Bug Bite?

Hi Monica
It's funny that your email is here today. My daughter just called me and told me that her 3 yr
old daughter has lyme disease. She has not been feeling great for the week. Running fevers on and off. She went to the Dr on Thursday and back again today, Saturday. The Dr feels it's Lyme Disease and she's going to be on antibiotics for 30 days. They will do blook work in three weeks. It could be manyt things but I would definitely have it checked out by your Dr. Good luck...I hope it's just a mosquito bite (although some mosquito bites are dangerous) but I hope she is okay.
D.

Probably a spider bite or maybe just a mosquito bite. If it was only itchy the first day I would say it's not serious. Chances are if you did not see a tick on there then it's not. When they bite, they stay embedded in the skin for hours so you would have seen it on your daughter. Here is a picture of what lyme disease looks like: http://www.windsorpeak.com/baby411/rashorama/lyme.html
If you are still concerned, call your doctor.

It does sound like a bug bite to me. I have a ton of mosquito bites on my legs. I use some Melagel on them. It is made by a company called Melaleuca. They sell all GREEN products. It works really well on cuts & bug bites too.

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Hi Monica,

I'm a Lyme disease expert, well at least I have enough experience to know what's going on. Even thought it's not bull’s-eye, it could be. The symptom differs according to individual. I only had once bull’s-eye but I have Lyme disease several times. It can develop into fever, joint pain, flue like symptom. You should keep eye on the symptom. If it develops into any symptom, you may at least have doctor check for Lyme disease.

My 4 year old son was bit by a mosquito. This year 1/3 of his lower arm swelled up red with a lump inside. And yes..he scratched for the first two days (went thru alot of band-aids). My peditrician told me to keep it clean and use cortisone. And if need be, triple antibiotic. I also used a tea bag and that helped the swelling go down. Last year he had five bites and he was given Benadryl.

Monica, take Sarah to a movie and forget about it!

It may not be a bite, it may be a viral infection manifesting itself as a bump. My daughter had a bite-like thing on her leg, same description, for about a month and it just went away. We took her to the dr to be sure and they felt it was most likely a viral bump, so we watched and waited and it just went away on its own. It didn't bother her at all (but it sure did bother me!). I don't want to diagnose but just give another possibility to think about. Good idea to take her to the dr to put any worries to rest.

Just so you know, lyme disease doesn't always have a bullseye rash. Watch for fever and headache.

Monica
It sounds like some kind of spider bite? Most can be harmless. Tea tree oil is great for that.
I use it for so many things but it is a natural antiseptic. It has gotten rid of bites and rashes on my son. It also repells bugs.
S. S

Use your common sense. If it looks like a mosquito bite, and she has no other symptoms of illness, it is probably a mosquito bite. Is it getting worse or is it getting better? Has she been acting normally? If she has been acting normally and it is either the same or getting better I wouldn't worry about a small red bump on my child's arm for a few days.

is the area big and red? did you pull out the tick yourself or is it the microscopic kind.
be carefull my husband got bell's palzie from it one columbia county is known for it.

it could be a mosquito bite as you mention, but also may be a spider bite, although they tend to itch for more than a few hours, and usually for a day or two. our little guy has a bunch of bites he got in italy a week or two ago (we were all getting them and they appeared to be spider bites), and i noticed this a.m. that he has new bites that are somewhat different in that they are less swollen than the ones he got in italy, and look like mosquito bites. hope this helps in at least some small way. but keep in mind that spider bites stick around for something like a week or more.

It sounds like a spider bite to me...

One thing on Lyme Disease - the bullseye doesn't have to start out small. It can start out huge, so you don't even notice it's a bulls eye...because it would be a big ring, so you'd have to stand back and really look to see it. My daughter was bit by a tick within a month of moving here, and I made to sure to study up really well! We ended up taking her to the pediatrician with a fever a few days after the bite...but it turned out the fever was from a sore throat. Thank goodness!