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Suggest Treatment For Red Circle On Hand After Tick Bite
hi, i ve got a bite by 2 ticks 1 month ago. they were removed immediately. bite spots are visible but the lyme disease symptom appeared on opposite hand (red circle with white spot on the middle). i have blood sample given today. my gp says that we have to wait for test results for boreliosis and it looks for her like for 90% for lyme disease. first day i ve got 200mg of doxycycline and I continued 100mg for 6 days. did i wrong ? because symptoms appeared anyway. i had not any flu like symptoms. just this red circle. i am afraid that blood sample may not contain boreliosis yet and doctor may say that antibiotics treatement is useless. what procedure is applicable to in my situation ??
According to your epidemiology and your clinical data the possibility to have Lyme diseases is greater. So it is better to use as soon as possible the Doxycicline and waiting for the answer of blood test serology for borreliosis to know how to proceed.
I hope my answer helps you. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards, Dr. Monika Dede
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Suggest Treatment For Red Circle On Hand After Tick Bite
Hi, According to your epidemiology and your clinical data the possibility to have Lyme diseases is greater. So it is better to use as soon as possible the Doxycicline and waiting for the answer of blood test serology for borreliosis to know how to proceed. I hope my answer helps you. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Monika Dede