Lyme Regis

Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete— spirochete is a corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. A group of children in Old Lyme, Connecticut, had mysterious arthritis-like symptoms and led to being identified in 1975. Because Lyme Disease symptoms copies many other diseases,Lyme Disease is also known as “The Great Imitator,”. It is important to this course because it affects any organ of the body, including the brain and nervous system, muscles and joints, and the heart. Lyme disease

caused by the bite of a tick in a grassy area, or perhaps lurking in a pet's fur, Lyme Disease is very difficult to deal with and recover from. This disease, which is similar to other illnesses with the same symptoms, can be dormant in a host body until it is properly diagnosed by medical authorities. However, this is not always the case. Many times, victims suffer for years before a proper diagnosis is made. Lyme Disease bacteria is transmitted by infected black-legged ticks. However, not all

Ticks and fleas are a very common annoyance when trying to enjoy the outside. For seniors it can be very complicated to see them and recognize that the tiny insect has attached itself to their skin. The best thing for seniors to do is to learn how to protect their skin from ticks and fleas. Ticks have a single body with eight legs. They will embed themselves into a person's skin and become attached. If you are bitten by a tick and it has the appearance of a bull's-eye, even if you do not have any

Dog ticks and fleas Having dogs and cats at home brings about those unwanted visitors that not only affect our pets, but also us. In addition, they can cause diseases in animals and also in people. Therefore, you must prevent them from proliferating in your home. Know the best remedies to eliminate fleas and ticks naturally. Where can my dog catch ticks and fleas? The tick is an external parasite (ectoparasite) of the family of arachnid mites. Its size and colour vary according to its species. Ticks

because species respond differently to varying conditions and models that focus on using only single predictor variable risk omitting the effects of variables operating at other spatial scales (Raghavan et al. 2013, Riley et al. 2015). Studies on the Lyme disease system in North America have shown that disease transmission risks in any region can be substantially correlated with landscape heterogeneity (Brownstein et al. 2005),

burgdorferi. • Western Blot o Positive for antibodies to several proteins of B. burgdorferi. Primary Diagnosis Lyme Disease due to being infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorfer. Resulted from most likely being bitten by a tick while camping in the mountains of upstate New York; a common place for ticks to live. Pathophysiology Lyme disease is a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by the Ixodes tick. Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods that are found particularly

Introduction Lyme disease has been the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started reporting it in 1991 [1]. It should be noted that Lyme disease does not occur everywhere in the US, and is heavily concentrated in upper Midwest and northeast United States [1]. This report has been compiled to provide recommendations for antimicrobial prophylactic treatment of Lyme disease once a patient encounters a tick bite. Lyme disease

Prevention Lyme disease has existed on the planet for thousands of years. The best way to prevent Lyme disease is by covering up, use insect repellents, clear yard of brush and leaves, check yourself and children for ticks, don’t assume you’re immune; you can get Lyme disease more than once, and remove ticks with tweezers as soon as possible. [1] According to the CDC the Lyme disease vaccine’s production was discontinued by it’s manufacturer in 2002. The manufacturer cited an insufficient consumer

Lyme Disease in Alabama Introduction In 2010 there were 2 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in Alabama, which continued to rise until 2014 with the last reported number of 64 confirmed cases for that year alone. In September 2015 the Centers for Disease Control revised their estimates indicating that it is believed that there were more than 10 times more cases in the United States than the 30,000 reported. Lyme disease is the fastest growing transmittable disease in the United States. It is hard

I am going to be writing my essay on Lyme disease, because I’ve always heard about this disease but I never really understood exactly what it was. I am one of the many people out there that are still unaware and confused about what Lyme disease really is and how it affects the body and is very interested in learning more. By researching more about what Lyme disease is I believe it would give me much more insight about the disease. This essay is a great opportunity for me to get educated and learn