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Yes. Lyme disease is a systemic infection that can affect all systems of the human body. This disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Complications from the disease can cause a patient to become permanently disabled. I have a family member who is permanently disabled due to a complication from Lyme Disease. She had such a high level of serio-active proteins that when she sneezed, she ripped her lung.
Lyme Disease affects patients in different ways and there are numerous ways in which the disease could cause a person to become disabled.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt can be. It can affect every system of the human body. It depends on when it is caught and treated as to how severe the symptoms can be. There can be permanent nerve damage if it isn't treated soon enough. In some cases, patients do become fully disabled.
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∙ 14y agoLyme disease is usually treated with a course of antibiotics and should show improvement. If no improvement a 2nd course can be used but, according to the CDC, long term antibiotic use has no positive impact on the disease and carries all the risks associated with antibiotic use. Chronic Lyme disease can be a questionable diagnosis because if it was Lyme in the 1st place and was treated with appropriate antibiotics there should be improvement The CDC has a lot of good info, including a caution regarding the use of certain labs/ tests when "seeking" a positive diagnosis.
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∙ 14y agoYes. Nerve damage is possible by the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. That nerve damage, if not treated promptly, can be permanent.
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Is someone with lymes disease eligible for the make a wish?
No, but someone with Lyme Disease might be. It depends on how life threatening it is
How many people die per year from lymes disease?
by year:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_UpClimbLymeDis.htm by state:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_rptdLymeCasesbyState.htm by age & sex:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_MeanAnnualIncidence.htm by month:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_rptmthofill.htm by symptoms:http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_bysymptoms.htm
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Lyme disease CAN, yes, kill you, RARELY, but yes it can. I know because i have seen it happen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lyme disease is not normally fatal but the symptoms of a chronic infection are horrendous .
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Is someone with lymes disease eligible for the make a wish?
No, but someone with Lyme Disease might be. It depends on how life threatening it is
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