# Intravenous Antibiotics Injection for Lyme Disease Patients

- Link: https://sifsof.com/clinical-apps/the-necessity-of-vein-finders-for-lyme-disease-patients/
- Published: 2020-03-04T16:08:55+00:00
- Author: Developer

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the Borrelia bacterium which is 
spread by ticks. The most common sign of infection is an expanding area of redness
on the skin, known as erythema migrants, that appears at the site of the tick bite
about a week after it occurred.

In the early stages of Lyme disease, people treated with appropriate antibiotics
usually recover rapidly and completely. Antibiotics commonly used for oral treatment
include doxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime axetil. However, people with certain
neurological or cardiac forms of the illness may require Intravenous Treatment (
IV) with antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or penicillin.

The antibiotic is administered through a small narrow flexible tube called a catheter
or IV line, which is inserted into a vein using a needle. The needle is removed,
and the IV line is left in place and secured by a dressing. There are different 
types of IV lines available, and the one chosen for your treatment will depend on
your veins and how long you will need the antibiotics.

Typical **IV therapy** consists of a 2- to 4-week course. The patient undergoes 
a daily antibiotics injection which has been proven to be very effective. However,
for some patients, it can be a bit long and discomforting process. A daily injection
can represent a nightmare for those patients whose veins are hard to to detect.

Thus, a vein finder is really recommended for rheumatologists. The FDA Portable 
Vein Detector [**SIFVEIN-5.2**](https://sifsof.com/product/medical-vein-finder-sifvein-5-2/)
is perfect here since it provides a significant help for patients of all ages and
solves various difficulties that might face the medical staff, such as: obesity,
swollen tissue, hairy skin, dark skin, hypovolymia, etc.

The vein detector assists medical professionals to locate and find veins quickly
and accurately during IV, increasing the success rate of the procedure. It relieves
nurses’ work pressure, reduces the patient’s pain and fear and improve the quality
of medical services.

The portable device SIFVEIN-5.2 also helps patients to receive their treatments 
from home on their own. Because of the terrifying outbreak of epidemic diseases,
particularly the **[novel coronavirus (COVID-19)](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it)**,
hospitals and medical facilities are not now truly safe havens for recovery and 
rehabilitation. Ironically enough, in most infected countries, they are now considered
as bacterial hotspots and breeding grounds for  [**Hospital Acquired Infections**](https://www.cdc.gov/hai/).

[**SIFSOF vein viewers **](https://sifsof.com/product-category/vein-finder-probe/)
are easy to use and allow patients to detect their own veins and easily do the antibiotic
injections (if they’re well trained to do so) without taking the burden paying some
daily unnecessary visits to the hospital.

**Reference: [Lyme disease](https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html)
[Stanford Medecine](https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016/04/new-compounds-have-potential-to-combat-lyme-disease.html)

 * ![FDA Portable Vein Finder SIFVEIN-7.2](https://sifsof.com/wp-content/uploads/
   2019/12/FDA-Portable-Vein-Finder-SIFVEIN-7.2-300x300.jpg)
 * FDA Portable Vein Finder SIFVEIN-7.2
 * ![FDA Portable Vein Detector SIFVEIN-5.2](https://sifsof.com/wp-content/uploads/
   2018/06/FDA-Portable-Vein-Detector-SIFVEIN-5.2-1-300x300.jpg)
 * FDA Portable Vein Detector SIFVEIN-5.2
 * ![Portable Clinic Handheld Infrared Transilluminator Vein Detector : SIFVEIN-
   2.1 main pic](https://sifsof.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SIFVEIN-2.1-300x300.
   jpg)
 * Portable Clinic Handheld Infrared Transilluminator Vein Detector : SIFVEIN-2.1

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