infection

Lyme disease

Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia , transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. It is the most common disease spread by ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. are most common in the spring and early summer. is treatable with . Most treated patients experience a full recovery. For some patients recovery may not be immediate or complete, resulting in long-term effects. Early detection and prompt treatment are associated with more favorable outcomes.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·Expanding area of redness at the site of a tick bite, fever, headache, tiredness

Causes — why it happens

·Borrelia spread by ticks

How it's found

·Based on symptoms, tick exposure, blood tests

Prevention

·Prevention of tick bites (clothing the limbs, DEET), doxycycline

Complications

·Facial nerve , , -like symptoms, heart rhythm irregularities

Outlook

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