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Posted 5/13/2014 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
99.5-99.9 for days, extra aches and very sore throat. I guess my throat is more sore than my baseline sore throat. lol I hate that I can't tell if it's the lyme or a different illness.
Posted 5/13/2014 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
It could be an illness. Has one been going around in your area? You might want to get checked for strep throat if it doesn't let up.
Posted 5/13/2014 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
My two year old had a febrile illness with vomitting last week, but nobody has had these symptoms.
Posted 5/13/2014 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
How about around your city? We had a GI but and a respiratory bug going around here a while back.
Posted 5/14/2014 11:26 AM (GMT 0)
Maine,

I've got similar issues, though I'm attributing them to seasonal allergies as I drove through a cloud of pollen on Mother's day... BOOOO!

You should def get checked out if you've got the fever and worse than normal sore throat, strep is not nice, not nice at all. Do you have a yucky taste in your mouth? Does it sound like you have a mouth full of marbles when you talk? (i'm a strep expert... used to get it so often I could just tell and was able to call my doc for the abx, until I finally had my tonsils removed 4 years ago)

Gargle with salt water it'll help relieve and heal the sore throat, and stay extra hydrated for the fever.

Hugs and prayers!
Posted 5/14/2014 1:39 PM (GMT 0)
if your temp was normal most of the time, and it just recently went up in the 99's then I would guess you have a virus. As for me, the whole time I had lyme, my temp was always btwn 99.3 and 99.5. But once the Zithromax was added, my temp is now normal.
Posted 5/14/2014 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear you're going through rough patch, Maine. I had exactly the symptoms you describe at the end of February. I'd been doing ok until one evening, my throat started hurting SO BAD and by the next day couldn't get out of bed, fever, chills, couldn't swallow, raw throat feeling, lethargy, no appetite - like a seriously bad flu. My husband gave me these capsules called Oreganol throughout the days and all those flu like symptoms gradually disappeared after 1 week and a bit,. BUT THEN. WHAMMO, all my Lyme symptoms came flooding over me - anxiety through the roof, head / visual disturbances - it's May now and am STILL having rough symptoms. It is ALL so exhausting. I just want to have a good day. Hang in there Maine - I keep telling myself that good days WILL come again.
Posted 5/14/2014 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
My temp is usually abnormally low, then periodically I run low grade fevers.
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