She already has lyme by the way. the rash was about the size of a quarter. She felt sick for about a 1 -1/2 then kind of okay. now another rash on same arm that looked like a bite now is starting to get circular and she has bad headache and feels sick again.

Now I can't find anything on any sites that says you should feel sick when you have ringworm. Does anyone know anything about ringworm and symptoms.

We also have a new puppy, so i am taking that into consideration too, but the sickenss thing keeps saying Lyme to me.

I started her on antibiotics anyways cuz I think the doc is really really a duck when she knows our family history of all of us having Lyme. I AM SO mad right now. I could spit nails.

Thanks, Barb
 

I've had both lyme and ringworm....topical antifungals clear one and not the other....I never felt rotten with ringworm...

How old is your daughter?
Do you have an LLMD?

Take a photo with a copy of today's newpaper for documentation for insurance and long term records.
 

Thanks for the quick response. My daugher is 17 yrs. old. She has had lyme for about 10 years. Off and on antibiotics as her
s is usually easily controlled.

As soon as i saw the rash and she was ill, i really thought lyme and stressed to the doctor that she shouldn't feel ill with ringworm. thanks for your sharing that you weren't ill with ringworm. I thought it should only be topical too. ( I know it is just a fungus)

Yes we got lots of pictures and measured it. These docs are so..........stupid. We don't travel to the LLLMD anymore. I had a doc that we were using here for awhile, then found a new one who turns out is a duck. Barb

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I had a big EM rash on my thigh and my LLMD thought that I had been reinfected...also had babs again.

BUT, my friends and family weren't as understanding until I had the puppy tested and she had lyme. In puppies even a very low titre is cause for treatment.

Ours was on three months of doxy. She's two years old now..and doing great. And, my friends were more accepting that I had been rebitten and reinfected when she too was positive...

I don't blame them for their skepticism...It had been a long haul with my initial infections, and often those on the outside just can't appreciate what this is all about.
 

A few months after that was when I started developing all my problems that led me through years and years of Dr's and tests too finally be diagnosed with Lyme 4 years later and incredibly debilitated.

To this day I am not sure whether the rings I had was a Lyme type infection, or if the ringworm infection lowered my immunity enough for the dormant Lyme to become active...

Whichever the case, It definelty made me veru ill and was a catalysts for other things.....

I would definetly continue on abx and make sure she is tested for other infections.

Good Luck and I hope your daughter feels better..

Thanks for sharing, sorry you have been down the long road too. Did you get all the rings at once or did it happen over a period of time.

She only had the one the size of a quarter it cleared up well stil scared/discolored looking now and now another has cropped up 3 weeks -1 month later.

SInce we have the new puppy, it definately put a twist on things and made things more confusing. Yes I am keeping her on antibiotics just in case.
Barb