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What has bitten DD?

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pootypootwell · 03/07/2017 19:56

I have attached a pic below of the bites my two year old got about a week ago; the picture shows what they looked like this morning.

I think the ring around them is strange, and I've never seen a bite like it before - she has six of them on her upper legs! Fearing Lyme Disease I have taken her to two doctors today (a GP and a private dermatologist) and both said it was not a tick bite/Lyme disease. I am in a forested area of Central Europe where Lyme disease is relatively common, so I expect the docs know what they are looking for - but they couldn't say what HAD bitten her. Any ideas?

The bites aren't bothering her, and the dermatologist has prescribed her an ointment of hydrocortisone and antibiotic.

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peripateticparents · 03/07/2017 19:57

Looks like a spider bite?

Crazylou · 03/07/2017 22:30

Request bloods to be done to rule out Lyme disease that's what I would do

sepsisandAKI · 03/07/2017 22:36

If you google bulls eye rash it brings up a rash exactly the same as your daughters. Looks like Lyme disease to me! I'd get a third opinion!

BarbarianMum · 05/07/2017 08:57

I'd also want bloods done to rule out Lymes disease based on those bites.

pootypootwell · 07/07/2017 21:49

Thanks for replies, got a third opinion, also said not Lyme. On Wednesday I saw a mosquito bite her on the back of the neck, the next day there was a bullseye rash there too! So it seems to be an allergic reaction to mosquito bites.

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pootypootwell · 07/07/2017 21:50

Should add also that the rings in the pic had gone the next morning, and didn't spread gradually outward like a Lyme disease rash would.

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