Lyme Disease Treatment

A proven infection (ie, positive determination of antibodies in the screening test and verification, the characteristic symptoms or pathogen directly determined) should be treated with antibiotics. The type of infection is to decide whether former may be an attempt to antibiotic therapy in the form of capsules taken, or whether antibiotics should be injected directly through the vein.

Antibiotic therapy usually take effect too late, after a few weeks or even months, which means that after antibiotic therapy should await the development of it. Control antibody titers in the blood following treatment does not provide, at least in stages 2 and 3 of the disease, no information on the success of therapy, and therefore not recommended.

When treatment fails (which is rare in the case of intravenous therapy), therapy may be repeated. He has also spoken of taking antibiotics for months and prolonged administration of a higher dose. However, the relevance of this treatment is not assured.

Early treatment of Lyme disease is important, and often the disease is curable in its entirety. If treatment is started after the first three weeks, the disease could be cured, but the later the treatment starts, the less likely it is healing.

Medication and treatment duration for both stages, early and advanced Lyme's disease are illustrated in the Table of Recommended Antibiotics and Dosages.