These Guidelines should be a Bible for any doctor who cares enough to treat his or her patients for any tick borne infections.
One week of antibiotics is NOT enough to kill off the soup of bacteria which can eventually lead to the patient developing severe illnesses from tick bites. Sadly, many people have suffered permanent disability through this oversight and many lives have been ruined both physically and financially. Not to mention the mental anguish caused to the patients by this shortsightedness.
http://www.ilads.org/lyme_disease/B_guidelines_12_17_08.pdf
DIAGNOSTIC HINTS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR LYME AND OTHER TICK BORNE ILLNESSES
by JOSEPH J. BURRASCANO JR, MD
SEPTEMBER, 2008
In general, you can think of Lyme Borreliosis as having three categories:
acute, early disseminated, and chronic.
The sooner treatment is begun after the start of the infection, the higher the success rate.
However, since it is easiest to cure early disease, this category of Lyme Borreliosis must be taken VERY seriously.
Under-treated infections will inevitably resurface, usually as chronic Lyme, with its tremendous problems of morbidity and difficulty with diagnosis and treatment and high cost in every sense of the word.
So, while the bulk of this document focuses of the more problematic chronic patient, strong emphasis is also placed on earlier stages of this illness where closest attention and care must be made.
If you suspect that you may be affected by a tick borne infection like Rickettsia, Lyme disease and it's many co-infections, please take a look at this link which has invaluable information.
http://chronicfatiguesyndrome.co.za
