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Dear Doctors: I got a tick bite, and because there’s Lyme disease in our area, my doctor put me on antibiotics. It prevented Lyme disease, but I’m worried about what it did to my gut microbiome. How long does it take to recover? Can I do anything to help?
Dear Reader: Over the last few decades, we have become increasingly aware of how the trillions of microbes that live in the human …