Never had so much as a fever blister but now I have a herpes that flares up ever so often at the site of the bite. Anyone else have this?
Posted by Judie (Member # 38323) on :
Viruses can reactivate after getting infected with Lyme (or other infections).
The immune system just can't keep up sometimes.
I don't know if a tick can carry herpes, but there are some common, herpes strains that can resurface when you're sick.
Could be a satellite Lyme rash too. Some of the EM rashes look nothing like a bulls-eye (mine was one of them).
"Sometimes the lesions are vesicular in nature, inviting a diagnosis perhaps of herpes simplex infection. "
Mine looked more like this (example of rash similar to mine and more info):
My body was more rashy after Lyme.
Posted by LabRat (Member # 78) on :
Thanks Judie, that's what my doc said too. I buy it reactivating when under stress, now that I have it, but not one sign till early sixty and at the site of the bite too boot!? Just wondering if anyone else is in this boat.
