My Nurse practitioner is about to send me to a rheumatologist. I have a viral infection in my chest (bronchitis) that is hanging on longer than expected. I have taken prednisone, an antibiotic, am on a nebulizer and it has lasted almost 4 weeks. In October I was diagnosed with high numbers of inflamatories which brought her to look for the fact that I might have Lyme disease. It settled in my elbow and quickly retreated after a month of antibiotics and showed no sign of a bulls eye rash.