*Cure* and blood donations

[Guest guest]

Quoted from B. Robards' article posted on this list:

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The medical world does not officially recognize Lyme Disease in its chronic

form, instead identifying it as readily diagnosed and cured with antibiotics.**

After reading this list and a number of websites on Lyme, I have a few

questions. & nbsp;

I understand that it can be difficult to diagnose Lyme and that there is often a

significant delay between initial infection and symptoms and a correct

diagnosis, which makes the disease more difficult to treat and increases the

potential for chronic Lyme problems. & nbsp;

However, *when it is diagnosed and treated PROMPTLY*, is it considered

*cured*? & nbsp; Or is there still a propensity for chronic Lyme anyway? & nbsp; Is

a four-week course of antibiotics considered sufficient to eradicate the

spirochetes? & nbsp;

After reading the discussion on donating blood, is there ever a point in which

one could again donate blood? & nbsp; Or should having had Lyme symptoms once

permanently rule out future blood donations? & nbsp;

Thanks for your input. & nbsp;

Sue