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Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease. Alyssa Spencer. What is Lyme Disease?. Lyme Disease, also known as Lyme Borreliosis, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium spread by black-legged ticks from animals such as mice and deer. Signs and Symptoms of Lyme Disease.

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Lyme Disease

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  1. Lyme Disease Alyssa Spencer

  2. What is Lyme Disease? Lyme Disease, also known as Lyme Borreliosis, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium spread by black-legged ticks from animals such as mice and deer

  3. Signs and Symptoms of Lyme Disease • Red, expanding rash called erythema migrans (EM) • Fatigue, fever, chills, headache, swollen lymph nodes • Facial or Bell’s palsy (loss of muscle tone in one or both side of the face) • Meningitis • Shooting pain • Pain and swelling in joints • (Worst stage) severe joint pain

  4. Treatment for Lyme Disease • Usually, a series of antibiotics are required. Common antibiotics used are doxycycline, amoxicillin, and cefuroxime axetil

  5. What’s the worst that can happen? • If gone untreated too long, the patient can develop severe joint pain and arthritis • If the disease spreads to the spinal cord or nerves, serious nervous system problems can result. They will take the form of pain and weakness in arms or legs • Rarely, months and even years later a patient can develop heart problems. However, all of these issues are somewhat treatable.

  6. Facts about Lyme Disease: • 95% of all reported cases come from 16 states, the top ten of which are in the New England area. • Worldwide, cases are concentrated in upper North America, Europe, Russia and China.

  7. Works Cited • http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/ • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002296/#adam_001319.disease.causes • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lyme-disease/DS00116 • http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/lyme-disease-what-happens • http://www.lymediseaseblog.com/getting-rid-of-lyme-disease/

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