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Lyme disease increases risk of atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation, the most common type of arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), can increase your risk of strokes, heart disease or other heart-related complications. In many cases, atrial fibrillation is associated with a history of cardiac inflammation, writes Szymanska et al. in their article “History of Lyme Disease as a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation.”
Late stage Lyme disease treatment might include azlocillin in the future.
A study by Stanford Medicine indicates that a drug called azlocillin “completely kills off the disease-causing bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi at the onset of the illness.” [1] In addition, the authors say, azlocillin “could be effective for treating [Lyme disease] patients infected with drug-tolerant bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms.”
