I was wondering if anyone knows what a "non-typical" Lyme rash looks like?
I got a rash on the upper part of my inner leg around the same time I was bitten by a tick. Problem however is that it was getting warmer outside and I am an active person and I am prone to rashes anyway.
Do any of the rashes below look like a "non-typical" tick rash? My guess is that it is fungus or eczema.my tick bite was about six inches lower than where this rash is located.
Thanks!
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TF
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In my over 13 years of being involved with lyme disease, the lyme rash has always been in one piece. Your rash is a number of small rashes of varying size.
So, I don't think this is a lyme rash.
The skin reacts to the tick bite by getting red. So, the rash doesn't have to always be round. It can be an oval or even very elongated. But, it will be one completely red spot, not a number of little spots all in one area as shown in your picture.
The only exception would be a number of small round rashes. I developed at least 13 round red rashes on my legs before I began getting sick with lyme. All of the rashes were about as big as a nickel. They were evenly spaced over my legs.
So, based on my experience, I don't think what you have there is from a tick.
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Thanks. So far I only had a mark at the bite that was visible for 20 minutes.
I have eczema, allergies, and for years I have gotten something called EAC (erythmic annular centrifugum) but I don't think my EAC it is from Lyme because of the pattern of my type.
Thanks for the reply
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Tincup
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MA? Tick bite? Rash near site of tick bite? Time of year for ticks to be active? Known Lyme and other TBD in the area?
If you answered yes to any one of these questions, I wouldn't discount the possibility of Lyme, not at all. There are MANY atypical rashes associated with Lyme and tick borne diseases. They are much more common than the "bulls-eye" rash.
The reason people sometimes get a rash with Lyme is because the spirochetes are moving from the bite site outward. Like dropping a pebble into a pond of water and watching the ripples spread outward.
But what if in YOU there is a piece of bone in the way of the spirochete, or some distasteful lotion already soaked into the skin that repulses them, or the spirochetes are just a bunch of "wild and crazy guys" who want to do the cha cha or rumba any old place they can?
Just like a swimmer in a pool, sometimes those swimming may be mostly underwater and traveling- and you may not think they are even there unless you look closely.
Liken a swimmer to spirochetes and you'll notice the visible signs of spirochetes can "disappear from view" (go under the skin or water- travel a ways- and reappear).
Dr. B- yes, THE Dr. B- wrote treatment recommendations for people bitten by a tick. Lyme rash or not- you may want to follow his recommendations. I sure would.
As for what's below... don't read any of this- it's garbage mostly. But, skim thru and look at the pictures. Especially the warm shower, cold shower example.
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Thanks for the post. I will try some anti fungal ointment and see what happens and make sure I keep an eye on it plus any symptoms. Thank you for the links.
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Tincup
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Just filling you all in because you have been so helpful. The rash turned out to be fungus, I am assuming, because it went away after 3 days of using Lotrum.
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- "The rash turned out to be fungus, I am assuming, because it went away after 3 days of using Lotrum." (end quote)
A lyme / TBD rash may well disappear after any length of time. And an antifungal lotion may also have some effect on lessening inflammation in other kinds of rashes.
Still, in light of other details about your rash, it sounds like it may well have been fungal in nature. It's just good to know that - for lyme rashes - they can disappear at their own "will".
Yet, as you know you were bitten by a tick, that's the key take-away here. No rash need appear to confirm that. Hope all works out okay. -
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