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    Essay On Lyme Disease

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    some can cause a disease called Lyme disease. What is Lyme Disease? Lyme Disease is a bacterial disease caused by 4 main species of bacteria. The bacteria that it can be caused by is Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia mayonii, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii bacteria. Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick, but the majority black-legged tick bites do not result in Lyme disease You're more likely to get Lyme disease if you live or…

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    Preventing Lyme Disease

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    Try 5 tips below and you can prevent Lyme disease Lyme disease is an illness caused by a bacterial infection, and the infection is spread by the bite of ticks. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States receive no less than 300,000 new patients every year. This disease affects all people without being limited by age and gender. Lyme disease also has some of the symptoms similar to symptoms of other diseases. If not treated immediately, it can damage the…

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    Discussion 1: Lyme disease Why isn’t Lyme disease recognized like any other disease we are faced with? There are hundreds of diseases that patients are being treated for, yet Lyme patients are getting substandard care. Patients who have this debilitating and crippling disease are often overlooked or they are not getting the proper medical treatment and attention they deserve. Many physicians will only prescribe patients one course of antibiotic therapy treatment for their symptoms. If a…

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    According to Mayo Clinic, the best way to prevent infection of Lyme disease is by avoiding area where deer ticks live such as bushy areas, areas with long grass or wooded area. One can also reduce the chances of infection when in these areas by taking some simple precautions which include: Use of insect repellents: A person should apply insect repellent of high concentration, usually of 20% of DEET to their skin. One should apply the repellent carefully as directed. Clothes can also be applied…

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    get infected and sick with Lyme disease. Lyme disease in the northeast and Midwest United States is mainly carried in two major types of tick species, Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes Dammini (34). In the northwestern United States the main tick species that carries the causative agent of Lyme disease is Ixodes Pacificus. This disease is the most common vector borne disease in the U.S., with particular cases outnumbering those of the West Nile virus. The reason why this disease is so prevalent is…

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    “Great Imitator” for its ability to mimic other diseases, Lyme disease can be a common but deadly infection. Caused by the bacterium Borrelia Burdoferi, the disease is transmitted to humans from infected deer ticks and black legged ticks. The Lyme disease bacteria are passed through a cycle involving ticks and mice. Once the mouse is infected it can spread to deer ticks that can infect other animals, as well as humans (CDC, 2015). Symptoms of the disease range from fevers, tiredness, and…

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    It was later found that the source was birds, including parrots, cockatoos, etc. Long after Lyme disease came about, a man named Allen Steere and others began to think that this disease comes from ticks, specifically a deer tick. Many people believe that the white-tailed deer is the host from which the deer tick gets it sustenance, but in reality, the deer don’t had the spirochete that causes the disease. It’s been found, though, that white-footed mouse do. Larval ticks are close to the ground…

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    pops up on the screen with my bones in a bright white with this gross yellow plague in the picture. That was Lyme Disease. I’m already surprised because I can just tell that it doesn’t seem to be normal. Dad takes a close look and prints the picture looks shocked and takes me right across the hall to a regular hospital room. “Ok Oliver, you need to wait here a sec.” Dad said. “The disease is causing the bone tissue to diminish, we need to ‘tap’ it to exterminate…

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    see whether longer-term antibiotic treatment of persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease would lead to additional beneficial effects on health-related quality of life compared with shorter-term treatment. b. Evaluate the review of related research. How well did the authors provide a context for the current research in light of previous literature and gaps in current literature and knowledge? Chronic lyme disease was mentioned to have persistent symptoms of pain, fatigue, and neurologic…

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    Tick Paralysis In Bats

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    Beginning in the late 1980s, SFF afflicted with tick paralysis have been described in populations from the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, Australia (8). The tick has been identified as Ixodes holocyclus (7), one of two paralysis ticks found in eastern Australia (9). One main theory has been presented describing why these arboreal animals have been so adversely affected by a tick that is considered to be ground dwelling. As the natural foraging habitat of the SFF is eliminated, the bats are…

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