Quantcast Lyme disease may simply be displayed as a subtle area of pink or red skin rather than the classic bull's-eye rash. Lyme disease can display multiple rings, resembling a bull's-eye, of redness, suggesting an enlarging rash spreading from the bite site of the tick. In Lyme disease, the only sign of infection may be a very faint, quickly disappearing area of pink skin. The tick of Lyme disease is very small. This ruler is in millimeters, showing a tick that is 3 mm in length.
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Lyme disease may simply be displayed as a subtle area of pink or red skin rather than the classic bull's-eye rash.
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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe
Lyme disease can be treated and cured with one of several oral antibiotics for 3–4 weeks. The skin rash will go away within a few days of beginning treatment, but other symptoms may persist for up to a few weeks. In severe cases of Lyme disease where the nervous system is involved, the antibiotic may need to be given intravenously. In late stage Lyme disease, symptoms may not go away completely but should improve.

Last Modified: 5 Mar 2008

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