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Health Encyclopedia: Lyme Disease And Related Tick Borne Infections Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Proper diagnosis of Lyme disease is important. A diagnosis of Lyme disease is straightforward if the patient meets the following criteria:

Lives in an area of tick-infestation
Has the tell-tale bulls-eye rash
Has other symptoms (headache, joint aches, malaise, flu-like symptoms)

If the patient meets all the criteria, except the rash, then the doctor may undertake the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) or the Western Blot test.

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In some cases, if the patient seeks a diagnosis wit...

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Expert & Community Posts

Treating the Fire of Rheumatoid Arthritis

By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

...even in someone with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Because false negatives can be very misleading, an... Read more »

Complications Found for some RA Drugs

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...Remicade, or Humira. The TB skin test, however, might be falsely negative because the... Read more »

Can I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus?

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

...antiphospholipid antibody such as anticardiolipin, or false positive syphillis test (VDRL) *... Read more »

The Annual Cost of My Chronic Illnesses

By Lisa Emrich , Health Expert

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... Read more »

The Double Why-Me: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hepatitis C

By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...arthritis: 1) many patients with hepatitis C have a falsely positive rheumatoid factor 2)... Read more »

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Health Guide

What Your Rheumatoid Arthritis Lab Results Mean

...specialist is familiar with. Additional resources: Could I Have RA? Take Our Assessment A List of Tests For Rheumatoid ArthritisWhen A Positive Lab Result Is Really Wrong Read more »

Diagnosis

Rheumatoid arthritis can be difficult to diagnose. Many other conditions resemble it and its symptoms can develop insidiously. Blood tests and x-rays may show normal results for months after the... Read more »

Osteoarthritis: Symptoms

Conditions with Similar SymptomsNumerous conditions have symptoms of joint aches and pains. Something as benign as sleeping on a bad mattress to the serious afflictions associated with cancer can... Read more »

Hepatitis: Diagnosis

...if such screening has much impact on survival, since it is not very sensitive and has a high rate of false positives (suggesting the presence of cancer when it is not actually present). Screening... Read more »

Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis

Osteoarthritis is often visible in x-rays. Cartilage loss is indicated by certain images:If the normal space between the bones in a joint is narrowed.If there is an abnormal increase in bone... Read more »

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Osteoarthritis vs. rheumatoid arthritis

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