It is important for every person to have good health in order to carry on with everyday activities. But in case a person falls sick, he or she can go to a hospital to seek medical attention. When someone falls ill, the extent of the sickness can be determined by the health providers as a serious case or not, that is why there are patients who are admitted and others discharged almost immediately because their case is not serious. In this article, we will be looking at what causes, signs and symptoms and how to treat Lyme disease.
Lyme is known to be a disease that is usually diagnosed from a tick bite. The ailment is said to be bacterial and also affects some animals like dogs. People who are likely to get this illness are the ones who live or spend time with animals infested with the ticks.
The symptoms of Lyme disease are as follows in its early stage; rashes after the tick bite the affected person develops a red mark around the bitten area and after a few days it forms in a way it looks like a bull eye though its painless. The other symptom is flu, the affected person starts getting headaches, fever, aches all over the body and fatigue.
In late stages the symptoms are severe they include heart problems, kidney failure, affects the nerve system, brain damage, swollen glands and even painful joints. In this stage it might be hard to treat the illness unlike the early stages that is why if a person suspects that they have it should go and seek medication immediately.
When doctors or health provides suspect that a patient is suffering from Lyme the do not carry out a blood test. This is because antibodies of the patient might be resisting the disease and therefore gives false results. What the doctors look for at first is the red rash as it is a must for a person suffering this illness to have it.
Antibiotics are given to the sufferer of illness in order to treat it. Additional medicine is given if the person has swollen glands and painful joints. People can also opt to treat it naturally if they do not want drugs. When examining the illness doctors do not do a blood test because the antibodies resist the disease and give false results.
People should not be worried about getting the disease from an infected person as it is not contagious. The age group that is likely to be affected is children between the ages of five to fourteen and adults between ages forty to forty nine but this affect people who live in areas that are infested with the ticks.
It is not a must for one to live in an area infested with ticks to get Lyme. A person might get it through rodents or standing unknowingly where the ticks are. To ensure that one does not get the illness it recommended for them to get vaccinated along with their animals and if a person suspects to have the disease they should seek immediate medical attention instead of waiting for it to reach severe stages. Good health is just as important as seeing a new day that is why we need to stay healthy.
Lyme is known to be a disease that is usually diagnosed from a tick bite. The ailment is said to be bacterial and also affects some animals like dogs. People who are likely to get this illness are the ones who live or spend time with animals infested with the ticks.
The symptoms of Lyme disease are as follows in its early stage; rashes after the tick bite the affected person develops a red mark around the bitten area and after a few days it forms in a way it looks like a bull eye though its painless. The other symptom is flu, the affected person starts getting headaches, fever, aches all over the body and fatigue.
In late stages the symptoms are severe they include heart problems, kidney failure, affects the nerve system, brain damage, swollen glands and even painful joints. In this stage it might be hard to treat the illness unlike the early stages that is why if a person suspects that they have it should go and seek medication immediately.
When doctors or health provides suspect that a patient is suffering from Lyme the do not carry out a blood test. This is because antibodies of the patient might be resisting the disease and therefore gives false results. What the doctors look for at first is the red rash as it is a must for a person suffering this illness to have it.
Antibiotics are given to the sufferer of illness in order to treat it. Additional medicine is given if the person has swollen glands and painful joints. People can also opt to treat it naturally if they do not want drugs. When examining the illness doctors do not do a blood test because the antibodies resist the disease and give false results.
People should not be worried about getting the disease from an infected person as it is not contagious. The age group that is likely to be affected is children between the ages of five to fourteen and adults between ages forty to forty nine but this affect people who live in areas that are infested with the ticks.
It is not a must for one to live in an area infested with ticks to get Lyme. A person might get it through rodents or standing unknowingly where the ticks are. To ensure that one does not get the illness it recommended for them to get vaccinated along with their animals and if a person suspects to have the disease they should seek immediate medical attention instead of waiting for it to reach severe stages. Good health is just as important as seeing a new day that is why we need to stay healthy.
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