not all) examples of Lyme rashes:
[url="http://www.lyme.org/gallery/rashes.html"]http://www.lyme.org/gallery/rashes.html[/url]
[url="http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/vie/LymeEU/images_medical.html"]http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/vie/LymeEU/images_medical.html[/url]

You should be evaluated by a Lyme knowledgeable doctor.
I have a good list of resources on Lyme that I can email to you. You may email me at ko_@bellsouth.net (the _ after the ko is an underline). Please mention your screen name as a reminder for me.

[This message has been edited by no-time-for-lyme (edited 08-17-2001).]