Posted 7/30/2017 11:40 PM (GMT 0)
I've had a rash that looks like a bartonella rash on my lower back area for a long time. definitely had it since I was 9 ,maybe earlier ( I'm 35 now). I was diagnosed w/ ehlers danios syndrome as a child, & remember asking docs bout the lines on my back & being told it had something to do w/ the E.D.S. , so I never thought much else about it.
Because so many Lyme symptoms & EDS symptoms overlap , it took some major additional symptoms before a doc was willing to test me for Lyme ( quest w/b , CDC positive) I am trying to find a LLMD to discuss coinfections with, but in the meantime I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced long lasting Bart rashes ? Mine was red/purple for maybe 10 years, then gradually lightened but is still very noticeable.