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Just do the antibiotics and don't worry about it, it will kill the bacteria if it exists. The standard lyme test looks for the antibodies, which won't exist if
by newbie12 13y ago
Just do the antibiotics and don't worry about it, it will kill the bacteria if it exists. The standard lyme test looks for the antibodies, which won't exist if you take the antibiotics within a few days of the bite.
- Alex3917 13y ago"Just do the antibiotics and don't worry about it, it will kill the bacteria if it exists." There's still a chance of having it even after the antibiotics. The chances of getting it even after taking a prophylaxis go down from around 3% to perhaps a little under 1%, but there's still a chance. And there are also other tick diseases that doxycycline doesn't work for. The most likely case is that mine was only attached for a little under 24 hours, which reduces the chances even further, but considering that if not treated right away it's basically as bad as AIDs it's still kind of alarming.