A mother seeking help.

I believe my son may have been bitten by a tick or some other bug that could of been carrying lyme disease. Over memorial day weekend my son complained of having what looked like mosquito bites and said they hurt and itched. Because I could not get him into his doctor, I took him to the E.R. The e.r. doc said that he had cellulitis because the spots were rock hard and hot to the touch and presribed cephalexin. Well as the day progressed the bites got bigger and turned into what looked like a bullseye appearence. So from May 28th through May 31st, his rash progressed into a bulls eye rash.

His pediatrician said it looked like a spider bite or another type of bug bite and wasn't sure. After my son was taken home from the doctors office, this was on June 1st, his ankle started swelling pretty bad and because his pediatrician only wanted to start him on benedryl stated just keep his ankle propped and he will be fine. I took back up to the E.R and the e.r. doc then said oh yes looks like bug bite, and gave him prednisone. I asked for blood work to be done and mentioned lyme disease and he told me it did not look like it and said to talk with his pediatrician.

I got upset and on june 2nd, took him back to his pediatrican and told her I wanted blood work done and to have something done incase if it was lyme, but she said it will heal up and does not look like a tick bite and said antibiotics should only be for infections and they could have bad side effects.

I will attach some pictures of his leg and the progession it has taken. I just want to know what this is because my son is suppose to have eye surgery and is also disabled and it would kill me if I did not take the proper action to seek treatment for him if this is lyme.....

I talked to the lyme association in michigan and they said it looked very suspicious of lyme cause of the rash.

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Hi Nicole,
Welcome to our forum! I am so sorry that your son is possibly infected with tick-borne infections (tbi's), but you have come to a great place!, I'm sure you will find us to be a helpful, caring and understanding group.

Achievinggrace shared some very important info, and I wanted to share a little more. First of all, Good for you!!! You didn't let anyone push you around when it came to your son's health!!!

Unfortunately, ticks are no longer the only insect that can spread Lyme and other tbi's. It has become so prevalent that most any biting insect has the potential to infect a person. Mosquitoes, biting flies, fleas, and spiders to name some.

Please do read the thread at the top of the forum titled "New to Lyme?...Start here!" - as Achievinggrace said - has a ton of great info and really informative links. One, for Dr. Burrascano's "Advanced Topics on Lyme Disease" is one I recommend often, as it has a ton of info not only about Lyme Disease and it's treatment, but the more common co-infections (such as Babeosia, Bartonella, & Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to name a few) and their treatments as well.

Another thing I would like to suggest is to do some reading on Dr. Jones' site (www.drjoneskids.com/), as his practices' focus is on children with Lyme.

It will be incredibly helpful to not have to train a doctor on how to treat your son while trying to be sure your son is getting the right treatment. Do you need to find a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor for your son? We can help with that as well. I don't want to overwhelm you, so if you would like some links to places that can help you locate a LLMD, just ask!!

And one last thing...for now. I would also like to suggest -rather heavily- that you have your son start detoxing right away. A well-known and well respected LLMD - Dr. David Jernigan - wrote an article titled "Lyme Toxins The Primary Cause of Your Symptoms". It can be found here:
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In the "New to Lyme?" thread, we have a few really great 'recipes' for detoxing and dry skin brushing, and don't forget to have him drink plenty of water with lemon.

Please let us know how your son is doing and how you are as well. We can also help you understand some of what he is going through, as we have been there ourselves most likely.

Nicole: Thank you all so much for the information you have provided. I have set up an appointment with a lyme specialist here in Michigan. Yesterday I noticed that the swelling went down on my son's ankle and now he has the same rash on his ankle now, so I am not going to wait and watch and have my son tested for lyme in four weeks like his pediatrican suggested.

I have a gut feeling that something bit him and gave him lyme. I am so glad for that movie "under your skin," for educating me more on this scary disease.

I cannot wait until monday to get my boy in, mine and my boyfriends families are very worried about the mysterious rash on my son's leg, no one has seen anything like it and my son's ankle is looking more and more like the rash on his leg and he complained of pain when walking.

I am really trying to wrap my mind around lyme disease it just scares me to pieces if it is not caught in time. What kind of stress relieve does anyone do when dealing with this? I cannot imagine this is an easy thing to deal with.

 

Post Edited (nicolevanhaaren) : 6/5/2011 8:04:16 AM (GMT-6)

I have a question about lyme disease and if anyone else experiences this? My son over the weekend woke up at 4am saturday night and sunday having nightmares about tornadoes. My son has never had dreams so bad to the point to where he is crying out for me and screaming. I will be reporting this to his doctor but I am not sure if that could be a symptom of lyme or not, I feel like I am going crazy right now