Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection that was discovered in the early 1970s. It is caused by a tick that feeds on rodents, and white-tailed deer later in their life cycle. Signs and symptoms can vary from one person to another, affected people don’t experience all of the symptoms, neither do they go in the same cycle and stages of the disease. The safest way to possibly handle and fight this disease is having it diagnosed as early as possible to be able to have it treated quickly. Although this disease can be a little bit disturbing and alarming, it is said to be rarely fatal. However, there are some guidelines on how someone can prevent this to happen to them.
Little Tick, Big Problem: The Great Lyme
45 years ago, in the mid-1970s, numerous tick-borne diseases have been identified in humans. One of these surfacing illnesses are the trio that are both socially and clinically relevant in the United States. One
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This bacteria is transmitted to humans through deer ticks, or black-legged ticks (I. dammini and I. pacificus). According to CDC (as cited in Mayer & Pizer, 2008), Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the world. The life cycle of these disease-causing ticks occur in a 2-year period, which includes the time of them being eggs to the feeding of the larva on small rodents, gradually progressing until they become adults and reach the stage of feeding on white-tailed deer and other larger mammals. These ticks mate, and may eventually fall off their host, which starts the struggle of them finding another host. A preferred host has to have shade, and a high level of humidity; unfortunately, it can be found in humans. Their size can be compared to the size of a poppy seed, making them almost impossible to detect. This disease was nationally recognized as a notifiable disease in January 1991. The state with the highest number of Lyme disease cases was New
In the article “When Mosquitoes Were Killers in America” by Lauren Tarshis, She makes the statement “Yet mosquitoes are far more than a nuisance.” What she means is that mosquitoes aren't a little bug that just sucks a little blood and can be annoying, but instead it uses all that and more. Mosquitoes have killed millions upon millions of people by spreading disease like malaria. An example of how she supports this claim is in the article, she says “ In this way, bite by itchy bite, 212 million people are infected with malaria every year” (Tarshis 13). And that is only a year with bug spray, shots, and all the other things that help stop mosquitoes. So when the U.S. government tried to save people from these murders little insects. So they
On December 15, the patient comes in for his check up. The physician tells the patient his blood test was positive for Lyme and prescribes the patient antibiotics. However the patient now tells the doctor that he is still experiencing the weakness and fatigue even after the doctor’s advice. He also says he is having slight trouble swallowing foods and speech has become slurred and nasally at times. Due to the patients broad range of symptoms, the physician suggests the patient either get an electromyography o...
On an endless road of meadows and half collapsed barns exists a quaint town living its motto “The City of Progress”. Enterprise, Alabama is stuck between miles of bleak pastures and feeding cows, but the peanut factory overwhelms your every breath. The monotonous drive does have a reward, and it can only be found hiding in a valley of small stores and baptist churches on downtown’s main street. It is a statue that reminisces this town’s story of triumph over its struggling economy during the decline of cotton. Sculpted from stone, a woman is presenting a boll weevil in honor for its efforts in destroying the crop, cotton, Enterprise, Alabama’s main economic source.
...se it eventually kills. I learned about Lupus from my mother who struggles to be healthy on a daily basis and also from my aunt who thought she was dying from Liver failure, but it was the Lupus that eventually killed her. I only hope that you have come to understand Lupus and the unpredictable nature that accompanies it.
If science has taught us anything, it is that one event invariably effects countless others. This is no more evident than when a species is introduced into a new environment. Once a foreign species finds itself in new surroundings, it can either die or adapt. Often, these introduced species take over the environment, irrevocably changing it to fit their needs. This usually leads to a serious deteriorating in the well being of species currently existing there. Such is the case as when the Europeans introduced themselves to the New World. The new arrivals not only brought themselves, their technologies, and ways of life, but, most disastrously, their diseases arrived as well.
the animals and cattle as well. The disease was so contagious that touching even an object that had
This disease may be on the brink of being eradicated entirely but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the grossest things that anyone has ever seen. The parasite enters the body via unsafe drinking water. When people drink water infected with water fleas that have have been hosting the larvae of the parasite. There are no symptoms, to begin with, but about one year later, blisters on the feet or legs begin to develop and then the adult fully developed worm crawls out of the host body over a period of a few weeks. It’s said that the pain is intense and can incapacitate a person for weeks at a time. The pain can also continue for months after the infection. The parasite needs to infect a person at least once a year in order to continue. There were an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 but the disease has been greatly reduced over time and only 22 cases were reported in 2015. This disease will probably be the first parasitic disease to be completely eradicated in humans.
I would like to share some important information about this disease especially if you are an owner or plain to become an owner of a dog.
Imagine being sick for months and months. Each day you discover new symptoms, and the ones you already had are continually getting worse. You go to the doctors because it has reached a point where you have Googled all your symptoms, Web MD says you are dying, The doctor says that your labs came back normal and therefore “it's all in your head”. The eventual diagnosis was Lyme Disease which is a vector-borne illness, that is transmitted by an insect bite, spider bite, and in some cases sexually transmitted. The effects of the disease on a Lyme patient’s body differentiates from person to person due to the fact that Lyme is not the only infection you acquire when you develop Lyme Disease. Lyme bacteria
Many people hunt in the United States. Out of these people, bubonic plague has been more common among men because of the increased outdoor activities that put them at higher risk. 999 confirmed or probable human plague cases have occurred in the Un...
It has been called “the greatest catastrophe ever.” That statement was made in reference to the Black Death which was one of many bubonic plague epidemics. Throughout history, the bubonic plague proved itself to be an extremely lethal disease. Outbreaks of the bubonic plague were devastating because of the stunning number of deaths in each of the populations it reached. The Black Death was the worst epidemic and disaster of the bubonic plague in all of history. The Black Death refers to a period of several years in which affected populations were decimated. The bubonic plague is a disease started by bacteria. The disease has horrible symptoms, and most of the victims die after getting the plague. The bubonic plague spread easily between different areas of people. The Black Death was not the first epidemic of the bubonic plague; there was another outbreak several hundred years before. It is important to understand the history of the bubonic plague and reflect upon the Black Death because plague outbreaks can still occur today.
Longhorns carried the ticks but were immune to the fever. A few farmers were so
Valley fever is transmitted when bacteria in the soil become airborne and are inhaled. California residents must understand the harmful effects of air pollution and make better choices when using energy or transportation. The drought conditions are worsening, but communities and individuals can work together to help improve the air quality. References California drought and air quality Santa Barbara County air pollution control district. (2015).
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Lyme disease is the most common systematic, bacterial, tick-borne disease with symptoms that include severe headache, rash, arthritis, fever,joint aches, and cardiac abnormalities. The journal article, “Lyme Disease In Outdoor Workers: Risk Factors, Preventive Measures, And Tick Removal Methods” has written by Brian S. Schwartz and Michael D. Goldstein. The article depicts a statewide cross-sectional case study of risk factors of seropositivity...