Lyme disease is a very serious disease with possibly becoming a lifetime threat to a person. You can be bitten by a deer tick and not even know you have been bitten until you get signs and symptoms. We need to be aware of this dreaded lifetime disease and the signs and symptoms that go ...
Will Babesiosis challenge Lyme Disease? A new parasite is rising as a rare disease. With the Babesiosis parasite loose are eastern states safe? When the nuclear arms race was heating up, many of the old childhood diseases were passing into memories of the distant past. Polio, which had crippled a U. S. president in the ...
Lyme disease was first described and named at Yale University in the mid 1970s. In 1975, large numbers of children were coming down with what appeared to be juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, at an incomprehensible rate; these symptoms were caused by what became known as Lyme disease. Deer ticks, infected by a bacterium known as Borrelia ...
Amoxil is an antibiotic (class of penicillin’s or aminopenicillin group) manufactured by Glaxosmithkline (United Kingdom trademark Amoxil), prescribed by a physician for the treatment of various bacterial infections, including: middle ear infection (Otitis), gonorrhea, skin infections, upper and lower respiratory tract infections (pneomonia), bronchitis, tonsillitis, and infections of the genital (herpes) and urinary tract. Also, ...
It is that time of year again and it seems this year there are more ticks than there were last year. The ticks are out in full swing and ready to attach themselves to passerby’s from any shrub or tree limb. There are many types of ticks, the most common being the American dog tick. ...
As the most prevalent tick borne condition in the United States, Lyme disease affects over 25,000 Americans each year. Common in the Northeast and Midwest sections of the United States, individuals suffering from Lyme disease, infected with the borrelia bacteria, are commonly misdiagnosed leading to a lifelong health complication. With borrelia bacteria as the key ...
If you find a deer tick embedded in your skin, don’t panic. If you follow a few simple steps you can safely remove the tick and reduce your chance of contracting Lyme disease. The first thing is to relax. Not all ticks carry Lyme disease. According to Kirby Strafford, Ph.D., if you find and remove ...
I am an avid outdoorsy type. I spend significant amounts of time outside, especially in areas that tend to be infested with deer ticks. Frequent tick bites are an inevitability, not a possibility, for me. Because of this, I try to be very careful to watch for potential signs of diseases transmitted through ticks. Lyme ...
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