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Symptoms of Lyme Disease: Education is the First Defense Against Lyme Disease
The symptoms of Lyme disease begin when a person is bitten by a tick infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (the essence Lyme disease). Learning the facts about Lyme disease is an important measure in avoiding it or in effectively treating it once a person has been infected. In the first stages of Lyme disease (between one and four weeks after infection), many don't know that they've been bitten and don't immediately have any symptoms of Lyme disease.
Left untreated, infected people enter the second stage of Lyme disease symptoms where they may experience:
The "bull's eye" type rash that is one of the common symptoms of Lyme disease, usually begins with a small red dot at the location of the bite. Over a period of several days up to several weeks, however, the dot begins to expand into a "bull's eye" shape with a red dot in the center surrounded by an empty circle surrounded by a larger red circle. In some cases, the circular rash will simply expand without resembling a "bull's eye", but appear to be a large, circular rash. While the rash will begin at the location of the bite, it often can appear on other parts of the body as the infection begins to travel. When the symptoms of Lyme disease are ignored beyond the second stage, many begin to feel arthritic symptoms as they enter into the third stage of Lyme disease as it has been allowed to spread without effective treatment. In these cases, the arthritis pain most commonly presents itself in the person's knee joints and may seem to come and go, although most will eventually go on to develop chronic symptoms of arthritis. Aside from arthritis, people in the third stage of the symptoms of Lyme disease may also experience:
In very rare cases, miscarriages, stillbirths, premature births and infant deaths have been attributed to symptoms of Lyme disease. However, these cases are rare and most pregnant women who are promptly treated for early symptoms of Lyme disease have healthy deliveries. Women who exhibit symptoms of Lyme disease while nursing should discuss with their doctors whether to continue breastfeeding during treatment. In order to avoid the symptoms of Lyme disease, people are advised to avoid heavily wooded areas or areas with a lot of shrubbery or grass, especially during the spring and summer months. If such avoidance isn't possible, it's advisable that people wear clothing to protect them when in these areas such as:
Certain parts of the United States are more prone to incidents of Lyme disease than are others. These include:
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