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Originally Posted by ishoot308
NH has a definite tick problem and the Lakes Region is not immune to it...
Two summers ago I contracted Lyme Disease from a tick bite. It was no fun at all! It took multiple hospital / doctors visits before it was diagnosed correctly. I was very persistent and finally went to a very young skin specialist at DHMC in Manchester who figured it out immediately just by looking at me!
I had no "target" to indicate a tick bite (not everyone gets this). Had blotches all over my body and felt horrible. The emergency room doctors misdiagnosed it, Convenient Med Care doctors misdiagnosed it as well as my PCP. Finally made my own appointment with a specialist at Dartmouth Hitchcock, she didn't even bother to wait for blood test results to confirm and put me on a high dose of doxycycline immediately for I believe 6 weeks. Lab results came back confirming Lyme Disease.
I hopefully caught it early enough to where I have had no issues since but that is thanks to my persistence and a very talented young doctor at DHMC!
Dan
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Pretty much the same with me--no target mark, only vague symptoms, and some not believing it was anything.
I was very lucky that a doctor caught it early enough that I was fine within days. But the guys who get slow diagnoses are often in BIG trouble.
If you have arthritic symptoms and/or are feeling down/depressed, get a test!