Lyme Disease Bullet Points
- Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.
- Lyme disease can be transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick.
- Lyme disease has a clinical diagnosis.
- Lyme disease cannot be ruled out by any current test.
- Lyme disease symptoms may include fever, headache, fatigue, and a skin rash called erythema migrans.
- Lyme disease, if left untreated, can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous system.
- Lyme disease is systemic and it can affect the whole body including the brain.
- Lyme disease symptoms overlap with those of many other diseases.
- Lyme disease can be difficult to diagnose.
- Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics.
- Lyme disease was named in 1975, after a number of cases occurred in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA.
- Lyme disease is not only found in America, it exists worldwide.
- Lyme disease is not a new disease, it was known in Europe under different names in the early 20th century
- Lyme disease is not spelt Lymes disease, Limes disease or Lime disease.
- Lyme disease can also be called Lyme borreliosis.