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Mostly good advice, except for the one comment: >Vast majority of cases present the infamous circle. But some don't. I believe it's actually the other way aro
by burntwater 5y ago
Mostly good advice, except for the one comment:
>Vast majority of cases present the infamous circle. But some don't.
I believe it's actually the other way around, only 20-30% of cases show the "typical" bullseye.
- mantas 5y agoIIRC 20-30% is for the picturesque classic bullseye. A small amount of cases have no skin indication at all. And the rest get various other rashes. Maybe circley without gradient, maybe bullseye-ish square, maybe just a random redness. Itchiness may or may not be there too. Personally I had Lyme twice. Neither was 100% bullseye. The first that I let stay for a while before realising what is going on had little bullseye-ish gradient and was a perfect circle. It took some time to develop the gradient. Next time I realised what is going on very early and all I had was a red patch. I don't know if it would have developed the pattern if I didn't take antibiotics literally the next day after little redness appeared at the tick bite location.