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Have a coworker who spent some time in the hospital recently with severe aches and joint pain. Don't recall if there was a rash present. Turned out to be an infection in his bloodstream.
Hope the docs get Larry's case figured out PDQ.
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There's some kind of meat allergy that I read about. I think I remember the rash and tenderness being a part of that.
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A very aggressive case of West Nile or Lyme disease - the problem with those is that the tests aren't all that accurate so insurance companies pay for them.
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Mickey would you please keep us updated and informed on his progress? powdr
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Mickey would you please keep us updated and informed on his progress? powdr
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Mickey,
Does your / their county health dept. test for West Nile? Baldwin Co. uses sentinel chickens and 2 came up positive last week. May be worth checking out.
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Doctors don't always have a clue. One time I found a tick on my upper arm and pulled it off. A few days later there was a nasty looking bulls-eye rash at that very same spot. I went to the Dr. and he told me it was a spider bite, although I had already told him about the tick. I did ask him what the odds were that a spider would bite me in the exact same place as a tick within a three or four day period. He had no answer but kept saying spider bite. The medicine he gave me worked though. miles
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Where were they? If they were in the Caribbean there is a nasty bug down there that has those systems and if the South, it could be he was bitten by that "new" mosquito. Both have those systems. Sorry for him. They went to a campground in TN called "NickaJack" or something like that but he got sick as soon as they got there. Whatever bit him did so at their home a little south of Huntsville.
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Mickey would you please keep us updated and informed on his progress? powdr I certainly will. Thank you all for your concern and prayers. Larry is a good guy. He's a stock car racer (hobby) and won a race this summer at the tender age of 68.
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Mickey,
Does your / their county health dept. test for West Nile? Baldwin Co. uses sentinel chickens and 2 came up positive last week. May be worth checking out.
Rick Rick, they've not mentioned West Nile but they did mention Lyme. They are sending some of his blood to Mayo clinic, I think. I'll pass on the suggestion of West Nile but you know that doctors get tired of laymen and their suggestions but who cares? They're human and can make mistakes like the rest of us.
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