Lyme Disease: Symptoms and Treatments

MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Lyme disease, also called Borreliosis, is an infection caused by a tiny bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Animals related to spiders called black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, can become infected with this bacterium. You can catch Lyme disease if you are bitten by an infected tick. Ticks have four life stages, an egg, a six-legged larva, an eight-legged nymph, and an adult. To survive and grow, a tick must eat the blood of a host animal at every stage of development. If the host animal is already infected with the bacteria, the tick can become infected when it feeds on the host animal's blood. Then you may pick up the infected tick, either from a grassy, brushy, or wooded area, or from an animal that has an infected tick on it. If an infected tick attaches to you, it can transfer the bacteria into your body. As the bacteria invade and multiply in your skin, they do not make toxins or chemicals that directly damage your tissue. Instead, they make chemicals that attract your immune cells, which try to clear the infection. This immune response can inflame and damage your skin cells. From there, Lyme disease has three stages that can overlap. Early localized disease, early disseminated disease, and late disease. During the early localized stage, you may have a red rash, called erythema migrans. It usually appears around the tick bite 7 to 14 days after you are bitten. During the early disseminated stage, the bacteria begin to enter your bloodstream. This happens days to weeks after the bite. The bacteria can spread throughout your bloodstream to inflame the tissue of your organs, including your brain, nerves, and heart. If not treated, the disease can progress to the late stage. During this stage, the infection can spread throughout your body. This happens months or years after the bite. Muscle and joint symptoms are common in this stage. The main risk for getting Lyme disease is spending a lot of time outside, in places where infected ticks live. Having a pet that may carry infected ticks home from these areas can also increase your risk. A common symptom of early Lyme disease is the erythema migrans rash. While it may have a bullseye shape, it often doesn't. Other symptoms may include fever, chills, headache, feeling tired, achy muscles and joints, and swollen lymph nodes. If not treated, it may spread to other parts of your body and cause the following symptoms. A stiff neck, severe headaches, facial palsy, which is drooping or loss of muscle tone on one or both sides of your face, an abnormal or fast heartbeat, feeling dizzy, shortness of breath, nerve pain, pain, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet, and problems with memory or concentration. If you have Lyme disease, your healthcare practitioner may prescribe oral antibiotics. For severe symptoms, you may need an injection of antibiotics through an IV or in a muscle. It's important to be treated as early as possible for the best chance of recovery. One way to prevent Lyme disease is to avoid the places where ticks live. If you do go into these areas, use an insect repellent that contains chemicals such DEET or Picaridin, wear long pants and a long-sleeved shirt. Treat your clothes and gear with a chemical that kills insects called permethrin. And walk in the center of trail paths to avoid grassy or brushy areas. After returning from these areas, inspect your clothes, gear, and pets for ticks. Put your clothes in a dryer on high heat for at least 10 minutes to kill any ticks on them. Use a mirror or have someone help you check for ticks on your body. Under your arms, in and around your ears, in and around your hair, around your waist, in your belly button, and between your legs. And take a shower within two hours after returning from outdoors. To find out more about Lyme disease, talk to your healthcare practitioner.
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[@akiteruapologist2820]

i had an instructor with chronic lyme, it caused him a lot of pain and he sometimes had to use a cane :( other students would sometimes talk bad about him cancelling class a lot. i just hope he's doing well. I understand what chronic illness is like and wishing relief for all my friends that do too.

[@afzalportugal692]

Please update a information regarding elephant legs disease. Filoria.

[@adityabhargav495]

Make video on varicocele please

[@Keepthinking568]

I marvel over the perfect circle ⭕️

[@Gu4st]

The updated animation style made a big change

[@Nekovlogsthesecond917]

Oh and I like medicine and other dieseases (when learning about them)

[@Masham20006]

Is late stage lyme disease contagious via blood transfusion?

[@I_like_aliens_from_mars]

Any stage of this is contagious

[@desmond3828]

Not everyone with lyme gets a rash

[@sherifbatawy]

More importantly, if you do notice a tic stuck with its head/ body inside your skin or your child’s skin, Please for the love of Allah DO NOT TRY REMOVING IT YOURSELF! Because you will end up breaking the tic leaving its head and/or arm inside your body. which for us doctors and for you/ your child as a patient will be a pain in the butt to remove. We have special tic removal instruments in the ER and more importantly, we know how to “dislodge” it.

[@geoffneibert124]

Wow lmao.....a can go to h preferably immediately if not sooner

[@soranuareane]

100% correct. Thank you for the advice.

[@themartdog]

I mean, most areas that have ticks have them constantly. We always had one of those special tools ourselves to get them off. I'll go ahead and spend $10 for the plastic tool than $1200 for a useless doctor visit, thanks.

[@sherifbatawy]

@@themartdog $1200 for a tick removal?! Hahahah 🤣

[@Nvofficialhealthandfitness]

Lyme may be affected in Genetilia part of human being due to travel in forest .

[@Itz_nature_lover_07]

Sir i have one question...plz reply me....why increase size one side of testis

[@afzalportugal692]

A surgeon will do the best for the same.

[@sherifbatawy]

get some ultrasound examination on it ASAP

[@soranuareane]

@@sherifbatawy It is expected for one testis to be lower than the other. If one is larger than the other, or if one suddenly becomes larger, go to the hospital. If this is accompanied by either excess warmth or pain, then go _immediately_ to the hospital. There are several conditions which can cause a swollen testis, including infections and torsion. Torsion, if not corrected, will kill the testis and require orchectomy (the removal of the affected testis) before it becomes infected.

[@soranuareane]

Now, if one _side_ of a testis is larger, then this can be due to injury, scrotal hydrocele (cyst-like ball of water in the scrotum which can be exceedingly painful), infection, torsion, and more. If the area is warmer than usual, tender, or painful, then this is an emergency and you need to go to the hospital before you lose the testicle. Treatments for these conditions range from simple medication to emergency surgery. A doctor can help you identify the exact cause and provide a treatment plan, if needed.

[@sherifbatawy]

@@soranuareane Thanks for the detailed infos. Though since he wrote his question as a youtube comment, I strongly thought it wouldn’t be an emergency like testicular torsion. I suppose there wasn’t any trauma, otherwise they wouldn’t ask about the reason. Also a painful condition like acute epididymitis oder orchitis would’ve sent the person straight to the hospital.

[@Nekovlogsthesecond917]

Early team
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