APRIL'S TOPIC Lyme Disease What Is It, And How Do You Avoid it!?

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Lyme Disease 

The site that was used for research purposes of this topic, is as follows.

https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html

Lyme is the most common vector-borne disease in the united states. 

What Causes the disease? It is cased by a bacteria called, borrelia burgdorferi or borrelia mayonil.

How does someone get the disease? It occurs when someone gets bitten by a black legged tick. 

What are the typical symptoms of lyme disease? Some of the symptoms are fever, headache, fatigue, and a sink rash called, erythema migrans. 

What happens if you don’t treat it? An infection can spread to the person’s joints, their heart, and nervous system.

How is it diagnosed? Diagnosis is based in the person’s symptoms, IE has the rash. Lab tests are also done to conclude the best way to treat it.  Typically, can be treated with a few weeks of antibiotics. 

Tips to prevent tick bites include 

• The proper removal of a tick
• Bug spray
• Apply pesticides

Other tick diseases include:

• Anapasmosis
• Babesiosis
• Ehrlichiosis
• Lyme disease 
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

If you find a tick on the body here is how to properly remove it.

• Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible.
• Pull upward with steady, even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If this happens, remove the mouth-parts with tweezers. If you are unable to remove the mouth easily with clean tweezers, leave it alone and let the skin heal.
• After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water.
• Never crush a tick with your fingers. Dispose of a live tick by putting it in alcohol, placing it in a sealed bag/container, wrapping it tightly in tape, or flushing it down the toilet.

Follow-up

If you develop a rash or fever within several weeks of removing a tick, see your doctor. Be sure to tell the doctor about your recent tick bite, when the bite occurred, and where you most likely acquired the tick.

This blogpost is just a simple generalization on the topic please go to https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html For a more detailed explaining of this condition.