Late Stage Lyme Disease Depression Treatment
- Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections - Treatment
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Diseases with Similar Symptoms
Treatment
Antibiotics are the drugs used for treating all phases of Lyme disease. In nearly all cases they can cure Lyme, even in later stages.
Preventive Antibiotics after a Tick Bite
According to guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), people bitten by deer ticks should not routinely receive antibiotics to prevent the disease.
A single dose of the antibiotic doxycycline may be given in situations that meet all of the following conditions:
- The tick is still attached to...
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