The Lyme Disease Symptoms

Patients whom are bit by ticks infected with Borrelia develop Lyme Disease Symptoms. Lyme Disease Symptoms are discussed here, as well as methods on detecting it early, and post-treatment Lyme Disease Symptoms care. Because Lyme Disease Symptoms exist well after the initial infection stages, it is necessary to take extra care to become healthy again.

Lyme Disease Symptoms are difficult to detect because of the long amount of time it takes before symptoms appear. Initally, after the tick bite patients may get a small bump that looks like a mosquito bite bump. In fact, many patients will desregard it as a mosquito bite, and it is left undetected. In about a week, or even up to a month later, patients will develop a special rash, which looks like a bull's eye. This is a key Lyme Illness Symptom that people should recognize. The rash area is strangely not itchy but warm feeling. Furthermore, lesions known as Erythema migrans may develop. Sometimes patients will not detect this odd rash either. The bacteria will then begin to spread into other areas of the body if treatment does not begin at this point. The best way to be prepared and to detect it early is to know what symptoms look like, as well as what regions of the country are prone to Lyme Disease Symptoms. The local news usually and readily reports the Lyme illness incidents as a warning to other forest travelers.

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In the next stage, Lyme Disease Symptoms progress into other areas of the body. It may get into the face, causing Bell's palsy. Here the face looks lopsided because muscle tone is lost. There is also the chance of dangerous symptoms such as meningitis, which is inflammation of the spinal cord. Another Lyme Illness Symptom is pain that causes interruptions during sleep. There are also problems with heartbeat, causing dizziness. If Lyme Disease is still not detected after several months or years, there may be chronic pains, numbness. The joints may swell and there are problems with memory.

Treatment usually is a course of 2 weeks of antibiotics. However, Lyme Disease Symptoms persist well after drug treatment. It seems the immune system overexerts itself to the point of auto-immune disorder, and it will cause rampant chronic pain in the patient. At this point it is treated as a chronic condition, and most likely will not resolve for several years. The only thing patients can do is to manage their chronic pain. There are several ways to manage chronic pain, and one popular path is to take nutitional supplements. These can assist the body in repairing itself, or overcoming sensitivity to pain. Supplements are not drugs, and will not work in a specific targeted manner. They may only assist in overall toning of the body's deficiencies. There are other ways to manage pain, such as with relaxation therapy. Here the purpose is to progressively relax the muscles, and the mind, to encourage a resistance to pain, and to the nerves overreacting.

The Lyme Disease Symptoms

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