The Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted through tick sting. The Lyme disease symptoms are fever, fatigue, migraines and eczema. Because these symptoms also appear in other diseases, there must be taken a differential test before diagnosing the disease.



Isodex scapularis, the deer tick or the black tick carries the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. This bacterium is responsible for the appearance of the Lyme disease. It normally lives in mice, rats, squirrels and small animals. The tick has three development stages: larva, chrysalis and adult. When an uninfected tick consumes the blood of a sick animal, it eats the bacterium as well. The bacterium will live in the intestines of the tick and at the next meal will infect other animals or even human beings.



Most cases of tick stings appear at the end of spring or during summer when the chrysalis is more active and the human activities outside are more frequent. Besides that, ticks live in the fur of dears, who do not contact the Lyme disease. Other ways of contacting the Lyme disease are by inter personal contact, transmission during pregnancy, blood transfusions or from animals.

Inter personal contact: it has not been proven yet that the Lyme disease is transmitted by kiss or sexual contact with an infected individual. During pregnancy, the disease can lead to the infection of the placenta or even miscarriage. Even if there are no cases of Lyme disease transmitted through blood transfusions, it is proven that the bacterium can survive in the blood of the donators and it can easily be transmitted to the receiver.
Among the Lyme disease symptoms you can count a red area near the biting place, which usually appears in a period from 3 up to 30 days from the bite. The red spot will most likely increase in surface; it is warm and not painful. Other symptoms are fatigue, migraines, fever, muscular cramps or diseases of the lymphatic ganglions. In some cases, the red area may not appear at all and this will make you unaware of the fact that you have been infected. Left untreated, the Lyme disease can lead to Bell face paralysis, pain, meningitis, arrhythmia and pain in the articulations.

Most of these symptoms can be cured with the right treatment. After month since the infection, 60% of the patient will develop arthritis, lack of concentration and short term memory loss, muscular pain, insomnia, fatigue and cognitive disabilities.



The Lyme disease can be treated with antibiotics, and the treatment should be held for a period of 14 up to 28 days. There are also ways of preventing the Lyme disease, such as avoiding areas where tick might leave, such as forests and bushes, especially in May, June and July; the use of bug sprays, pesticides, as well as wearing long clothes in the forest. Fortunately, less than 5% of tick stings produce the Lyme disease and the doctors made this disease known, so there is treatment. If you think you have been infected, you should quickly see a doctor, because the faster you diagnose it, the better for you. The Lyme disease leaves minimal complications if it is treated in time.