Lymes Disease Summary One of the most weakening disease in the world can be found inside tall grasses like in your personal back yard. Every disease has a causative agent. This agent is a harmful bacterium that causes the disease. The causative agent for this disease is the bacteria Borrelia burgdoferi. A disease is transmitted in one way or the other. Lyme disease is transmitted through a vector, and the vector of the disease is an infected deer tick. The deer tick has to bite a person to spread the disease. When a deer tick bites a person (sucks blood), the Borrelia burgdoferi bacteria is transmitted into the persons' body. Not all types of ticks carries the bacteria that causes the disease. In the Eastern United States the deer tick is mainly responsible, but in the Western United States the black legged tick is the dominate carrier. Once infected with the disease it affects the skin, heart, nerves and joints.
The diagnosis of Lyme disease is based on the symptoms, the infected person's history and their blood test results. This disease has many symptoms. These symptoms are similar or same to many other illnesses. That is the reason why many doctors get confused when they were researching this disease. There are three stages of symptoms for the disease. In the first stage, the Erythema Migrans, a bull's eye rash might appear on the bitten area. In the second stage, the Disseminated Lyme Disease, you may experience a fever, sore throat, fatigue, headache, stiff neck, muscle ache, and general malaise. In the third stage, the Chronic Lyme Disease, you may experience aching joints. All diseases focus on an organ or parts of the body. Lyme disease focuses on the joints. This will cause joint damage and go on to Lyme Arthritis.