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YES - had an expanding bullseye rash behind my right knee, got pretty large. Was 25 at the time (1989) and had never heard of Lyme disease. Oh well. Didn't hurt, didn't itch, so I didn't see a doc.
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NO, and NO known tick bite. For me, my husband and other 2 sons.
My youngest son had a Bullseye rash appear in front of my eyes while we were in CT. (Went for my LLMD appointment) Never saw a tick, but he said it was a flying insect, possibly a deer fly. Not sure.
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Yup. 18 years ago I noticed a bug on my arm that wouldn't fall off when I tried to sweep it off with my other hand.
So, my mom picked it off me with half of it cut off and still inside me . . .
Then, strangely a red bulls-eye thingy appeared at the site where the bug was on my arm. Funny how this mosquito bite rash doesn't itch and has such an interesting coloring, I thought.
I only remembered this incident when I figured out it was lyme. Suddenly it all made sense.
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No Bullseye No Rash
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quote:Originally posted by Carol B: Hey-if I had multiple bullseyes does that mean I have multiple personalities? Carol
hehehe, it could be Carol
Sorry for the interruption. How's the polling going. Tree?
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However, rash along chest and neck where I removed the tick AFTER I started abx.
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Hey TrueBlue-it's fun to be "out to lunch" sometimes.
Actually this week I was downtheocean with LymeMomToo and I kept notes soooo-coming to a thread near you-"Taveling with LymeMomToo "
She may be a little nervous I made it home first! Had to come home to bleach my mustache err I mean my basement, got a little mold from four days of rain.
Back in Balto, Carol Treepatrol-ditto about the break from the intent of this topic-just consider it a commercial or an UP.
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Yes. I had the Bullseye rash. I had it when I got infected in 1989.
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Yup. Under right breast. Even saw the teeny, tiny tick. Pinched him off, tossed him, forgot about it. Couple days later, small rash developed. Never got bigger'n a quarter. Figgered I musta not pulled him off right. Didn't worry about it, even though the rash stuck around to my amazement for several weeks.
No one in my area knew anything about Lyme. (WAY Northern California.)
MUCH smarter now,
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No. did not see a tick or have a rash either time I got Lyme. Was bit in a very endemic area. Tested positive both time.s
Can't repeat often enough - you don't get immunity from having Lyme. A future tick can give you another case of Lyme.
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Yes. 3 bullseye rashes under left breast in 1992. Never saw a tick though. Rashes persisted for several weeks but were painless.
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Up for my response on me, yes for both children, multiple "hive" like rashes, on their legs. Bit by nymph ticks in our backyard in lower SE WI.
Yes on my first tick removed, but no rash on the second adult tick removed from my stomach years later, but yes symptoms that evening
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Yep, I had the bullseye rash, and I had a stage 2 rash, and a stage 3 rash.
Stage 2, borrelia Lymphocytoma
Stage 3, acroderamtitis chronica atrophicans
Also, my bulleseye rash comes back occationally, and I also have a vasculitis rash.
But, because I lived in NC, this bullseye rash was nothing to worry about according to the duck 5 years ago, and the borrelia lymphocytoma, also nothing to worry about b/c this form of southern lyme was extremely mild according to the duck.
By the time I had acrodermatitis chronica, I was seeing a LLMD. Apparently southern Lyme wasn't so mild in my case.
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Walking down the hallway in my house in Fort Collins, Colorado--reached back under my jeans waistband to scratch my back. Pulled off fat tick. Hmm. It's the middle of the week, where did this come from? We were in the mountains Saturday or Sunday. Maybe it was hiding in my clothes. But I've showered and changed several times since then. Oh well. Tossed tick in toilet, forgot about it.
Sometime, weeks later, felt hot rough spot on my back. Is this ringworm? Held a mirror up to see my back. Crescent-shaped pink ring, with one spot reddish. Doesn't itch. Just feels weird. My head hurts awful, too. Sinus problems.
Crazy how this thing doesn't go away. Must be hormones. Showed it to a friend---md "stop messin' with it. It's nothing."
YES!!, now I remember it. Unfortunately, no one else does. Or maybe it doesn't matter anyway.
Also had a heatrash like experience on my shoulders and chest after a short course of doxycycline for a persistent cough in 1990. I had never heard of Lyme Disease.
I pieced this together in February 2006, added along with the other misshaped pieces of the puzzle.
tests came back neg now I'm sicker than crap after four months of treatment
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No Bullseye. The tick must have been a lousy shot (I suspect some other means of infection than the standard tick bite). Nobody in our house (3 Lymies out of 4) had any rash.
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Yes to bullseye but did not pull a tick off,summer of 2004. Blew it off as some kind of "ringworm" perhaps. It went away after a couple of days. Then BAM! November of 2004 went from feeling like a 36 year old to a 90 year old cripple.
