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  2. Don't let this be the summer you get Lyme disease: Take Care ...

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    The risk of acquiring Lyme disease from a tick bite is 1-3% in prevalent areas and is more common during late spring and summer months, peaking in June and July. Prompt tick removal reduces this risk.

  3. Lyme disease cases have gone up in the U.S. Here's why - AOL

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    A 2021 report that investigated insurance claims from 2010 to 2018 found that an estimated 476,000 patients were diagnosed with and treated for Lyme disease annually — significantly more than ...

  4. 4 lesser-known Lyme disease symptoms to be aware of - AOL

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    You can be sick for a year or two without knowing you have Lyme disease.” This is because Lyme disease can affect many parts of your body, so it can be easily mistaken for other conditions.

  5. Lyme disease - Wikipedia

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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. [1]

  6. Erythema migrans - Wikipedia

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    [3] [10] Most people who get infected do not remember seeing a tick or the bite. The EM rash appears typically one or two weeks (range 3–32 days) after the bite. The most distinctive features of the EM rash are the speed and extent to which it expands, respectively 2–3 cm per day and up to a diameter of 5–70 cm (50% attain more than 16 cm).

  7. 17 Symptoms to Help You Identify Lyme Disease, and When to ...

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    Lyme disease can cause a slew of different symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and you may experience different signs of the illness depending on how long ...

  8. African tick bite fever - Wikipedia

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    Amblyomma ticks actively attack cattle or humans and can bite more than once. [4] In African tick bite fever, unlike what is typically seen with other Rickettsial spotted fevers when only one eschar is identified, multiple eschars may be seen and are considered pathognomonic. [7] Swollen lymph nodes near the site of the bite [7]

  9. 25 things you should know about Lyme disease - AOL

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    Research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has shown that the disease costs the U.S. health care system up to $1.3 billion a year