Just to let you know, that not everyone gets a circular rash. It is a great warning to the people who are "lucky" (not a good word to use for the bite, but...) enough to get the rash. Beware because you can be bitten and never develop a rash. If you feel ill, don't ignore it. Seek treatment. I worked for a doctor who knew. Sorry about your son, Fritzie and John. Ann
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:25 PM, John and Fritzie Blizzard < job121...@verizon.net> wrote: > George & all .. ... > > Our 56 yr. old son had Lyme last spring/early summer & was very seriously > ill for close to 2 mos., initially refusing to go to a dr.. I'm so thankful > that a man with whom he works told him how CRITICALLY ill his own daughter > became from the effects of Lyme. > > This was the 2nd time in 3 yrs., with last yr. being FAR, FAR, FAR worse > than the first bout. (Both times the ticks were in hard to spot places & it > was the red rash that made him aware.) > > He had unrelenting high fever for three wks. with temp. that finally > peaked at 103.4 deg. .... accompanied by chills, sweating, dreadful, > unending headache, as well as aches & pains everywhere. Whether it was > "just" the Lyme or his bad reaction to Doxycycline we'll never know but his > hands were very red, very sore & very swollen with blisters deep in the > flesh & eventually the skin peeled off. He has had flu/cold-like bouts > several times since then. From what I've read, these & other weird effects > can continue to crop up. > > Folks, this is not a simple "virus, it'll-go-away-in-due-time" type thing > even tho' it acts like a virus. If you have the red rash .. get to the dr. > fast. Blood tests rarely come back "positive" but that rash is the basic > thing to look for. Seems that there are drs. who tend to pooh-pooh the > whole idea but besides our son, we have a friend in NH, heart of tick > country, who has been through severe medical crises since having Lyme > twice. AND pay attention to the side effects warnings about Doxycycline > .... esp. the part about light/sun-sensitivity. > > Fritzie > ******************************************************************* > Susan wrote: An added bonus… not a single tick in sight! > > George wrote: several of the ones I _have_ seen were already attached to > me. One of these bites produced a vague circular rash about 3" in diameter. > I took the full course of Doxycycline, just in case (a neighbor of mine > actually came down with Lyme Disease last year). Better safe than sorry. > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** > ionLeave.htm<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > ARCHIVES: > 1) > http://www.mail-archive.com/**cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/**maillist.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > 2) > http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > 3) > http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.html<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/**ebird/ <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
