Being treated for tick bite - should antibiotic be doxycycline or AMOX/CLAV k 87!
Question:
Being treated for tick bite - should antibiotic be doxycycline or AMOX/CLAV k 875-125MG (known as Augumentin)?
Left back of knee very swollen.
Answers:
It should be whatever your physician prescribed! Is he treating suspected Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Tularemia, or just a plain old skin infection? Antibiotics are not usually prescribed routinely after a tick bite unless one of the above conditions is suspected. (You're not treating yourself, are you?)