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With all the present possible risk factors associated with Lyme disease, there is now information regarding the possibility of lizards being connected with the disease as well. However, these lizards are not connected with the disease in a negative way.
This is due to the fact that ticks carrying the Lyme disease bacterium feed on a common western fence lizard’s blood, they can be cleansed of the infection. It is said that the blood of this kind of lizard contains a heat-sensitive protein substance which results in killing the Lyme disease spirochete. However, this protein is yet to be identified.
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Q: What is Lyme disease?
A: Lyme disease is an infectious bacterial disease spread by deer ticks, or blacklegged ticks.
Q: What causes Lyme disease?
A: The bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi).
Q: How is Lyme disease spread?
A: When a young tick feeds on an infected animal, the bacteria enter its digestive system. When the tick feeds on other animals or humans, the bacteria is transmitted into their bloodstreams and infection begins.
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Lyme disease, caused by the bacteria B. burgdorferi and spread by deer ticks, is usually treated by physicians with oral antibiotics such as amoxicillin or doxycycline. Advanced cases are sometimes treated with intravenous antibiotics instead.
Although the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Infectious Disease Society of America both affirm the effectiveness of such treatment regimens, both admit that antibiotics are only successful in treating the majority of cases.
Some patients, especially those with long undiagnosed or untreated Lyme disease, may experience symptoms for months or years after the infection has supposedly been cleared. Patients in this position, and those adverse to antibiotics, often seek alternative treatments.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis – Antibiotics administered before an infection is detected as a preventative measure.
Antibody – Protein produced by the immune system to neutralize infection.
Antigen – Toxins, bacteria, etc. that trigger an immune system response and the production of antibodies.
Bell’s palsy – Facial paralysis or weakness caused by swelling of nerve that controls the facial muscles. Untreated Lyme disease sometimes causes Bell’s palsy.
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Lyme Disease Diagnosis
Lyme Disease Info As of yet, the most reliable method of diagnosing Lyme disease is considered to be that of a clinical exam completed by an experienced practitioner. Elements such as personal account symptoms and history, as well as possible exposure to tick-infested areas are all significant areas to consider during ...
What Causes Lyme Disease?
Lyme Disease Info Ticks, tiny parasitic arthropods, have very little pleasing characteristics about them. Not only do they crawl from the grass or underbrush in wooded areas up your legs to find a warm, comfortable venue for dinner – your blood – but they are widely known to carry disease. A particular favo...
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What Causes Lyme Disease?
Lyme Disease Info Ticks, tiny parasitic arthropods, have very little pleasing characteristics about them. Not only do they crawl from the grass or underbrush in wooded areas up your legs to find a warm, comfortable venue for dinner – your blood – but they are widely known to carry disease. A particular favo...
Lyme Disease Diagnosis
Lyme Disease Info As of yet, the most reliable method of diagnosing Lyme disease is considered to be that of a clinical exam completed by an experienced practitioner. Elements such as personal account symptoms and history, as well as possible exposure to tick-infested areas are all significant areas to consider during ...