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Friends of ours in N. Virginia have an 8-year-old daughter who was bitten by a tick. By the time they found it (they think a few days later), the tick was still in her skin, and the skin around the bite was irritated. The doc did a blood test, said it was negative for Lyme, and told them to come back in three weeks for another blood test.
As a recovered Lymie who was sick for a couple of years, I am alarmed! Shouldn't this doctor prescribe abx immediately? Please help me counsel them.
Is there some doc they should visit in the area south of DC?
Thanks!
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There is an excellent LLMD in Northern,VA. I will PM you her name and number.
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Yes. She should be on antibiotics immediately, prophylactically. Possibly Amoxicillin due to her young age.
I can't believe a doctor would bother with a test before the child has even had time to produce antibodies. Three weeks is more like it. But I'd be killing spirochetes in the interim.
I agree about getting her to an LLMD. Mainstream doctors have rarely even heard of coinfections like babesia, ehrlichia, etc., or will claim them to be "rare" when in fact they're quite prevalent.
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thomps send this to them please; only an excerpt from dr. b's lyme guidelines .... this deals w/kids meds and adults **********************************************
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