I posted a couple of weeks ago in reguards to this rash i developed which i thought was ringworm.
I have been using OTC fungal creams for three weeks and it has not gone away, infact i would say it has spread a bit. They are circular round, some the size of a quarter some nickel, some a dime.
I went to llmd appt. two days ago and he said that it could be secondary lyme rash and that i could try cortisone cream, he said that if it was fungal that the anti-fungal creams should have helped not made it worse.
What do you think. What is a secondary lyme rash, and what should i do. He is putting me on fluconazole 200 mgs. for a month and told me that if it was fungal that this would do the trick and he is a firm believer that this will help treat lyme as well.
I am open for advice please. A rash is being caused by something, and i need to figure it out. who should i see, or should i just see what happens. thanks Dj
Posted by pattilynn (Member # 8065) on :
I've been getting these weird rashes for years, ever since the bullseye rash in 1992. I get them a few times a year.
I don't know if they are secondary lyme rashes or what but they all look similar, itch a lot.
I had one that covered the whole side of my thigh one time. They pop up out of nowhere, erupt for several weeks then finally go away.
Every time I took antibiotics back in 1992 I got one. I thought it was an allergic reaction but after I stopped the meds I continued to get them.
I started treatment again last week so let's see if I get one.
Posted by pattiecake (Member # 6424) on :
I have had the motherload of rash's since getting lyme. I also had a ringworm like rash that anti-fungals did not help.
I was also put on rx ant-fungal Diflucan and it did not help.
When I started my lyme treatment the ring like rashs went away but I had other rash "issues" that itched like nobody's business.
Every time I would go on a new ABX the rash would get significantly better only to return to my dismay.
Now finally decided to go off ABX as my lyme symptoms have gone for quite awhile and the rash still persists.
I believe it was yeast associated with my lyme. The diflucan did nothing for it. HOWEVER I started almost 2 weeks ago taking Olive leaf extract 1,000mg 3x's daily...oil of oregano 3,000 daily and pau d'arco 1,000 mg 2 times daily and it is doing the best it has ever done. 99% gone for the first time ever.
So for me the ring type rash was lyme related and the itchy bumpy rash was yeast and or fungal that did at times get infected with strep from the intense scratching I could not control. pattiecake