Tick Borne Disease

Lyme disease is an infectious Tick borne disease caused by the bacteria Borrelia Burgdorferi spread from the bite of a Tick. (Pearson.S.2015). Ticks are arachnids with pincher like mouths that live off the blood of animals and occasionally humans if they get a hold of us. If a tick is infected with Borrelia Burgdonferi and bites a human, the disease gets transmitted and takes effect immediately yet does not show symptoms for up to a month. If you are wondering how the tick catches the disease, it is transmitted to the tick when he feeds off the animal infected with it such as a cow, dog, cat, etc. Something as simple as walking your dog in the grass can attract ticks, especially the humidity so always take precaution when walking your pets
The rash can occur within 3-30 days of the tick bite and can be located anywhere on your body (Pearson.S.2015).Other symptoms include headache, Myalgia, or muscle pain, arthritis, fatigue, sweats, fever and malaise(Pearson. S. 2015).It has been proven by doctors the longer you take to get treatment, the worse the symptoms’ will be. If you are suspected of having Lyme disease, treatment is given even if you are unsure if you have the disease or
For adults, they are given 100-200mg of Doxycycline if the tick has been attached for 36-72 hours (Moore. K. S. 2015). For children under 8 they will be given a dose of Amoxicillin for 3-4 weeks (Pearson.S.2015). If done correctly, it can be treated effectively with antibiotics weekly. The treatment is used to control the symptoms and boost the immune system, kill the infection bring up energy help with pain, insomnia and cognitive dysfunctions(Ross.M.MD). There is much controversy about treatment for Lyme disease that is still being tested today (Moore. K. S. 2015).It is said oral treatment is not enough for treating the disease because it acts as a cloaking device temporarily hiding the Lyme bacteria in cells and body tissue (Andrews.V.2004) .Treatment for the disease depends upon how long it was contracted to the time you begin the treatment. The longer you wait to get treatment, the stronger the dosage of oral treatment you need and the longer it will take to cure. The disease must be treated aggressively due to the physical and psychological damage is has been known to cause (Cavert.K.2014). Proper treatment still has not been discovered for Lyme disease and have unknown reasons as to why it causes mysterious psychological behaviors. Scientists believe it is an autoimmune response to the disease (Moore .K.S