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Lyme disease is not common down here like it is in New England. That being said, I would have another test done. Often it takes 4-weeks to have the disease actually appear as a positive on the test results.
My neighbor is a landscaper. He was quite ill recently with flu like symptoms like you described. It was caused by a caterpillar bite. Sorry, I don't have the name of the caterpillar for you.
We are just back from another 5 hour ER visit, and the determination was made that he had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
He must have been bitten by a tick while down there, however, we didn't venture on any trails, only walked over to see the dog park at Palmetto State Park.
Very strange. On doxy for 21 days. Hopefully they caught it in time, as it can be fatal or have debilitating long-term side effects.
Scary thing is docs up here don't seem to know a whole lot about it.
One of the ticks that carries it is the Rocky Mountain wood tick (the other is the American Dog Tick). I think that's how it got it's name. It's been identified in every state except HI, VT, AK and ME. It's the most lethal of all the tickborne diseases. Only 800 cases a year though. I hate ticks - nasty things.
His rash is nowhere near that bad, so hoping we caught it in time...
None whatsoever. All I know is when a significant other of mine is sick, I'm not on city-data.com.
You have to seek answers on your own as well. Any good parent or spouse would. My 5 year old last spring had a 104 temperature for 8 days straight. Went to doctors and hospital 4 times before they admitted her. Even after admitting her and spending another 6 days working with the infectious disease doctors, it was me who convinced them that my daughter had 2 illnesses/diseases at the same time. The chief of staff told me that was impossible. It was a mother on City Data whose story I read about her son with the exact same situation and I told the hospital it may just be possible. The team of doctors said my daughter was the most talked about patient they'd had in a long time and thanks to my research, they found 6 other cases in the medical books that supported my findings. They went on to treat her illnesses simultaneously and she was sent home days later.
One of the ticks that carries it is the Rocky Mountain wood tick (the other is the American Dog Tick). I think that's how it got it's name. It's been identified in every state except HI, VT, AK and ME. It's the most lethal of all the tickborne diseases. Only 800 cases a year though. I hate ticks - nasty things.
His rash is nowhere near that bad, so hoping we caught it in time...
It is good you found an answer. You'd think the docs would be smart enough to check into regional illnesses for the area he recently traveled.
There's a saying in emergency room medicine - 'when you hear the sound of hoofbeats, don't look for zebras'. Well, sometimes you gotta look for zebras and not horses. Just sayin'
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Just sayin'
