Lyme disease is an illness that someone may get when bitten by an infected tick, there are different cycles of the disease and people react to it differently than others. Citizens should support people with lyme disease because their symptoms are similar to other sickness and can often be misdiagnosed. Lyme disease progresses in three stages, the first stage is when the rash starts to appear the second stage occurs when arthritic pain starts to migrate from joint to joint the last stage is the most serious and happens when arthritis affects the knee and eventually leads to chronic lyme disease. (Britannica Encyclopedia). The first stage starts to occur from days to weeks (1-4 weeks), stage two happens from one to four months and
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Because lyme disease often mimics other disorders, its diagnosis are sometimes difficult especially when their is no record of the rash. ( Britannica Encyclopedia). Lyme disease often goes undetected if you’re among the 20% of infected people who don’t get the rash. (“Focus on healthy aging” p.4). Sometimes when patients don’t develop this particular rash right away it can be very difficult when physicians diagnose them. Almost one-third of people with lyme diseae may not be awre of having the rash if it is in an out-of-the way place for example: behind the knee, the back, or scalp. (Arthiritis Founation p1). Three to thirty days after the infection begins, most people are suppose to develop the round red rash at or near the site of the bite.( Britannica Encyclopedia). People often don’t realize they have the rash because it isn’t visible even though it most likely already developed within the time period they have been bitten in. It is extremely difficult to diagnose lyme disease when the rash doesn’t appear and even if it does finally show up it may been somewhere that you can’t get the full sight …show more content…
The main treatment for this disease is antibotic therapy, but overprescribing of antibotics can lead to serious problems. (Lasker, 2384). Out of all patients that are not treated up to 5% of these individuals may become chronic. (Lerner, 512). When treating this disease you have to be very cautious considering the fact that you dont overprescribe the medication and also making sure that you take treatment right away. If left untreated lyme disease can cause serious nerve or heart problems as well as arthritis. ( Arthritic Foundation p.1). The risk for acquiring lyme disease varies depending on what stage in its life cycle a tick has reached. (Lasker, 2382). Leaving this infection untreated may be one of the worst things someone might do because it can lead to even bigger health problems. Getting treated for lyme disease right way is great because you may be able to stop the infection from spreading even more and it can also reduce the risk of becoming chronic and having any other kind of complications with your
Because lyme disease often mimics other disorders, its diagnosis are sometimes difficult especially when their is no record of the rash. ( Britannica Encyclopedia). Lyme disease often goes undetected if you’re among the 20% of infected people who don’t get the rash. (“Focus on healthy aging” p.4). Sometimes when patients don’t develop this particular rash right away it can be very difficult when physicians diagnose them. Almost one-third of people with lyme diseae may not be awre of having the rash if it is in an out-of-the way place for example: behind the knee, the back, or scalp. (Arthiritis Founation p1). Three to thirty days after the infection begins, most people are suppose to develop the round red rash at or near the site of the bite.( Britannica Encyclopedia). People often don’t realize they have the rash because it isn’t visible even though it most likely already developed within the time period they have been bitten in. It is extremely difficult to diagnose lyme disease when the rash doesn’t appear and even if it does finally show up it may been somewhere that you can’t get the full sight …show more content…
The main treatment for this disease is antibotic therapy, but overprescribing of antibotics can lead to serious problems. (Lasker, 2384). Out of all patients that are not treated up to 5% of these individuals may become chronic. (Lerner, 512). When treating this disease you have to be very cautious considering the fact that you dont overprescribe the medication and also making sure that you take treatment right away. If left untreated lyme disease can cause serious nerve or heart problems as well as arthritis. ( Arthritic Foundation p.1). The risk for acquiring lyme disease varies depending on what stage in its life cycle a tick has reached. (Lasker, 2382). Leaving this infection untreated may be one of the worst things someone might do because it can lead to even bigger health problems. Getting treated for lyme disease right way is great because you may be able to stop the infection from spreading even more and it can also reduce the risk of becoming chronic and having any other kind of complications with your