Lyme disease is a vector-borne zoonotic infection that is caused by different genospecies of borrelia and transmitted by the infected tick bite. These ticks have size like poppy seeds, and can leave undetectable bite. Sign and Symptoms of Lyme disease: From the 3 to 30 days after the infected tick bite, red area might appear that sometimes clear in the center and that area looks like bull’s eye pattern. The rash (erythema migrans) enlarges slowly day by day and can spread to 12 inches.
Not everyone with lyme disease develops the erythema migrans (EM) rash. Some people develop this rash at more than one place on their body. Some of other non-specific symptoms: · Fatigue · Fever · Body aches · Neck stiffness · Swollen glands · Joint pains Diagnosis for lyme disease: 1. Patients with erythema migrans: The NICE guidelines say that the…
