I thought I read somewhere about babs showing up on skin like small red dots.

I have small red dots here and there, they come and go, very tiny. Been getting them for years, don't' know what they are, and don't hurt or anything. I know it must be something and was wondering babs, or if anyone else has these.

Thanks
Lymiecanuck
 

I have them too. They usually start off itchy, kinda itchy. They kinda like hives.

CaliLymer
 

I also had some little red spots not many though its gone away Iam not sure what it was but it may have been related to abx's also.
 

To describe mine, would be like someone took a bright red marker and put a very small mark smaller than a piece of rice here and there. I have about 5 in different areas right now.

I do get nodules that are hard on head that the site talked about. Slightly raised, and very hard. Come and go, usually same area. Also, very tiny little pimple type lesions here and there on head only too. Plus the rash on back of head that fades and flares but never goes away. Often burns when herxing. Had of lot of that last months, as it is on cranial nerve. Great.

I have seen these on my husband too. Actually if i remember correctly i seen them on him first. Cause I used to like to pic his skin and would see them, close up.

I often wonder if they have anything to do with iguanas. We have had two. Not anymore. But I remember one had red mites at one point. I didn't handle it when sick. I actually think that was the one i never handled.

I guess time will tell what they are.

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Lymiecanuck

Mine are like Lymiecanuck's. At least the marker spot. I noticed them a few years ago, and a nurse told me they were burst capillaries caused by sun exposure. They've increased a lot since starting treatment and even more since adding Artemisin for the babs.

There is often a lighter circle around the red dot. So the burst capillary theory makes sense to me, just not the sun as the cause.

BTW - Lymiecanuck - can Iguana's carry salmonella? I know turtles can. Salmonella can cause arthritic symptoms and was one of my co-infections.

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I have a different set of bumps that my allergist calls papules that are not necessarily red. These are raised but can be very tiny. These itch like crazy mad.

Pomegranite
 

I have broken capillaries on my face for some time. They have gone, but come back, but have gotten quite bad, herxing definitly aggravates it. But this is not at all what the red dots I mean are. I don't get these on my face. They have no circle or anything around them. Really strange, I don't get it.

Iguanas do carry salmonella. How do you know if you have this co-infection unless you have the obvious symptoms. Cause I was violently ill for a couple of days once, like a 24 hour flu, but thought there was something going around. Don't recommend any one have iguanas, not my idea, my husbands.

Lymiecanuck
 

I have small red pin point dots scattered about my body, singular by themselves, but I have like 14 of them.

I did have a petechial rash ten years ago,but it left a long time ago.
 

Salmonella can cause a reactive arthritis, sometimes called Reiters Syndrome. Many similar symptoms to Lyme. It's believed to be very rare, and most docs think the diagnosis is crazy.
 

Small red spots on the skin that usually indicate a low platelet count.

low platelet count:
An abnormally low platelet count. Normal platelet counts are 150,000-400,000 per cubic millimetre.

Those with low platelet counts may exhibit haematuria, haematemesis, easy bruising, bleeding gums, melena (blood in stools), prolonged menses or nosebleeds. Spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage can occur with platelet counts of 10-15,000 (or less).

 

It sounds like the cherry angiomas. So far most similar description for mine.

The low platelets, I don't know, but have had so much blood work this year.

Take Care
Lymiecanuck