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Lyme disease is primarily known for causing a rash and flu-like symptoms, but according to the CDC, it can persist in some people and lead to what is called Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS).
Image from CDC. [Public domain.] B burgdorferi sensu lato, the primary cause of Lyme disease, includes the following three genospecies: B burgdorferi sensu stricto, B garinii, and B afzelii. In European patients with erythema migrans, B afzelii accounts for 80% of lesions and B garinii for...
How can you prevent Lyme disease? If you find a tick on your skin, remove it as soon as possible, Wormser said.The CDC recommendsgrasping the tick's body as close to the skin's surface as possible using fine-tipped tweezers; pulling upward with steady pressure and no twisting; and ...
The tick that causes Lyme disease has been moving from the Northeast and upper Midwest into the Southern and Western U.S., Mexico, and Canada. According to the CDC, the states with the most reported cases in 2020 were Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, and Maine. How to Re...
Blood tests (testing for antibiotics to the bacteria causing Lyme Disease) are most effective 2-6 weeks after the tick bite- as the immune system takes time to build up these antibodies. Children with the classic erythema migrans rash are treated immediately with appropriate antibiotics against ...
disease cases jumped nearly 70% in 2022, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. But health officials say it’s due to a change in reporting requirements, and not an explosion of new infections. Credit: CDC via AP, ...
You do not need to save the tick to get it tested. The CDC states this is generally not useful because even if the tick contains disease-causing organisms, it does not necessarily mean you have been infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease; and if you have been infected, symptom...
For patients with clinical signs, symptoms, and history suspicious for Lyme disease, the current standard is a two-tiered serologic approach, originally proposed at a multiagency consensus conference in 1995, and still endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Figure 1).1...