Rapid Lyme test?

Greetings friends

I had a friend visit from Iowa last week. She told me she had a wasp bite that wasn't getting better. And asked if I wanted to look at it. I finally did. It was not a wasp bite! A mutual friend who is a doctor and also at the local conference took a look and said, "get home to a doctor and get doxy"

By the next day she was feeling tired and fluish. She got three weeks of doxy and began to feel better. She had a trip planned to El Salvador and went. She texted me and is feeling better. But she said something interesting. The test was positive for Lyme. Are there test for Lyme that come back that quickly? By the way, she has a lake house in MN. I think she might have gone back to MN. So perhaps they have some test in their high lyme area that does a rapid lyme test - like a rapid strep?

Also I am very concerned about her. Should I send her astragalus to follow the doxy? I texted her a picture of the bottle, but I doubt she'll go out and get it. She will likely take it if I send it and send an article as well.

Thanks

Post Edited (Purple Tulip) : 7/24/2017 4:38:52 PM (GMT-6)

I don't know how much she is taking a day. She is feeling better. I will text here again and ask how she is doing, but don't want to be annoying. She probably has no idea how serious it could be. She feels like she taken care of. I worry that it was already a little over a week with that bite before treatment.

Thanks for answering.

PT

Yes it was a rather large circle with a hot red center which was also large. There was a tiny whole where a tick had been.
The doctor knew it wasn't an ordinary bite and since she was recently in a high lyme area was concerned. He made a few comments I knew wasn't totally accurate. But at least he urged her to get help right away. I didn't exactly correct him, but I told her I didn't totally agree with what everything he said. He said the bite wasn't typical. HA! I have seen enough of them to know they don't all look alike! But this was unmistakable! He also made a few remarks about the length of time until treatment.