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Does anyone else with bart rashes find that they are worse after a shower?
I think it might be the heat. Just curious. I'm itchy!
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Yes I have had this happen, and my children as well. After a shower the rashes turn brighter, and itchy at times.
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No doubt the heat from the shower activates bart. as well as lyme. At least for me anyway.
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For the last 20yrs, any time I am in warm/hot water (shower, sauna, hot tub, etc), I have broken out in huge red splotches from the waist up. Itching beyond belief! I call them hives, but not sure they qualify since they don't have whelts in them.
Anyhow. Last year, doc put me on levaquin for bart. I think is was wk 3 when I got out of the shower and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My jaw dropped. I had my hubby count and we could only find 3 small splotches. This compared to being so covered in them, it was basically ONE from the waist up.
I knew then and there it was bart. Had to quit the levaquin because of tendon probs, and have been on cipro or rifabutin off/on since. They are much better than pre treatment, but nowhere near as 'gone' as they were on the levaquin. =(
I don't know the meaning behind this, but suspect it is bart living in the skin and getting 'angry' with the wet heat??
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Thanks guys - you confirmed what I suspected. I guess bart doesn't like heat!
Bart has become more of a problem for me the last year or so and I have noticed since starting treatment the "hives" are worse - esp after I shower or even in the sun sometimes.
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