Welcome to Symptoms of Lyme Disease. This site was created to help inform people about early warning signs, proper diagnosis, and symptoms of lyme disease. While this disease is increasingly common, millions of people are misdiagnosed each year because it mimics a number of various other conditions that could or could not be related to the disease. Here you should be able to find answers to your questions, especially if you or someone you know may have lyme disease.
Lyme disease, as it is commonly referred to, is also known as borreliosis. It's most commonly caused by adult deer ticks in the northern hemisphere. The most debiliating aspects of the illness are caused by misdiagnosis or late treatment, as later stages of borreliosis cause serious conditions. If you're concerned about the possibility of contracting lyme disease or hope to properly identify it, feel free to examine the symptoms below.
Symptoms of Lyme Disease by Stage:
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| Stage 1: One of the first symptoms of borreliosis infection is a rash that expands outward from the sight of the bite. It usually occurs roughly three to thirty days after the bite happens. The rash is typically red in color but painless. Typically you'll also see a bullseye like pattern, though some patients may not develop a rash at all. | |
| Stage 2: After about a week from being infected, the disease begins to expand via the bloodstream. At this stage, symptoms may continue to worsen, and include migrating muscle pain, heart palpitations and also dizziness. Fifteen percent of patients also experience some kind of neurological problem, and going untreated can cause a host of disorders. These include Bell's palsy (loss of tone on one side of the face, or possibly both), severe headaches, abnormal sensations on the skin, and sensitivity to light. Memory loss and extreme changes in mood can also occur. | |
| Stage 3: Later symptoms of borreliosis can include the following. About 5% of patients are afflicted with neurological problems such as shooting pains and tingling in the heands or feet. Problems with short term memory loss and difficulty concentrating can also occur. Sever fatigue is also a result of long-term borreliosis infection. In rare cases, patients can have panic attacks and some delusional behavior. |
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Under most circumstances, borreliosis treatment consists of appropriate antibiotics. Adults are often given doxycyline while children are treated with amoxicillin. In later strages, lyme disease symptoms are harder to track and more difficult to treat. Late diagnosis borreliosis treatment is oral or IV antibiotics, usually ceftriaxone for hour weeks or more.
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