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Why some people recover from Lyme disease, while others experience months, years or even decades of chronic symptoms has long puzzled doctors. Why Lyme disease symptoms go away quickly for some ...
For 50% of people, post-concussion symptoms go away within a few days to several weeks after the original injury occurs. [59] In others, symptoms may remain for three to six months, [ 25 ] but evidence indicates that many cases are completely resolved within six months. [ 18 ]
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]
Second-impact syndrome (SIS) occurs when the brain swells rapidly, and catastrophically, after a person has a second concussion before symptoms from an earlier one have subsided. This second blow may occur minutes, days, or weeks after an initial concussion, [1] and even the mildest grade of concussion can lead to second impact syndrome. [2]
What's more, a major new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows Lyme disease cases are rising rapidly across the U.S. Between 2004 and 2016, tick-borne disease ...
About 30,000 cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by state and local health departments each year. However, the CDC says that many more ...
The initial sign of about 80% of Lyme infections is an erythema migrans (EM) rash at the site of a tick bite, often near skin folds, such as the armpit, groin, or back of knee, on the trunk, under clothing straps, or in children's hair, ear, or neck. [3] [10] Most people who get infected do not remember seeing a tick or the bite. The EM rash ...
Anywhere from 30,000 up to 500,000 people develop Lyme disease from a tick bite each year, according to the C DC.For most, the infection is mild and easily treated with antibiotics.