Early Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is a disease that affects multiple body systems. It is caused most by the Borrelia burgdorferi, which is carried by the minute tick called the Ixodes ammini. Other ticks in the Ixodidae family can cause lyme disease too, but those cases are extremely rare. This disease generally occurs in summertime and usually starts with a red and warm papule that isn't painful to the infected individual. The red and warm papule is the classic sign of Lyme disease, and it is known as ECM. However, if Lyme disease isn't treated, then months later that infected person will display heart or nerve abnormalities. If that isn't treated, then there may be possible arthritis in the large joints later in the progress of Lyme disease.

Now, the early signs and symptoms of Lyme disease are simple and easy to recognize. Therefore, if a person is paying attention to their body than they can get cured from this multiply system disorder as soon as possible. Typically, Lyme disease has three different stages. The first and earliest stage of Lyme disease is the erythema chronicum migrans. The ECM heralds the first stage of Lyme disease and it usually occurs at the site of the minute tick. The erythema chronicum migrans lesion generally feels very hot and itchy and may even grow up to over 20 inches (50 cm) in diameter. Sometimes it may even resemble a bull's eyes or target. After a few days of getting the first erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) lesion, multiple lesions will erupt everywhere around the infective person's skin and a migratory, ring-like rash, conjunctivitis, and diffuse urticaria occurs.

In the three weeks after those lesions erupt on the skin, the lesions will be replaced by small red blotches that will persistently stay on the skin for several more weeks. During this stage, the infected person will experience fatigue and malaise on a constant basis. Other intermitted signs and symptoms that the infected person may experience are headache, neck stiffness, fever, chills, achiness, and regional lymphadenopathy. The other signs and systems that are less common are meningeal irritation, roaming musculoskeletal pain mild encephalopathy, hepatitis, and splenomegaly. However, some infected persons have reported that they had an unrelenting sore throat and dried out cough many days before the erythema chronicum migrans had appeared.

In conclusion, it is not hard to diagnosis and detected Lyme disease. However, if it is not diagnosis properly it can negatively affect a person's well-being. Therefore, if a person has any of these early signs of Lyme disease then they need to see a doctor as soon as possible.

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