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I wish I had an update...but as of right now, I don't.
She was supposed to head to the ER today but I don't know that she did.
I will be sure to update just as soon as I know something...promise!
17hens...I wish I could make you feel better about your trip to the beach. I would go and have a good time. You only live once AND you are far more educated than most people when it comes to what to look for in regards to bites, illnesses and chronic conditions. It will be okay. Posts: 114 | From Atlanta, GA | Registered: May 2009
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- Thanks. I wondered. Too bad she has not found an expert yet. Also, too bad the other doctors she saw were so incompetent.
Is there a doctor around her who specializes in Tropical Medicine? She really needs someone who is specifically educated in the area of Leishmaniasis, etc.
I seriously doubt the E.R. will even want to assess a bite that is unusual for that geographic area. -
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She has sent her bite photos to the VenonER dr, Dr Oz, the Doctors show and a few other people. Not that they are experts by any means (lol) but she hasn't heard from any of them.
I will update soon. Hopefully with good news.
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- I'd be at the front door of the dean to the closest medical college. I'd invite myself in to their living room and say I'd not leave until I got an answer.
I'd inquire of some wise lab person how to preserve some of the rash for a petri dish, get some samples set aside - and then start on a good quality of Colloidal Silver, topically and internally. -
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she could be waiting around forever for a TV show to get back to her. i agree with keebler here, i'd be knocking down doors!!
17hens, now that sounds like a brown recluse spider bite. i posted this above when this discussion started, it sounds a lot like what you're describing.
**warning everyone!! these pics are really graphic!!!**
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Keebler, thank you for those very interesting links. The sites talk "tick" but not other insects (mosquito) and they show pics but don't describe the feeling, etc.
The one doctor I saw who believed that I had lyme asked me some questions like did I feel anything at bite site and did the site itch?
When I answered no and no, he said, "correct answer" as you don't feel tick bites and they won't itch. In other words he believed that I probably had lyme because I fit the pattern.
Well, lucky for me those were my answers or he wouldn't have believed me like the other 8 ducks I saw.
I'm saying if we could collect information, like pictures of rash, what insect did we pull off or see (dog tick, spider, mosquito), did we feel the bite, did it itch or hurt or was numb, that sort of thing, then the next guy who gives his duck the "wrong answer" can look at our info and say, "well that person had a bite the looked or felt like mine and they have lyme so I shouldn't give up.
This has probably been done somewhere already, even on the sites you sent me, Keeb, and I missed it because I'm too tired (past bed time).
Please excuse these rantings of a person who needs a vacation (at the beach and I'm NOT gonna worry! thanks bncrump!)
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She's gonna need to be on IV or IM "chemo" therapy for a few weeks:
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It simply astounds me that our DOCTORS cannot find out what this horrible rash ring is.
We with Lyme have to deal with Ducks everyday and usually do not have a VISIBLE rash like this.
Your friend has something to VISIBLY show them and they still cannot figure it out. Unbelievable!!!
Many, many, good posts for her above. Good luck to her.
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jesus, did this rash subside? This looks like a nasty spider bite, possibly recluse or some other venemous B#$trd....hope everything's ok....
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it's been almost a month since the last post here and i'm still wondering about your friend. did she finally get some answers? please let us know!
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I'd too like to know what came of this. It's dangerous looking. Maybe if we keep bumping the post we can find out. EEk.
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Woah! I missed this post first time around and hope your friend got her answer... if she still hasn't, she needs to find a new doctor, stat! Preferably a dermatologist who has an interest in tropical diseases if you can find one, a tropical parasitologist who by some miracle works as a clinician, or even an tropical ID type.
Leishmaniasis is a good hypothesis - and if she has been out of the country or in contact with those who have (especially American soldiers coming back from the Middle East), it becomes an even better one. In the US, reports show it to be migrating up through Texas as well, likely come up from Mexico - similar desert climate probably allowing the sand flies to propagate.
It could be other things, but you really need someone in the know for "unusual" tropical diseases to appraise this. Leishmaniasis can be diagnosed by biopsy if someone is smart enough to do so. There are a variety of treatments, some of which are apparently inexpensive "orphan drugs", but technically experimental. In any case, start looking for physicians that handle tropical diseases and/or venoms immediately!
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