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hillary522
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Hi
My 8 year old son Mile's blood test came back positive, while I am upset he has I am glad I asked for the test and found out. His pedetrician put him on amoxillcillan for 28 days. Does this sound right? Thanks for any help, and the advice given the other day.
Hillary

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Hi Hillary,
I'm a little late, but welcome to LymeNet.

Went back & read what you said earlier about your son's symptoms & how long he's probably
had Lyme.

Amoxicillin is the antibiotic that is usually given to young children, but it's very important that the treatment be strong enough and long enough.

Go to "Diag Hints & Treat Guidelines..." at www.ilads.org/burrascano_1102.html

Under "Antibiotic Choices" (about page 16)
Dr Burrascano's recommendation for children:
Amoxicillin: 50 mg/kg/day divided into q8h doses.
Would have to know your child's weight to calculate amt of amoxicillin recommended.

About the length of treatment -
page 18 or 19: Treatment Categories.
Early Disseminated disease (less than 1 yr):

Adults: oral therapy until no active disease for 4 weeks (4-6 months typical).
Some are now recommending treatment until NO symptoms for 6 to 8 weeks, just to be sure.

Children: oral therapy with duration based upon clinical response.

"Basic Info" at www.ilads.org
#10 begins: There has never been a study that proves that 30 days of antibiotics cures Lyme disease.

The typical dose of amoxicillin may appear to take care of his symptoms.
BUT - If treatment is not adequate, the surviving bacteria will go dormant for a time & then will flare up again in the future - maybe weeks, maybe years later.
Kinda like the chicken pox virus going dormant & flaring up years later as shingles.

He also needs to take acidophilus (Health Food Store) to replenish the good bacteria in his system!!
Be sure to have 2 hours between antibiotics & acidophilus - before & after - or it won't be able to work correctly.

The earlier the treatment, the easier it is to deal with the disease, & children have a good prognosis when treatment is adequate.
Compared to many children on LymeNet, he is still fairly early in the disease.

I recommend going to Seeking a Dr to help you find a Lyme Literate Med Dr (LLMD).
Put your location in the title.

A LLMD will also check him for co-infections,
like Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Bartonella.
Dr B discusses these in his Guidelines.

Please make sure Miles is given adequate treatment ASAP. This could be one of the most important decisions you make for him.

[This message has been edited by cbb (edited 04 November 2004).]


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HI,
Thanks for the information. I am reading everything I can get my hands on but appreciate hearing words of wisdom from those who have lived it. I am not with the Dr who ran the original blood test, as he did it only because I brought up the possibility of Lyme and believed he did not have it. The peditrician perscribed the antibiotic without even having the blood work back because of his symptoms. I am scared for Mike but hope we caught it in time. I will read some more tonight and speak with the pedetrician in the morning. She did seem agressive with just the symptoms and gave him a very through exam. Its just so sad seeing your baby not himself. Again thanks for answering and I will let you know how it goes.
Hillary

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