..my 12 year old boy is having what he calls hot flushes, he has been diagnosed with lyme disease. Is this a reaction to the antibiotics?? could it be something called herxing?
Hello have gone through your question and understand your concern. Let me enlighten you in brief about Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction or what is commonly called as Herding. It is basically an unavoidable reaction or immune response of body caused when treatment for disease is initiated due to death of disease causing pathogen not by antibiotics. Positively Herding shows effective antibiotic therapy and is seen as evidence of continuing elimination of these very persistent bacteria. The above mention symptoms of hot flashes are suggestive of Herding but the symptoms of Herding vary person to person, if symptoms worsen contact the treating doctor. Thank you.