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Does lyme disease return after being treated?

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes-if Rx incomplete: Lyme disease may return if the treatment was insufficient. In the early phase, within weeks to a few months of a first tick bite, then a course of oral antibiotics should cure the problem. If the lyme disease is first diagnosed with systemic problems such as arthritis or neuropathy, then treament takes much longer, and incomplete treatment can be followed by a recurrence of symptoms.

Answered 10/7/2012

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