Abnormalities Can Occur During Lyme Disease Checkups

Abnormalities Can Occur During Lyme Disease Checkups

      Hypothetical Situation: You may have recently been bitten by a tick and you go to your doctor to get a precautionary checkup. You ask your doctor if you have contracted any illness from the tick bite. Your doctor informs you that you are not...
Many Hosts of Lyme Disease

Many Hosts of Lyme Disease

  You may know that the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is a common host of the deadly Lyme infection, but this specific specimen is predominantly found in the United States of America. The genus Borrelia is a member of the Spirochetaceae family which contain...
Attention on Lyme Disease!

Attention on Lyme Disease!

  The spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is a specimen attributed to causing lyme infection in individuals residing in the United States of America. On the list of medical priorities of preventing, curing, and analyzing diseases, Lyme infection has climbed its way...
Lyme Disease Can Cause Death

Lyme Disease Can Cause Death

Take a moment to pray or ponder those who perished from the internal ravaging effects of Lyme infection. Though the number of fatalities brought by this disease remain minuscule, it is still imperative that the deadliness of the epidemic be recognized. Between the...
Awareness of Lyme Disease in Arizona

Awareness of Lyme Disease in Arizona

It was November of 1998 when Tina Garcia was infected with the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. She went 6 years with no antimicrobial therapy and became disabled by the end of 2004. Garcia fought hard against the Lyme infection and by 2005, she became the Founder...
Is Lyme Disease Fatal?

Is Lyme Disease Fatal?

Contrary to the rarity of a pathognomonic rash, such as the Lyme infection, to be fatal, a few cases have reported  amyopathic dermatomyositis followed by severe interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. These diseases developed despite the reported cases participating in...
Common Symptoms if Lyme Disease

Common Symptoms if Lyme Disease

Are you experiencing flu-like symptoms that possibly encompass fever, stiff neck, swollen lymph nodes, muscle aches, headaches, chills, joint pain, and fatigue? You could be one of the sum 15,000 annual cases of this disease in the United States. Don’t worry...
The Outdoors and Lyme Disease

The Outdoors and Lyme Disease

If you are from the United States, you most likely enjoy wearing short sleeve shirts, short pants, and ankle socks while exploring the outdoors during the spring and summer seasons. Unfortunately, these seasons are exactly when larval and nymphal ticks hosting the...
Blood Tests for Lyme Disease

Blood Tests for Lyme Disease

Wondering how you can find out if you have this disease? Well, the answer may lie in a tick bite, but many cases do not recall ever being bitten by a tick as they are very small and stealthy critters. If you feel you have contracted this disease you may be urged to...
United States Geography of Lyme Disease

United States Geography of Lyme Disease

Did you know that over 90% of the reported cases of this disease are autochthonous to the 10 states of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin? What makes these states...