Lyme disease or Lyme disease is caused by bacteria that enter the body through the bite of an infected tick. Assigning treatment, physicians are guided on the stage of disease. Depending on her recommend the combined therapy, which is based antibiotics. Flemoksin when borreliosis usually prescribed to children under 9 years of age and patients who do not fit the traditional antibacterial agents - Tetracycline and Doxycycline.
How to treat Lyme flemoksin
Flemoksin is a penicillin antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity, it is an analogue of ampicillin. His acting amoxicillin component - effective against many pathologies that carry animals and insects, such as listeriosis, leptospirosis, and others.
Lyme disease has three stages. Flemoksin administered only on the first, second and third stages of the reception will not be given effect.
The disease at the initial stage of infection is usually characterized by the features that are similar to the symptoms of respiratory diseases:
- fever;
- pain in the muscles and joints;
- weakness, headaches;
- rhinitis;
- sore throat;
- conjunctivitis;
- fast fatiguability.
Also, in some cases it develops stiffness of the neck muscles, nausea and vomiting.
The main feature of the first stage borreliosis is erythema, which occurs at the bite of an infected tick, 82% of patients. Initially, it is a small nodule, which eventually spread redness, forming a rough circle. Erythema often grows up to 20 cm in diameter, sometimes - up to 55 cm.
The duration of the first stage of Lyme disease is from 3 to 30 days. Treatment Flemoksin in combination with other drugs directed to the recovery of the patient in the initial stage and prevent the transition into a more severe disease - second step.
dosage
The most common form of release medication - pills Flemoksin soljutab. It is sold in pharmacies in the form of white or yellowish capsules with different amounts of active substance.
Accept adult Flemoksin from borreliosis according to official instructions should be 0.5 - 0.75 g twice or three times to 0.5 g per 24 hours.
In severe cases, and when the infection has a lesion in inaccessible places, preferably a three-time reception.
The duration of treatment depends on the severity of from 10 to 22 days.
At relapse or severe the patient's condition your doctor may increase the dose to 0.75-1 g three times a day.
The drug is taken orally before, during or after a meal. It is rapidly absorbed in the digestive tract tissues and food can not affect the effectiveness of its action on the body.
How to make children Flemoksin
Flemoksin Soljutab when borreliosis is often prescribed for children, since unlike many classic antibiotics, their use is allowed even to kids up to a year. However, it is worth noting that in most cases of Lyme disease affects children under the age of 7 years.
Giving Flemoksin Soljutab children with borreliosis should be on such a scheme:
- aged, the calculated daily dose, depending on the child's body weight - 30-60 mg per 1 kg body weight and divide the volume obtained at three doses;
- 1 - 3 years - 0.25 g twice for 24 hours or at 0,125 g three times per 24 hours;
- 3 - 10 years - 0,375 g for 24 hours twice or three times by 0.25 g of 24 hours;
- Children 10 years of age - 0.5 g three times per 24 hours.
In each individual case Flemoksin dosage may vary, so the exact dosage regimen the physician will determine only.
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