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Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash , known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards ...
A number of alternative health products are promoted for chronic Lyme disease, [8] of which possibly the most controversial and harmful is long-term antibiotic therapy, particularly intravenous antibiotics. [9] [10] Recognised authorities advise against long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease, even where some symptoms persist post ...
Untreated >99% [10] Naegleriasis: Amoebic Untreated ≈98.5% From 1962 to 2022 there have been 157 recorded cases of the infection in United States, only 4 of those 157 individuals survived the disease. A combination of drugs have shown effectiveness in survivors. [11] Glanders, septicemic: Bacterial Untreated 95%
Major US medical authorities, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, [5] the American Academy of Neurology, [6] and the National Institutes of Health, [7] are careful to distinguish the diagnosis and treatment of "patients who have had well-documented Lyme disease and who remain symptomatic for many months to years after ...
This illness is a tick-borne disease carried by the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum.This tick was first proposed as a possible vector of disease in 1984, [2] and the illnesses associated with the tick called "Lyme-like disease", [3] but it was not recognized to be distinct from Lyme disease until the late 1990s.
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is clinical, based on signs and symptoms and on a history of exposure to infected ticks. Physicians look to blood tests to support their diagnosis. Usually blood testing for Lyme is doneNow the diagnosis of Lyme disease is usually made by looking at antibodies against Borrelia proteins. via a test called a Western ...
Eight are known to cause Lyme disease or Borreliosis. [6] The major Borrelia species causing Lyme disease are Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii. [23] All species that cause Lyme disease are referred to collectively as B. burgdorferi sensu lato, [10] while B. burgdorferi itself is specified as B. burgdorferi sensu stricto.
This rash was known as erythema chronicum migrans, the skin rash found in early-stage Lyme disease. [ 18 ] In the 1920s, French physicians Garin and Bujadoux described a patient with meningoencephalitis, painful sensory radiculitis, and erythema migrans following a tick bite, and they postulated the symptoms were due to a spirochetal infection.