Lyme disease is also known as Lyme Borreliosis. It is a disease that is infectious and is caused by a minimum of free Borrelia genus bacteria. Cases of the disease have been noticed in North America and Europe, with other cases around the world.
To keep things as simple as possible, out of the different tick borne diseases that are present in the Northern Hemisphere, Lyme disease is the most common ones. Bacteria is transmitted to the human because of infected tick bites.
The lyme disease early symptoms included:
- Fatigue
- Rash on tick bite area (a delay of 3 to 30 days is possible)
- Headache
- Fever
20 to 30 percent of people that are infected will not show a rash and this can cause for the disease to not be treated. Dismissing the other symptoms is never a good idea because later symptoms can affect the:
- Heart
- Joints
- Central nervous system
Lyme disease is known to affect various body systems. Because of this, different ranges of symptoms can appear as time passes. Those suffering from the condition will not have every symptom and some of the symptoms that are highlighted will not be specific to Lyme.
Incubation period (infection to symptom onset) is 7 to 14 days. The problem is that it can also be a lot longer, sometimes having the symptoms appear after years.
The Early Localized Infection
This is where Lyme disease did not spread through your body. You only have one affected area, where the infection initially contacted the skin. A classic early localized infection sign with Lyme disease is an outwardly expanding, circular rash. It appears at tick bite area at around 7 days since the incident happen. As soon as such a rash appears and you see that it has a bullseye pattern, you need to contact a doctor. This is especially true when you also suffer from flu like symptoms.
The Early Disseminated Infection
After local infection onset, withing weeks or even days, Borrelia bacteria can start to spread in your blood. Problems can appear in areas that have absolutely no connection to the main tick bite. Different problems can appear and it is hard to talk about absolutely all of them.
There are many differences between cases in different parts of the world. For instance, borrelial lymphocytoma appears in Europe but is not present in North American cases. There are also some acute neurological problems that can appear in up to 15% of the untreated patients.
Go To The Doctor
Lyme disease early symptoms may be quite similar to those of the flu but this is a clear example of having to go to the doctor as soon as you notice them. This is especially true in the event that you find them in a combination and if faced with the above mentioned rashes. Do not have patience since this is a situation in which you need to react really fast. The Lyme disease early symptoms should not be taken lightly as it is a really bad mistake you could make.
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