bullseye rash

[philamom]

Can someone remind me again of the treatment for a new infection of lyme disease with bullseye rash. thx!

 

edit- adult treatment

Edited September 23, 2013 by philamom

[mdmom]

Our LLMD (who is very current on ILADS protocols) says 2 Tindamax 500mg right away and then Tindamax 500 mg BID for 7-10 days following.

[sf_mom]

We did both Tindamax and Doxy. We did not stop Doxy until we had results from the TIC and felt we were in the clear from any symptoms which was about 4 weeks.

[philamom]

thanks

[Hopeny]

FWIW DD4 had a bullseye last year (older DD has chronic Lyme) She was started on high dose amox 3x per day literally within an hour of me seeing it. (so thankful for my doc who called it in on a Saturday night for me) We treated for six weeks. She started to have symptoms (headache, lethargy) a couple of weeks after stopping abx and then tested CDC IGM positive with a Lyme specific band (39). We treated four months with cefdinir/zith and she seems to be symptom free. She has a high positive + ELISA but no WB bands, however has no symptoms so we are not treating. DD has an immune issue so that may be why the first treatment didn't work. it was very upsetting.