Effective Treatment for Persistent Lyme Disease
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We Help What Hurts Effective Treatment for Persistent Lyme Disease
Effective treatment for persistent Lyme disease is available but it requires a high index of suspicion, a long term view, and realistic expectations.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by a bite from the Borrelia Burgdorfer tick that can cause arthritis, musculoskeletal, heart and brain problems. Other reported symptoms which may come and go include fatigue, mood changes, psychiatric disorders, dizziness, shortness of breath, eye inflammation, heart rhythm problems. Since the incubation period is one to two weeks, because many patients do not recall having been bitten by a tick, and since many Lyme disease symptoms mimic those of other disorders, the diagnosis of can be difficult.