Lyme disease
Lyme disease
Lyme disease is a disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, a bacteria that is transmitted by the bite of an infected tick. Other names for Lyme disease are Lyme disease, Lyme Borreliosis or tick bite disease. A tick bite does not always have to lead to Lyme disease.
Treatment
If Lyme disease is diagnosed in time after a tick bite, it can be treated very well with antibiotics. The treatment of Lyme disease is very important, because if this is not done correctly, neurological complaints can arise. Complaints can arise in the nervous system, the joints but also with the heart.
Three stages of Lyme disease
Lyme disease can be divided into three stages: early Lyme disease, early disseminated Lyme disease and late Lyme disease. In the first stage, the symptoms are mainly a flu-like feeling, fever, headache or eye problems. In the second stage, symptoms develop in the joints, the nervous system and sometimes in the heart. The nerves in the spinal cord (severe pain in the arms or legs) or the brain can become inflamed. Late Lyme disease occurs when the disease has been present for more than a year. Symptoms in this stage are red/purple skin (acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans). This skin condition occurs on the arms or legs where the skin becomes very thin.