Bulls eye rash still visible after 6 weeks doxy

Hi all I have been on 200mg twice a day of doxy for the last 6 weeks and I can still see my bulls eye rash. Does this means hve to keep taking them? What if the bulls eye doesn't go away for years?i have read on some forums that some people had permenant discolouration from a bulls eye

How do I know if this is an active bulls eye and therefore still infected or if it's discolouration?

Thanks for your suggestions Jinna, it did it a lot! I couldn't help but scratch it in the initial stages. Do you think this is a scar or do you think it means that the infection is present?

Hi Szabo -

I would not consider the presence of the rash as indication of anything - unless the rash continues to grow/change shape. EM rashes commonly come and go throughout treatment and can sometimes mean that the WBCs have been stimulated to do their thing against the microbes it finds near the flesh. But also these marks can stain or take a long time to resolve, like you stated.

Once I started tx I developed 4-5 different weird types of rashes, including EM, that would pop up everywhere and sometimes take many months to resolve. It was pretty strange. The new EMs probably indicated new pockets of Bb that my immune system or the abx found but eventually, they all stopped developing.

Also, 6wks is a short tx period. I would continue treating for at least a month after resolution of your other sx. Quite a few people have the lingering EMs. I would gauge effectiveness of your tx from your other sx, not EM rash.

-p