Lyme Disease Rash
The first symptom of Lyme disease is the rash that spreads out from the site of the tick bite. If the bite is ignored and is not treated the bacteria spreads to other areas of the body.
Since the Lyme disease rash is the first stage of the disease, is can develop between 2 to 30 days after being bitten by an infected tick. The Lyme disease rash is also known as erythema migrans or bulls-eye rash. The rash starts off as a single circular red mark and it spreads outwards slowly over a period of days. The circle then expands and spreads outwards, and the skin turns pale in the inner part of the circle. This is why the rash is called 'bulls eye' rash. It is said that the rash cold expand up to 30cm.
Studies have shown that at least about 85 to 90 percent of people that develop Lyme disease get the skin rash. The rash is always easily identified.
The Lyme disease rash is not painful, scratch or itchy. The person who is bitten by the tick may not even notice it if the bite is not in a visible area of the body like the spine or the head. However, most patients are fooled when the rash disappears they think the infection has cleared from the body. If the Lyme disease infection is not treated the rash can spread to other areas of the body.
The Lyme disease rash can become very uncomfortable at times and may not produce other symptoms other than the redness. Some patients experience the redness and also suffer from burning sensation pain, and skin itch.
In addition to the skin rash other symptoms are also displayed by the person infected by Lyme disease, such as an overall bad feeling, headaches, fatigue and weakness, stiff neck, swollen lymph nodes, chills, muscle and joint pain, and fever.
The Lyme disease rash is often misdiagnosis. One such misdiagnosis is where the rash is usually the size of a quarter or silver dollar. Generally the rash may vary in size, color and overall appearance. There may be more than one red rash on the body, there could be several in all areas of the body. The rash could be oozy and crusty as well.
Therefore, precaution is better than cure, people who work with animals and live in wooded or bushy surrounding with long grass are likely to develop the Lyme disease rash, due to exposure to the bite of a tick or mite with the disease causing bacterium.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Lyme Disease Ticks
Lyme Disease Ticks
The bacterium that causes Lyme disease lives in certain animals such as mice, birds and small animals. The bacterium is harmless to the animals but affects humans.
Ticks are small spider like creatures with little legs and are a dark shade of red the size of a pin head. Ticks are parasites and suck blood from animals like mice and sometimes humans. This is how ticks get infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and in turn infects humans. Thereafter, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease is not passed from human to human. However, only ticks infected with the bacterium will cause Lyme disease. Tick bites do not necessarily cause Lyme disease.
The Lyme disease ticks are very clingy and are very difficult to take off the skin; they become especially clingy once they bite you. The ticks carry the bacteria in their gut, and it travels to your skin through the tick's mouth. If you find the tick on your body within 24 hours after it has bitten you it is possible that you may not develop Lyme disease, even if the tick is infected.
It is not known for certain if only infected ticks that bite. Humans may not notice the Lyme disease causing tick clinging on to the skin. This is often due to the tick being very small and tick bites do not hurt. When a physician queries from a person diagnosed with Lyme disease if they were bitten by a tick the patient would not be in a position to answer.
After the infected tick bites you the bacteria multiply and travel in the bloodstream to other parts of the body and spread the symptoms. The part of the human body that is affected by this bacterium is the skin, heart, joints and the nerves.
If once bitten by a tick, even though it is not known if the tick is the carrier of the Lyme disease bacterium, one should not panic. Use a pair of tweezers and grasp the tick's body as close to your skin as possible and pull it upward until the tick comes out. Do be careful not to squeeze or twist the tick's body. If there are any parts of the tick left in the skin, carefully remove them with the tweezers. Rub in a good antiseptic to the bite area and wash your hands with hand-wash or bacteria killing liquid. If a rash develops see a doctor.
The bacterium that causes Lyme disease lives in certain animals such as mice, birds and small animals. The bacterium is harmless to the animals but affects humans.
Ticks are small spider like creatures with little legs and are a dark shade of red the size of a pin head. Ticks are parasites and suck blood from animals like mice and sometimes humans. This is how ticks get infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and in turn infects humans. Thereafter, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease is not passed from human to human. However, only ticks infected with the bacterium will cause Lyme disease. Tick bites do not necessarily cause Lyme disease.
The Lyme disease ticks are very clingy and are very difficult to take off the skin; they become especially clingy once they bite you. The ticks carry the bacteria in their gut, and it travels to your skin through the tick's mouth. If you find the tick on your body within 24 hours after it has bitten you it is possible that you may not develop Lyme disease, even if the tick is infected.
