infection

Lyme disease

Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a disease caused by species of Borrelia , transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the 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),

Complications

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

Outlook

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