Lyme Disease Blog

The first symptom of Lyme disease (also called Lyme’s disease) for about 50% of people is a small, red bull’s-eye rash, called erythema migrans, at the site of an infected tick bite. The rash usually appears a week or two after a painless bite, but can appear within 3 to 30 days. It typically spreads [...]

Don’t let the name fool you. Whether it’s Lyme, Lime Disease, or Lymes Disease, this infectious disease is nothing to sneeze (or scratch) at. Several Ixodes species of ticks are known to carry the Lyme bacteria in the U.S., mostly in the Northeast, Midwest, and Northwest, and all over Canada. An infected tick is called [...]

Having chronic Lyme Disease is no picnic.

It’s often a lonely road with nowhere safe to turn for Lyme Disease help beyond your doctor’s office. Mainly you feel lousy, sometimes for months or even years. This can have a major impact on your relationships, your job, and your pocketbook. If all this isn’t enough, you’ve got added stressors that don’t come along with other, better-known chronic illnesses. Stressors like: Some people, including many doctors, don’t think Lyme is a real disease. They consider you mentally unstable if [...]

Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection commonly thought to be transmitted by the bite of an infected tick. When first infected, some people get a red bull’s-eye rash. Many don’t. You can feel like you have the flu with fever, headache, muscle pains, and maybe a stiff neck or swollen joints. If the disease is [...]