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Lyme Disease Forums › General & Support › Bartonella-stretch mark rash, Anyone familiar?
01/06/2010 12:47 AM

Bettyg
 
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here are bartonella photo rash links from my friend steve:

Here are a couple of sites

http://www.lymedisease.org/limages/bartonella-rash.gif

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/ 2563910072_dfbd488e7c.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/ 2563910060_f51c9238d3.jpg?v=0

http://www.aids-images.ch/slides/1324,700,600,0,0.jpg (angiomatosis)

http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVrevistas/folia/Vol8_N4_dic97/ images/pag28_foto2.jpg

http://www.scielo.cl/fbpe/img/rci/v24n2/img12-01.jpg

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01/06/2010 06:44 AM  Top

alagash98
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Yep, I've seen all these and compared them to my son. That is really what convienced me that it was Bart. Well, not those bottom two pics, they look like absesses or something different. We just have stretch marks.

Becky

01/06/2010 08:06 AM  Top

TaraT
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yea, it's one thing to get stretch marks during pregnancy or when you gain a lot of weight quickly....But in my case I got them when I was a child around 10 or 11...

Yes I was growing but my stretch marks were everywhere , behind my knees under my upper arms, on my breasts and all around my stomache and back going every direction making me look like a scottish pattern kilt all purpley and red.

It was SO weird but no one had any idea it was anything other than weird stretch marks..and no one else in my family got them.

With Him we "live" no matter the circumstances. At His feet peace of mind can be found. Peace that passes all understanding is my quest now and forever.

Numbers 6:24-26
"The LORD bless you and keep you;the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace."

01/06/2010 09:53 AM  Top

alagash98
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My pcp just looked at my son and pictures and said " you don't get stretch marks behind your knee and across your back vertically". Yep. They do look different. I have them from pregnancy,but they don't look like his. Looking at the pics, you can see them change over the year. The doc said, stretch marks dont change like that. becky

01/07/2010 05:09 PM  Top

JudyInNJ
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My 19 y/o has them, as well. She has not responded to treatment for the bart. Just this past weekend, I stumbled upon "Cushings Syndrome." Same rash, & all the same symptoms she has. And she never did test positive for bart, so we'll be talking to the doctor about this next visit.

01/07/2010 05:11 PM  Top

TaraT
TaraT
 
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Ah I actually thought I had cushings JUST before I started reading about Lyme...Yup it fit me too..but I dont have cushings...so it would be easy to mix them up.
With Him we "live" no matter the circumstances. At His feet peace of mind can be found. Peace that passes all understanding is my quest now and forever.

Numbers 6:24-26
"The LORD bless you and keep you;the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace."

04/10/2010 08:38 AM  Top

batikquilt
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My daughter went to an LLMD two weeks ago and he asked her if she had any stretch marks during the 2 1/2 hour exam. She showed her ever-expanding stretch marks to him and he said they are probably really a rash from Bartonella. We are waiting for the blood work to come back. From what I have read, they are "non-blanching" if they are from Bartonella. Press on them and they will not momentarily turn white as regular stretch marks do. Good luck!

04/10/2010 09:18 AM  Top

TaraT
TaraT
 
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will a bartonelli rash/stretch mark lighten with time? I had them VERY red/purple when I was a kid but that was more than 30 years ago and some of them have turned flesh color.
With Him we "live" no matter the circumstances. At His feet peace of mind can be found. Peace that passes all understanding is my quest now and forever.

Numbers 6:24-26
"The LORD bless you and keep you;the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace."

04/10/2010 10:53 AM  Top

WhitbyLyme
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Thanks for the pictures. Interesting ive never had the classic cat scratch marks however ive had the second last one where it looks like an abscess as someone put it.

It would be dart purple and it would come and go. Interesting enough i had it before i thought i was bitten by a tick. Kind of leads me to think ive had this longer than i thought which explains why its taking so long to get rid of this disease.

12/13/2010 04:17 PM  Top

tmbro22
tmbro22
 
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I have the rash. I'm 25, and I freaked out. I mean, what 25 year old wants to wear a tank top or bathing suit and everyone see what appear to be stretch marks?

I've been a little overwheight since the Lyme, Bart, and Babs decided to get really bad. Evenso, I had the rash when I was a kid and small. I've had it all since I was seven and spent all the time until I was 22 before we figured it all out.

The rash gets redder and then fades a bit for me as the symptoms flare and recede. I hate the rash, but it is there. The symptoms do fit other diseases, but if you have Lyme, Cushings is an unlikely and rareish disease and the having Lyme points to Bart.

We found the Bart after the Babs and Lyme because the Bart wasn't flaring. It's making it difficult to make it through the treatment and seriously slowing it down.

tmbro22
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