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May 15, 2024 · Treatments and interventions. People treated with appropriate antibiotics in the early stages of Lyme disease usually recover rapidly and completely. The antibiotics most commonly used to treat Lyme disease include doxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime axetil.
May 16, 2024 · May 16, 2024 2:38 PM EDT. S ue Gray, 59, has been sick half her life. But it took two decades to confirm why. When Gray was 30 and living with her then-husband in the middle of the woods in upstate...
May 15, 2024 · Key points. Early diagnosis and proper antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease is important and can help prevent more serious forms of the disease. The following treatment regimens reflect CDC’s interpretation of the most current data for four important manifestations of Lyme disease.
May 15, 2024 · Treatment. An initial episode of Lyme arthritis should be treated with a 4-week course of oral antibiotics. Patients with persistent joint inflammation and pain after the first course of antibiotics may require a second course (see tables below).
Apr 29, 2024 · (Credit: Getty Images) Researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease. The method offers hope to patients who...
4 days ago · NIAID scientists and colleagues are investigating a potential treatment strategy against Lyme disease that would directly suppress Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes the disease. If successful, their idea could reduce or end aggressive broad-spectrum antibiotic treatments that can be drawn-out and destroy the body’s helpful bacteria.
Apr 25, 2024 · Tulane University researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, offering hope to patients who suffer from long-term effects of the bacterial infection, even after antibiotic treatment. Their results were published in Frontiers in Immunology .
