lyme+disease

= ** Lyme Disease ** =

//**What causes the disease?**//

 * ** lyme disease is caused bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi (//B. burgdorferi).// **
 * ** Blacklegged ticks carrythe bacteria ticks pick up the bacteria when they bite mice or deer or moose that have the disease . **
 * ** You can get the disease if you are bitten by a tick. **
 * ** the bite turns into a " red bulleye ". **

//**What are the effects of the disease?**//

 * =====** symptoms, including changes affecting the skin, heart, joints and nervous system. **=====
 * =====** It is also known as borrelia or borreliosis. **=====
 * ** Erythema migrans can also appear at other places on the body where the tick has not bitten. Some people get many red spots. **
 * ** Usually one to four weeks will pass between the bite and when erythema migrans appears. **

> //**Treatment for lyme disease.**// > > > //**How is lyme disease transmitted?**// > > >
 * // **Flu-like symptoms**: // People with early disease may feel like they’ve got a virus.
 * ** Fever **
 * ** Fatigue **
 * ** Headache **
 * ** Muscle aches **
 * ** Joint aches **
 * ** Swollen glands **
 * **Several antibiotics can treat the illness. The sooner treatments starts, the better. Most cases of Lyme disease can be cured with a 2-4 week treatment of doxycycline, amoxicillin, or ceftriaxone. People with certain neurological or cardiac problems may require intravenous treatment with penicillin or ceftriaxone. Patients diagnosed in the later stages of the disease can have persistent or recurrent symptoms requiring a longer course of antibiotic treatment.**
 * //**Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, is spread through the bite of infected ticks. The blacklegged tick (or deer tick, Ixodes scapularis) spreads the disease in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and north-central United States, and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) spreads the disease on the Pacific Coast.**//