strech marks

[norcalmom]

does anyone know how to tell the difference? my DS has some on his "love handles" but has put on a few pounds recently. Can they biopsy them to confirm bartonella? Or is there something very distinct about them that differentiates them from a strech mark?

[mdmom]

I think the location says it all....Bartonella rash often appears on the trunk. My daughter has stretch marks from rapid growth/weight gain, but they never were purplish/red like her Bart marks. Her Bartonella marks are on her lower back and lower sides (love handle area). She is in month 15 of Lyme and co-infect tx and the marks are fading.

[sptcmom]

does anyone know how to tell the difference? my DS has some on his "love handles" but has put on a few pounds recently. Can they biopsy them to confirm bartonella? Or is there something very distinct about them that differentiates them from a strech mark?

 

 

DH had purplish ones on his love handles both sides that faded a year into treatment. DS had a HUGE black mole on his shoulder blade that is now 1/10th the size after 1.5 years of treatment. Both are Bart issues with some pappiloma virus added in.