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strange skin rash but no other symptoms?! I'm worried, why do i feel just fine

strange skin rash but no other symptoms?! I'm worried, why do i feel just fine

hello everybody, i'm new here and not a native english speaker, so please forgive my language.

after 3 years of lyme, numerous antibiotics treatment, i seem to feel just fine. but last week i received a diagnosis of acute borrelia infection. I'm on ceftriaxon for the last 2 weeks and also started samento+noni about the same time. and still no herx reaction. i feel strong and fine. lucky me :) but still worried .... shouldn't i get some kind of reaction if the antibiotic would work, with such a bad test result???? .... my only reaction is a strange rash on the legs, no itchy sensation, no pain at all, just looks like my skin is covered in tiny red marks (smth looking like capillaries has burst, but no raised dots, ca'nt really explain, it doesn't look like a petechial hemorrhages at all). The rash covers areas as big as 10-15 cms here and there on my legs and the skin looks a bit darker in those areas, more like bruises with needle-like spots all over.

Anybody has had that before?  Can it be something else than Bb? I have never tasted for coinfections but start to think about them .... please help with any idea you might have. My doctor has been quiet lately and seems to have no clue abt what is happening to me.
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Are you in the US now, or somewhere else?  There are different strains of Lyme and similar diseases in different parts of the world.

Your rash could be a new infection, and it could be a new infection with Lyme, or your old infection becoming active again after your more recent bite.

Different co-infections (meaning infections that come from the same ticks that carry Lyme) sometimes need drugs different from the drugs that treat Lyme.  That could be a reason you don't feel you are reacting to the meds you are on now.

Also, co-infections require different blood tests from Lyme.

I would suggest you look around on line for photos that look like your rash, so that you can talk to your MD about further testing.  The common co-infections are Rickettsia (also called ehrlichiosis), Babesiosis, bartonella, mycoplasma, and a few others.

If you google (or otherwise search online) for images of 'flat red rash' or each name of the co-infections above, it might give you some ideas to present to your doctor.

I hope you are feeling better soon ... and by the way, your English is excellent, and needless to say, much better than my Romanian.  :)  Let us know how you do, okay?
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And I forgot to say the most important thing:

Call your doctor's office and tell them about the rash.  It might be a reaction to the medication you are on.
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