Question 1

what alternative medicines can help relieve symptoms of chronic lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

No: I personally question whether chronic disease even exists. The vast majority of patients i see who think they have that diagnosis actually have something else.

Question 2

is it safe for my husband to be taking our dogs lyme disease medicine? he was diagnosed with it just over a over a year ago and has had no treatment.

Accepted Answer

Lyme Treatment: No.  I would worry about an incorrect dose.  Or an ineffectively small dose. He will want to have a physician monitoring this.

Question 3

i'm on antibiotics (2x 100mg doxycycline) for 10 days because of a tick bite, to prevent lyme disease. is it ok to smoke marijuana while on this drug?

Accepted Answer

No: Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that messes with your head. It is not okay to smoke weed with or without antibiotics.
Wish you good health! - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex, if you have sex.

Question 4

i just started doxycycline for lyme disease with bulls eye rash. i am going on a beach trip this week- is it okay to drink alcohol on this medicine?

Accepted Answer

No: Alcohol is a poison that never did anybody any good, ever, so stay away from it.
Wish you good health! - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex, if you have sex.

Question 5

what causes lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

Borrelia burgdorferi: This spirochete bacterium is transmitted by the bite of an ixodes tick.

Question 6

may lyme disease re occur?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Lyme disease may recur in 2 ways.  It can be very difficult to fully eliminate, so even if someone has been successfully treated, the borrelia bacteria that cause lyme may be in the dormant cyst stage and may reactivate if the patient undergoes physical or emotional stress.  Even if borrelia has been eradicated, being exposed to the bacteria again via insect bite etc. Can result in recurrence.

Question 7

could i have lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

Yes: But you haven't listed any symptoms, so it's hard to give opinion. Lyme disease symptoms are similar to many others, and can be tested for by your doctor.

Question 8

do you treat lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Usually need treatment with antibiotics

Question 9

does lyme disease go away?

Accepted Answer

Not if untreated.: Untreated Lyme disease can progress to have cardiac (heart) and neurologic (brain and nerves) complications. If left untreated too long some damage can be permanent. Lyme disease can be treated with common antibiotics. If you have symptoms, like a bullseye rash, joint pains, fevers, or headache, and have a reasonable chance of exposure, please see a doctor for testing and treatment.

Question 10

how do you get lyme disease?

Accepted Answer

Bite of infected tic: Lime disease is spread by ticks that have acquired the germ in the past and it stays in their system. A tick bite from another of the same species without the LD germ will not do it. The tick must get on your body, settle in for a feeding & feed long enough to pass the germ to you (hours).

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What alternative medicines can help relieve symptoms of chronic lyme disease?

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Is it safe for my husband to be taking our dogs lyme disease medicine? he was diagnosed with it just over a over a year ago and has had no treatment.

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I'm on antibiotics (2x 100mg doxycycline) for 10 days because of a tick bite, to prevent lyme disease. is it ok to smoke marijuana while on this drug?

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I just started doxycycline for lyme disease with bulls eye rash. i am going on a beach trip this week- is it okay to drink alcohol on this medicine?

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