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Clinical management

If recognised promptly and treated with a full course of appropriate antibiotics, acute Lyme disease will usually resolve without further complications. Therefore it is important to treat patients presenting with an erythema migrans rash on clinical suspicion alone and to recognise other manifestations of Lyme disease and investigate accordingly.

The gives detailed advice for healthcare professionals about the treatment of Lyme disease

The antibiotic choices recommended by NICE for treating Lyme disease are summarised in this , produced by the BMJ.

Post exposure prophylaxis is only recommended in areas of very high Lyme disease incidence such as the eastern seaboard of the USA and is not recommended anywhere else.

Transmission and prevention

There are no known cases of transmission of Lyme disease by vectors other than ticks and there is no reliable documented evidence of transmission by person-to-person contact.

The risk of mother to baby transmission is very low. See the NICE guideline section .

There are no vaccines for Lyme disease prevention currently available for human use.

The best way to reduce the chance of getting Lyme disease is to improve tick awareness, reduce the risk of tick bites and to remove any attached tick quickly and correctly.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provides several resources about tick awareness and how to reduce the risk of Lyme disease.

Tick bite risks and prevention of Lyme disease: resources

Other resources

UKHSA鈥檚 advice for the public and patients is available on and in a UKHSA leaflet about Lyme disease signs and symptoms.

Lyme disease: signs and symptoms

Support and advice is also available from .

A is available from the Royal College of General Practitioners and Lyme Disease Action.

, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.