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Lyme disease
Jake Bagwell and Courtney Radtke-Sartore
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Lyme Disease
• Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that is spread by ticks that carry around the bacteria Spirochetes.
• Lyme disease has been around since 1975, when it got its name after several cases were identified.
• First signs of Lyme disease are, fatigue and aches, and circular rash
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Symptoms • When having Lyme disease early symptoms
may include fever, headache, fatigue, depression and characteristic circular rash.
• Later symptoms may be failure in in joints, heart and central nervous system
• The most common symptom appearing in 60-80 people infection is the circular rash called erythema Migrans (EM)
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Cures or antibiotics for Lyme disease
• Some medicines include amoxicillin and doxycycline which usually last up to 14-21 days depending on age
• Amoxicillin is an oral antibiotic used for upper respiratory infections.
• Doxycycline is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
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Lyme disease on a cellular level
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Who gets it and who spreads it
• Any one who spends time out side and especially kids and elders.
• Animals like dogs and cats usually get it • The tick comes from a deer which was
infected
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History
• The disease is named after the towns of Lyme and old Lyme in Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases involving people of all ages were identified in 1975
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Current research
• At the Columbia university medical center they are using brain SPECT imaging with chronic Lyme disease
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How the disease spreads
• Lyme disease is spread is spread by a black leg tick also known as a Lyme disease
• It can also be spread by the dear tick
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• "Lyme Disease ." KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's health. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. <http://kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/sick/lyme_disease.html#>.
• "Mayo Clinic." Mayo Clinic. N.p., 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. <http://mayoclinic.com>.
• Veggeberg, Scott. Lyme disease. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1998. Print.