does anyone know a cure for lymes disease?

Answer 1

Single-dose doxycycline therapy may be considered for deer tick bites when the tick has been on the person for at least 36 hours.

Traditional treatment of acute Lyme disease usually consists of a minimum two-week to one-month course of antibiotics. In later stages, the bacteria disseminate throughout the body and may cross the blood-brain barrier, making the infection more difficult to treat. Chronic or late diagnosed Lyme is treated with oral or IV antibiotics, frequently ceftriaxone, for a minimum of four weeks.

With little research conducted specifically on chronic Lyme disease, treatment remains controversial. Currently there are two sets of peer-reviewed published guidelines; the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) advocates extended courses of antibiotics for chronic Lyme patients, while the Infectious Diseases Society of America does not recognize chronic infection and recommends no treatment for persistent symptoms following infection (see The Lyme controversy--Two standards of care). Double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of long-term antibiotics for chronic Lyme have produced mixed results (see The Lyme controversy--Long-term antibiotic therapy).

Many alternative (or supplemental) therapies have been suggested. For example, melittin, a peptide from bee venom, has been shown to exert "profound inhibitory effects" on lyme bacteria. Despite its demonstrated potency, apparently no further research has been conducted on melittin as a possible lyme treatment. Clinical trials of large doses of IV sodium ascorbate (vitamin C) have been shown to kill cancer cells and possibly parasites in the body. Largely due to this, there are many chronic lyme disease sufferers turning to natural therapies.

HOWEVER PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR AND HAVE TREATMENT AS PER HIS SUGGESTIONS. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS HE HAS TO ACCESS THE POSITION

Answer 2

Here's a page on the latest news on Lyme Disease:
http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%22Borrelia+burgdorferi%22+Lyme&t=Lyme+Disease&r=Any&o=d&f=infectiousdiseases

If there is a cure you may find it there as it includes the latest articles on Lymes Disease, taken from over 2000 medical sources.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, there is no cure for lyme disease. It only subsides and goes into a sort of "remission". Depending on how severe your symptoms are and how long you've had it depends on the type of treatment. IV antibiotics are a common therapy for this. They usually go for the big gun which is an antibiotic called Rocephin.

Answer 4

There is no cure. I know two people who have this and both get IV put in regularly with anibotics and one has been suffering for many years, the other one its been about 2 years for her....

Answer 5

i have a patient who gets rocephine intravenously...she gets 16 grams per week and according to her she can function better....using it