Patient's Query
Hi doctor,
My son is 4 years old and was bitten by a tick a couple of months ago. He was interpreted with a rickettsia, which is a high-grade fever rash. He was asked to take a Josamycin antibiotic for two weeks. Then he was fine for a few weeks. However, today he has had a high-grade fever for the past 10 hours with knee pain for no reason. We suspect the tick bite may have transferred Lyme disease and rickettsia as a coinfection, and now Lyme disease took some months to appear. What is your suggestion, doctor?
Thank you.
Hi,
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Please do an IgG (immunoglobulin G) western blot test to confirm Lyme disease. The knee pain and fever may be a late manifestation of Lyme disease. Further management will depend on the reports. As of now, I suggest you can give (consult with a specialist doctor, talk with him or her and take medicines with their consent) tablet Paracetamol (dose as per the child's weight) twice a day for the knee pain.
Thank you.
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