It is not known for certain if only infected ticks that bite. Humans may not notice the Lyme disease causing tick clinging on to the skin. This is often due to the tick being very small and tick bites do not hurt. When a physician queries from a person diagnosed with Lyme disease if they were bitten by a tick the patient would not be in a position to answer.
After the infected tick bites you the bacteria multiply and travel in the bloodstream to other parts of the body and spread the symptoms. The part of the human body that is affected by this bacterium is the skin, heart, joints and the nerves.
If once bitten by a tick, even though it is not known if the tick is the carrier of the Lyme disease bacterium, one should not panic. Use a pair of tweezers and grasp the tick's body as close to your skin as possible and pull it upward until the tick comes out. Do be careful not to squeeze or twist the tick's body. If there are any parts of the tick left in the skin, carefully remove them with the tweezers. Rub in a good antiseptic to the bite area and wash your hands with hand-wash or bacteria killing liquid. If a rash develops see a doctor.
Lyme Disease Antibiotics
Lyme Disease Antibiotics
The most commonly used Lyme disease antibiotics include pharmaceutical antibiotics and herbal or natural antibiotics. Most often recommended antibiotics during stage one of the diseases are armoxillin, doxycyline and ceffin. There is however other antibiotics that can be administered via IV and these may include rocephin since they are used for a longer period of time.
There is a chance that the patient can respond to antibiotic treatment if the treatment is administered as early as possible after infection. This is usually what is recommended by lyme specialists. Antibiotics are usually effective if the treatment is administered during stage 1. Thus, they can be effective in many ways but there are always recurrences of lyme symptoms like headache, skin rashes, and pain of the musculoskeletal and as well intense fatigue. There is also the chance that the antibiotics might have not worked properly and this is always seen in the recurrences of these symptoms.
However, there are numerous and viable augments about the long term use of these antibiotics. The arguments range from long term adaptation or resistance building up in the bacteria cells. They are every possibility also that protective flora can be killed by excessive use of these antibiotics. But there is always a counteractive argument that suggests some diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and as well leprosy among others requires long-term usage of antibiotics yet no controversy looms upon their usage. This fact therefore conceives a much heated controversy that pities IDSA and ILADS on the longer period usage of the antibiotics.
Killing detectable bacteria are the core aim of antibiotics. But to help keep the immune system balanced, the human body needs certain bacteria. Always remember when using antibiotics, take a high quality probiotic supplement to replace intestines' friendly bacteria. It is important however to take note that for anybody suffering from lyme, keeping it from reaching or becoming resistant to treatment and chronic conditions with symptoms that may persist for long periods of time will be a very good factor to put into consideration.
There also some people who might experience the unfortunate effects of the antibiotics as they can be problematic as the antibiotics themselves. But if you would like to know much about the stage of your lyme and the best antibiotic for that stage, it will of great value if you take a tour online and rummage through the various advertised antibiotics and lyme specialist.
The most commonly used Lyme disease antibiotics include pharmaceutical antibiotics and herbal or natural antibiotics. Most often recommended antibiotics during stage one of the diseases are armoxillin, doxycyline and ceffin. There is however other antibiotics that can be administered via IV and these may include rocephin since they are used for a longer period of time.
There is a chance that the patient can respond to antibiotic treatment if the treatment is administered as early as possible after infection. This is usually what is recommended by lyme specialists. Antibiotics are usually effective if the treatment is administered during stage 1. Thus, they can be effective in many ways but there are always recurrences of lyme symptoms like headache, skin rashes, and pain of the musculoskeletal and as well intense fatigue. There is also the chance that the antibiotics might have not worked properly and this is always seen in the recurrences of these symptoms.
However, there are numerous and viable augments about the long term use of these antibiotics. The arguments range from long term adaptation or resistance building up in the bacteria cells. They are every possibility also that protective flora can be killed by excessive use of these antibiotics. But there is always a counteractive argument that suggests some diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and as well leprosy among others requires long-term usage of antibiotics yet no controversy looms upon their usage. This fact therefore conceives a much heated controversy that pities IDSA and ILADS on the longer period usage of the antibiotics.
Killing detectable bacteria are the core aim of antibiotics. But to help keep the immune system balanced, the human body needs certain bacteria. Always remember when using antibiotics, take a high quality probiotic supplement to replace intestines' friendly bacteria. It is important however to take note that for anybody suffering from lyme, keeping it from reaching or becoming resistant to treatment and chronic conditions with symptoms that may persist for long periods of time will be a very good factor to put into consideration.
There also some people who might experience the unfortunate effects of the antibiotics as they can be problematic as the antibiotics themselves. But if you would like to know much about the stage of your lyme and the best antibiotic for that stage, it will of great value if you take a tour online and rummage through the various advertised antibiotics and lyme specialist.
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