Lyme Regis

Introduction Lyme disease is a rapidly spreading infectious disease in the United States, with over 25,000 confirmed cases in 2013.5 It was first discovered in the early-1970’s in the town of Lyme, Connecticut when a group of children started to present with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Some of these children presented with a rash and researchers connected the symptoms to occurring during peak tick season. By the mid-1970’s, the researchers began describing the symptoms and coining the term “Lyme disease”

Lyme Disease: A chronic medical mystery Introduction One of the most common Tick communicable diseases plaguing the United States today is a human transferable infection called Lyme disease, which is spread by Deer Ticks Ixodes scapularis, they are small arthropods often found in wooded areas of eastern United states (Orkin.com “Deer ticks” accessed may 8 2016); transmission of the infection occurs when an contaminated deer

Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that is transfused to humans via a bite from a tick infected with the disease. (Ticks are scientifically classified as Arachnida, a specific classification that also includes spiders.) The most common ticks known to carry Lyme disease are the Deer Tick and the Western Black-Legged Tick. The first manifestation of an infection is typically a rash, which may appear to resemble a bull 's eye. The proliferation of the infection progressively brings on symptoms

Lyme disease is a very dangerous disease that is rapidly increasing in occurrence and if left untreated can cause both mental and physical effects on a person. However, with proper and early treatment the symptoms generally go away and the infected person generally lives a happy and healthy life. Lyme Disease is important to study and be aware of because it is increasingly occurring and spreading to other parts of the world where before it never existed. Thus, there needs to either be a way to stop

Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative bacterial agent for Lyme Disease, has persisted for thousands of years. Recently, scientists have found genetic remains of the bacteria from a mummy dating back 5,300 years (National Geographic, 2011). However, Borrelia burgdorferi was not classified and identified as the putative source for Lyme Disease until the early 1980’s. After mysterious and untreatable symptoms appeared in children and adults of the city of Lyme, Connecticut, the goal for many clinical microbiologists

This same climate also creates the wet, green environment that increases the prevalence of ticks. Possible explanations for the pattern of this disease An environmental explanation for regional Lyme disease variability, such as weather is proposed because similar annual patterns of tick infection rates have been observed in forests dominated by species other than oaks

A Life Changing Event When I turned twelve years old, I found out that my grandmother had Lyme disease. I realized that she was sick and it hurt me to the core. My grandmother, the healthiest woman I know, never was sick so it was hard to process that she had Lyme Disease. Even though my grandmother disease caused so much pain in my life, this life changing event taught me to find inner strength, look at the positive things in life, and that life is precious, so enjoy it. Although

“Will’s drive to help others comes from his own struggles as a child when he was too ill to get out of bed.”” Ryan Will overcame his adversity when he realized “He had lost lot years and needed to make them up” due to his illness. After recovering from a Lyme disease he had struggled with during his childhood, Ryan realized he was not the only survivor of this disease and that others needed, his help to overcome a similar situation has

FRONTLINE® brand products are used to kill fleas, ticks, and lice that harbor themselves in household pets such as cats and dogs. These common pests are easily contracted from other pets or the outside environment and can cause a range of ailments from hair loss, sores, and scabs to anemia, allergies, and other skin diseases. In the U.S., there are nearly 79.5 million households that own either a cat or dog; 30.4% being cats and another 36.5% owning dogs (AVMA.org, 2012). With these substantial numbers

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a prevalent zoonotic disease caused a tick-borne virus. Transmission of the CCHF virus to people can be either by contact with infected animals that are slaughtered or tick bites(WHO). Contamination of medical supplies, reuse of needles and improper sterilization techniques have also been attributed to the transmission of CCHF. Averagely, the fatality rate of this disease is about 30%, but the mortality rates are between 10% to 80% have been reported in