My 5 year old niece has a bullseye rash. My sister called me in a panic last night and sent me the pics. Went to pediatrician today but rash is much more faded. Doctor would not prescribe antibiotics, only took blood.
Will a bullseye rash fade overnight to almost nothing with lyme?? She has no other overt symptoms. No fever aches etc.
Posted by AuntyLynn (Member # 35938) on :
Did she show the pics to the pediatrician?
My guess is that an ELISA is not likely to pick up antibodies at this stage - but I suppose it's possible, depending on when she got bit.
Posted by sbh93 (Member # 30429) on :
I would guess it's possible, since some people apparently never get a rash at all. My experience was that the rash showed up and intensified from day 3 post-bite until about day 7, then took a good five weeks to fade completely. I did not become ill until the third week after, and even then it was a creeping onset thing where I did not think I had the flu until about six weeks post-bite. Only then did I realize it was a heck of a long bout of flu.