Next month I’ll be visiting some great friends on the East Coast. A vacation I’m thoroughly looking forward too and have earned. As my friends and I excitedly plan our excursions, like sightseeing, hiking and swimming in grand lakes I suddenly remember and blurt out; don’t forget to bring bug repellent spray, specifically for ticks—ticks and Lyme disease beware! My friends giggle at my “worry wart” ways, but they take heed to my concern. They know that as a Neurofeedback and Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy specialist, I’ve treated many people living with the disease, including my sister and cousin, who are completely cured of the disease today. When my patients came to me for help their symptoms were quite daunting to their every day life style and health. Among a list of other symptoms, they experienced an overactive nervous system, which caused them a great deal of stress leading to agitation, obsessive compulsive thoughts and stress related fear. Lyme disease is something to take very seriously and is more common than most people think. According to the CDC thirty thousand cases are reported each year by the state health department and the District of Columbia, keeping in mind that this number doesn’t reflect the number of cases that haven’t been …show more content…
Early signs of symptoms are fever, chills, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches and swollen lymp nodes. Don’t these symptoms resemble the seasonal flu? Which is why it’s extremely important to have your doctor check for Lyme disease when other illnesses are ruled out. If not the disease will worsen over time and a person can experience severe headaches, EM rashes all over body, severe joint pain and swelling, facial palsy, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, inflammation of the brain, nerve pain, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet and problems with short term
Most patients may begin with symptoms of a runny nose, cold or sinusitis that continue to persist longer than normal upper respiratory infections and fail to respond to therapeutic measures. Even though, not all patients experience all of the symptoms, the severity of the disease is different for each patient. Other symptoms can include: arthritic joint pain, blood in urine, cough (with or without presence of blood), fever, inflammation of the ear with hearing problems, inflammation of the eye with vision problems, lack of energy, loss of appetite, nasal membrane ulcerations and crusting, night sweats, numbness of limbs, pleuritis (inflammation of the lining of the lung), rash and/or skin sores, saddle-nose deformity, weakness, fatigue, and weight
Most people who are exposed to the fungus experience symptoms, but do not get sick. The signs—fever, cough, and exhaustion—are difficult to distinguish from the flu, and can last for weeks to months. In people with weakened immune systems, the infection can cause more severe conditions such as meningitis or death. There is no vaccine for valley fever, and many in the general public (including the medical community) know very little about the illness. This lack of knowledge has allowed many milder cases to go undiagnosed, leading to underreporting.
The first thing to strike after determining that you were ill was most commonly a headache, occasional chills, and a high fever. In most cases, it was clear that exhaustion was a playing a toll on people who were ill with the disease. Most often things like nausea, vomiting, back pain, soreness in your arms and legs all took place.
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.
As stated by the CDC, “worldwide, it is estimated that TB infects 1 million children who are less than 15 years of age each year. In the United States, a total of 9,582 cases of TB were reported in 2013, of which 485 (5%) cases were among children less than 15 years of age” (CDC, 2013).
as 3.5 million people are believed to be carriers which means that they have the
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In the United States more than 1.2 million people have HIV infection and many are unaware about their infection. About 50,000 new HIV cases are diagnosed each year. Some groups are affected more than others (CDC, 2016).
Most of the diagnosis is at childhood. Experts say that over 2 million (3 to 5%) children
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There are many symptoms of yellow fever and they vary depending on the severity of the disease. Some of the symptoms are basically normal and would not lead the sufferer to believe that something was seriously wrong. The first symptoms, fever, headache, nausea, and backache are common and appear soon after a patient has contracted t...
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years, and there is still no cure, but at the peak of its devastation in the United
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The patient has experienced fever, chills on body, headaches and anorexia as well as sweating especially during the night. The patient has also been feeling fatigued, muscle aches and nausea as well as vomiting especially after eating (WHO, 2010, p. 117). These symptoms started forty eight hours ago, and the patient has not taken any medication except for some aspirin.