Do all bullseye rashes from tick bites mean lyme disease?!
Question:
Do all bullseye rashes from tick bites mean lyme disease?
or do you get a bullseye rash from a normal tick bite too?
Answers:
The bull's eye rash is considered diagnostic for Lyme disease. In other words, they don't even have to test you. If you've got a bull's-eye, they treat you for Lyme. However, bull's-eye rashes can vary significantly in what they look like. And sometimes docs who don't have a lot of experience with Lyme say the rash is really ringworm--not a Lyme rash.
Here are some pictures of them on the web: http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/ph...
However, you could have one that looks different from these and it could still be Lyme.
This is serious stuff. If you have a bull's-eye rash, you want to start treatment immediately. Good luck.