im at my wits end..here ...ok i wentto yet another rheumy he did blood work and took and xray of my shoulder coz of the painful joints he even felt it and he thoughtthere was someting wromg with my joint..everything came back normal

.my question.IF I HAVE LYME WOULD LYME ARTHRITIS SHOW UP ON XRAY?I WAS RX WITH A POS TEST FOR LYME LIKE 6 YRS AGO OR SO TRREATED WITH ORAL ANTBX BUT COULD NOT GO ON PIC LIKE COZ OF COLITS..NOW IM 1000 TIMES WORSE WILL DO PICK BUT CME BACK FROM FATIGUE AND FM CENTER AND LYME TEST CAME BACK NEG WITH HIGH INFLAM WHEN THE TOOK 30 VIALS OF BLOOD...THAT WAS OCT 05..THIS RHEUMY DOC I SAW YESTERDAY AND WILL NOT TREAT MY INFLAMTION COZ HHE SAID I DO NOT HAVE ANY NOW.....MY QUESTION WAS THAT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF LYME ARTHRITIS WOULD SHOW UP ON XRAY /HE WOULDNT ANSWERTHAT QUESTION THANKS ALL
BARB

Hi WOCALI and welcome to NeuroTalk

I dont know much about Lyme but I hope someone who does will be here shortly to help with your question