Anyone know anything about persistent Lyme disease?

[pnwmom]

I know a young man who is terribly sick from it (fever and flu like symptoms). He's had 6 weeks of antibiotics and just tested positive for Lyme, again. Is this typical? How long will it be before he feels better?

[Ellipsis]

1. could take a couple months

or longer it's not fun

[edhopper]

2. Try WebMD

Or Mayo. They are usually quite thorough with illnesses.

[HuckleB]

3. Maybe he needs to see a science-based physician.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/political-science-chronic-lyme-disease/

[pnwmom]

4. He's being treated by infectious disease specialists at U.W. n/t

[TDale313]

5. Sorry to hear that.

I don't have any expertise, but I have had the impression that no, this is not a quick thing to recover from.

[still_one]

6. Find the places where they have the experience to treat the disease. Second or even third opinions

Are good to have

Information is vital

[Nay]

7. Hmmm. Do you know what antibiotic(s) he is on? I had Lyme Disease for a short time

only since I got the characteristic bull's-eye rash first (and never got the flu-like symptoms) and was treated immediately with Cipro. I have not been sick since. You say he's being treated by specialists, so I can't imagine they're doing it wrong. Sorry to be so unhelpful. I do remember reading that once you actually got sick with the fever and flu-like stuff, you were harder to treat as compared with the folks who were lucky enough to have the rash and get treated right away.

[glasshouses]

8. It affects everyone diiferently

Growing up in New England I couldn't believe how many people
I know who have it.

I've seen people have to resort to wheel chairs , being bed ridden for weeks.
One person had a heart attack at work and it was found out it was because of lyme disease .

If he's being treated he will come out of it but it never goes away.
Once you have it you always have it