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Suggest Treatment For Lyme Disease

I have been diagnosed with Lyme disease last week. I have been searching for answers for 5 yrs. Brainfog, extreme fatigue, memory lapses (severe) concentration difficulties, sleep only an hour at a time, panic attacks while sleeping only, hair loss, hearing loss, numbness in hands, joint swelling mostly knees, pain in joints, pack pain, three month new diarrhea and nausea. I have diabetes A1C is 6.6 now it was better, can t exercise it exhausts me. I had a partial thyroid dectomy for cancer. How do I find a Lyme literate Doctor. I would like to get healthy and prefer a Doctor who has experience. Unable to find anyone in SC so far. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO state SC and Tricare as a secondary insurance. How do I find a lyme literate Doctor?
posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

As you were diagnosed to have lyme disease which is an infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria and it is a tick borne disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks.The symptoms are suggestive of the lyme disease.

I would suggest oral doxycycline, if you have taken this and if there is resistant to this you can take either cefuroxime or azithromycin. These medications should be taken for atleast one to four weeks.

You need a few tests including labs to check his kidney function and an ultrasound of the kidney area and an urine culture to rule out an infection. I think the best way to do this would be to go the primary doctor again and tell him or her the new symptoms.Thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Lyme Disease

Hello, Welcome to HCM, As you were diagnosed to have lyme disease which is an infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria and it is a tick borne disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks.The symptoms are suggestive of the lyme disease. I would suggest oral doxycycline, if you have taken this and if there is resistant to this you can take either cefuroxime or azithromycin. These medications should be taken for atleast one to four weeks. You need a few tests including labs to check his kidney function and an ultrasound of the kidney area and an urine culture to rule out an infection. I think the best way to do this would be to go the primary doctor again and tell him or her the new symptoms.Thank you.