Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a black-legged or deer tick. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi is responsible for the infection. Common chronic Lyme disease symptoms include headache, fatigue, fever and skin rash. If not treated in time, Lyme disease becomes chronic in nature. The following are some of the chronic Lyme disease symptoms: Third Stage Chronic Lyme disease is also called third stage or late stage Lyme disease. This can result from an inaccurate diagnosis or ineffective treatment. The Lyme Disease Research Database has suggested that chronic disease can result from incomplete killing of the bacteria. Also the conditions may be suitable for bacterial growth. Abandoning treatment midway can also contribute to chronic disease. Certain symptoms may recur after months or years. Arthritis Chronic  [...]

Lyme disease is a form of infection that spreads after being bitten by infection-ridden ticks that are carriers of Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium leading to bulls-eye type rashes, weariness, headaches, rigidity in neck, fever, muscular or joint aches and swell up. In case prompt treatment is not given complications that involve the cardiovascular, nervous system, joint and skin could imminently develop. Lyme disease is generally effectually treated with a brief antibiotic course and often recommended in the advanced staging of the disease. Prescription of antibiotic medicines is based on the age, signs and staging of the disease and given via oral, jab or intravenously. The span of antibiotic treatment would vary in accordance to severity of the disease, signs experienced, and normally lasting  [...]

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted due to the bite of a particular form of tick. This disease is found in several countries like Asia, Europe, North California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, States of the Mid-Atlantic is has been noted to be spreading rapidly to other parts. There has been a noticeable rise in both the number of cited Lyme disease cases and the geographical regions in which they have been detected. When one is bitten by an infected tick, the infection would transmit only after the tick has had a chance to have a bloody food feast. This would some span of time; hence it would be quite sensible to get one’s body examined following outside activities in regions where the Lyme disease is identified to occur. Recently latched on ticks could be removed without  [...]

As Lyme disease makes itself evident, the following notable early lyme disease symptoms observed. Erythma migrans – Lyme Disease rash that is noticed in nearly eighty percent Lyme disease cases that commences as a minute red colored mark that enlarges in due course of time that could range from days to weeks, eventually leading to the formation of a rounded, triangle-like or elliptical shaped rash. At times, the lyme disease rash looks quite similar to a bull’s eye due to the presence of a reddish band encircling a core clear spot. The size of the rash could vary from a small coin and could even be as big that it could cover the entire backside of an individual that would become evident in mere weeks following a tick bite, normally seen at the bite location. With the infection proliferating,  [...]

Lyme disease, the tick bite transmitted bacterial infection was initially identified in 1975, subsequent to the research work undertaken by scientists to delve into the reasons behind the unnaturally huge populace of infants being detected with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in areas like Lyme, Conn and duo adjacent settlements. The examiners found that a major population of children that were affected resided in the close by forested locales where ticks were believed to thrive. The researchers additionally noted that the preliminary lyme disease symptoms classically commenced during the summer season that overlapped with the peak time for the ticks. Numerous patients cited displaying unusual kinds of rashes on the skin just prior to having symptoms of arthritis, and several patients also  [...]