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Treatments Overview Articles

Lyme disease
Most people who are bitten by a tick do NOT get Lyme disease. Antibiotics may be offered to someone who isn't sick if: They have a tick that can carry Lyme disease attached to their body; The tick is estimated to have been attached to them for at ...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 19, 2008
Lyme Disease
The treatment for Lyme disease is antibiotic therapy. If a child has strong indications of Lyme disease (symptoms and medical history), the doctor will probably begin treatment on the presumption of this disease. The American College of Physicians...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Lyme Disease
While antibiotics are essential in treating Lyme disease, many alternative therapies may minimize symptoms, improve the immune response, and help treat late disseminated or chronic disease. General nutritional guidelines include drinking plenty of...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Lyme Disease
The treatment for Lyme disease is antibiotic therapy; however, overprescribing of antibiotics can lead to serious problems, so the decision to treat must be made with care. Disease organisms can develop resistance to families of medications over t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Lyme Disease
Patients are usually treated initially by an emergency physician (if they have gone to an emergency room to have the tick removed) or by a primary care physician (PCP). The PCP may consult a neurologist, dermatologist, or infectious disease specia...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders

Specific Treatments Articles

Antibiotics
Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection. They may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Antibiotics
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides , may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antibiotics
Antibiotics are drugs that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms, including protozoa, parasites, and fungi. Purpose Many treatments for cancer destroy disease-fighting white blood cells, thereby reducing the body ' s ability to fight infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Antibiotics
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the sub-group of anti-infectives that are derived from bacterial sources and are used to treat bacterial infections. Other classes of drugs, most notably the sulfonamides, may be effective antibacterials.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antibiotics
Antibiotics may be informally defined as the subgroup of anti-infectives derived from bacterial sources and used to treat bacterial infections. Purpose Antibiotics are used for treatment or prevention of bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Antibiotics
Antibiotics represent a class of drugs used in the treatment of infections and infectious diseases caused by bacteria. These bacteria possess unique features (e.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Antibiotics
Drugs used to combat bacteria that cause infection. Antibiotics are substances that combat bacteria, and, as a result, relieve the symptoms of infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are medicines that relieve pain , swelling, stiffness, and inflammation. Purpose Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are prescribed for a variety of painful conditions, including arthritis, bursitis , tendinitis , gout , menstrual cramps, sprains, strains, and other injuries.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduce pain and inflammation. Purpose NSAIDs often are used to relieve mild to moderate pain for all types of cancer.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are medications other than corticosteroids that relieve pain, swelling, stiffness, and inflammation. Purpose Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed for a variety of painful conditions, including arthritis, bursitis, tendinitis, gout, menstrual cramps, sprains, strains, and other injuries.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs - Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are medicines that relieve pain , swelling, stiffness, and inflammation. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are prescribed for a variety of painful conditions, including arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, gout, menstrual cramps, sprains , strains , and other injuries.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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