Lyme disease is a harmless and perfectly treated minor infection that people get if they are bitten by a tick that has the germ or whatever. Primarily a skin disease, people who have it won't really know about it because you only get what doctors call a "bullseye" mark on your skin an symptoms can take up to a year to be properly diagnosed. Symptoms never effect the central nervous system, rarely go beyond the "localized" stage and include:
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| - Lyme disease is a harmless and perfectly treated minor infection that people get if they are bitten by a tick that has the germ or whatever. Primarily a skin disease, people who have it won't really know about it because you only get what doctors call a "bullseye" mark on your skin an symptoms can take up to a year to be properly diagnosed. Symptoms never effect the central nervous system, rarely go beyond the "localized" stage and include:
- Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is a severe infectious disease caused a spiral-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bites of ticks (and possibly other insects) and is prevalent across the United States and throughout the world. The Lyme spirochete can cause infection of multiple organs and produce a wide range of symptoms. Case reports in the medical literature document the protean manifestations of Lyme disease, and familiarity with its varied presentations is key to recognizing disseminated disease.
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| - a rash and flu-like symptoms in its initial stage, then musculoskeletal, arthritic, neurologic, psychiatric and cardiac manifestations.
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| - Borrelia burgdorferi in the US, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii are in Europe
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| - Lyme disease is a harmless and perfectly treated minor infection that people get if they are bitten by a tick that has the germ or whatever. Primarily a skin disease, people who have it won't really know about it because you only get what doctors call a "bullseye" mark on your skin an symptoms can take up to a year to be properly diagnosed. Symptoms never effect the central nervous system, rarely go beyond the "localized" stage and include:
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- Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is a severe infectious disease caused a spiral-shaped bacteria (spirochete) called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bites of ticks (and possibly other insects) and is prevalent across the United States and throughout the world. The Lyme spirochete can cause infection of multiple organs and produce a wide range of symptoms. Case reports in the medical literature document the protean manifestations of Lyme disease, and familiarity with its varied presentations is key to recognizing disseminated disease. Ticks know no borders and respect no boundaries. A patient's county of residence does not accurately reflect his or her Lyme disease risk because people travel, pets travel, and ticks travel. This creates a dynamic situation with many opportunities for exposure to Lyme disease for each individual. The key symptom is a large target shaped rash centered at the site of the tick bite. However, fewer than 50% of patients with Lyme disease recall a tick bite. In some studies this number is as low as 15% in culture-proven infection with the Lyme spirochete. Although the disease is rarely fatal, if left untreated the neurological symptoms become progressively worse, can become irreversible, and can result in death. The disease is treatable if caught in it's early stages, but due to the potentially severe long term complications, prevention is essential. Those who walk or hike where ticks are common (forest, tall grass or weeds, etc.) should wear clothing that covers the entire body, particularly at the ankles where tick bites are the most common.
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