For those who have had dc with Lyme disease, what were their early symptoms?
Ds came up with this rash 2 weeks ago on side of his head. Preschool rang as it appeared during the day and they were worried it looked like a bullseye rash. It’s very hot to touch. Got a f2f GP appointment that day and GP said looked like a regular old rash, possibly fungal. Hydrocortisone/fungicide cream prescribed. That seemed to clear it up in about 4 days.
Then this past weekend, 2 weeks later, rash came back but lower down on his face, from the inner corner of the eye out to below the ear lobe. He developed a high fever (yesterday was 41.7C!), headache, pain in the ear/side of the neck on that side. Got a GP appointment again within a few hours. She checked him over, said ear is clear (no ear infection), glands are quite swollen on that side, rash hot to the touch, but likely ‘just something viral’…despite it being 2+ weeks now.
Today he is exhausted. He’s 4, doesn’t usually nap, he’s currently asleep in the middle of the lounge floor after taking himself in from playing outside and falling asleep. I’m not convinced it isn’t Lyme, though GP said the rash was ‘not typical’. He hasn’t to my knowledge been bitten by a tick in the site of the rash but definitely has been bitten in the past month. We live on a farm, lots of hay (long grass) only recently cut, on the edge of a wood with lots of deer, so ticks are unavoidable.
My gut says we need a second opinion as this most certainly isn’t viral, whatever it is.