What is Lyme disease and what happens to you when you get it

What happens when you get lyme disease?

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You can go to WebMd or MayoClinic and read up on this condition. If caught early, it is easily cured. It is when no treatment is sought for a long time that it then becomes deadly.

What happens if I get Lyme Disease?

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The nature of your illness will depend on the length of time that Lyme Disease goes untreated. Additionally, not all humans respond the same way to this very complex disease, and ticks can also transmit more than one type of disease with a …

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I think I have Lyme Disease what happens if you treat it immediately?

Q: I think I have Lyme Disease. How is the treatment? Will I be ok since I have detected it on the first day? To all you people who have had Lyme Disease, does the person recover or is it a chronic disease?

A: Experts agree that most people who treated early do well. The problem is when people are not diagnosed early. One survey showed that half the patients had their diagnosis delayed for 4+ years because their doctors relied on the extremely insensitive ELISA test for diagnosis.There are 2 standards of care for Lyme disease, which I have posted on before and will repeat here, because it makes a big difference who you see.The 2 standards of care for Lyme disease are practically opposite.The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the government, and the insurance companies want you to believe it is rare, easy to diagnose, most people who think they have it, don’t really, and even if they do, it’s easy to cure, or if you were treated and still aren’t well, maybe you had Lyme once, but now you don’t, you have “Post-Lyme Syndrome.” (PLS) They promote a 3-week course of antibiotics for early Lyme.On the other side of the fence is the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS), most of the patient support and advocacy groups, including Lyme Disease Association and affiliates, LymeNet, LymeInfo, and others. They believe Lyme is much more common than most people think, and that although early disease is usually easy to cure, Lyme can become chronic and require longterm treatment and sometimes combination treatments, especially when the person has tick-borne co-infections. Duration of treatment is determined by patient response, not by an arbitrary, one-size-fits-all method. The doctor will decide how long to treat, and it will probably be more like 6 weeks rather than 3.The first treatment style has a failure rate around 60%. The Connecticut attorney general has launched a civil investigation of the IDSA for possible monopolistic practices in the formulation of its guidelines. All of the IDSA guidelines authors have commercial interests in Lyme disease patents, test kits, and vaccines. Insurance companies use the IDSA guidelines to justify denials of reimbursement for treatment to people with chronic Lyme. State medical boards also use IDSA guidelines to prosecute doctors who treat people with chronic Lyme disease with more than IDSA guidelines say is needed. So far more than 40 Lyme-treating doctors have had their licenses restricted or revoked for “over-diagnosis” and “over-treatment.” Make sure you see a doctor who is open-minded about the 2 standards of care and will support your right to choose the treatment you prefer, after you have been informed of the risks and benefits.

What happens when you get lyme disease?

Q: Is it deadly? Can you live with it forever?

A: You can go to WebMd or MayoClinic and read up on this condition. If caught early, it is easily cured. It is when no treatment is sought for a long time that it then becomes deadly.

What happen when Lyme Disease Skin heal?

Q: Does the reddish bullseye skin turn purple and fade away? If it does will lyme disease still carry through your blood?I have these purple spot that looks like lyme disease at my crotch area :'( .Does it mean I already have infected bite running through my body even though the skin looks like it’s healling up?? Help me! am scare and I don’t have insurance :[

A: If it IS a Lyme rash, it will usually appear to heal up after a while, but the spots will expand before & AS the rash fades. This is a clue it may be Lyme.A Lyme rash means you HAVE Lyme disease… in it’s early stage.You really should have it checked out by someone professional. Maybe you can call around to see if there is a walk-in clinic in your area? They can even set you up on abx if they see fit.A regular doctor’s office today charges somewhere around $100 for a typical visit. Do you have a family member who can get you in to see their Primary care physician, or atleast the assisting nurse? The bacteria that cause Lyme can go ‘dormant’ in some people only to flare up months to years later, when it is SO much more difficult to deal with (incl. diagnosing properly!) Have it checked soon.