My daughters arm near her wrist is warm to the touch. She also has a sparse rash along both forearms. I am concerned this may be a re-occurrence of lyme disease, which she was diagnosed with this past spring. She often gets headaches and has a "hot earlobe, no pain" not to long ago. When she was diagnosed with Lyme, she had arthritis in he knees, wrists and elbows.
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor, Lyme disease is a bacterial disease which is transmitted to humans by the bite of ticks carrying a bacterium known as Cordelia burgdorferi. The initial infection can occur with minimal or no symptoms. But many people experience a flu like illness and a characteristic rash several days to a few weeks following a tick bite. The rash is a red rash that grows in size daily. It is called erythema migrant. Rash is a skin lesion that typically begins as a red spot and expands over a period of days to weeks to form a large round lesion of at least 5 cm. Its shape can be circular or oval. It can be confirmed by performing blood tests to examine for antibodies to the bacteria. Thank you.