Any Doctors &/or people that have had either Lyme Disease? Posting here for traffic.

[ShakingAndShocked]

About 9-10 days ago I saw what I believed to be a bog standard but unfortunate insect bite on my inner huge right thigh. I do always have quite strong reactions to bites and mine always end up worse than anyone elses (IE if on hols and each of get bitten, theirs stay pretty contained but mine just huge reaction) so thought nothing of it.

However... a friend has just seen it and asked if Doc seen it to which I replied no (in a 'no, it's just a bite FFS!' kinda way) Friend replied she thought it was a 'bullseye' rash poss indicative of a tick bite and thus in urgent need of antibiotics. Ergo if you are a doctor or if you have experience of Lyme can you please please offer your advice/view?

Bite - at point I first saw it (weirdly it was not itchy like other bites not painful, hence only realising bitten when SAW it!) - was very very red and quite 'hot'; could see the bite at centre but broadly bite and surrounding spherical 'spread' were all same colour (v red/pinky/hot). Over past week it's 'refined' to leave just the dot (bite) in the middle and the outer 'circle'. Will post pics but can only do that from mobile so will be in next post.

Be really grateful for advice from anyone who knows what they are talking about

Ask the GP for some antiemetic pills just in case. They really ease the nausea. I have some left over and took them recently due to anti biotics. Hopefully the meds will kick in soon.

Hi everyone is there a website that lists the county/areas (uk)to watch out for in terms of ticks?

I tried to google it. I just want to be vigilant about it 😖

@SoftKitty2

Here is an interactive map of risk by area. My County comes up as Med-High.

HTH

My friends daughter's rash was diagnosed with impetigo. Unfortunately she was later diagnosed with late Lyme at the BCA- Ausburg/Germany. I on the other hand did not get a rash, but recall the tick engorged. I was diagnosed with late Lyme and co's, I required 5 years of antibiotic treatment.

The recommendation for a bulls eye rash is 6 weeks. My daughter had a bite, no rash but symptoms and painful ankles, she had 4 weeks of Clarithromycin from the GP, fortunately her symptoms resolved.

I discussed with the GP the type of antibiotic as she was 9 yrs old, she can not take doxy as this can discolour teeth. The top 10 lyme disease treatments by James Schaller MD states amoxicillin as the worst drug choice, as it does not kill, it punches holes into the bacteria, which can cause it to convert into L-shapes or cysts. this will cause a hidden infection. in a cyst the spirochete can reproduce, so one can become 5 or 6, so a relapse at a later date will happen. The books states a protein synthesis inhibitor is an acceptable choice, Doxy is in that bracket. The doctor chose Clarithromycin as this comes in a child friendly liquid form.