Lyme and joint cracking

First off, I think this is the first time I have seen JelaineP on here in a very long time, at least I haven 't seen a recent post from her in quite a while, so welcome back or at least hello.

I crack like kindling on a fire all the time. It usually my knees more often than not whenever I stand up. I beleive it is the snapping of my inflamed tendons popping. Then again, it could be from the actual joint itself, but I don't think so as I think that amount of joint popping would damage and put me in greater pain than I sm already in. I do beleive it is directly correlated to the level of inflammation in my tendons. When I take pain meds, the popping seems to go away.

Hi King, I can see you have made a return, welcome back, did you ever get to the bottom of your joint pains and cracking joints. i just had a dx of psoriatic arthritis (Apparently nail pitting is quite a comment symptom) and this does not show up in blood work.

I too do not have any swelling and never had...

I have been having popping/snapping/cracking sounds all over my body for 5 months now. I have been to 3 drs and everyone says that if it doesn't cause pain, to not worry. Easier said then done. I am healthy and stay in shape and am only 41. It started from no none cause but the sounds happen sometimes hundreds of times a day, no correlation to anything as far as I can tell. Very disturbing to hear your body make unusual noises. Sometimes I even can feel the snapping...just like a rubber band feels.

I am bothered by the noises, even though I currently have no pain. Feel like it is in the tissues/ligaments and NOT in my joints. Is there something that causes a breakdown in tissues or flexibility that could be causing this? I am concerned because I do not want it to worsen over time and drs lack of worry does bother me. Have not been tested for Lyme's....no doctor ever suggested it based on my symptoms.

Has anyone else under this disscussion ever gotten a diagnosis yet that can maybe lead me in the correct direction?

I have been diagnosed with sjogrens, low vitamin D. Otherwise pretty healthy.

joint cracking and no pain was one of my predominant symptoms until it got me down and I couldn't use my hands; I could use my legs at low speed LOL but not without excruciating pain.

It was the noise before the big storm for me :(

I have the same symptoms. Popping all over my body (mainly shoulders, wrists, neck, jaw, and starting in my back). Has anyone found the root cause of these symptoms. I was tested for lyme but did not test positive for enough bands. I'm wondering if I could have an adult onset of EDS, but I do not have joint hyper mobility. All my symptoms started with severe joint/nerve pain in my hands and wrists which moved to other parts of my body. It was a few months later that the joints of my shoulders began to pop. I completely changed my diet and have been gluten, dairy, and wheat from as well as avoiding most all foods. The diet has helped the joint/nerve pain, but the popping persists. Since then (three years now), popping is happening all over. I'm freaking out of course b/c I can't seem to find a way to stop the popping.

Hi tibi,
Actually, a raw food diet is very hard on a compromised digestive system.

There are many people that have healed by using a LLMD - not a regular MD, ID doc or Rheumy or other specialty doc, only a LLMD will be able to help. Although not everyone can get to one, afford one or can tolerate a lot of the meds, so we must use alternative meds to heal, like I did once, and am doing again since I got reinfected.

It sounds like you have major digestive issues, and they must be at least addressed and starting to heal before you will be able to tolerate any treatments though.

king1234 I know it has been a long time since your post. I have the exact same symptoms as you. Did you ever get a dx?

Thanks Girlie, I would be happy to share my story, although I am still searching for answers.

I have been diagnosed with Lyme through muscle testing, clinical, and a positive test from DNAConnexions of Bart and Enrichla, but I am still skeptical. However, none of the other 10 docs I've seen have given any other possibilities, so the more research I do the more I feel comfortable with the diagnosis. I have been receiving treatment for about 3 months which includes diet change, herbal remedies, and RIFE.

The muscle testing also showed many different co-infections...babesia, EBV, and spirochete among others. I started having hand pain around a year and a half ago and that persisted to wrist, forearm, elbow, shoulder, neck, back, and hip pain. Now the pain constantly moves and never feels consistent. In the last couple of months I have noticed the cracking of all my joints. I've also had a couple of finger nails form dimples that grow out and then come back. king1234's original post pretty much describes my symptoms.

If you have bart and erlichia its almost a guarantee that borrelia is in there ..you can see em plain as day with a good microscope ..i have that horrendous old person creaking and popping ...