10 year old son bit by tick 4 days later

so my son developed a raised bump with redness around it where a nymph tick bit him last thurs. tick was attached for maybe 8 hours. doing research doesn't sound like a lyme disease rash as they are flat and a bit different looking but who knows?

took him to doctor today and his lymph nodes are a bit swollen. been giving him doxy 100mg 2x/day since thurs night. wondering if the doxy is killing things and swelling up his nodes and has nothing to do with lyme or co-infections? its been only 4 days isn't that real quick to see symptoms if that's what they are?

Rikky,

I think that symptoms can happen very quickly. And the rash is not always the same. In fact sometimes people don't even get a rash. If you have a LLMD I would take him in or even to your MD until you can get him to a LLMD. I just don't know if I would take a chance.

I was not diagnosed with a new infection but rather one I had for years, but know someone with more experience with that will be a long soon and maybe have some other advice for you.

I hope it is not Lyme! I am sorry you have to worry about this.

update on my son the rash is gone today so was only there 24 hours all that's left is the original pin prick from the tick bite.

he said last night he felt a bit hot all over. today he doesn't feel right anywhere and his stomach is bothering him. i'm hoping what he's feeling is the effects of the doxycycline he's been taking for 5 days but hard to say. i will keep him on it 14 days maybe 21 days 100mg 2x/day.

any thoughts on whether we're dealing with an actual infection or just the effects of taking a powerful antibiotic?

I agree with Girlie. No one wants our child to develop chronic Lyme if we can prevent it, so please keep him on the abx.

"EARLY LOCALIZED
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Single erythema migrans with no constitutional symptoms:
1) Adults: oral therapy - must continue until symptom and sign free for at least one month, with a 6 week
minimum.

2) Pregnancy: 1st and 2nd trimesters: I.V. X 30 days then oral X 6 weeks
3rd trimester: Oral therapy X 6+ weeks as above.
Any trimester- test for Babesia and Ehrlichia

3) Children: oral therapy for 6+ weeks.
www.lymenet.org/BurrGuide200810.pdf page 19, near the bottom.

So, 4 weeks for tick bite alone (if it isn't an EM that he has)

If it were me, I would do a couple extra weeks after that...for insurance.

What's a few more weeks...compared to the risk of chronic lyme...IMO.

i'm trying to get him in to see a lyme doctor but its very difficult to get appointments with them as you know. i'm calling my llmd and seeing if he can refer and get me in to someone quickly.

he should also be on supplements and a better diet and i'm only willing to self treat him with the doxycycline which he's not doing well on making him tired and upsetting his stomach :(

Praying for you and your son rikky...maybe frequencys... will gp test for coinfections?

Why can't GP's just say they don't know..instead of spewing out b-ll - crap.


I am lucky to have a GP who admits she knows next to nothing about lyme disease.

She said to me at my last appointment "You know more about lyme disease than I do".
(when I was telling her what I was wanting to take for my suspected Babesia)