Often enjoying the first spring sun and green foliage, or hiding from the summer heat in cool places under trees, on lakes in tall grass, we often forget about the danger that lurks in them.
Mites and their bites, become in these periods, a danger number one.
If it was not possible to avoid a parasite bite, what to do and what treatment will be best, what drugs should be paid attention, let's try to consider in this article.
Contents
- Lyme disease
- Causes and symptoms of the disease
- Treatment of borreliosis
- Treatment goals and objectives
- How to treat Lyme disease, depending on the stage of development of
- The first stage of the disease
- If the disease was not stopped - Lyme of the second and third stage
- Treatment of chronic and acutephase
- Traditional medicine
- Than especially treatment of borreliosis in children
- Consequences of infection
- Prevention of disease
- Where to treat borreliosis in Moscow
- Video:oh borreliosis - what to do next?
Lyme disease
The disease derives its name from the name of the town of Lyme, in the USA, where the case of this disease was first noted and described.
The essence of the disease is , the human body is affected by bacteria , which enter the bloodstream through the bite of an infected tick, the genus Ixodes( Ixodes tick).
Causes and symptoms of the disease
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Treatment of borreliosis
Starting treatment of Lyme disease, in the first place, specialists of pay attention to the stage of development of disease.
Based on it, is prescribed as a comprehensive treatment for , which includes the treatment of borreliosis with antibiotics that affect the development or completely suppress the development of microorganisms - pathogens, in the patient's body, and drugs aimed at restoring the patient.
Aims and objectives of
treatment The main guidelines for the treatment of Lyme disease( borreliosis) are the methods for eliminating the microorganism - Borrelia, which is the causative agent of disease:
- prevent development and progression of the disease;
- prevent the occurrence of allergic reactions to tick bite;
- to help the body's immune system cope with the inflammatory process;
- not to admit defeat of the nervous system, motor functions of the body, heart;
- try to reduce the number of relapses;
- to eliminate the causes of chronic and acute forms of the disease.
How to treat Lyme disease, depending on the stage of development of
In medical practice, is allocated to the 3 stages of development of the disease. Based on this or that stage, the doctor prescribes treatment.
The first stage of the disease
Treatment of borreliosis after a tick bite, when there are no signs of damage to the nervous system of the patient, his muscles, joints, heart, specialists prescribe the drug Tetracycline.
Treatment involves a period of, within two weeks. Its use intensively reduces the risk of developing neurological abnormalities in the patient.
Also, the drug removes, in a short time, annular erythema( reddening, having the appearance of a circle), and prevents the transition of the disease from the 1st stage to the 2nd and 3rd.
The complex of prescribed drugs includes( if the skin has redness), together with Tetracycline, and Doxycycline. 
Dose is given based on the form of release( tablets, capsules) and pronounced brightness of redness. Treatment of borreliosis with dodoxycycline continues of the order of two weeks .
This drug has contraindications, children up to 9 years of age.
Based on this, instead of Doxycycline, , children are prescribed Amoxil or Flemoxin , which have antibacterial and bactericidal properties.
Dose is given on the basis of the form of release( tablets or ampoules), and on the brightness of the ring reddening, the dose is not recommended to reduce, reduce the number of drug administration, in order to achieve therapeutic effect and maintain a constant concentration of antibiotic in the patient's body.
The listed medicines do not make sense in the treatment of the 2nd and 3rd stages of the disease. This is connected with the fact that the disappearing, during treatment, signs of Lyme disease, have relapses and the disease is possible with the development into a chronic form with consequent complications. The exception is Penicillin.
In the first stage, it is prescribed if the patient has complaints of muscle pain or a pronounced general weakness of the body.
If the disease could not be stopped - Lyme of the second and third stages of
How to treat Borrelia at these stages? When Lyme disease occurs in the 2 nd and 3 rd stages, is often prescribed in large doses. It is administered intramuscularly or intravenously.
As an additional treatment, if a person suffers from tick-borne borreliosis, such medications can be prescribed:
- In modern medicine, many specialists replace penicillin with a drug of the same effect, but in smaller doses of Ampicillin .The course is from two weeks to a month, and depends on the neglect of the disease and the results of treatment.
- If the patient has the presence of neurological disorders, regardless of the stage( early or late), arthritis, Ceftriaxone is prescribed. The dose is given depending on the complexity of the disease. Assigned intravenously. The course of treatment is chosen by a doctor, most often it is 10-14 days.
- If the patient is intolerant of antibiotics, prescribe the drug( from the 1st stage) Erythromycin. The course of treatment can range from 2 weeks to a month. The dose is selected individually, based on the age of the patient and the severity of the disease.
- In modern medicine, new antibiotics with a wide spectrum of action, called "antibacterial drugs of a new generation," appeared. One of them is( prescription for all stages of the disease) Sumamed .The dose and course of treatment is prescribed individually for each patient.
