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Please explain if it is possible for a person with lyme disease to have symmetrical joint pain on both sides?

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Yes: Generalized aching is a symptom of primary lyme disease. However, swelling of multiple joints is not. If the small joints (hands and feet) are involved it is virtually never going to be lyme disease.

Answered 1/22/2014

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