Side Effects Of Lymes Disease After Treatment

If you are diagnosed with lyme disease you re usually given antibiotics for 2 4 weeks.
Side effects of lymes disease after treatment. Some people who have unexplained signs and symptoms or chronic. The standard antibiotics used in the treatment of late stage lyme disease include ceftriaxone and penicillin. Lyme disease is caused by infection with the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi although most cases of lyme disease can be cured with a 2 to 4 week course of oral antibiotics patients can sometimes have symptoms of pain fatigue or difficulty thinking that lasts for more than 6 months after they finish treatment. Iv antibiotics also come with side effects.
But the longer term. Antibiotics are the only proven treatment for lyme disease. Aucott m d associate professor of medicine at the johns hopkins university school of medicine and director of the johns hopkins lyme disease clinical research center. Intravenous antibiotics can cause various side effects including a lower white blood cell count mild to severe diarrhea or colonization or infection with other antibiotic resistant organisms unrelated to lyme.
Post treatment lyme disease syndrome ptlds is a real disorder that causes severe symptoms in the absence of clinically detectable infection says john n. If this lasts over 6 months it s known as chronic lyme disease or post treatment lyme disease syndrome ptlds. Untreated lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms depending on the stage of infection. These include fever rash facial paralysis and arthritis.
Doxycycline amoxicillin and cefuroxime axetil are the most commonly. With treatment and time the symptoms of lyme disease which is caused by a tick bite usually get better.