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Topic: bullseye rash without recent bite?

kateaton
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I'm sure this has been asked here before but I'm kinda freaking out. My 2 year old (who we sort of suspect may have lyme from me, but can't determine for sure) woke up from her nap with a strange rash on her arm.

It looks like the beginning of a bullseye rash but doesn't have a clear outer ring. The center looks very much like pictures of bullseyes on the internet.

I really don't think she's had a tick bite, although anything's possible. I hardly let my kids go outside anymore for fear of ticks, so I don't know how she'd have gotten bit.

Is it possible to have lyme in her system and break out randomly with a rash?

I don't know what to do. I hate to wait around to see if this will turn into a full fledged bullseye. Also it's Saturday so it's not like I can easily take her in to be seen.

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Lymetoo
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If she already had Lyme in her system... and then is stressed from the heat, an illness, trauma, whatever... then it could suddenly show a rash.

but.. I would suspect that she was bitten. Just my guess.

Take a pic of it and mark it with a marker to see if it grows.

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Lymetoo
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up for help!

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kateaton
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I emailed pics to my LLND and she felt like giving her amoxicillin was ok. Luckily I have some leftover from when my other daughter got bit so there will be no waiting.

I really feel like it's extremely unlikely that the rash is from a recent bite. I really wonder if it's something coming out that is already there. It was really hot today, perhaps that was a stressor for her?

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