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Lyme Disease, The cause of certain long-standing symptoms of Lyme disease Chronic (persistent) Lyme disease (sometimes called "post Lyme disease") refers ...
Lyme Disease (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), Antibiotic treatment for early Lyme disease is highly effective. [ 7 ] Later stages are much less likely to develop in people who have been tr...
Inflammatory Retinal Diseases, Lyme disease [ 15 ] Neuroretinitis is one of the many ophthalmological pictures that can arise in Lyme disease . Treatment is with doxycycline. ...
Motor Neurone Disease, Lepto-meningeal disease - eg, due to carcinomatosis or vascular collagen disease. Lyme disease . Spinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy...
Management of erythema chronicum migrans [ 4 , 7 ] Although the rash will resolve spontaneously over weeks or months, antibiotics help prevent progression to disseminated Lyme disease. ...
The Eye and Systemic Disease (Diabetes, MS, AIDS, Down's Syndrome), Occasionally, there is uveitis. Lyme disease Photophobia, pain, conjunctivitis and peri-ocular oedema ar...
For example, in areas where Lyme disease is common (due to tick bites) then tests to rule out Lyme disease may be done. This is because a facial weakness is, rarely, the first indica...
They include flu (influenza) , glandular fever (Epstein-Barr virus) , HIV , Lyme disease and hepatitis C . Other less common causes, in the UK at least, are tuberculosis (TB) , malari...
Other infections : these may also cause joint pain - for example, see the separate leaflet called Lyme Disease . Bone cancer or leukaemia : see the separate leaflets called Primary Bone...
One type of tick carries a germ called Borrelia burgdorferi which causes Lyme disease. See the separate leaflet called Lyme Disease . Tick-borne encephalitis is usually spread ...
Synonym: piroplasmosis, "The malaria of the North East" Babesiosis is an uncommon but worldwide vector-borne malaria-like parasitic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Ba...
Maternal carriage of GBS is associated with a higher risk of chorioamnionitis and neonatal disease. Neonatal GBS disease occurs at a rate of 1 in 700-800 births. Neonatal...
Screening for Lyme disease is recommended in patients who have a history of exposure to Lyme disease in areas of endemic disease [ 6 ] .
It has been documented in tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease [ 1 ] , leptospirosis [ 2 ] and relapsing fever [ 3 ] , all of which are spirochaetal organisms.
This leads to a gradual destruction of heart tissue, which can cause severe heart failure. Lyme disease . This is an infection caused by a germ (bacterium) called Borrelia burgdorferi ...
Transmission of infectious disease such as Lyme disease. Secondary bacterial infection such as cellulitis and impetigo.
It can also occur after tick bites (Lyme disease) , measles , radiotherapy , local injury to the skin and pregnancy. Most of the time, however, there is no obvious cause.
Behçet's Disease, Who develops Behçet's disease? Behçet's disease is not commonly seen in Northern Europeans. It most commonly affects people f...
Wilson's Disease, What is Wilson's disease? Wilson's disease is a condition where too much copper builds up in the body. It is a rare inherited disorder that ...
Osgood-Schlatter Disease, What is Osgood-Schlatter disease? Osgood-Schlatter disease is a condition that affects the upper part of the shin bone (tibia). , Knee pain Osgo...