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Lyme Disease Info
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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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 ...