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Mayfield English 10 Period 6 25 November 2015 The Lyme Fight As Lyme Disease becomes a more relevant and noticeable disease, majority of knowing people, such as; patients believe that Lyme Disease is becoming an epidemic. Lyme Disease has grown among countries making it a more pertinent epidemic, as several are still oblivious to the disease, most professional doctors still think Lyme Disease isn’t even existent. Discovered in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975 with an “outbreak of what…

I would be diagnosed with Lyme disease and begin a grueling treatment program that still continues today. Over the…

Regenerative Medicine Expert Discusses 5 Ways to Avoid Summer Tick Bites Summer is in full swing, which means gardening, outdoor play, hiking – and tick bites. More than an annoying seasonal nuisance, tick bites are to blame for an estimated 300,000 cases of Lyme disease annually. Thousands more are diagnosed with tick-borne diseases such as the Heartland virus infection, the flulike anaplasmosis, and the marlarialike disease babesiosis. Fortunately, the regenerative medicine specialists at…

year, Pennsylvania and its outskirts have seen a massive explosion of acorns, which also indicates a particularly big tick infestation throughout the season. Tick bites are a health hazard and can cause transmission of infectious diseases such as Lyme and Babesiosis amongst humans as well as pets. One of the first things to keep these parasites away is to install a strong barrier that prevents tick-bearing deer from entering your property. Professional companies that specialize in fencing…

Lyme disease is a type of bacterial infection. People who live in wooded areas tend to get the disease more often because the infection is transmitted by ticks. The tick must bite a person and be attached for at least 36-48 hours in order to transmit the infection. The tick releases a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacterium will enter through the skin and eventually enter your blood stream causing various symptoms. In the early stages of the disease a person may experience a rash…

Something to Grapple with: How Wily Lyme Disease Prowls the Body From animals to humans, Lyme disease is affecting many individuals across the world. With symptoms such as fatigue and pain, Lyme disease can range from being debilitating to consuming your entire life. Scientists had very little research to find why the disease persists so long in the body until researchers at the University of Toronto investigated that the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi is the problem. It actually attaches to the…

My entire family has struggled with Lyme Disease for numerous years. Lyme disease is an infection caused by being bitten by an infected tick. The first symptom is usually a large, expanding rash around the area of the tick bite. Other symptoms may include a stiff-neck, chills, fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, and joint pain. It all started when I was five years old. My sister, Natalie who was three at the time, had a little bite on her leg. We didn’t know what it was…

Known as the “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,…

A huge misconception about mange, it is not due to poor hygienic living conditions, mange actually occurs over time due to an immature or weak immune system that is mostly common in younger and older canines (Gunter). There is an anatomy, occurrence, symptoms, treatment, and prevention for the most common skin disease in canines, commonly known as mange (Foster). Mange also known as Canine Demodicosis is a parasitic disease due to an excessive proliferation of demodex canis within the…

Isn’t everyone entitled to medical care if they fall ill? Lyme disease patients in Australia are denied the treatment that they rightfully deserve because the Australian Government refuses to accept and acknowledge the fact that the disease exists in our country. Lyme disease is the fastest growing tick-borne illness in the world and is transferred through a tick bite from a tick infected with the disease, characteristically creating a bullseye shaped rash but can also be transferred from mother…