Lyme disease is a disease bacterial infectious which is transmitted to humans After bite a tick of the IXODS species that we can meet in Highs herbs, Forests, Woods Or, thethe gardens.
The first sign of the disease is a Migrant erythema (we talk about Localized early stage), a kind of red circle that manifests in 75% of patients. It should be noted that this brand may appear several days after the tick bite.
If patients are not treated, they then enter the second phase, called “Disseminated early phase”. The bacteria then diffuse in the body. On MSDon lit that “Patients also develop pseudo-Grippal musculoskeletal syndrome consisting of a feeling of discomfort, fatigue, chills, fever, headache, stiff neck (…) Symptoms are generally passengers and variable, but sensations of discomfort and fatigue can persist for several weeks …”
When the disease has still not been treated, it enters into le stade terminal Which, according to the same source, begins months or years after the initial infection. “Joint manifestations are observed in almost 60% of patients, several months, sometimes up to 2 years, after the start of the disease. Ensurer and intermittent pain of a few large joints, in particular knees, usually recur for several years […] Some patients have symptoms such as fatigue, headache, joint and muscle pain and cognitive problems …. “