Symptoms despite antibiotics | Symptoms of Lyme disease

Symptoms despite antibiotics

If the symptoms persist despite antibiotic therapy, the first step is to try to get the symptoms under control by changing the antibiotic, i.e. by prescribing a different antibiotic. However, an antibiotic therapy of two to four weeks is usually sufficient and even if the symptoms persist, a longer therapy usually has no additional benefit. Despite elimination of the pathogen through antibiotic therapy, the symptoms can persist a little longer. However, if these symptoms persist for a longer period of time, this speaks against the presence of chronic Lyme disease and the secondary conditions of the infection should be treated symptomatically.