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Suggest Medication For Rashes From Lyme S Disease To Replace Doxycycline
After finding a large bull s eye rash near his belt line, my husband was diagnosed with Lyme disease a month ago. He never had any other symptoms but did have a blood test which proved negative. He has been taking doxycycline twice a day since. After a month s time, the rash has not gone away. What does this mean? Should it be cause for concern? Should he continue on doxycycline?
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
Hello,
There is nothing to be gained by taking doxycycline for more than a month, especially if the Lyme titer (blood test) was negative. He should discuss the situation with the doctor. There may be some other cause for the bulls-eye rash.
Regards
There is nothing to be gained by taking doxycycline for more than a month, especially if the Lyme titer (blood test) was negative. He should discuss the situation with the doctor. There may be some other cause for the bulls-eye rash.
Regards
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