Lyme disease rash: An uncommon infection

There are many diseases in the world that occurs in human body from various other sources. One of the diseases that is widespread and is transferred from the other species to the human body is the Lyme disease. It is actually a bacterial illness that caused by the bacterium known as spirochete. In the United States, this bacterium is called as the Borrelia burgdorferi.

In Europe, another type of bacterium named Borrelia afzelii also causes the same Lyme disease. The disease is spread through these ticks the moment when they bite the skin of a human being. Due to the bite of ticks, the bacterium is transported to the humans and causes major symptoms related to the disease. If anyone becomes a victim of Lyme disease, then the Lyme disease rash is the most common symptom. Lyme disease rash is the infection in the body, occurs from the bite of the ticks.

If a kind of rash found in your body then you should immediately visit the doctor and get it treated, as the disease may create more problems, making you sicker. Generally, ticks are very small and are hard to see. Immature ticks are something like the size of a poppy seed whereas; the adult ticks are of the size of a sesame seed. Lyme disease rash look like an oval or circular shaped infection on the skin. You could see two different circles, one is the inner circle, which is very thin or could be said the bite of a tick, and the other circle could be found surrounding the inner one. This is the first symptom occurs, if you get the disease.

Well, in many cases the Lyme disease rash is just the exception. Many people do not get any kind of rash, which becomes more difficult to find the disease. So it is very important for you to know the symptoms. Some of the people with this disease face flu-like symptoms, no matter whether the rash is present or not. The symptoms include, the most common symptom as lack of energy, joint and muscle pain, headache and stiff neck, swollen lymph nodes, and fever and chills. In some of the cases, the person do not faces any of these symptoms at first stage.

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