Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks and thought to be caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, but scientists have discovered another bacterium, Borrelia mayonii is also causing this disease and the symptoms are far worse than its predecessor. Borrelia Mayonii is carried by the black-legged deer tick, according to the Daily Cardinal.
The Daily Cardinal reports that this new form of Lyme disease gives concern to U.S. residents especially those living in the Midwest. So far, only two states are affected by this new strain of Lyme disease, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. With the warm summer months approaching and people anxiously waiting to go outdoors for work or play, this new threat lurking in nature, is still rare, but something to protect yourself against.
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“Most cases of Lyme disease don’t have sufficient levels of bacteria to make PCR testing of blood a sensitive method for diagnosis.”
Borrelia Mayonii bacteria cause different symptoms in people then the regular or classic Lyme disease. Oftentimes, people who were diagnosed with Lyme disease would have the bull's eye pattern, but this new bacteria, does not exhibit that pattern. Symptoms of Lyme disease caused by the Borrelia mayonii bacteria are different and more severe. Some symptoms are more complex and even frightening and often include vomiting, nausea, a large amount of bacteria in the blood and diffuse or spotty rashes.
"One patient's father said his son looked like a Dalmatian because of the spots all over him."
Out of the half dozen people they discovered had Lyme disease caused by Borrelia Mayonii bacteria, two of them were children. Three of the patients had "significant neurologic abnormalities" and five patients suffered from a fever but two people had an extremely high
On December 1, 2012, a patient by the name of John Dough walks into the medical assistant’s office. The patient is five foot 11 inches tall, currently he is 70 years old and weighs approximately 211 pounds. The patient has no known allergies does not smoke and has a relatively clean health record. After filling out the patient medical history forms, the patient is seen by the doctor. The patient explains to the doctor that lately he has had trouble lifting object he would not normally have trouble with, as well as walking short distances, and being very fatigued. After further examination the patient explains how he recently found a tick on his back and removed it, but now there is a red bullseye on his back. The physician suggests a blood sample be taken and sent to the laboratory. To help with weakness and fatigue he recommends the patient to get a good nights sleep and drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration. He also wants the patient to limit medication intake that could contribute to fatigue such as cold and allergy medicines and make sure to finish all daily exercising three to four hours before bed. The patient schedules a check up two weeks later.
The disease, botulism, which is caused by Clostridium botulinium, is an emerging infectious disease. Clostridium botulinium is a bacterium that produces a neurotoxin that causes botulism. The bacterium is spore-forming, and anaerobic, meaning it does not need oxygen to grow. There are three main types of illnesses that Clostridium botulinium typically cause: Food-borne botulism, infant botulism, and wound botulism. Unbeknownst to common knowledge, infant botulism is the most common form of the disease, consisting of seventy-five percent of the reported cases of the disease (Chan-Tack, & Bartlett, 2010).
Lyme borreliosis is caused from the bacterial spirochete B. burgdorferi (“A History of Lyme”). It is a zoonotic disease carried by vectors and transmitted biologically (Tortora, Funke, and Case, 410). Lyme borreliosis has diverse symptoms, from a rash to neurological problems (Tortora, Funke, and Case, 651). The recommended treatment is antibiotics, but even with treatment some people still experience post treatment lyme disease syndrome (CDC). It is an Emerging Infectious Disease and is endemic in areas of the United States (CDC).
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More people exposed to the fungus because of increased travel or relocation to the southwestern United States
The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. Which had a mortality rate of 30-70%. The symptoms were enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes (around armpits, neck and groin). The term "bubonic" refers to the characteristic bubo or enlarged lymphatic gland. Victims were subject to headaches, nausea, aching joints, fever of 101-105 degrees, vomiting, and a general feeling of illness. Symptoms took from 1-7 days to appear.
Lyme disease is one of the seven most common diseases reported in the United States to the CDC annually (www.cdc.gov). The rates have gone from 10,000 cases in 1992 to over 30,000 cases in 2009. 95% of these cases were found in the northeast and Midwest regions of the United States (Committee on Lyme Disease, 2011) . More cases happen in this area of the country due to the close proximity of deer to population. The bite itself isn’t the problem, rather the pathogen being spread in mammals from the bite. Lyme disease occurs when a tick penetrates the skin of mammals and the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi enters. Borrelia burgdorferi is carried by ticks named the Ixodes dammini, which is the main vector for Lyme disease. These may also be known as I. scapularis, and may be found on deer (Schilling-McCann, 2010). ¬¬¬In addition to Lyme Disease, ticks may also carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Tularemia (Smeltzer et al, 2010).
Similar to any other diagnosed disease, the first way to tell if a person has an illness is by their symptoms. If the symptoms match the description of the disease, the person is usually diagnosed with that exact illness. Venette and Boccaccio describe the symptoms of the black plague in a similar way. Venette describes the only symptoms of the black plague to be swellings on the groined and armpit, sometimes both . This is a very vague description considering there are no other warnings or symptoms explained. Similarly, Boccaccio also mentions the appearance of swellings or tumors on the armpits and groins. However, Boccaccio incorporates more information that in the east, people would bleed from the nose instead of the tumors on the groin and armpit. Boccaccio also...
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.
There is a lot of talk going on in the headlines and also on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that Yolanda Foster is not really suffering from Lyme disease. David went on to defend her and share that her battle with Lyme disease is real.
Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease that is transmitted through the bite of ticks infected with bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi (Pearson, 2015). “Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system” (CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015).
As this case study is evaluated we look at who is involved. This case involves a 44 year old patient this is the plaintiff in this case. The issue began when the patient noticed bumps on his wrist; one may think that this
Like ticks, however, disease serves an important purpose. Disease helps to control wildlife populations while weeding out the weaker animals, preventing them from passing on potentially flawed traits. Nature is all about survival of the fittest, and disease helps determine which animals are, in fact, the fittest. Ticks carry Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia, all of which have a big influence on the health of animal populations within an ecosystem. Without these diseases and the ticks that spread them, an area could find itself overrun with deer, rabbits, mice and other animals who otherwise would have become ill and
Syphylis is an STD caused by bacteria in an open wound (Dugdale). Many people believed that the alignment of the stars and planets was the reason he got syphilis. Other people thought it was a new type of plague (Smith). Syphilis is contagious and many people think he got it from one of his six wives. Pregnant women with syphilis have a high chance of miscarriages or stillborns, this is why people think that he got it from one of his wives (“Syphilis”). It is also believed that Henry could have had the gout (Brown). Gout is a disease that targets men in the age range of 40-50 years. This disease causes pain and swelling in the toes and feet (“Go ask Alice”). Henry died in 1547 due to the gout and syphilis, which they classified as a brain disease and made him very aggressive