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Lyme Disease
This category is for questions about the disease caused by bacteria carried by ticks. Lyme disease is treatable in most cases, though serious neurological disorders can develop if left untreated. Here you may ask about the symptoms of Lyme disease, prevention, and treatment.
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How many people who sustain tick bites actually acquire lyme disease?
About 30% of people who sustain the tick bites actually acquire the Lyme disease.
Does Parker posey have lyme's disease?
There is no public information or reports to suggest that Parker Posey has Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a serious condition caused by a tick bite that can have various symptoms and complications if not treated promptly.
Can lyme disease affect your IQ?
Yes. SEVERLY. Most people who progress to 'late stage lyme disease', meaning they have had it for awhile, develop nerological symptoms. A year ago, reading and writing was extremely difficult for me, with my late stage neurological lyme disease. I couldn't do any kind of basic math, speak clearly, understand questions sometimes etc. althought with antibiotics, you can regain much of your former self (as i thankfully have). it can definitely affect your mind. and if you look at before and after scores, you would notice a difference in your IQ score. but you can change it around again with proper treatment and diagnosis.
Does a small baby deer tic give you lyme disease?
No, tick bites from small baby deer do not inherently give you Lyme disease. The transmission of Lyme disease occurs when an infected tick (commonly black-legged or deer tick) bites and stays attached for an extended period of time, usually around 36-48 hours. It's important to take precautions and perform tick checks after being in areas where ticks are prevalent.
There is no such thing as a "Lyme Tick". Are you asking what tick carries Lyme Disease? Lyme is a bacteria that a tick might be carrying. It causes Lyme Disease when it the tick bites you.
It was previously thought that only Deer Ticks carry Lyme Bacteria. More and more they are finding that any tick may carry it.
What are the symptoms of chronic lymes?
Lyme Disease can affect every system in the human body. For many patients, Lyme arthritis is a chronic symptom.
Early Lyme Disease symptoms may resemble the flu and include headache, fever, stiff neck, muscle aches and fatigue.
Within the first few days of the tick bite that transmits Lyme, most patients will develop a bulls-eye rash.
When Lyme Disease isn't diagnosed quickly, the disease progresses and can then cause many additional symptoms and affect different organ systems.
The most common symptoms with advanced Lyme Disease are severe fatigue, headaches, fever and severe muscle pain.
Once other systems are affected by Lyme, the following symptoms may occur:
Nerve conduction defects, cognitive and behavioral changes, psychiatric manifestations, vision changes, skin problems, chronic pain, inflammation, nausea, vomiting and other stomach upsets.
I had this exact issue come up last year. I told the doctor that I had taken 2 vicodin the night before for my shoulder and asked m Doctor if it would affect my choleterol test, he said no. I have high cholesterol anyways and it was no different this time so I can't tell you whether it scewed my test results as all. He did say no though. Hope this helps.
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Can you get lyme disease from swallowing semen from someone who has lymes disease?
Lyme has been recovered from the semen of infected individuals via PCR (polymerase chain reaction). This raises the question of transmission via sexual contact, and in the view of some Lyme clinicians it is a possibility.
What is the portal of exit of lyme disease?
What is the portal of EXIT for Borrelia burgdorferi caused by infected Deer Tick bites? Is there one? I know it is treated with antibiotics.
