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5 days ago · First identified in Lyme, Conn., in 1975, Lyme disease cases have exploded in recent decades, as climate change and real-estate expansion push Americans into closer contact with the blacklegged ...
3 days ago · Chronic Lyme: A Disease Dismissed for Decades. Over the years, the majority of the medical community has refused to accept chronic Lyme disease due to several factors: Diagnosing is difficult because there’s no definitive test. Symptoms, such as fatigue and pain, overlap with many other conditions, leading to potential misdiagnosis.
1 day ago · Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere, affecting humans and animals alike. It is primarily caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted through the bite of infected black-legged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks.
3 days ago · As many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease each year, according to the CDC. For most people, symptoms go away after two to four weeks of antibiotics, but five to 10 percent of ...
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3 days ago · As many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease each year, according to the CDC. For most people, symptoms go away after two to four weeks of antibiotics, but five to 10 percent of patients have debilitating, long-term symptoms. To discuss, Ali Rogin is joined by Lindsay Keys, who’s been battling the disease for years, all while advocating for more awareness and research.
4 days ago · In humans, Lyme disease progresses in three stages, though symptoms and severity of illness vary depending on which type of Borrelia is involved. In B. burgdorferi infections, the first and mildest stage is characterized by a circular rash in a bull’s-eye pattern that appears anywhere from a few days to a month after the tick bite.
3 days ago · the cdc says it's unknown whether long term symptoms are caused by the bacteria that causes lyme disease. the chronic lyme disease community believes much more research needs to be done to improve diagnostics, to detect lyme disease, and the extent to which the bacteria remains inside the body after treatment.
