I have been struggling with multiple infections and yet tests are not reflecting how bad I feel. The UTI , urine test came back as multiple enteric flora ? Considered contaminated yet no follow up. Does an E. coli bacteria just go away? Access certainly has not but lung infection does seem better. My CRP is 1.0 WHAT ? I had to clean up a leak in kitchen and could not pick myself up off the floor. I cannot walk a block. My feet and ankles, knees and hips are killing me. Why are bloods normal?
If it is this bad without inflammation then OMG what is yet to come?
This is no help to you but I swear that some people have many symptoms of infections and inflammation yet the serum markers that are usually tested (e.g., CRP, ESR) remain well and truly within bounds.
You've had such a lot to deal with, coping with these infections and your joints/limbs. I'm hoping for a resolution for you.
I did get a good urine test from Rheumy which was far more detailed. It included information about blood Ext. It showed a severe E. coli based UTI. The cats can done by Endodontic Specialist also shows severe abscess. It is all through the front of my jaw and yet No inflammation. It literally blows their minds. They cannot believe that it does not show at all except X-ray. Then it is the eye tooth which is abcessed and the infection is spreading. My issue is that I do not want to subject myself to surgery as I have UTI which can become a blood infection (Sepcis).
Sorry just rambling.
Dental abscesses can be foul. I've had several and one of them, unbeknownst to me, while I was on a waiting list for the surgery to have it treated, actually eroded the bone of my upper jaw enough to fracture it (for various reasons).
Your results seem like a clear example of someone whose clinical symptoms of inflammation need to take priority over blood work indications of it as you're plainly not in the normal bell curve distribution for this.