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SacredHeart
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I have a big purple circle on the lower right side of my back.

Oddly enough the right side of my body is where most of my pain and swelling has been.

I read that the Bulls Eye can look like a purple spot depending on your skin pigmentation.

I'm kind of an olive/white color.

Does this sound like a bulls eye? I'm about to take a picture.

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SacredHeart
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Update: It is actually almost directly on my spine. A little to the right.

I can't get a good picture of it, but it feels rough, or raised.

Any ideas? Look at my diagnosis below.

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SacredHeart
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A little help here?
=)

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Keebler
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Could be a satellite rash. See last entry below. If you are on treatment for lyme, satellite rashes can appear.

Does it hurt? Pain &/or any radiating pain or twinges, tell your doctor.

"Purple" & on the spine has me thinking of shingles. It would likely be very painful, though, and you did not mention that.

Just in case, be very clean and hygienic about touching it and then washing your hands, not sharing towels, etc.

When you do a Google search, if you add "images" that will help a lot. Could be a spider bite, too.

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=11:rashes&Itemid=331

From The Lyme Disease Association site

Resources - Medical Photos

- Rashes include Lyme, bartonella and other tick-borne diseases (TBD)

http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/lyme_disease/lyme_symptoms.html

Lyme Disease; Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of this tick-borne illness.

. . . rashes can mimic spider bite, ringworm, or cellulitis. Multiple, so-called “satellite” rashes may appear on different parts of the body. . . .
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[ 02-10-2015, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: Keebler ]

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Keebler
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Google ADVANCED Search is better than just regular Google, I find.

and

http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/search/search_forum/1

LymeNet Archives - to search past threads
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SacredHeart
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Thanks Keebler. Some of those look a bit like mine, but its hard to tell because I have to **** my head around and look in the mirror. I'll have to get my wife to take a picture.

I did have a spider bite on my back over the summer. I felt it bite me. That wasn't cool. It made me wonder if they can carry different bugs too.

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Judie
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Mine was a raised, round blob, not like a bullseye at all. This article may be helpful. It describes EM rashes.

Let's Not Be Rash About Erythema Migrans

http://campother.blogspot.com/2012/05/lets-not-be-rash-about-erythema-migrans.html

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steve1906
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Did you take a picture?

Steve

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SacredHeart
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Not yet Steve. I will though. It doesn't look like it is going any where. There is some pain, and it is raised. I can feel it when I rub across it.

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SacredHeart
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Thanks for the link Judie. =)

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Judie
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Originally posted by SacredHeart:
Not yet Steve. I will though. It doesn't look like it is going any where. There is some pain, and it is raised. I can feel it when I rub across it.

Mine hurt like crazy after few days. It was on my outer arm and a friend brushed past me. I couldn't believe how much it hurt.

Earlier that day a doctor has diagnosed it as a spider bite.

I saw another doctor for a physical therapy referral and on a whim I showed it for a 2nd opinion because I was scared it was getting infected it hurt so bad.

It was diagnosed as an EM rash on the spot and I got a positive western blot a month later (I still didn't want to believe it was Lyme).

[ 02-13-2015, 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Judie ]

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SacredHeart
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LOL ya Judie I understand. When I first got sick and no doctor could diagnose me I was scouring the internet trying to figure it out.

At the time I didn't have all the symptoms I have now. They were gradually on setting.

I read about this poor lady that was herxing, almost blind, and it all kinds of pain.

I thought to myself, well at least I don't have that. LOOK AT ME NOW. lol

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SacredHeart
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How do I post a picture in my message?

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lpkayak
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Steve is the exbert on that...i cant figure it out

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lpkayak
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Steve is the exbert on that...i cant figure it out

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