we recently started treating my 8 yo with Rifampin, she was symptomatic of Bart (foot sole pain, psych symptoms etc) but tested negative. Five days after beginning she developed a few reddish stretch marks in the crook of her arm which have faded but are still there. They look like what I would call regular stretch marks. She is not at all overweight and only has those in the crook of her arm. Now, about 6 weeks into treatment, she also has huge purple streaks on her leg, they look like black and blue marks in the shape/length of fingers. They look different from the other marks, more like black and blues than what I would call stretch marks, but they are long streaks. I was curious what type of rash others had.
Posted by Life+Lyme (Member # 33568) on :
Yes, I have all the stretch marks, and I'm tiny. They were one of the first things I noticed when I got sick. They are purple blue and sometimes are white. They are on my inner thighs and are going down to the side of my knees.
Posted by sickofsick (Member # 29258) on :
My daughter gets streaks periodically, which usually come and go within hours or days. Also she has stretch marks on her inner thigh which have remained for a while. Blotchy rash on her breast, bump like a big pimple on her nose. Before diagnosis, she had many ringworm like rashes on her shins. I think all are probably from bartonella, diagnosed clinically.
I always take pictures now.
Posted by fourwinds (Member # 14114) on :
I used to get these weird "things" in my skin... I ran across this Lyme Blog and the pic's are exactly would come out of nowhere on my skin.
These pics answered the question what mine were.. I was getting the open sore type
I have stretch marks but I'm not 100% sure that they are from Bartonella. I've had them for a LONG time. Way before I got drastically sick from my Lyme infection. I'm not overweight either. They're on my hips and the back of my arms and they're white.
Posted by lostlyme (Member # 38561) on :
I have stretch marks that are purple,and also get streaks periodically,2 ,3, 5 etc which usually come and go within hours or days. That was the first thing my llmd noticed , then all my symptoms fell into place,Now with treatment with factive they appear about every 2 weeks if that. I take pictures of them and send them to llmd