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5 days ago · Here are five Lyme disease symptoms to watch out for, especially as the weather warms up. 1. You have a bull’s-eye-shaped rash (or something like it)—or you spot a tick latched onto your skin.
2 days ago · Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection that affects many annually. While Lyme disease is not as prominent in Texas, people are still at risk. Dr. Sarah Gunter, assistant professor in the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the diagnosis. Question: What is Lyme disease?
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1 day ago · Tulane University researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, offering hope to patients who suffer from long-term effects of the bacterial infection, even after antibiotic treatment. Their results were published in Frontiers in Immunology.
5 days ago · Remember, symptoms and signs of early localized Lyme disease (stage 1) typically develop 3 to 30 days after the initial tick bite. High-risk Ixodes tick bites may be cause for concern, but with the power of tick bite PEP treatment, criteria knowledge, and doxycycline PEP on our side, we can face them with confidence.
5 days ago · SELF speaks to experts including Anne R. Bass, MD, rheumatologist at HSS about the common symptoms of Lyme disease that you should not ignore. “Lyme disease is a very, very antibiotic-responsive condition. It has a bad reputation for being difficult to treat, but it’s never too late to treat it,” explained Dr. Bass. One common symptom is f...
3 days ago · Patients frequently get ignored, dismissed, or forgotten, causing them to slip through the cracks of the medical system, especially when it comes to chronic Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. In 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidelines for diagnosing and treating Lyme disease.
2 days ago · 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. [3] [8] [9] 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]
