Lyme Disease Epidemic

It is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States with 30000 cases reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If not treated early and appropriately infection with Lyme can produce chronic disease that can cause severe pain debilitating fatigue reduced quality of life and neurological problems such as impaired memory and concentration.

Awareness To The Hidden Epidemic Beyond The Bite

And a growing threat.

Lyme disease epidemic. The Hidden Epidemic Of Lyme Disease It is time we took a serious look at Lyme Disease. It is caused primarily by Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States and primarily Borrelia afzelii Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia garinii in Europe and Asia. May 13 2021 Source.

Lyme disease is the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the US. The other epidemic no one is talking about How a familys experience confronting a tick-borne illness rhymes with the current coronavirus crisis. Some health officials say Lyme Disease is an epidemic as widespread as AIDS and without greater awareness the disease may prove just as destructive.

The disease clearly meets the criteria. Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Lyme Alliance Infectious Diseases Society of America International Lyme and Associated Diseases.

Experts in the medical and scientific community as well as key legislators have deemed Lyme disease an epidemic. Lyme is Ticking Auction May 17-22 May 11 2021. The presence of a dot in a state does not necessarily mean that Lyme disease was acquired in that state.

Each dot represents one case of Lyme disease and is placed randomly in the patients county of residence. Still Lyme is mostly a regional threat 95 percent of confirmed cases occur in just 14 states in the Northeast and upper Midwest. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.

These terms have become second nature to us popping up in. Lyme disease is one of the fastest growing infectious diseases in the country and one of the most difficult to diagnose. The CDC has announced that the number of people diagnosed each year with Lyme disease has climbed to nearly half a million specifically 476000 which is a jump of 59 over the 300000 estimate previously listed on the CDCs website.

Lyme and tick-borne disease is an epidemic right here in our own community. Lyme disease is a spirochetal infection transmitted by the bite of infected ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. And it is growing new cases of Lyme.

Reported Cases of Lyme Disease United States 2018. Over the past 20 years the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in both the number of reported cases and the. Its rise in North America has been particularly alarming.

The disease originates from a bacteria transmitted through the bite of a tick and can remain hidden mimicking other diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis ALS ADHD and other neurological conditions thus it is often called the great imitator. Lyme used to be considered an isolated disease found in North America and parts of Europe but its now found in 80 countries worldwide. A national public health crisis.

Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely Borrelia mayonii. So is it time to designate Lyme disease as a pandemic. Other medical conditions designated as pandemic include acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis AHC AIDS cholera dengue influenza plague severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS scabies West Nile disease and obesity.

The number of Lyme disease cases in the United States has doubled since 1991. 1 dot placed randomly within county of residence for each confirmed case. Although most would not know it due to long-standing controversy within the medical community as well as the lack of media attention Lyme disease has like COVID-19 mushroomed into a global epidemic.

Lyme disease caused by the bacteria. But today Lyme disease hardly fits this definition. Lyme disease is the most reported vector-borne disease in the country.

Last week CDC officials said Lyme Disease. Researchers identify a missing piece of the Lyme disease puzzle Date. Typical symptoms include fever headache fatigue and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans.

Lyme disease is one of the most political and controversial epidemics of our time. And within those states Lyme is sickening more and more people. Lyme is Ticking Auction Now Live May 17-22 May 17 2021.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are nearly 325000 new cases each yearmaking Lyme disease an epidemic larger than AIDS West Nile Virus and Avian Flu combined.

Geographic Distribution Of Hyperendemic Areas Of Malaria And Lyme Download Scientific Diagram