Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is an infection caused by Spirochete.
Treatment for disease
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With the right antibiotics a person in the early stages of Lyme disease will recover very quickly and completely.
"Experts agree that the earlier you are treated, the better; and early treatment is often successful. Unfortunately, more than half of the patients treated with short-term antibiotics continue to have significant symptoms. The quality of life of patients with chronic Lyme disease is similar to that of patients with congestive heart failure. Doctors don’t agree about the cause of these ongoing symptoms. The primary cause of this debate is the lack of a diagnostic test that can determine whether the disease has been eliminated from the body in patients who have persistent symptoms. "
( Resource= http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/lyme_disease/lyme_treatment.html )
Types of antibiotics used for treatments : Doxycycline,amoxicilin,or cerfuroxime axetil.
"Experts agree that the earlier you are treated, the better; and early treatment is often successful. Unfortunately, more than half of the patients treated with short-term antibiotics continue to have significant symptoms. The quality of life of patients with chronic Lyme disease is similar to that of patients with congestive heart failure. Doctors don’t agree about the cause of these ongoing symptoms. The primary cause of this debate is the lack of a diagnostic test that can determine whether the disease has been eliminated from the body in patients who have persistent symptoms. "
( Resource= http://www.lymedisease.org/lyme101/lyme_disease/lyme_treatment.html )
Types of antibiotics used for treatments : Doxycycline,amoxicilin,or cerfuroxime axetil.
How disease is transmitted
Lyme disease is transmitted to people and animals by the bite of an infected black legged tick, (Resource=www.cdc.gov)
Ixodes scapularis, commonly called the deer tick, and Ixodes pacificus (western black legged tick) in the West. ( Resource =www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php/about-lyme)
Ixodes scapularis, commonly called the deer tick, and Ixodes pacificus (western black legged tick) in the West. ( Resource =www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php/about-lyme)
Place/Region The disease is most prevalent
Northern California, and Organ coast.
Effect the disease can have on a population or has had in history
Lyme disease was first described in 1977 and was known as Lyme arthritis, Each year 20,000 new cases are reported. In 2009 the disease was ranked 7th on the list and was found in 10 states.
(Resource= www.historyofvaccinces.org)
(Resource= www.historyofvaccinces.org)
An event in history or current event related to the disease
As of 2013 the disease ranked 6th most common nationally notifiable disease.
(Resource= WWW.cdc.gov.)
(Resource= WWW.cdc.gov.)
2 Interesting facts about Lyme disease
- The Lyme disease bacterium normally lives in mice squirrels, and other small mammals
- Lyme disease in named after the town of Connecticut where it was discovered in 1977