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Borellia burgdofer -Lyme Disease Carlie Whiting Lyme Disease •What Is lyme Disease? •Signs and Symptoms •Stages •Diagnosis •Treatment •Prevention What is Lyme’s Disease? • Lyme Disease is an inflammatory disease caused by Borelli burgdorfer. Borellia is a loosely coiled spirochete. • It is contracted through tick bites and is difficult to diagnose. • It can take 2 days to 2 weeks to diagnose. What is Lyme Disease? • It is the most common vector-borne infection in the U.S. • The vector is the Ixodid tick, which has the ability to “hitchhike” on the host (humans). • The tick will attach and begin to fill with blood, becoming more than 100x its orginial size and infecting the human. Deer Tick Signs and Symptoms • Rash at the site of the bite • Flu Like Symptoms: fever, headache, muscle pain and dizziness • After a couple days or weeks, a rash will spread like a bullseye. Clear center, outer red bands are raised. Rash Stage 1-3 • Stage 1- rash (20% lack), migraines, flu like symptoms • Stage 2- Stage 1 symptoms begin to get worse, rash gets bigger • Stage 3-heart and nervous system problems (memory loss, facial palsy, joint inflammation) Diagnosis • The ELISA test- tests for the presence of antibodies • If the ELISA test comes back positive, than the Western Blot is used to confirm that the disease is Lyme Disease. • The red ring rash is an easier diagnosis, but as stated before it can take a long time for it to appear. Treatment • Antibiotics: doxycycline, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone and penicillin • If there is a late diagnosis (2nd or 3rd stage), antibiotics need to taken for 4 weeks and even longer if severe arthritis occurred. Prevention Closed toed shoes Long sleeve shirt/jacket Long pants A good friend :) Works Cited • https://health.google.com/health/ref/Lym e+disease+-+chronic+persistent • Microbiology. Cowan and Talaro, 2006. Pg 620-621.