- The cefobide is prescribed by a specialist intramuscularly for all forms of the disease. Doses are selected individually. The action of the drug is directed at all tissues of the body( not excluding liquid), that is, suppression of infection occurs both at the site of its introduction and throughout the body. The course of treatment varies within 14 days, during which a rapid treatment of clinical symptoms of the disease. The dose, in comparison with other drugs, is not great, but it is enough to influence microorganisms.
- Benzathine Benzylpenicillin is prescribed after essential medicines to "fix" the result of treatment. Penetrates into all tissues of the body and fluid, thereby killing the remaining microorganisms. The course of appointment, within half a year, is due to the fact that it is during this time that relapses of the disease are possible.
- Along with antibiotics, in complex therapy, antitussive is prescribed. Gamma globulin .
Excellent results in the treatment of Lyme disease in humans are given drugs that prevent the development of the consequences and the disease itself more than 2 times ( in the early days of bite):
- Extensillin ( intramuscular, single injection);
- Doxycycline ( course 10 days with 2 injections);
- Amoxicraft ( course 5days to 4Ukola).
Also prescribed drugs for general strengthening of the body. These are vitamins of groups A, B, C.
The consequences of the disease can be high fever with febrile symptoms, meningitis, neuritis, arthritis. Based on the clinical manifestations of the disease, drugs are prescribed aimed at treating the symptoms.
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Treatment of chronic and acute phase
Treatment of chronic and acute borreliosis is different, which is explained in clinical signs:
- Acute occurs with erythematous form( strong reddening of the skin) and without erythematous, but with damage to the nervous system of the patient, his muscles, jointsand hearts. At the end of two months, the disease fades to naught, and at the end of the third it disappears completely.
- Chronic is characterized by recurrences or continuous leakage, as well as damage to the nervous system, muscles, joints and heart, but lasts about six months and more.
All treatment is individual and related to how the selected antibiotic acts on Borrelia. Eliminate Borrelia on the analysis of susceptibility to an antibiotic, it is not possible not only because of the cost.
Therefore, should pay attention to the prescribed drug ( even an antibiotic), which may not have any effect on the suppression and development of microorganisms-pathogens and, if necessary, replace it.
Traditional medicine
Treatment of borreliosis with folk remedies - a waste of time .The basis is treatment with antibiotics, strong substances that can kill an infection in the body.
Herbs and phytoine collections are useful only for maintaining the body's immune system in fighting infection. Borrelia have the ability to multiply rapidly, and their destruction is slow.
Among other things, the recommendation includes a lemon, porcelain, vegetable, garlic. Also recommend drinking a tincture of strawberry leaves.
Than especially treatment of borreliosis in children
Treatment of Lyme disease in children is probably the most difficult process.
Difficulties begin from the very beginning, in the diagnosis.
Often, redness is written off for allergy to , for a particular product, missing the time for which the disease begins to progress.
If a child has spent summer in the vegetation, do not exclude the submission of tests for Lyme disease, in order to avoid the consequences of this disease. Courses of antibiotics are prescribed for a long period, while not every antibiotic can be suitable for a child's body.
Ask the child as often as possible about his condition. Do not wait for the direction of the attending physician, hand over the tests for general and chemical tests( urine, blood), make ultrasound of the abdominal cavity.
Consequences of infection
Considering the consequences of Lyme disease( bite of a tick infected with a virus), it is possible to identify the main symptoms of accrual:
- headaches, cough, fatigue, lethargy;
- skin lesion( erythema), most often ring-shaped;
- development of hepatitis, arthritis, myocarditis;
- meningitis, encephalitis, muscle paralysis( the nervous system and the motor apparatus are affected);
- affection of joints, brain and its membranes.
Also experts speak about the danger of bite of an infected tick of a pregnant woman, more precisely the effect of infection on the fetus:
- development of heart disease in a child;
- hemorrhage in the brain;
- intrauterine death or fatal outcome after birth.
Prevention of the disease
Lyme disease and prevention are almost incompatible, you can only note that the should avoid places with lots of trees and tall grass, and such are forests, parks, lakes, homesteads.
Use protective clothing , namely light colors, with high collars and long sleeves, sweaters, shirts, long pants and trousers. Do not exclude the use of chemicals that repel insects.
Try, while in these places, to check, as often as possible exposed areas of the body. Ticks can get into the house and on the vegetation brought from the forest, park, cottages. The carriers of the ticks are also domestic animals on the street.
Pets should also inspect for the presence of tick in their skin, especially during the spring-summer season.
In the photo, a trap for
ticks Where to treat Borrelia in Moscow
Based on the reviews of patients infected with tick bite, it is worth noting that most of the recommends that they contact the SRI in the direction of a doctor or for a fee. Offer to apply to the immunochip laboratory.
In conclusion, I want to note that the best way to avoid complications and the bite itself is to avoid the place of congestion of mites, in the summer-autumn period. If the bite could not be avoided, the doctor should be consulted in due time with the slightest symptoms( especially the child).
If possible, it is advisable to take the tick for analysis.
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