What can doxycycline cure?

Doxycycline is a tetracycline antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. It works by inhibiting the growth of bacteria. Some of the infections that doxycycline can cure include:

- Acne vulgaris (a skin condition that occurs when the sebaceous glands in the skin become clogged, leading to the formation of blackheads, whiteheads, or pimples)

- Brucellosis (a bacterial infection that is spread through contact with infected animals or their products, such as unpasteurized milk)

- Chlamydial infections (infections caused by the bacteria Chlamydia, which can cause a variety of symptoms, including fever, sore throat, cough, eye infections, and sexually transmitted infections)

- Lyme disease (a bacterial infection that is spread through the bite of an infected tick)

- Malaria (a parasitic infection that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito)

- Pneumonia (a lung infection that can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi)

- Q fever (a bacterial infection that is spread through contact with infected animals or their products, such as unpasteurized milk)

- Rickettsial infections (infections caused by bacteria that are spread through the bite of an infected tick, louse, or flea)

- Syphilis (a sexually transmitted infection that is caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum)

- Traveler's diarrhea (a diarrheal illness that can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites, and that is often acquired while traveling to developing countries)

- Tularemia (a bacterial infection that is spread through contact with infected animals or their products, such as unpasteurized milk)

- Urethritis (an inflammation of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body)