Natalie Walsh is a nurse and knows a few things about disease and illness. Walsh’s seven-year-old daughter had a headache that quickly turned out to be more than just a headache.
Soon her daughter’s temperature climbed to a dangerous level, and Walsh took her to the hospital.
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She is sharing her story with everyone to spread the word about an illness that can sometimes baffle medical professionals – Lyme disease. When Walsh first took her daughter to the hospital, they found a lump on her head everyone thought may be a spider bite.
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They treated her for the bite and sent her home. But, it wasn’t a spider bite and the girl’s symptoms got worse. Walsh took her daughter to a different medical facility, and they finally got the Lyme disease diagnosis.
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The typical presentation of Lyme disease is a red mark that looks like a bull’s eye – but Walsh’s daughter never had one of those marks.
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Walsh is sharing this story to let parents know that they should be persistent and make sure the doctors are being thorough.
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Walsh posted a message on social media explaining her daughter symptoms and said she never saw a tick on her daughter – but that doesn’t’ mean you shouldn’t check your child for bites.
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Thankfully, Walsh was able to get her daughter to a medical facility with a dedicated staff who figured out the problem! Check out the video below to see what the unusual tick bite looked like.
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