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Suggest Treatment For Lyme Disease?
IN 2000 I was diagnosed with Lyme disease after bllod test was sent to Mayo Clinic. Every year in fall and winter I have flare ups and have taken multiple rounds of antibiotics. Int is only September and my feet stay so cold, almost numb feeling in the toes. Could Lyme have turned into soem other type of auto immune disease. My thyroid test borders on being overactrive and I just had another ANA test and it shows slightly positive.
Fri, 20 Jun 2014
Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
As you were diagnosed to have lyme disease which is an infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria and it is a tick borne disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks.
The symptoms are suggestive of the lyme disease for which you have taken different antibiotics.
I would suggest oral doxycycline, if you have taken this and if there is resistant to this you can take either cefuroxime or azithromycin.These medications should be taken for atleast one to four weeks.
Thank you.
Welcome to HCM,
As you were diagnosed to have lyme disease which is an infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria and it is a tick borne disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks.
The symptoms are suggestive of the lyme disease for which you have taken different antibiotics.
I would suggest oral doxycycline, if you have taken this and if there is resistant to this you can take either cefuroxime or azithromycin.These medications should be taken for atleast one to four weeks.
Thank you.
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