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The Growing Epidemic of Chronic Lyme Disease


            
             Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, and Europe. It has been migrating throughout the continents since 1976, after the discovery of the bacteria. There is no cure for the disease; however, there are antibiotic therapy treatments offered for different stages of Lyme disease. Most human cases are caused by the nymphal, or immature, form of the tick. The ticks are about the size of a poppy seed. Because their bite is painless, many people do not realize they have been bitten. If a tick is attached for thirty-six hours, it will have completely manifested within the victim, making them Borrelia burgdorferi positive when diagnosed through laboratory testing. There are three stages: early, recurrent symptoms with no sign of infection, and chronic stage. Chronic Lyme Disease symptoms can occur at random within months or years after your infection, but the symptoms are severe and might cause permanent damage to the nervous system, muscles, joints, and heart. The start of the program Love Lime Not Lyme (LLNL) will be the first of many informative sessions within institutions, hospitals, and other medical facilities informing about Lyme Disease. It will also push the CDC to reform new precise guidelines for medical professionals for the prevention, and treatment of Lyme disease. .
             Introduction.
             Since its discovery nearly 30 years ago, Lyme disease has continued to spread. There has been increasing numbers of cases in the northeastern, and northcentral hemisphere of the United States. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected western blacklegged ticks, and deer ticks. They are about approximately 1/10 of the size of a penny. The agent known as Borrelia burgdorferi, a corkscrew shaped spirochete bacterium, causes the infections by migration through the host's tissues, adhesion to host cells, and evasion of the immune system. Having Borrelia burgdorferi in the host's system is a difficult condition to deal with because it will evade the innate and adaptive immune responses, causing failure for optimal control over the infection.


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