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Topic: Pictures of my Bart+ itchy rash

wantabe
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14703

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rifampicin iv: itchy rash started day 1
This is day 4

Spreading and is getting worse. Home nurse didn't think it was an allergic reaction.

Rash is small red bumps with white center. When itched (I really can't help it sometimes)clear liquid is released. They are very itchy!!!!

Welts up and clusters in round and linear shapes.

Acts like poison oak/ivy, but couldn't be.

I'll call LLMD in am, just wondering if this could be Bart breaking lose.

Please let me know your thoughts...
Itchy & Scratchy Show

[ 21. July 2008, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: wantabe ]

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

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wantabe
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Member # 14703

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Go to:

http://picasaweb.google.com/wantabewell

There are pictures of my rash. you can also see some of the Bart "spider veins" I've posted about earlier.

Use the slide show for big pictures.

Any ideas on cause of rash is welcome...

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

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CD57
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 11749

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Hmmm..could it be poison oak/ivy? totally looks like it!
I had an itchy rash on the backs of my thighs with bart but it didn't look like that.

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wantabe
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 14703

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I thought it looked like it too, but not sure how, I've been "banned" from my flower gardens since starting doxy iv.

it hasn't spread to hands,face, ect... like poison oak/ivy would.

heat makes it itch...

Sent pictures to LLMD. Hope I don't have to stop treatment!

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

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hiker53
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I had that on my back after a homeopathic treatment for bart. It itched a bit, but went away very quickly. Came back again after another homeopathic treatment. I do have the "mystery" bug detected in the Fry blood smear. Hiker53

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"God is light. In Him there is no
darkness." 1John 1:5

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Alv
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DID you have any test....AS THAT IS THE EXACT BUG I HAVE!

YES ....that is the bug and the blu purple or red very fine lines on your legs on your back of your thighs....

I have the exact same thing.The litle pimple things are what I see at my son.HE got it from a mousquito BITE.

I have proff that my son and I got that BUG threough mousquito.My neighborns daughter was playing with my son and she hit the mousquito and killed it.Both my son and her had the same kind of pimples.

They look like little rashes.AND my son got worst on Bart symtoms.NOw his back was covered completly.

DO YOU HAV any FRY lab test.That is what I am trying to find out.( soon will figure it as MY DAUGHTER has the same thing) .

The more I treat it the more the VEFG is beeing created.I beilive when I started treating with rifampin this marks started....

It is the ability of bart ( blo) to open up the new blood vesels...

Do you have them at the bottom of your foot also??

Please let us know HOW DO YOU KNOW which kind of bart you have and any test you ran...

HAve you been diagnosed with bart only.What other coinfections do you have.

I have bart /( BLO) mucoplasma , EHRlichia , Neurolyme etc..

Please list your symtoms and how long did you have it...?

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wantabe
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Member # 14703

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AlV questions and my answers:

DID you have any test....HAve you been diagnosed with bart only.What other coinfections do you have.

I was +Lyme w/Igenex by LLMD and +Erhlchiosis through Mayo. Bart & Babs was -.

Please let us know HOW DO YOU KNOW which kind of bart you have and any test you ran...DO YOU HAVe any FRY lab test.

I have not been tested @ Fry- No $$$
LLMD is treating clinical symptoms- no +Bart tests

The more I treat it the more the VEFG is being created.I belive when I started treating with rifampin this marks started....

Marks/small red bumps appeared after treating doxy iv -rash came 1 day after starting iv Rifampin

Do you have them at the bottom of your foot also??

The soles of my feet are clear. Rash is around one of my ankles.

Please list your symtoms and how long did you have it...?

Started 2 years ago when I came down w/ the Mumps.

Extreme fatigue, migraines 24/7, low grade fever of unknown origin, butterfly rash appeared daily, seizure-like activity, joint pain but not major swelling, facial swelling & pain, sound/light sensitivity, sleep disturbance, muscle twitching...
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AVE, I'm sorry you and your family are having so many problems! This just isn't easy.

LLMD is taking me off Rifampin starting today to see if the rash is related. I see her on Monday.
I hate stopping this part of treatment!

How are you treating Bart?

Thanks for your input!

wantabe

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

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Nancy2
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 95

posted

Looks like skin manifestation of Bartonella!

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wantabe
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Member # 14703

posted

If this is Bart showing more of it's ugly head, I imagine I should continue treatment for Bart...am I right?

Should I change the medication or bite the bullet and keep going?

Has anyone else developed an itchy rash after starting treatment?

Did you continue w/antibiotics? The same?

How long did it take the rash to resolve itself?

Just searching...

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

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Alv
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I have used antibiotics and herbs and still fighting TOP 17 months so far total .

I still have bart ...not like before but still there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have used everything ....

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tailz
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I have bumps like these on my legs right now, negative for bart though. I think mine are mosquito bites though, but who really knows?

I had a million of these bumps though concentrated on my left forearm in 1985 or 1986 (appeared out of nowhere), and then again in 1989 over both of my ankles (following flea bites).

In 1985/86 I was working on a military base though and was likely being exposed to radar.

And then in 1989 I was living near a nuclear power plant.

So though I do believe these bumps are related to one of these bugs (possibly bart?), I think exposure to EMF/RF is likely involved.

Are you living in a high-EMF/RF area?

www.antennasearch.com

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wantabe
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Member # 14703

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Tailz-
Neat site to check area [Big Grin]

I'm very small-rural-valley town- no cell phones work here so I wasn't surprised with results-
no towers and 5 antennas

Good news for me! Thanks

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Lyme+ dx Dec.07
Currently: Levaquin,Cefdinir,Plaquinil,Fluconazole
Nystatin,B12 meth, nortriptyline
Ambien,Clonazepam,many supplements
Dairy, sugar, gluten free diet
infrared sauna and exercise

Posts: 235 | From Iowa | Registered: Feb 2008 | IP: Logged |

dbourne
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Member # 13833

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I have these as well. I am negative for Bart but positive for babesia. I don't know what causes them.

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celtic
Member
Member # 15850

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wow am I having a bad neuro herx.

I thought the title said "Pictures of my Butt + itchy rash."

[bonk]

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bettyg
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celtic, i'm still laughing...i thought i was the only one with reading words that were NOT there! [lol]

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