Prevention, antibiotics are keys to fighting Lyme disease
Prevent Lyme disease by protecting your skin outdoors, then checking later for ticks, says Waleed Javaid, MD, director of infection control at Upstate. Bites from the tiny insects spread the disease, which can usually be treated with short-term antibiotics but can lead to long-term problems if untreated, says Javaid, who recommends the federal website www.cdc.gov/lyme as a source of reliable information on the illness and on tick removal.