Useful Lyme Acronyms
- ABX
- Antibiotic
- AC
- Before Food
- ACA
- Acrodematitis Chronica Atrophicans
- Pick-Herxheimer
- AFAIK
- As Far As I Know
- AKA
- Also Known As
- AQ
- Water
- BD
- Twice Daily
- BID
- Twice Daily
- BTW
- By The Way
- C
- With
- CAT scan
- Computed Axial Tomography
- CBC
- Complete Blood Count
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- CNB
- Chronic Neuroborreliosis
- CRP
- C-reactive protein test
- CT scan
- Computed Tomography Imaging
- Dx
- Diagnosis
- ECM
- Erythema Chronicum Migrans
- ELISA
- Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay
- EM Rash
- Erythema Migrans rash
- ESR
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- EUCALB
- European Concerted Action on Lyme Borreliosis
- FWIW
- For What It's Worth
- GTT
- Drops
- Herx
- Jarisch-Herxheimer (JH) Reaction
- ID Consultant
- Infectious Diseases Consultant
- IMO
- In My Opinion
- ILADS
- International Lyme And Associated Diseases Society
- LFT
- Liver Function Tests
- LLMD
- Lyme Literate Doctor
- LP
- lumbar puncture / spinal tap
- LUAT
- Lyme Urine Antigen Test
- MRI scan
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- NHS
- National Health Service (UK)
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- OD
- Once Daily
- OM
- In The Morning
- ON
- At Night
- PC
- After Food
- PCR
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- PRN
- When Required
- QDS
- Four Times Daily
- QQH
- Every Four Hours
- Q6H
- Every 6 Hours
- Q8H
- Every 8 Hours
- RBC
- Red blood cell
- Rx
- Prescription
- Spect Scan
- Single Photon Emission Computerised Tomography
- STAT
- Immediately
- TDS
- Three Times Daily
- TID
- Three Times a day
- TFT
- Thyroid Function Fests
- TPTB
- The Powers That Be
- WB
- Western Blot Test
- WBC
- White blood cell
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