Important Facts
Before getting into a more detailed features of lyme disease symptoms, it is good to know that this disease started to be diagnosed back then in the mid of seventies. Later on, it was clearer that the illness break started from ticks of deer that were infected with a bacterium called spirochete. The shape of the bacterium was spiral. The ticks that cause arthritis outbreak were this one, not regular dog ticks or even ticks from wood. Hence, it is very important to note that taking up kids on outdoor journey around a national park and other open door recreation parks with communities of deer should be anticipated provided that the kids are not fit. Lyme disease is not only known in North and South America but also in other continents like Europe and Asia. In more serious stages, this disease can also attack nerve, brain, and heart.
Common Signs of Lyme Disease
The following are some of general lyme disease symptoms that parents can reckon:
• at the early signs, lyme illness can be wrongly understood as influenza symptoms like having fever and chills, excessive tiredness, aches over muscles and painful joints, as well as feeling headache and experiencing lymph nodes swelling
• skin rash start to occur, especially around the area that is bitten by the ticks; it is normally followed by the appearing arthritis as well as nerve problems. Pay attention the area of knees since it is where the signs of arthritis mostly occurring
The disease is transmitted through various animals. So, make sure to apply anti-mosquitoes or anti-repellant lotion before taking your kids out. This is at least to protect the skin from unwanted insects including ticks carried by raccoons, foxes, moles, squirrels and chipmunks, shrews and field mice.
Less Common Symptoms
The following signs are also occurring along general lyme disease symptoms:
• problems on the nerve system, that is normally shown by neck stiffness, muscles on the face that become temporarily suffered from paralysis, and limbs pains. In a more serious condition, losing concentration and sleeping disorders can also occur
• problems in the heart only appears in one out of ten cases, however, it is considered as a later stage sign of the disease. You kids can feel heavy in breathing that can trigger dizziness
in a very rare case, lyme disease can also be shown through inflammation of eye even though there is no eye illness happens
