| Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease
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| | and symptoms ranging from rash and
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| spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease
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| | flu-like fever and body aches to more
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| is an infection caused by bacteria
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| | serious ones including joint swelling,
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| spirochete. The disease is carried by
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| | weakness, fatigue and temporary
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| deer ticks and western black-legged ticks
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| | paralysis. Other symptoms of lyme disease
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| (found mostly on the Pacific Coast).
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| | include chills, headaches, stiff neck,
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| These ticks can spread the disease to
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| | fatigue, muscle aches and joint pain.
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| animals and humans through tick bites.
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| | Protective clothing includes long-sleeve
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| Lyme disease is the most common
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| | shirts and pants that are tucked into
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| tick-borne disease in the United States.
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| | socks or boots.
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| Lyme disease is caused by an infection
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| | Anti-inflammatory medications, such as
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| from a micro-organism (Borrelia burghdor
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| | ibuprofen, are sometimes prescribed to
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| feri), itself transmitted by a bite from
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| | relieve joint stiffness. Oral doxycycline
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| the wood tick, a blood-sucking parasite
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| | (eg Vibramycin) (except in children),
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| which normally lives on deer. The wood
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| | amoxicillin (eg Amoxil) or cephalosporin
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| tick is found in many areas, particularly
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| | antibiotics are the usual first choices.
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| in forests where deer are common. A tick
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| | Antibiotics by injection are being given,
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| will settle anywhere on a human body, but
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| | then benzylpenicillin (eg Crystapen),
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| prefers warm, moist and dark places like
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| | cefotaxime (Claforan) and ceftriaxone
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| the crotch or armpits.
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| | (Rocephin) are the usual choices. An
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| About 60% of light-skinned patients
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| | arthrocentesis is a procedure whereby
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| notice a unique enlarging rash, referred
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| | fluid is removed from a joint using a
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| to as erythema migrans (EM), days to
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| | needle and syringe under sterile
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| weeks after the biteLyme disease is
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| | conditions. When walking or hiking in
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| usually seen during the late spring,
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| | wooded or grassy areas, tuck long pants
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| summer, and early fall. Risk factors for
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| | into socks to protect the legs, and wear
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| Lyme disease include walking in high
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| | shoes and light-colored, long-sleeved
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| grasses, taking place in activities that
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| | shirts. Ticks show up better on white or
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| increase tick exposure, and having a pet
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| | light colored-clothing than dark items.
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| that may carry ticks home. Lyme disease
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| | Spray your clothes with insect repellant.
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| is a tick-borne illness that causes signs
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