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Doxycycline hyclate is a broad-spectrum tetracycline daily antibiotic that is commonly used to treat a large variety of bacterial infections, such as the Rocky Mountain spotted fever and several other fevers-like symptoms that are usually caused by fleas, ticks and lice; chronic eye infections, gonococcal infections in adults. It is quite efficient to treat inhalational anthrax as well as urinary tract infections and combined with other medications it is widely used against diarrhea caused by a severe parasitic infection of the intestines, also called amoebic dysentery , as well as severe acne.
Doxycycline is also used for the prevention of malaria during foreign trips of a duration of 4 months' or less. Now and then, even though its not yet officially approved, doctors may prescribe doxycycline for the treatment of early Lyme disease and in the prevention of the "traveler's diarrhea."
You should not take doxycycline hyclate if you have ever experienced an allergic reaction due to doxycycline and any derived dugs. Make sure to inform your doctor is if you suffer from any side effects during a doxycycline-based treatment. Common side effects caused by this medication are body pains skin rash, itching, swelling of the face, the lips, the arms and legs and the throat, inflammation of the tongue, high sensitivity to UV rays, nausea, loss of appetite and urinary issues. An allergy to doxycycline may in some cases cause rectal and genital swelling and itching.
Usually, doxycycline hyclate is not prescribed to children under 8 years old (with the exception of a case of inhalational anthrax) and pregnant women (mostly in the last half of pregnancy) as it may cause a permanent discoloration of developing teeth. Also note that doxycycline will increase sensitivity to light and reduce the effectiveness of birth control pills that contain estrogen.