Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease is essentially an infection of Borrelia Burgforferi, which is an organism found in ticks. If a tick comes into contact with an organism, Lyme disease can develop throughout multiple systems of that organism. In the United States, most cases of tick-borne Lyme disease are from deer ticks.
People, especially in wooded areas, risk Lyme disease when they are substituted for animals by ticks for their needed blood. Ticks surivive by stealing nutrients from blood.
Cases of Lyme disease were reported in 48 of 50 states in 2008.
Symptoms
Lyme disease symptoms include skin and nerve damage. A circular rash or circle of raised, red skin where a tick bite occurred generally appears. The skin may inflame as the disease attacks nerve cells. Other symptoms include fatigue, fever, sore muscles, joint pain and headaches.
Treatments and Cures
There are no home remedies for Lyme disease, and untreated cases can cause memory loss, tremors, muscle spasms, sharp pains and meningitis.
Anitbiotics are the most common form of treatment for Lyme disease. They are usually prescribed for three to four weeks.
Adult cases of Lyme disease are usually treated with an antibiotic called oral doxycycline.
Children are usually prescribed amoxicillin.
Cases of Lyme disease that need additional treatment require a combination of drugs. Once the Lyme disease is cured, reinfection of the bite has been known to occur. A flair-up of the disease will need a second round of antibiotics.
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