Doctors must consider other treatment options and rule out other illnesses that may be mistaken for Lyme disease. People with later-stage disease who require IV antibiotics or hospitalization must be monitored in the weeks following their treatment. The bull's-eye shape of the Lyme rash may grow in size. Methods used for creating a national Lyme disease risk map. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established.
New research changes drug and treatment therapies daily.
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