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Types of Lyme Disease

Connecticut
Connecticut

Lyme disease is an important health concern in Connecticut. Since it was first recognized in the Lyme, Connecticut area in 1975, the Department of Public Health (DPH) has contributed to the understanding of this complex disease, as well as other tick-borne diseases.

source: portal.ct.gov
Delaware
Delaware

Lyme disease became a reportable condition in Delaware in 1989 under the Regulations for the Control of Communicable and other Disease Conditions which made Lyme disease, as well as many other diseases and conditions, reportable to the Bureau of Epidemiology in Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH).

EM Rash, Other Rashes
EM Rash, Other Rashes

Lyme disease can be very difficult to diagnose. Ticks on humans not only transmit Lyme disease, but other infections too. If you get bit and develop a Lyme disease rash, this is singlehandedly the best and most accurate way to diagnose Lyme. If you have the rash, the doctor will start treatment right away.

Extreme Fatigue
Extreme Fatigue

Is it Lyme disease? If the tick that bit you carried Lyme disease or other, similar diseases, such as anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), you may develop symptoms like chills, fever, headache, fatigue or lethargy, swollen glands, and muscle or joint aches.

Fever
Fever

Untreated Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms, depending on the stage of infection. These include fever, rash, facial paralysis, and arthritis. Seek medical attention if you observe any of these symptoms and have had a tick bite, live in an area known for Lyme disease, or have recently traveled to an area where Lyme disease occurs.

source: cdc.gov
Flu-Like Illness
Flu-Like Illness

The first sign of Lyme disease may be a non-specific ‘flu-like illness with fever, headache, stiff neck and muscle aches and pains several weeks or even months after the nymphal tick season in your area. If you develop fever, chills, aches and pains a few weeks or a month after the nymphal tick ...

Headache
Headache

Untreated Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms, depending on the stage of infection. These include fever, rash, facial paralysis, and arthritis. Seek medical attention if you observe any of these symptoms and have had a tick bite, live in an area known for Lyme disease, or have recently traveled to an area where Lyme disease occurs.

source: cdc.gov
Heart Problems, Such as Skipped Heartbeats
Heart Problems, Such as Skipped Heartbeats

Heart block from Lyme carditis can progress rapidly. Patients may experience light-headedness, fainting, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, or chest pain. Patients with Lyme carditis usually have other symptoms such as fever and body aches, and they may have more specific symptoms of Lyme disease, such as the erythema migrans rash.

source: cdc.gov
History of Tick Bite
History of Tick Bite

History of Lyme Disease Ticks and Lyme disease have been around for thousands of years. In fact, a recent autopsy on a 5,300-year-old mummy indicated the presence of the bacteria which causes Lyme disease.

Maine
Maine

Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to a person through the bite of an infected deer tick (Ixodes scapularis). Symptoms of Lyme disease include the formation of a characteristic expanding rash (erythema migrans, EM) 3-30 days after a tick bite.

source: maine.gov
Malar Flush, Red Ear Lobes
Malar Flush, Red Ear Lobes

Lyme disease is a Lyme is a Multi-Systemic Disease. Lyme disease symptoms and signs may include: Erythema Chronicum Migrans (EM rash) and/or other rashes, or the Bull’s Eye rash.

Maryland
Maryland

Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis, sometimes called deer tick). In most cases, ticks must be attached for at least 24 hours before the Lyme disease bacterium can be transmitted; Most human infections of Lyme disease are caused by immature ticks, called nymphs.

Massachusetts
Massachusetts

Lyme disease is spread by the bite of an infected black-legged tick. The tick usually must be attached to a person for at least 24 hours before it can spread the germ. Black-legged ticks in Massachusetts can also carry the germs that cause babesiosis and human granulocytic anaplasmosis).

source: mass.gov
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Minnesota
Minnesota

Lyme disease is a potentially serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and affects humans and animals. The Minnesota Department of Health is working with residents to limit exposure to the ticks causing the disease, as well as to monitor the spread of the disease across the state.

New Hampshire
New Hampshire

Lyme and other tickborne diseases are spread to humans and animals by the bite of an infected tick. In New Hampshire, and across the United States, Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tickborne disease.

source: dhhs.nh.gov
Numbness or Pain in the Nerve Area
Numbness or Pain in the Nerve Area

If untreated, the disease can result in neurological disorders such as peripheral neuropathy, including Bell’s palsy, as well as pain, numbness or weakness in the limbs. The onset of peripheral neuropathy typically develops weeks, months or years later, if the disease is left untreated.