A member asked:

I was bitten by a tick 10 days ago, been taking doxycycline hyc 100mg for 10 days.. the bite is still red and has the bulls eye sort of look...?

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Dr. Ziad Akl answered

Go back to your doc: This may be lyme disease, although sometimes the tick bite itself can cause redness. You may need to be treated for lyme as what you're taking is not enough to treat lyme disease. You would need a higher dose of doxycyline.

Answered 9/28/2016

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