Treatment+&+Response+-+Lyme+Disease

Most patients who are treated with oral antibiotics are able to completely recover in a short period of time from Lyme disease. To treat Early Lyme disease the most common antibiotics administered are **Doxycycline** (100 mg twice a day for 10-21 days), **Amoxicillin** (500 mg 3 times a day for 14-21 days), or cefuroxime axetil (500 mg a per day for 14 days). These antibiotics work by permitting the bacteria from spreading throughout the body so that the Lyme disease cannot spread. These three antibiotics are primarily administered to adult patients who either have early localized or early disseminated Lyme disease. However, patients who have experienced cardiac or neurological issues due to the disease may need intravenous treatment.
 * Treatment:**

Though Lyme Disease vaccines exist, they are often not very effective and if someone is bitten by a tick expected to contain Lyme Disease, they should take the oral antibiotics as a preventative step. There are, however, three vaccines which are currently on the market which all target Lyme Disease at different stages of the disease. The current vaccines which exist are LymeVax, Galaxy Lyme (Intervet-Schering-Plough’s vaccine) and Canine Recombinant Lyme.
 * Prevention:**

Initially believed to be an outbreak of "juvenile rheumatoid arthritis". Large CDC response because of the strange nature of the disease and the sudden outbreak.
 * Response to Primary Outbreak:**



Doxycycline (left) Amoxicillin (right)