my 10 yr old is positive for lyme disease

[kenncinjoy]

my 10 year old was tested positive for lyme disease and he has to take this pill for 21 days and must see a doctor agian and get tested again does it go away ? we dont know when he got bit but if he was not sick with fever we would not have known or gone to the er he had no side affect but his face has redness not himself and his face is swollen but thank god for this doctor for taking the test anyway but i need to know what if he got bitten months ago and now realize he got it but now gets treated what r his chances of it going away?

[Jena906]

I can understand.  My 20yr old daughter was on doxycycline for 28 days and it was gone.  She had a rash on her neck by hair line, then a few weeks later came the stiff neck so she went to the dr who started the doxy right away for 14 days with one refill.  Since I myself was misdiagnosed for over three years and knew how it affected me I made sure she got that refill so she had a 28 day dose.  She noticed after a week how much she felt better and is now fine after 3 months and her wedding in sept 2009 :-) I'm glad your dr is treating your 10yr old.  I am a firm believer in antibiotic for treatment, the sooner the better.  

[kenncinjoy]

thank you for your response. im glad to hear that your daughter is doing well

[patsy10]

It can be cured but is much more difficult if not treated early.

[JackieCalifornia]

Was your daughter also tested for co-infections that sometimes are carried by the same ticks that carry Lyme?

I know of a teenager who got Lyme and a co-infection without any rash or much illness, and it was discovered by accident in some other testing some years later.  He didn't feel lousy at all, and resisted the medication, but when the treatment was over said that he could see how tired he had been for a long time.  So even established disease can be cured, but absolutely: the sooner, the better.  

Hang in there.