When it comes to tick-borne diseases, what many people don’t realize is that there are hundreds of different species of ticks. While there are about …
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Tick Basics
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Tick-borne diseases are spreading rapidly throughout the country, making it more important than ever that people know what to do in the unfortunate event that …
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Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness and is prevalent all over the world. While awareness of this devastating infection is growing, there is …
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Despite the prevalence of human encounters with ticks, most people don’t really know very much about where ticks typically reside or how they come into …
Tick-Borne Diseases
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Tick-borne illnesses – including Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, and Bartonellosis – present particular risks to children, both because of the active lifestyles that expose children to …
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What is Bartonellosis? Bartonellosis is a group of diseases caused by species of the genus Bartonella and is primarily associated with fleas and lice. However, …
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What is Babesiosis? Babesiosis, as with Lyme disease, is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick. However, in a similar fashion to …
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What is Lyme Disease? Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is not only the most well-known tick-borne illness, but also one of the fastest …
Tick-Borne Disease Symptoms
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Many tick-borne diseases are notoriously challenging to diagnose, partly because of the wide range of symptoms they can present. Even a single type of infection, …
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Despite some skepticism in the medical community, chronic Lyme disease is a growing epidemic in the U.S. This stems partly from the shortcomings of many …
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Chronic illness often has significant impacts on mental health, and Lyme disease is no different. With the accuracy and sensitivity of today’s recommended Lyme testing …
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What happens when everything adds up to a likely diagnosis of Lyme disease except the lab test results? It’s a question doctors face more often …
Tick-Borne Disease Treatments
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In its early stages, Lyme disease, an infection caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), is most commonly treated with simple antibiotic regimens. However, at …
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Every year, about 400,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis, commonly known as Lyme disease, based on Centers for Disease Control …
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Diagnosing and treating a tick-borne disease can be highly complex. Having a doctor who is trained and experienced in caring for patients with these illnesses …
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is the deadliest tick-borne disease in the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A bacterium …
Tick-Borne Disease Tests
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Bartonella infections are mostly associated with fleas, lice, or the scratch of a small animal such as a cat – but they are also transmitted …
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Early and accurate diagnosis is the most important factor in a person’s ability to overcome Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. This means access to high …
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Ticks can transmit a wide variety of diseases to humans, and determining which one a patient may have can be difficult for doctors, particularly if …
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