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So, I thought I'd check on Lymenet, it seems like if this rash or whatever it is, is Lyme related I would find something here.

I did look at those pictures you suggested. Rodger's rash is the color of the very first picture. kinda purple/red.

He never knew it was there until I said something.

If anyone else has it and you have hair you would never know it was there.

Anyway I just thought I'd ask.I'll check on stork bites and port wine stain

to see if it's something that shows up later in life. But I thought for sure it was a birthmark, but his mom said no.
 

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Posted by mjbucuk (Member # 843) on :
 
How long has he had the mark? I didn't think bulls eye rashes last for a long time... eventually they fade.... also I thought they might expand over time.... yep, doing some reading and research is your best bet. Also may want to take a photo of the mark.
 

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Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
 
Kennedy,
I seem to remember reading a thread at some time about having rashes on the back of necks and in the hairline.

I have one that feels bumpy. I can't see it so don't know if it gets red or not. Anyway, if I perspire, at all, it burns and then itches. The itching wakes me up at night, wanting to rip the back of my head off.


Oh wait, I found it, here it is: http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=044064
 

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Posted by tempe (Member # 5000) on :
 
I have this also. The tick bite that originally made me sick was at the nape of my neck. I had a bullseye rash there that went away, but then when I'd tell ducks about it, they'd look at this red blotch on the back of my head & tell me it was a birthmark and not believe I ever had a bullseye rash there.

There actually are 3 blotches in a row, going from the nape up to the crown of my head.

They have never gone away. Both my parents said I did not have it when I was small. I had blond hair as a child & they'd have seen it.

When I go on & off abx, I feel pain there every time.

Once when I searched the internet, I found an article that said that red birthmark-type blotches on the back of the head were associated with neurologic disease that became progressively worse. I've tried to use words from the preceding sentence to pull this up again, but have not been able to find it.

While most neurologists would not know about lyme, if your husband has a neurologist, you might at least ask about these red blotches being associated with neurologic disease.

Tempe
 

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Posted by Truthfinder (Member # 8512) on :
 
I have one of these marks at the nape of my neck, too - just above the hairline. It's pretty big.

I have no idea how long it has been there. I didn't know I had it until I chopped my hair off back in the early 90s, and by then, I know I already had Lyme.

It makes me wonder how many of us might have this.

Tracy
 

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I think this Feb. will be 2 years. I noticed it as soon as he shaved his head so I have no idea how long he might have had it.

And yeah, Bulls-eye rashes come and go but I never read anywhere that someone had one constantly,

but it just seems weird when I read that post because it sounds exactly like his rash / mark, or what ever it is.

But His Mom and I were talking and it seems like he never feels well. Just about every holiday for the last 3 years he hasn't felt good.

It wasn't until this June when I started getting symptoms and thank goodness,

if I had to get this horrid stuff at least I got the Bulls-eye rash or I don't need to tell you where we'd right now,

but that's when we made the connection as to what's wrong with him.

Because I knew if I had Lyme Disease, he had Lyme. And then things started making sense as to why he never feels good.

His job is so demanding. He gets up at 2:30 every morning and doesn't get home until 4:45 in the evening, works alot of Saturdays,

so of course he is tired alot and we never saw any rash,

and he catches all the colds and flu that's passed around work so if he had flu symptoms from the lyme we just figured it was something going around in the plant.

And True, I just read that Thread you told me about it's from Greanpea back on MAY 21, 06. It seems to be too much of a coincidence, doesn't it? But I have enough problems, I'm not shaving my head to see if I have one. Although there are times when I want to.
Thanks everybody. It may be something to it. It's been talked about on here before and now on another forum.
 

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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
 
It is a common way to tell if you have Lyme according to a LLMD. I've seen him specifically look for this rash and have heard him talk about it on several ocassions.

It can become more pronounced during a herx or flare.

It's not a birth mark. Too many of us have it... and we didn't have it at birth... only after getting Lyme.

Mine actually gets itchy and sometimes sore/pain when I flare.


 

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Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
 
Correction...

You COULD have it if you were born with Lyme. I didn't mean to rule out that possibility.


 

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And True, I just read that Thread you told me about it's from Greanpea back on MAY 21, 06. It seems to be too much of a coincidence, doesn't it? But I have enough problems, I'm not shaving my head to see if I have one. Although there are times when I want to.

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