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Yes, had rash, but duck said it didnt look like lyme to him. Since I was pregnant he decided to play it on the safe side-10 days of Amoxicillin!That was 13 years ago. Cindy
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Started with a dark pink bite the size of a mosquito bite. Next day had light pink ring, the size of a nickel. Started doxy that day, rash was gone within a week.
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Bulls-eye NO for 2
Rash YES for 2
me...multiple tick bites throughout life; 17 hours after removing a tick I developed a 3" rash with a 0.5" dark red raised center...the outer area was sunburn pink...Rash expanded to a 7 X 4" oval. Outer pink area faded in 3 days. Rash was itchy.
I had another bite the week before and developed a small red welt (< 0.5 inch)...started having achy hips a couple of days before I got the 2nd bite & developed the rash.
Went to a duck the next morning to show him the rash... Let's submit an antidody titer. It's negative you're fine.>
Over the next few days I had an achy leg at night, a painful ankle, and mild neck pain. Also had quick mild neuro signs...typing, spelling, and proof-reading skills plummeted within a week. Repeated myself & had trouble finding the right words.
I contracted Lyme & babesia.
Dd #1...had a solid red rash the size of a chicken egg at the bite...Rash was itchy. Having neuro signs that might be related to Lyme. Results pending
Dd #1 was sick this past year with intermittent vague symptoms, such as low grade fever, headaches, stomach aches, and bright red cheeks. She missed 19 days of school due to these problems.
Dd #3...was breastfeeding when I had the rash. She's had intermittant low-grade fevers, dry cough, horribly foul breath (necrotic), and has been very clingy. She hasn't been tested or treated.
Dd#2 missed several days of school last year with symptoms similar to those of dd #1. She hasn't been tested or treated.
Hubby is now complaining of arthritic aches & pains he's never had before.
Other children are fine.
I am glad I got the rash; glad I took photos; and glad I found a LLMD quickly.
Thank you LymeNet members for helping the newbies!
Nancy
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Yes, had bulls-eye following known tick bite. Bulls-eye developed 2 weeks after tick was removed.
Started out about the size of a dime and gradually progressed to the size of a large grapefruit. It took about 6 months to go away.
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Nope, No rash... Saw the tick...dad removed it and my back hurt for 2 weeks after! I asked my primary care physician if my symptoms could have anything to do with the tick bite...she said no way.
I didn't know much about Lyme back then when I was 14 years old...neither did my parents.
But because of one doctor's ignorance...I have suffered for more than 7 years from this "invisible" disease.
Thank goodness I stumbled upon a great caring LLMD and he found what has been causing my suffering for so long.
It's kind of ironic that my first question over 7 years ago was "Could it be from the tick bite?" Then my parents and I search and search and I go through hell and lose all of my teenage years...Then I hear this from my LLMD (March of this year) "You're NOT crazy...it's been the Lyme, Babesia and Bartonella all along." That damn tick!
Wow...sorry this post it so long...went off on a tangent! ~LymeFighter
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Rash was called "necrobiosis lipoidica" by the duck I saw back in late 1980's. Not a bullseye but, was bit by unknown bug in woods (lower legs.) Not yet officially dx but Lyme sxs came on about ~4 years ago.
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No and i have no idea when I was bite and I know it was not from a tick. It must have been from a mosquito or someting else. terrirdls
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YES, I still have a little white ring by my belly button that dosent tan where it bit me, its really weird. IT HAS A SMALL DOT IN THE MIDDLE.
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No bullseye
Lots of other strange rashes, including "ringworm"... hmmm...
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Yes, had a big bulls-eye rash on the top of my right foot. Never did see a tick. Doctor thought it might be Lyme but ELISA test came back negative, and was then told it was granuloma.
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Yes After 1-1/2 to 2 wks of backache, fatigue started and low grade fever, then taking a shower it stung my back so I did find a bulls-eye rash about 7 inches in diameter on shoulder / armpit area of my back. I wonder how many people say that they did'nt get a rash but had one where it's not easy to see. If I had taken a bath instead, I would have never known it was there. Even after I knew it was there it didn't bother me. Kennedy
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Sorry for the delay response. I Had 1" bullseye on left upper arm. Was told it was probably a spider bite. That is when my health went from good to bad overnight. given a basic Lyme test that was negative. Had a speckled titer pattern in blood that was positive. I Was told it was borderline Lupus/mixed connective tissue disease. That was almost 9 years ago. Only 2 1/2 years ago did I receive antibiotic treatment and feel the best I've felt in a long time. Still not perfect but, a lot better.
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No rash here... I did have a very sore toe that got a lot worse after the abx started. Assuming that is the site of the bite....
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For myself, not that I've ever been aware of.
For son, not that we've ever been aware of.
For previous spouse, yes.
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No rash that I know of when bitten, but at least ten years later I had what a duck called "ringworm." Couldn't figure out how I could have gotten that!
Had another rash about six years ago, on my neck. Another duck made light of it. Finally dx'd at least 40 years after initial infection, spring 2006.
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Yes ,rash. Small on my arm.
Thought it was a spider bite
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