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Is There A Cure For Lyme Disease In The 21St Century?

By Toni Vang


Lyme Borreliosis also known as Lyme infection is one of the infectious diseases that are brought by bacterial organisms. One of the easiest ways to identify if you have the infection is if you see swellings in the affected areas. That is not the only sign that shows that you have the infection. Some of the other signs are that the swelling does not itch yet you feel fever, some tiredness and serious headache. When it gets to the advanced stages, it can make your movement difficult because your neck stiffs, heart palpitation and severe joint pains. In this piece of writing, we want to see: is there a cure for Lyme disease to help people mitigate the symptoms.

Studies conducted on the illness, have revealed that after a month of contracting the infection, there is the development of symptoms of tiredness, swellings and memory loss. Most people normally question how the illness gets transferred to persons or between people. Well, know today that the disease is caused by the bite of ticks.

The Lxodes Genuses species in the family of ticks are responsible for spreading this infection. For one to be infected with the illness, the tick attaches itself to the body for not less than two days. Another important thing to note is the disease is not transferable to people; rather it can be gotten from foods or other animals.

The most peculiar thing about this illness is that, when you go for a test immediately after the tick bite, the chances of you testing negative is very high. The illness can be prevented by avoiding tick bites. Ensure you put on clothes that cover your body fully.

Health hygienists regularly recommend spraying of houses using pesticides to kill all ticks within the house so as to reduce their numbers. When their numbers reduce, the likelihood of the ticks sticking to your clothes also reduces. Even so, if you get a tick that has stuck on the body or clothes, use tweezers to remove them. Do not allow them to suck too much of your blood since it through that that you contact the diseases.

Lyme diseases can be treated by taking antibiotics. Even though the bite may be very discomforting, you get rid of the discomfort by immediately taking the antibiotic. The antibiotics reduce the effect of the symptoms as well as treat the disease. Additionally, you can also visit a health specialist to get medication for the illness.

It is also important to note that for the first symptoms to develop it can take a period of two days to three weeks. It is for this reason you should not keep silent immediately you remove a tick from your body. Take caution because if you overuse antibiotics the bacteria will form resistance, and it will be ineffective.

There is research still being conducted about a vaccination for this illness. Antibiotics that doctors have recommended for the illness include cefotaxime and doxycycline as they aid in treating the infection. If you take the drug within seventy hours after being bit by a tick, the likelihood of developing the symptoms will reduce.




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