Lyme disease and its associated infections some of the most challenging diseases to treat adequately.
Even more frightening than the ability of this bacterium to hide, Lyme disease progresses through several stages. According to the Boston Children’s Hospital, stage one occurs 3 to 30 days after infected tick bite and can include the characteristic bull’s eye rash known as erythema migrans. However, sometimes a red, flat mark is noted, or there are no signs of bite at all, and this stage progresses into flu-like symptoms including headache, aches and pain in the joints, stiff neck, fever, chills, swollen glands, general malaise.
stature, lower to the ground, and typically play with their environments. Basically kids pick up sticks, play in leaves, roll on the ground, frolic in the dirt. In fact, Lyme disease is most prevalent in boys ages 5–19.
Lyme disease is contracted by tick bite — ticks infected with the Lyme bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi transmit spirochete (or spiral-shaped) bacteria into a host. Spirochetes have the ability to form cysts in inhospitable environments, allowing them to hide in a host without being detected by the immune system. These cysts can remain dormant for days to years, which makes Lyme disease and its associated infections some of the most challenging diseases to treat adequately.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, there were over 25,000 cases of confirmed Lyme disease diagnoses in 2015; the CDC estimates that over 329,000 people are diagnosed with the disease annually, about 25% of these cases are children ages 5–9. Lyme disease is most prevalent in the northeast region of the country, but prevalence has been noted in the mid-Atlantic states, the north-central states, and on the Pacific Coast.
Children are much more susceptible to contracting the disease as they are smaller in stature, lower to the ground, and typically play with their environments. Basically — kids pick up sticks, play in leaves, roll on the ground, frolic in the dirt. In fact, Lyme disease is most prevalent in boys ages 5–19.
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