Hello, I had a tick on the back of my leg, and didn t know how long it had been there. I pulled it off, but part of it was embedded, so I went to my doctor and she took out the remainder of the tick. I had neck and shoulder pain, so she put me on an antibiotic for 3 weeks. When the antibiotic wears off before my next dosage, the pain comes back and now it feels like it is in the upper muscle of my left arm. Could lyme disease cause this?
Hello and thank you for your question. The type of tick, a deer tick, that causes Lyme disease is very small and usually just falls off without becoming embedded. The larger dog ticks are the usual ones that get embedded. They may cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever but no Lyme disease. You would need to check with your doctor to see what kind of tick she thought this was. It is possible for Lyme disease to cause muscle pains, but usually it is muscle pains all over not just in an isolated muscle group. If you have fevers or severe pain then see your doctor again or go to Emergency. Thank you for using Chat Doctor.