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Lyme Disease

Lyme Disease. By: Sarah Jensen. Overview. Background Ways to contract the disease Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prevention. BACKGROUND. Discovered in 1975 by Allen Stere Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut Most common tick born disease in North America

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Lyme Disease

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  1. Lyme Disease By: Sarah Jensen

  2. Overview • Background • Ways to contract the disease • Symptoms • Diagnosis • Treatment • Prevention

  3. BACKGROUND • Discovered in 1975 by Allen Stere • Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut • Most common tick born disease in North America • Most common in the states of New York, Minnesota, Wisconsin…just to name a few • Ranked second in public health problems in the United States

  4. Ways to contract Lyme Disease • From the Bacteria BorreliaBurgdorferi • Contract through ticks (most commonly hard bodied) • Deer ticks • Blacklegged ticks • Ticks can get the disease from… • Deer • Raccoons • Skunks • White mice

  5. Contracting the disease continued • The tick must bite the human and stay attached • It must stay attached for a minimum of 24 hours for successful transfer

  6. Symptoms • Migraines • Arthritis • Neurological problems • Bulls eye rash • Heart problems

  7. STAGES: • STAGE ONE: Flu like symptoms, bulls eye rash • STAGE TWO: muscle pain, muscle paralysis, heart arrhythmia, joint inflammation • STAGE THREE: problems with speech, numbness, tingling, spontaneous muscle spasm

  8. Diagnosis: • Difficult to diagnosis because of common symptoms • Blood tests • ELISA • Western blot test • If severe enough a spinal tap may be preformed • Questioning about tick exposure

  9. Treatment: • Regular appointments with physician • Antibiotics • Penicillin • Erythromycin • Tetracycline • Ibuprofen to help with inflammation • Vaccine 1999: LYMErix • Discontinued in 2002

  10. Prevention: • Self examinations • Insect repellant • Avoid wooded areas • When in a wooded area walk on center of pathway or in the least wooded area • Shower to rinse off any ticks you may not have removed • Proper removal includes: • Using a tweezers grasp the spot closest to the head • Tug firmly on tick until you remove it from the skin

  11. Questions: Q:How can you contract Lyme disease? A: Being bitten by a tick Q: How long does the tick have to be attached to you in order to be infected with Lyme disease? A: 24 hours Q: How many stages are there in the symptoms of Lyme disease? A: 3 stages

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