| Lyme Disease. What is Lyme disease?Lyme
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| | aspiration helps to recognize the
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| disease is an infectious disease. A
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| | condition.How is Lyme disease
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| spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, a kind
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| | treated?Most cases of Lyme disease are
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| of germ, is the cause. Deer ticks or
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| | treated with several weeks of
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| western black-legged ticks bite people
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| | antibiotics. Early Lyme disease requires
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| and transmit the bacterium to humans.
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| | 14 to 30 days of antibiotics. Antibiotics
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| These ticks are about the size of sesame
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| | usually are given by mouth. If the
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| seeds. Lyme disease mostly happens in
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| | nervous system is involved, antibiotics
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| rural and suburban regions. Lyme disease
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| | may need to be given intravenously. Take
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| is found in United States, Europe, Asia
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| | all the drugs, which your doctor
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| and Australia.The symptoms of Lyme
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| | prescribed, according to instruction. To
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| disease include: Fever Headache Fatigue
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| | prevent spreading the infection to
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| Chills Stiff neck Muscle aches Joint pain
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| | joints, heart and nervous system do not
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| Skin rash named erythema migrans, which
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| | stop taking the medicine. Call your
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| appears from week to month after a tick
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| | doctor and discuss if you have some
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| bite. This rash usually starts at the
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| | problems with the drug. Blood tests are
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| site of the tick bite. Originally it is a
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| | not very useful to check your treatment.
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| small red spot that grow larger. The
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| | Sometime Lyme disease gives positive
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| center fade, which looks like a "bull's
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| | tests even after a moth of treatment. In
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| eye" or ring. Some people have just many
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| | advanced Lyme disease, symptoms may
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| red spots instead. The rash burns and
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| | improve, but do not disappear completely.
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| itches often. However some people do not
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| | If symptoms persist or worsen after
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| feel it.Later infection spreads to
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| | treatment, contact your doctor.How to
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| joints, the heart, and nervous system.
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| | prevent Lyme disease?The best way is to
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| Affected heart beats irregularly or
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| | avoid tick bites. Clothing in the woods
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| slowly. Bell's palsy (a sort of face
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| | area, long-sleeved shirt and pants
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| droop) means the nervous system damage.
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| | instead of shorts are good protection. An
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| If not treated, Lyme disease causes
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| | insect repellent containing permethrin or
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| arthritis (joints inflammation) and more
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| | similar staff could be used. Follow
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| nervous system problems. Usually, only
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| | instructions for application because the
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| one large joint, knee for example, swells
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| | repellents may also cause skin
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| and hurts. Sometimes more than one joint
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| | irritation. After walking outdoors, check
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| becomes inflamed. Later, Lyme disease
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| | your skin body and scalp for ticks and
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| causes trouble concentrating, memory
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| | rashes. Check your pets. Remove ticks
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| loss, muscle weakness, tingling and
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| | promptly form you cloth. Also consider
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| numbness.How to find out if you have Lyme
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| | landscaping and pest control in you area.
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| disease?Talk to your doctor about your
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| | The ticks may transmit other tick-borne
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| symptoms. He usually diagnoses Lyme
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| | diseases too.If you find a tick on your
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| disease if you have symptoms and physical
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| | skin, use tweezers, grasp the tick close
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| findings (especially specific rash). The
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| | to your skin. Pull steady, do not squeeze
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| possibility of infected tick bites is
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| | or twist the tick. If any parts stay in
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| important in the consideration. Lab tests
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| | your skin, carefully remove them as if a
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| are helpful mostly in the later stages of
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| | splinter. Then put some antiseptic
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| disease. Early they may give false
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| | ointment. Old methods of putting
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| results. People who have been sick with
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| | kerosene, gasoline on the tick were not
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| Lyme disease for less than a month may
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| | proved to work well. After removing the
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| have negative blood test, because they
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| | tick, check your skin over the next
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| still have to develop antibodies to the
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| | month. In case of a rash, go to your
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| disease. Also, in early Lyme disease,
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| | doctor and tell about the bite. Usually
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| patients who take antibiotics for other
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| | people, who are bitten by a tick, but do
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| reasons may never develop a positive Lyme
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| | not feel sick or get a rash, do not need
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| disease test. Blood test is almost always
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| | antibiotics. If you are unsure, call your
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| positive in patients who sick for over
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| | doctor at the time of bite. Some other
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| month without antibiotics.Swelled joints
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| | diseases, spread by ticks, may require
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| or nervous system symptoms may require
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| | additional actions and
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| special tests. Joint fluid or spine fluid
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| | treatments.Aleksandr Kavokin, MD, PhD.
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