Saturday, December 6, 2014

Is There A Cure For Lyme Disease ? Find Answers To Your Concerns

By Christa Jarvis


There are different organisms responsible for causing different diseases. These are generally termed as pathogens and include fungi, viruses and bacteria. Bacterial diseases respond well to treatment as compared to the others and most of such related infections can be cured very well and completely. This addressees the concern of many victims asking the question, is there a cure for Lyme disease?

Recovery from this particular kind of infection is closely related to the level or stage of the disease at the time of treatment initiation; the earlier the better because chances of symptoms recurrence is increased by late or third stage treatment initiation. Better results are guaranteed if such care comes as early as in first stage. Any delays reflect negatively on treatment outcome.

Like any other bacterial infections, this disease responds well to specific drugs. In this case, doxycycline is the drug of choice for clients whose diagnosis is made in first stage. All the same, other victims who seek care beyond first stage may need additional drug as cefotaxime to optimize outcome results. Better still, additional variations as age and pregnancy may be hindrance to this normal regime because doxycyline is contraindicated before the age of eight and in pregnancy.

All pregnant mothers and children under the age of eight must therefore see experts for appropriate care. Use of doxycycline presents more health risk than benefit and therefore not recommended as part of care.

In cases of disease dissemination to body system, use of doxycycline and cefotaxime have shown appreciable results. Medication may take one to four weeks depending on how each client respond to treatment. Besides antibiotics, other drugs such as anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs may be incorporated to handle associated distress related to this kind of infection.

Complete cure is all clients are looking for and is also the same desire health professionals have for their clients. Yes it is possible and many have attained it by proper adherence to prescribed regime of treatment. To ascertain complete cure, one needs to be free from all associated symptoms of this ailment and complete all drug doses prescribed for up to four weeks.

In very rare but devastating circumstances, this infection may end up advancing to the level of causing damage to vital body structures as nerves and brain. Such may point out rare cases of treatment failure or unattended disease cases. Not many of the affected victims end up this way and therefore the ailment is not considered a big threat to the general population.

In summary therefore, all individuals suspected to have this ailment should make it their responsibility to seek medical care. The best care is granted when disease is still in its early stages. No deviation from health should be overlooked as it may form a turn of events in which affected persons may never enjoy suitable and desired health. Despite all these, the best thing to know is that this is a curable disease and may be effectively managed despite of its stage of diagnosis.




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