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  2. Feb 10, 2023 · Early symptoms of Lyme disease usually happen within 3 to 30 days after a tick bite. This stage of disease has a limited set of symptoms. This is called early localized disease. A rash is a common sign of Lyme disease. But it doesn't always happen.

  3. May 15, 2024 · Early signs and symptoms (3 to 30 days after tick bite) Fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes may occur in the absence of rash. Erythema migrans (EM) rash ( see photos ): Occurs in approximately 70 to 80 percent of infected people.

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    • Rashes. The signature rash of a Lyme tick bite looks like a solid red oval or a bull’s-eye. It can appear anywhere on your body. The bull’s-eye has a central red spot, surrounded by a clear circle with a wide red circle on the outside.
    • Fatigue. Whether or not you see the tick bite or the classic Lyme rash, your early symptoms are likely to be flu-like. Symptoms are often cyclical, waxing and waning every few weeks (12).
    • Achy, stiff, or swollen joints. Joint pain and stiffness, often intermittent, are early Lyme symptoms. Your joints may be inflamed, warm to the touch, painful, and swollen.
    • Headaches, dizziness, fever. Other common flu-like symptoms are headaches, dizziness, fever, muscle pain, and malaise. About 50 percent of people with Lyme disease have flu-like symptoms within a week of their infection (18).
  4. Consider early Lyme disease with these signs & symptoms. Round expanding red skin lesion usually greater than 2 inches in size. Rash lasts for more than a few days and can be accompanied by flu-like symptoms. Early symptoms can mimic summer flu: fever, achiness, extreme fatigue, severe headache or neck ache.

  5. Common symptoms of early localized Lyme disease include a rash or mild, flulike symptoms. Over time the Lyme disease bacteria can spread, or disseminate, to other parts of the body, causing more serious symptoms associated with early disseminated (Stage 2) or late disseminated (Stage 3) Lyme disease.

  6. Jun 16, 2023 · Causes. Symptoms. Complications. When to See a Doctor. Diagnosis. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread by black-legged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks. It is the most frequently seen vector-borne disease in the United States. Symptoms of Lyme disease vary based on the severity of the case.

  7. Signs and symptoms of early Lyme disease typically include: A reddish ras h or skin lesion known as erythema migraines (EM). The rash starts as a small red spot at the site of the tick bite anywhere from one week after to four weeks after the bite. The spot expands over a period of days or weeks, forming a circular, triangular or oval-shaped rash.

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