A small group of doctors—and a large number of patients—say Lyme disease can sometimes manifest ... There may be other early symptoms, including flu-like malaise and body aches.

A bacterial infection known as Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease. Antibiotics clear bacterial infections, especially in the early stages. However, Lyme disease can progress if left untreated.

The duration of antibiotic therapy for early Lyme disease has been increasing in clinical practice. In this double-blind trial, researchers randomized 180 patients (minimum age, 16) with annular ...

How common is spontaneous cure at stages I and II ... Nau R, Christen H, Eiffert H: Lyme disease—current state of knowledge [Lyme-Borreliose – aktueller Kenntnisstand]. Dtsch Arztebl Int ...