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Lyme Disease (cont.)

Questions to Ask the Doctor

If you have an identifiable tick bite but no symptoms have begun, there is a question as to whether preventive treatment should be started. If the symptoms of Lyme disease have started, the question is what antibiotic treatment will be used, by which route it will be administered, and how long it should be taken.



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Lyme Disease - How Was Diagnosis Established

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How was the diagnosis of your lyme disease established?

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Lyme disease is due to infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and the body's immune response to the infection.

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