Comments on: Lyme Disease

By: Jaimi

Jaimi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:30:40 +0000

Hi, please I need help!

I have a bulls eye in my arm and i have skin rashes like stretch marks on my legs and arms, and i have been will all the symptoms. Is it a serious disease? Is it contagious? I don’t know what to do I’m really frustrated!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:35:18 +0000

This is to all who may experience anything like this. I was out in the exercise room for quite a while and awoke the next morning with a random blister on my leg, i thought if i popped it it would for the most part go away. days later it was the size of half my palm. the doctor said it may be Lyme disease, but all that did was frighten me. don’t be worried, if it is white with a red ring around it, it is indeed ringworm, which is nothing serious at all. just wash your hands frequently and do not itch the infected area, as you may spread it with ease. i hope this gets to someone out there.

By: elaine

elaine — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:16:37 +0000

I was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease in July 2005. Medical Doctors in Ohio believe that lyme disease is not in this state. Even the renowned Cleveland Clinic has no specialist for it. I used the treatment described on the website. Salt tablets and Vitamin C. and cured my lyme disease.

Within 5 month I was feeling like a normal person. I stay on a maintenance dose to this day. I don’t remember being bit by a tick but my symptoms started in 1986 and steadily got worse. My symptoms were joint and muscle pain, multiple auto-immune disorders, neurological disorders, Organ involvement. Flare-ups will happen in the spring and fall. Another excellent reading source is the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients (jan 2005 issue) everything you could every want to know about lyme disease.

By: carmen

carmen — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:30:04 +0000

My son is 13 and has been diagnose with Lyme disease. His test elisa has come back positive twice and I need to know what doctor can see him around the lancaster PA that would take unison. I feel I need more answers.

By: isaac

isaac — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:31:50 +0000

i too came back from camping one day and had a round marking on my leg with a red center encircled by a red/purpleish ring that stayed the size of a quarter for about a week and slowly faded. I am wondering if this is lyme disease i dont remember being bit by a tick but we slept out side with out a tent near sonora california. What doyou think? I havent been sick or anything.

By: merry

merry — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:38:31 +0000

Last night, I found a very small red bulls-eye bite on my arm. It wasn’t itchy or painful and I didn’t have a tick on me, but had been in wooden areas where they live. By morning, the bulls-eye had faded on it’s own, and looked like a regular mosquito bite. It was slightly red and itchy, and hard underneath, but not swollen. When I touch it, it gets itchier, but doesn’t really bother me otherwise. I haven’t had any flu-like symptoms yet, but could this be Lyme Disease? Are there other bug bites that can be a bulls-eye mark?

Thanks for helping!

By: Chantel M. York

Chantel M. York — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:41:57 +0000

I was out at a lake Sunday evening picking berries and taking photos. The next day I noticed what looked and felt like mosquito bites. There was one on the back of my thigh, that was really irritating, It was red swollen, and itchy. I thought nothing of it. Then on Friday, where what I thought were just mosquito bites, had turned into something like a bulls eye. Its light colored in the middle and dark red, almost bruising like around. I went to the hospital today (Saturday) they are treating it like Lyme disease. I admit im afraid. I was hoping i was just bit by spiders. I have 3 total bulls eyes and two complete red/bruising like circles. What should I do? Im from Scranton Pa. Anyone know any good doctors that specialize in Lyme disease? They said they wouldn’t do the blood work at the hospital, because the likely hood is that the test will come back negative, even if I do have it. I’ll try sending some pictures, once I take them.

By: V

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:42:39 +0000

I must have been bitten 8 days ago, a Sunday. On Thursday I noticed what I thought was a large mosquito bite; on Saturday I realized it had to be a Lyme rash. I went to the emergency room and got antibiotics. I’ve still got the rash (I know it’s not been very long) and I’ve still got fatigue and chills. When can I expect some improvement?

By: elly

elly — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:56:26 +0000

I think my teenage daughter was bitten by a tick. It was attached to her Rt.underarm, not knowing what it was at the time, I grabbed at the bug and pulled it out. The bug is still alive (we saved it in a jar) and it appears that it still has its head. Right now, she has a tiny red mark on her skin and it feels slightly raised. We live in the Wash. DC area. What is my next step? Thank you

By: steeler7

steeler7 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:33 +0000

hi, Hi, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease over 2 years ago. I was very active hunting with my father sports all types of things. So where I got bitten is not certain. I DID not have the bulls eye mark that you “normally” get. My symptoms consisted of exhaustion, fever, migraines, hair loss, extremely soar joints. Now that was some bad new I was not ready for I ran track (3 miles 2 times a day) and I was informed by my doctor not to run during a flare up. Now the only thing I will say is if you think you have signs of lymes and your doctor says no. Get a 2 or 3rd opinion. It took me to get to the 4th doctor for him to find out I have 3% of it in my blood it had been 5 months since I started feeling sick. At this point medicine would not help me so for the past 2 ½ years I suffer with the flare ups of lymes. IF you suspect anything please get checked. I do not wish this suffering on anyone and there is nothing I can do to fix it.