Can Lyme or Abx cause blister-like bumps?

I started 200mg of minocycline a week ago, and in addition to some nasty side effects, I have these blister-like bumps on my right hand. They started the same time I started the abx.

I thought they were bug bites, but they don't really itch like bug bites. Some are clustered; others are just single blister-looking bumps. Anyone else had something similar regarding Lyme or starting abx? Or is it just coincidence?

I've tried Google to find similar bug bites, but I don't see anything like it. My husband has shingles right now, but it doesn't look like that either.

Any ideas?

Are these hard or soft? Are they darker on color or reddish? Are they bigger or smaller than a pimple?

I ask because some co-infections cause skin bumps that sometimes are small and reddish and Bartonella has these dark bumps that are much larger, about a quarter inch in diameter and are hard.

Why don't you take a look at these pictures of some of the more common rashes caused by these diseases and see if you can't narrow down what it might be - also watch for other signs that it could be an allergic reaction, please.

/picasaweb.google.com/AfterTheBite/LymeTBDRashes

If it's related to Lyme or tick-borne infections, I'm afraid they may not be of much use. Be sue to take pictures of the rash with something - a dime, a pencil - in the picture as well so that they can see the size of the bumps. Be sure to write down an accurate description as well. Are you keeping a journal? If you would like to try an online journal, here's a link to one that I found:
www.tbijournal.com/‎

Again, please be sure to watch for other signs of an allergic reaction.

The bumps are on the back side of your hand, right? Not on the palm? Are there any on your feet? Have you seen any pictures of RMSF? They could be from a number of things, I'm just trying to cover the things that I'm familiar with.

I have had clear fluid filled pumps on knuckles (mostly right hand knuckles, also elbows), they eventually hurt. They come and go. Over the years. I've been told its eczema but I'm not convinced.

Thanks Amers777. I would love to see pics. This is so strange. I thought it might be an allergic reaction to something -but it's weird to have no itch or pains, etc. They're just "there". My husband thought I had gotten a slight burn -but no. When I look at them with a magnifying glass they look like they're causing my skin to pucker/wrinkle a bit as they "heal". I have no clue. One more mystery.

I hate even bringing this up, but I developed psoriasis, not just one type, but two. One developed while I was untreated, and one developed after I was able to stop my tick-borne treatments.

The one that I developed before I started treatments was pustular psoriasis which creates small, fluid filled blisters - some hurt, some itched insanely, but mostly just looked bad. I was told over and over again - even lectured by a few docs - that it was fungal and that I needed to use anti-fungals, but of course they didn't work for psoriasis.

My pustular psoriasis is down to one silver dollar size spot on my left ankle, and my plaque psoriasis is only a small spot on my left elbow area now though. Quite literally, probiotics made a major difference in these!

Trav., it's fine. That's what it sounds Ames has, especially since it coincides with pain. I still think mine is eczema, bc it responds to the treatment for eczema.

Yeah, I got the "this is fungal" treatment too, although the anti-fungal cream didn't help a bit, and you would think warm compresses would make it worse.

Doctors are idiots. Sorry. Margaret

I've never had psoriasis before; but I looked at pictures, and it might very well be a mild form of the pustular ones. I took pictures of it at various stages and will show them to the dr when I see him.

However, he is about to get the boot, since he seems like one of the idiot ones.