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Posted 2/13/2013 12:49 AM (GMT 0)
What do bart papulas look like?
Can you cut them off and test them for Bartonella?
Do they go away?
Posted 2/13/2013 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
Some of them would appear to be pretty gross. Others just look like tiny, red spots. I had this same question, so I googled it. None of these look like the red tiny things I have on my chest and stomach:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&tok=bKeY3Q1Ogj3QLdx_0sV-cg&cp=9&gs_id=97&xhr=t&q=st+olaf+athletics&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42261806,d.aWc&biw=939&bih=536&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=VvQaUf3wOsSxyQG1-4DoAw#um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Bartonella+Papula&oq=Bartonella+Papula&gs_l=img.12...0.0.2.88123.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1c..2.img.FAU3ubHE0bs&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42261806,d.aWc&fp=f5ccf4b384e7aba6&biw=939&bih=536
Posted 2/13/2013 9:22 AM (GMT 0)
Mine are almost small mole size and fleshy colored, but they arent moles or skin tags or sun damage... I cant get a good google pic either. I guess they range from rashes to red spots to the things i have. Just raised skin area red or flesh colored.
I hope we can find someone on here who has had some diagnosed. Im gonna go in this week and have my doc look at it and put it in my medical record. Ill update on this thread what he says, even tho he is nowhere near being a LLMD
Posted 2/14/2013 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
would they look like cherry angiomas?
Posted 2/14/2013 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
The cherry angiomas are connected to Babesia, not Bartonella. lymediseaseguide.org/lyme-disease-co-infections-confuse-diagnosis
Posted 2/14/2013 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
mine are flesh colored..
how can you tell the difference, do the cherry angiomas have to be dark cherry red?
Posted 2/14/2013 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
are these different then petechia?
Posted 2/15/2013 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
I can't resist with the links again!!

Bartonella papules - "bartonellosis sufferers sometimes get erythematous papules, which are red splotches or slightly raised red spots that may appear on the limbs, head or neck. www.benbrew.com/lb/lb.html

Cherry angioma -A cherry angioma is a noncancerous (benign) skin growth made up of blood vessels. Skin lesion or growth:
Bright cherry-red
Small -- pinhead size to about 1/4 inch in diameter
Smooth, or can stick out from the skin
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001441.htm

Petechia- numerous tiny purple or red spots appearing on the skin as a result of tiny hemorrhages within the dermal or submucosal layers. Petechiae range from pinpoint to pinhead size and are flush with the surface.
medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/petechia

Are we all confused yet?
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