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Is There A Cure For Lyme Disease In The Current Times?

By Toni Vang


Lyme Borreliosis is a dangerous infectious sickness that is caused by bacterial organisms. One of the signs of recognizing this infection is swellings in an affected area. That is just but one of the signs of this infectious disease. Other signs include swellings without the itch, high fever, tiredness and serious headaches. The infection can be detrimental especially when in its advanced stages as it makes movements hard. Your neck also becomes stiff, joints become painful, and the heart palpitates. In this article, we will try to discuss about the question of: is there a cure for Lyme disease and what you should do immediately after noticing the signs and symptoms mentioned above.

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 ticks that transmit the infection are the Lxodes genus ticks. For the disease to spread the tick attaches to a person for at least thirty-six hours. Studies show that the infection cannot be transmitted from a person to another person. Neither can it also be transferable in foods or other animals.

Did you know that when you go for testing immediately after the tick bite there is high chances that you will test negative? Let us look at how you can prevent yourself from contracting the disease. If you want to prevent getting the sickness, you must then avoid being bitten by a tick. The best way to prevent tick bites is by wearing clothes that fully cover your body.

Health hygienists recommend that people should regularly spray their house with pesticides to kill all ticks in the house to reduce their numbers. When the numbers of the ticks are small, you will also reduce the likelihood of the tick sticking on your clothes or when sleeping on the bed. However when you find that one has stuck on your body, you should remove it with tweezers. You should not allow a tick to suck your blood until it gets full because it is the only way you can easily get Lyme.

How would a person get treatment once they get the illness? When you see that the tick that has been removed is full of blood, it will be advisable if you take an antibiotic immediately. The reason it is important to take the antibiotic is to prevent the disease from getting to advanced stages. There are many antibiotics that will easily help in managing the illness. Remember that in the beginning it is not easy to detect 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.

Research is still ongoing to look for a proper vaccination. Antibiotics such as cefotaxime and doxycycline have been so effective in treating Lyme disease. If you take less than seventy-two hours after the tick bite, you will reduce the likelihood of severe symptoms.




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