|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
Do you have Lyme disease or know anyone who does? Lyme disease is also know as Lyme arthritis. It was found in 1975 in Lyme, Connecticut and now it’s located in all 50 states. The risk of a human getting Lyme disease varies with: geography, activity, age, and the time of the year. People who are within the ages five and fifteen are most likely to get Lyme. ... The infected tick must be attached to your skin for a day or two before it can transmit Lyme. ...
The ticks that spread Lyme the most are the deer ticks. ... Lyme is more common in the summer and fall because those seasons are when ticks are most prevalent. Eighty percent of Lyme disease cases happen between May and August. (Morrissey, 2)
There has never been a study in the history of Lyme that, even in the simplest way, proves that short course, two to six weeks therapy results in bacteriologic cure. Lyme disease, an infectious bacterial disease which is transmitted to people by deer ticks, can be diagnosed and treated in different ways, as proven by medical data,
Klages 2
medical testing, and experts. There are several symptoms that a booklet called Neighbor to Neighbor by Cathy Morris gives for this disease. ... Allen Steere, a rheumatologist currently practicing in Boston says, “Swelling in knees is common…it is typical of Lyme disease to have pain shift from one joint to another. ... Most people who have Lyme get a bulls eye rash around the bite. ... There are many different ways to teat or diagnose Lyme Disease and that is proven by medical testing, medical data and experts. ... There is no evidence that antibiotic treatment therapy is stopped before symptoms resolve, then the patient will relapse and Lyme disease will progress (Miller, A-4).
The diagnosis of Lyme is a clinical one. ... There are many tests for Lyme. ... Unless, the victim has a classic rash and test positive by blood the doctors will try to subtract all of the other possible before making the Lyme diagnosis. ...
There are many different tests such as Immunofluorescent Assay (IFA), Enzyme- Linked Immunosorhent Assay (ELISA), Western Blot, Gundersen Lyme Test, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Rocky Mountain Labs (RML). ... The Gundersen Lyme Test isn’t available throughout the country. It detects bacteria killing antibodies found in the blood of Lyme patients. Cross- reactivity is when an infection would test positive for Lyme even if they don’t have it and the Gundersen Lyme Test has no cross- reactivity(51). ... “We want it identify a component of the spirochete that was unique to the Lyme Spirochete, that wasn’t similar to that in other bacteria,” said Schwann, acting head of the Arthropod- borne Disease Section, Laboratory of Vectors and Pathogens, at Rocky
Klages 4
Mountain Labs. “This way, if people had antibodies to this particular component, it would be due to the fact that they had been infected with Lyme, not some other bacteria.
Approximate Word count = 2337
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|