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#4810 - 01/29/10 08:41 PM
Should I give preventative antibiotics to our baby?
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buddhaflow
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Registered: 01/29/10
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Hi everyone,
My wife was bitten by a tick last summer, in her early second trimester of pregnancy. She got sick at the time, but thought it was just morning sickness.
Now, we have had our beautiful little girl, and she is nine weeks old. Just last week, my wife's knees really started hurting, she started feeling tired, and a rash appeared on her rear. An ELISA test was positive for Lyme.
So, we are probably going to do the full course of antibiotics, as well as some alternative treatments as well (herbs, mega-dose of C, silver, etc.)
Here's the question we have:
Our baby was small at birth, at is slightly jaundiced. However, we are unsure about the efficacy of the testing methods, especially because she has no symptoms.
Should we push for a preventative regiment of anti-biotics to give to her, even without a positive diagnosis? Do you think that the chance of preventing significant harm later outweighs the risks of giving such a small baby (11 lbs) such strong drugs?
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and I thank you in advance for any advice you might have.
Sincerely,
Sasha Shepherd
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#4818 - 02/02/10 07:00 AM
Re: Should I give preventative antibiotics to our baby?
[Re: buddhaflow]
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Rich_skiweasel7
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Registered: 12/29/06
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Where do you live? I would see a LLMD. I could e-mail you some in your area.
-Rich (skiweasel7)
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