18 month old with bullseye type bite

Hi there! Well, my little girl has a bullseye type bite on her leg. This past Wednesday and Thursday she had a fever and has been acting not herself, a little unstable on her feet and sleeping a lot. Her doctor said to have blood work drawn at a certain hospital because they do the right test. Where do I go from there? Some people have said she should be getting treated right away even without knowing yet what it is. I'm just so torn on what to do for her. :( she has a lot of other bites right now so I don't want to overreact..... any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you

Welcome!

So sorry for the reason you're here but, glad you found us.

And, I'm very sorry to tell you this but, a bullseye rash is diagnostic for Lyme - no other infection/health condition causes a bullseye rash.

Lyme has been identified in several different types of biting insects: spiders, mosquitos, certain flies.

I join the some people who said she should get treated right away. Lyme (and the yucky other infections that can accompany Lyme) requires early, aggressive treatment to prevent it from becoming chronic.

My signature tells a story of undertreated Lyme.

If you haven't done so already, I suggest taking dated pics of the rash. And, yes a tick bite rash can change quickly, disappear, reappear.

I hope you can find a Lyme literate doctor. ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society) has a doctor referral feature on their website:

ilads.org/ilads_media/physician-referral/

In the meantime, I hope you can convince her pediatrician to start her on some antibiotics.

Also, you might want to check out the "New to Lyme? Start Here!" thread at the top of the forum. It contains all kinds of useful information concerning the diagnostic process, symptoms lists, all-important detoxing, etc.

You and your daughter will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Please keep us posted.

Ok, thank you! She is having bloodwork done today. And actually a friend of mine just gave me a name of a Lyme doctor so I may do that as well. Thank you for the prayers and encouragement, this is our first baby and it's a little scary. Although I'm sure it would be scary whether its first or fourth.

I'm glad you were aware of Lyme enough to look into getting her checked. The sooner the better. My daughter went for many years with it before she was diagnosed. Hopefully treatments will start soon! Let us know how she does and be sure to read about detoxing in the "New to Lyme" thread at the top of the page.

Hi Liesl!
Welcome to our community!! I'm so glad you found us!

If you haven't ​yet​, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists, helpful links and pdf's, how to detox when one has these infections, information on probiotics and much more.​


Do be sure that the Lyme doctor has been ILADS trained. We surely don't want her to be left to grow up with these infections!!!


And no, that ring around her bite is a bulls eye rash forming. Please take a pictures of it with a quarter or something else in the picture to help denote the size of the rash and save it!! For Doctors that are properly trained (ILADS), that rash alone is diagnostic of Lyme disease.

And mosquitoes have earned the name "natures dirty needle" for all the things that they can carry - including Lyme disease. It's been proven - so please, don't take any chances with this!


In case you find out that the doctor isn't ILADS trained, for information on finding a​n ILADS ​(International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society)​ trained​ LLMD in your area, you will need to enable your email option in your profile in order to receive any recommendations, as we don't allow doctor's names and contact info to be posted on the forum for several reasons. You can enable your email option in your profile, under 'edit profile'. Be sure to click the submit button to actually save your preference.


​You can send me an email by clicking on my screen name or the small blue envelope under my screen name. I may have contact information for some LLMD's in your area as well.​ ​Please include your state and area that you would like to find a LLMD in and I will see how close I can get to your location.

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You can start a new thread titled something like "Looking for LLMD in the (insert the nearest larger city & state) area". Members can email you about the LLMD's that they see in that area if you have your email enabled. We don't allow doctors names to be posted though.


You can also email the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance at​[​​url]​[email protected]​ for LLMD referrals and you can go to ​tbdalliance.org​​ to learn more about these infections.


You can also go to The Lyme Disease Association and search for LLMD's 3 times in a month. You have to register first. Here is the link:www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=74​​


​ You will want to find an ILADS (International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society) trained doctor, as ID Docs (Infectious Disease Doctors) believe Lyme is hard to catch and easy to treat, and don't believe in the reality of chronic Lyme. Go to the ILADS site to read the new (2014) Treatment guidelines to get you started on your healing journey:
http://www.ilads.org/lyme/treatment-guideline.php