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It's Spring-Time to Prevent Lyme Disease
Centers for Disease Control — More cases of Lyme disease are reported than any other bug-borne disease in the United States. There were more than 27,000 reported cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. in 2007; most of these cases are reported from the Northeast and upper Midwest. ...More…
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Lyme Disease
Visual Dx Health — Lyme Disease: A parent's guide to condition and treatment information - Overview. Lyme disease is the result of infection with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is transmitted by... Lyme disease may simply be displayed as a subtle ...More…
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DVBID: Statistics / CDC Lyme Disease
Centers for Disease Control — Information on Lyme Disease. Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Lyme Disease Surveillance in Morbidity Mortality Weekly Reports As with most other diseases, reporting requirements for Lyme disease are determined by ...More…
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ACP: Initiative on Lyme Disease - Patient Guide - Glossary
-Products of white blood cells that are the body's defense against disease. Produced when the body is fighting any type of infection. -tiny microscopic organisms having round, rodlike, spiral, or filamentous single-celled or noncellular ...More…
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NIAID's Role in Lyme Disease Research
National Institute of Allergy — The NIAID has a long-standing commitment to conduct research on Lyme borreliosis, or Lyme disease. The major goals of the NIAID Lyme Disease Research Program are to develop better means of diagnosing, treating, and preventing this disease. To ...More…
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"Lyme Disease"
Clinical Trials — Evaluation, Treatment, and Follow-up of Patients With Lyme Disease Effect of Intravenous Ceftriaxone and Oral Doxycycline for Lyme Neuroborreliosis Open Studies / "Lyme Disease" Evaluation of Lyme Disease: Clinical, Microbiological and ...More…
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Lyme Disease
Visual Dx Health — Lyme Disease: Condition information and pictures for adults - Overview. Lyme disease is the result of infection with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The disease is transmitted by... Lyme disease frequently presents as a red or pink circle that ...More…
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Lyme Disease
Centers for Disease Control — Lyme disease results from infection with spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. In Europe and Asia, most cases of Lyme disease are caused by B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. afzelii, or B. garinii; however, in the ...More…
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ACP: Initiative on Lyme Disease - Patient Guide - Prevention
The best way to avoid Lyme disease is to avoid deer ticks and western black-legged ticks. Knowing the life cycle of the tick (see below) can be important in avoiding it. Most cases of Lyme disease occur in the spring and summer months, when ticks ...More…
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ACP: Initiative on Lyme Disease - Patient Guide - Treatment
Lyme disease is treated with one of several antibiotics. Usually, these antibiotics are given by mouth, though they may need to be given intravenously in some severe cases of Lyme disease, especially if the nervous system is involved. For most ...More…
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ACP: Initiative on Lyme Disease - Patient Guide - Diagnosis
Doctors diagnose Lyme disease based on the patient's symptoms (signs of illness), history, and blood test results. There are three stages of Lyme disease: early, early disseminated, and late Lyme disease. Paralysis of facial muscles (usually on ...More…
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Lyme disease
Mayo Clinic — Lyme disease - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, complications of this tick-borne illness. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that causes signs and symptoms ranging from rash, fever, chills and body aches to joint swelling, ...More…