Hypo84
28-07-15, 10:17
About 2 weeks ago I posted a thread about my moms red patch on her arm that showed up 30 days after was bitten by tick, but on her back.
She went to 1 dermatologist who said that patch doesn't look like lymes and it's fine, then she went to private dermatologist who said that it's not skin problem, smth else and referred her to her oncologist (since she had mastectomy on that side). Her oncologist said it's some kind of bite, nothing important. Patch still didn't go away so she went to state clinic, was looked up by some young infectologist who said that it's not cellulitis or lymph vessel inflammation and basically not the infection. In these two weeks she was given antibiotics, and she also took antihistamine.
After 2 weeks nothing has changed and she took Elisa test for lymes - negative.
Finally, today, after 16 days she goes to private infectologist who is specialist for Lymes also (70y old guy) he looks at it and immediately says it's lymes and gives her treatment.
She didn't have characteristic bulls-eye rash and appeared after 30 days, it wasnt on place where tick bit her, she didn't have any other symptom of lyme's until 2 days ago when her knee started hurting. All of the previous doctors said they don't know what it is but it's not lymes and finally last doctor says he is certain it is lymes.
As you might guess this thing is terrible for my HA. She didn't have classic symptom of Lymes and if she didn't went to that final doctor she wouldn't get her diagnosis and it would become chronic which with her breast cancer fight could turn out fatal. Or this last doctor just made mistake, anyhow...it's ****ing terrible.
She went to 1 dermatologist who said that patch doesn't look like lymes and it's fine, then she went to private dermatologist who said that it's not skin problem, smth else and referred her to her oncologist (since she had mastectomy on that side). Her oncologist said it's some kind of bite, nothing important. Patch still didn't go away so she went to state clinic, was looked up by some young infectologist who said that it's not cellulitis or lymph vessel inflammation and basically not the infection. In these two weeks she was given antibiotics, and she also took antihistamine.
After 2 weeks nothing has changed and she took Elisa test for lymes - negative.
Finally, today, after 16 days she goes to private infectologist who is specialist for Lymes also (70y old guy) he looks at it and immediately says it's lymes and gives her treatment.
She didn't have characteristic bulls-eye rash and appeared after 30 days, it wasnt on place where tick bit her, she didn't have any other symptom of lyme's until 2 days ago when her knee started hurting. All of the previous doctors said they don't know what it is but it's not lymes and finally last doctor says he is certain it is lymes.
As you might guess this thing is terrible for my HA. She didn't have classic symptom of Lymes and if she didn't went to that final doctor she wouldn't get her diagnosis and it would become chronic which with her breast cancer fight could turn out fatal. Or this last doctor just made mistake, anyhow...it's ****ing terrible.