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How is lyme disease treated?

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In adults the first line treatment is Doxycycline (or erythromycin in pregnancy)

Amoxicillin is used in children.

Alternatives include many of the cephalosporins.

These are all antibiotic drugs.

Treatment depends on the age of the patient (as above) and the stage of the disease.

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Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borellia burgdorferi, is known to be treatable by a variety of antibiotics, notably doxycycline, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime and cefotaxime. Minocycline is prescribed for victims of neuroborreliosis for its small size and ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. However, Lyme disease must be caught in early stages, as if it is not, it can turn into chronic Lyme Disease which is extremely difficult and nearly impossible to treat.

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The treatment for Lyme disease is mainly treated withe the help of antibiotics. The antibiotic given can be dependent on the nature or the stage of illness in a patient. For normal adults, Doxycycline is best given. For women who are pregnant erythromycinis given and amoxicillinto children. The time frame can last from 2-4 weeks. It is always easy to treat the patients in the earlyy stage of the disease. Later staages can be difficult to treate as it will involve the use of ceftriaxone which will be administered for a period of 4 weeks. For more information on this disease you can refer the link attached by me in sources. Hope this helps.

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Immediate removal of an attached tick is the first step in treatment for people who know they have been bitten. Because black-legged ticks are slow feeders, it takes about 36 hours for B. burgdorferi to make its way into the body

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A vaccine for Lyme disease known as LYMErix was available from 1998 to 2002, when it was removed from the United States market. The decision was influenced by reports that LYMErix may be responsible for neurologic complications in vaccinated patients

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Antibiotics taken 14 days are very effective in the first stage of Lyme disease.

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