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Different types of names for lyme disease?
Lyme disease is only known as Lyme disease. There are co-infections of Lyme disease that may be mistaken as other names for the disease but they are actually a different infectious disease.For more information about Lyme disease, go to www.lyme.org and http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
Can a person go on disability because of Lyme Disease?
Yes. Chronic Lyme Disease has been the cause of several people to become disabled. Because it affects several systems and causes problems which cause people to be unable to work, it is reason for a disability claim.
What anitibiotic treats lyme disease?
Zithromax or azithromycin is often the first round of antibiotic treatment for Lyme Disease. Other or additional medications may also be prescribed as determined by your physician. For additional information on Lyme disease, go to www.lyme. org.
What type of germ causes Lyme disease?
The causative agent of Lyme Disease is Borrelia burgdorferi, a type of spirochete.For more information about Lyme disease, go to www.lyme.org and http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
If your dog is diagnosed with lyme disease Will she act diffrently or die from it or will it ever go away?
There are antibiotics for Lyme Disease. The dog should be treated or it may get complications from this disease just like humans.
How do you prevent lyme disease?
go to your doctor immediatly after tick bite.
Is Lyme disease a active or hidden virus?
Lyme disease can be dormant for years and become an active infection due to high fever, stress or other health problems or conditions. Lyme disease that is active can be treated with antibiotics and become dormant.Lyme can be considered a "hidden" disease due to the fact that it can be in a dormant state for years.For more information about Lyme disease, go to www.lyme.org and http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org
What are symptoms of lyme disease after you are affected by it?
Flu-like. If you think you are affected with Lyme Disease, search your body for skin inflammations. If you find a "bulls-eye"looking spot of redish skin? Go to the doctor.
What can doctors do to treat lyme disease?
In most cases, yes. Lyme Disease is treated with anti-biotics. It is only in cases where the disease is left untreated for some time that is becomes more difficult to cure. There are also co-infections associated with Lyme disease. There can also be permanent nerve damage, arthritis from Lyme disease and other complications that require treatment even after the Lyme disease is in remission.
How long can you have lyme disease?
It is believed by the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society that 1/4 million people each year are getting sick from Lyme Disease and other tick borne diseases, called co-infections. The CDC reports each year Lyme Disease cases in the U.S., but admit their numbers are likely incorrect and the actual numbers are 10 times higher. Lyme disease has been found in all 50 states. Lyme disease is a systemic infection that results from the bite of a tick and the bacteria, borrelia burgdorfi may be carried by other biting insects such as fleas, mosquitoes and more. It is false to believe that only the Deer tick is a carrier of Lyme, all species can be disease carriers. Most people do not recall being bitten, as ticks can be as small as a poppy seed and have a powerful numbing agent that makes it possible for them to burrow into the skin unnoticed. Ticks do not fly or jump, they crawl up the body and burrow into areas such as behind the knees, under the arms, scalp and neckline. Most people never develop or see the "classic" bulls eye rash that Md's are trained to look for. Lyme has many symptoms, at least 75 symptoms and more have been reported ranging from mild to moderate pain to excruciating neuropathy to mental illness Since symptoms are not the same for everyone diagnosis of Lyme Disease is problematic to say the least, as most U.S. Md's including specialists nationwide, incluing neurologist and Infectious disease Md's are not trained to recognize the symptoms of Lyme Disease. It is imperative to find a Lyme Literate Md that are specifically trained to treat these diseases appropriately. Even if you are diagnosed by a Lyme illiterate Md to have Lyme Disease, they do not test for co-infections which is absolutely necessary in eradicating the disease. Treatment protocols in most cases are outdated and many end up under treated and go on suffering. There is no proof Lyme Disease can be cured with a short 2 week course of antibiotics, but there is much evidence long term treatment can result in remission. Ticks carry other diseases called co-infections and all diseases transmitted must be treated. Under treated or untreated Lyme Disease can be complicated to treat, taking months and sometimes years of oral, IM or IV antibiotics. The blood test given across the country at most all labs and hospitals, is a two step process including the ELISA and Western Blot and is considered extremely unreliable. People who suspect Lyme Disease, need to have blood tests sent to Tick borne specialty labs in the U.S. that are highly reliable and should be used to accurately diagnose Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease has been called "the great imitator" as it mimics many, many diseases and illnesses from migraines, irritable bowel to MS, ALS, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue and many, many more.
Is itchy nipple a disease?
It is lyme disease you might want to go to the doctors...
How is Lyme Disease diagnosed?
Lyme disease was first recognized in the United States in 1975 by Dr. Allen Steere, following a mysterious outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis near the community of Lyme, Connecticut. The rural location of the Lyme outbreak and the onset of illness during summer and early fall suggested that the transmission of the disease was by an arthropod vector.In 1982, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease was discovered by Willy Burgdorfer, who isolated spirochetes belonging to the genus Borrelia from the mid-guts of Ixodes ticks. He showed that these spirochetes reacted with immune serum from patients that had been diagnosed with Lyme disease. Subsequently, the etiologic agent was given the name Borrelia burgdorferi. Since then, reports of Lyme disease have increased dramatically to the point that the disease has become an important public health problem in some areas of the United States. Today, Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne illness in the United States.
