About 10% of people treated for Lyme infection don’t shake the disease. This Lyme disease complication can create symptoms that last longer than others. They may go on to have three core symptoms: joint or muscle pain, fatigue, and short-termmemory lossor confusion. This is called post-tr...
Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment - WebMD Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and, rarely, Borrelia mayonii bacteria. What kind of ticks carry Lyme disease? Infected backlegged ticks (also called deer... ...
What Are the Symptoms of Lyme Disease? The first sign is usually a bull's-eye rash. You might also have flu-like feelings of fatigue, headache, fever, sore throat, chills, or body aches. If the infection hasn't been eradicated with antibiotics, you may experience joint pain. Some people...
Stage 2 or early disseminated disease occurs weeks to months after the bite. Multiple 3- to 8-cm erythematous patches (shown) may be seen, though musculoskeletal and neurologic symptoms are more common.[8] The dermatologic inflammatory response to B burgdorferi likely explains the multiple lesions...
Lyme disease is a multisystem illness transmitted to humans via tick bites, from infected ticks of the genus Ixodes. Symptoms often include a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans, as well as headache, fever, and fatigue. Although rarely fatal, if not properly treated, Lyme disease ...
Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics, with a month-long regimen typically doing the job, vets said. “While antibiotics are effective in most cases, it's critical to complete the entire course of treatment, even if symptoms improve, to prevent the recurrence of the disease and reduce the...
May 8, 2012 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Chronic lyme disease (CLD) has been linked to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults, new research shows. "The association between ADHD and CLD has not been identified previously," principal investigator Joel L. Young, MD, medical ...
"Everything about her symptoms indicated stroke: speech deficits, poor comprehension and right-sided face and arm weakness, so we considered treating her with clot-busting drugs. But a 16 year-old having a stroke, while not unheard of, would be quite rare so we looked at other possibilities...
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What Is Lyme Disease? It's in nearly all states and 22 other countries. But most cases have been reported in these states: • Connecticut • Delaware • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Minnesota • New Hampshire • New Jersey ...