Lyme disease

Jake Bagwell and Courtney Radtke-Sartore

Lyme Disease

• Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that is spread by ticks that carry around the bacteria Spirochetes.

• Lyme disease has been around since 1975, when it got its name after several cases were identified.

• First signs of Lyme disease are, fatigue and aches, and circular rash

Symptoms • When having Lyme disease early symptoms

may include fever, headache, fatigue, depression and characteristic circular rash.

• Later symptoms may be failure in in joints, heart and central nervous system

• The most common symptom appearing in 60-80 people infection is the circular rash called erythema Migrans (EM)

Cures or antibiotics for Lyme disease

• Some medicines include amoxicillin and doxycycline which usually last up to 14-21 days depending on age

• Amoxicillin is an oral antibiotic used for upper respiratory infections.

• Doxycycline is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections

Lyme disease on a cellular level

Who gets it and who spreads it

• Any one who spends time out side and especially kids and elders.

• Animals like dogs and cats usually get it • The tick comes from a deer which was

infected

History

• The disease is named after the towns of Lyme and old Lyme in Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases involving people of all ages were identified in 1975

Current research

• At the Columbia university medical center they are using brain SPECT imaging with chronic Lyme disease

How the disease spreads

• Lyme disease is spread is spread by a black leg tick also known as a Lyme disease

• It can also be spread by the dear tick

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