Treatment for Lyme disease

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Treatment for Lyme disease
Dr. Peter Dobie
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Lyme disease is an infectious disease. A
Borrelia, a kind of germ, is the cause. Ticks or
western black ticks bite people and transmit the
bacteria to humans. These ticks are about the
size of sesame seeds. Lyme disease mostly happens
in rural regions. Lyme disease is mainly found in
United States, Europe and Australia. The
symptoms of Lyme disease are fever, headache,
adrenal fatigue, muscle aches, joints pain, and
rash on skin named erythema which appears from
week to month after a ticks bite. This reckless
usually starts at the site of the ticks bite.
Originally it is a small spot that grow larger.
Some people have just many red spots instead.
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Mainly infection spreads to joints, heart and
nervous system. Affected heart beats irregularly
or slow. It damages the nervous system. If not
treated, Lyme disease causes arthritis and more
nervous system problems. Usually, only one
joints, knee for example, swells and hurts. It
also causes memory loss and muscle weakness.
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Talk to doctor if you have Lyme disease? Talk to
your doctor about your symptoms. Usually doctor
diagnoses Lyme disease if you have symptoms. The
possibility of infected tick bites is important
in the consideration. Blood tests are helpful
mostly in the later stage of disease. People who
have been sick with Lyme disease for less than a
month may have negative blood test. Also, in
early Lyme disease, patients who take antibiotics
for other reasons may never develop a positive
Lyme disease test.
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Treatment of Lyme disease Most cases of Lyme
disease are treated with several weeks of
antibiotics. Early Lyme disease requires 14 to 30
days of antibiotics. If the nervous system is
involved, antibiotics may need to be given
intravenously. Take all the drugs, which your
doctor prescribed, according to instruction. To
prevent spreading the infection to joints, heart
and nervous system do not stop taking the
medicine. In advanced Lyme disease, symptoms may
improve, but do not disappear completely. If
symptoms persist or worsen after treatment,
contact your doctor.
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Prevent from Lyme disease The best way is to
avoid tick bites. Clothing in the woods area,
long-sleeved shirt and pants instead of shorts
are good protection. After walking outdoors,
check your skin body and scalp for ticks and
rashes. Check your pets. Remove ticks promptly
form you cloth. Also consider landscaping and
pest control in your area. Dont try the old
methods of putting kerosene, gasoline on the
tick. After removing the tick, check your skin
over the next month. In case of a rash, go to
your doctor and tell about the bite.
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