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Topic: is this lyme or what???

randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
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my sister called today and she's very worried about my other sister.

she has been to every specialist in ohio including the mayo clinic and they can't find out what's wrong.

her skin is very very thin and when she bumps into anything, it just peels off. she gets these purple and red sores that oooze. she looks like she's 90 or older. her skin just peels off.

she's only on paxil, has never smoke or drank, doesn't eat sugar, no soft drinks, low blood pressure and cholesterol.

could this be lyme or something? any ideas? she said it looks like she's got the plague or something.

surely all these useless doctors could do something other than tell her "oh you're stressed"...

i've never heard of anything like this have you?

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Posts: 12262 | From texas | Registered: Mar 2007 | IP: Logged |

sleeping dog
Member
Member # 27267

posted

hi randibear.
one of my symptoms was very thin skin that would tear and bleed very easily. it was also slow to heal. my skin also lost a lot of elasticity and was droopy (especially on my face). my skin was so thin that it would literally tear and bleed when i touched rough surfaces. it could be lyme (it was for me)...
good luck,

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randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 11290

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Oh man I knew it. How did you treat it? Did
Your skin get better?

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Check this:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/blood-spots-under-the-skin.html

I once had a similar problem and my Dr said to take lots of Vitamin C .. the problem went away.

C is mentioned in the article above

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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Tiramisu
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 15082

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Could it be related to Morgellon's?

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randibear
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
Member # 11290

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apparently her skin falls off when she even bumps into a wall or something. I can't believe they cant find anything

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WendyK
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Have they looked into autoimmune disorders like pemphigus? That affects the skin severely.

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Carol in PA
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 5338

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quote:
Originally posted by randibear:

my sister called today and she's very worried about my other sister.

her skin is very very thin and when she bumps into anything, it just peels off.
she gets these purple and red sores that oooze.

she looks like she's 90 or older.
her skin just peels off.

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Quotes:
Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is...a form of Bartonella infection.

...lesions caused by bacillary angiomatosis include the following:
Raised red or purple lesions in the skin that bleed when traumatized

Underlying disease conditions may include the following:
Apparent immunocompetence in some patients

Source:
Bacillary Angiomatosis
http://misc.medscape.com/pi/android/medscapeapp/html/A212737-business.html

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Randibear,
Show that link to your sister.
Your sister may have a skin condition from bartonella.

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