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Do You Ever Get Over Lyme Disease
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Where can I get checked for Lyme disease?
See detail: Any doctor, clinic or urgent care center can order the appropriate tests. ...Read more
Lyme Disease (Definition)
A condition caused by borrelia burgdorferi. Acute symptoms can include bullseye rash, headaches, joint pain, fever, and flu-like sx. Chronic symptoms can include fibromyalgia symptoms, nerve pain in extremities, mood swings, brain fog, heart problems. Lab diagnoses are not very reliable, and sometimes clinical ...Read more
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I've had Lyme disease. Can I get it again?
Yes: Depends on your immune system's response. If the tick bite you again, possibility you will get it again. ...Read more
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Can i get Lyme disease from a cat bite?
No: Lyme disease is transmitted by deer ticks . Deer tick bites can transmit the lyme disease not cat bites. Pasturella infections are often times associated with cat bites and can progress very rapidly, they are treated with penicillin. ...Read more
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What to get from a tick besides Lyme disease?
See details: There are numerous tick-borne diseases including typhus, q fever, rocky mt. Spotted fever and others. ...Read more
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How easy is it to get Lyme disease from ticks?
Depends: Other biting insects other than ticks can also transmit lyme. Eg mosquitoes. ...Read more
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Can one get Lyme disease if accidently eat a tick ?
Never heard of: Although one can imagine that a tick could have attached to the intestinal lining and thereby transmitting the infection, it is likely that the tick would not have survived the passage in the stomach where there are acid and enzymes. At any rate, I am not aware of this mode of transmission. ...Read more
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Where can I get Lyme Disease testing in Burien or Renton, WA.
Any doctors specialize in this area?
IM or ID.: Your general Internist or Family Practitioner can perform this testing. If you feel you need to take it to a higher level, you can locate a local Infectious Disease specialist. ...Read more
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I get irregular patches of goosebumps when I am not cold at all. Could this be caused by Lyme Disease? If not, what could be the cause?
Doubt it: but if this concerns you, you should talk to your doctor about the cause. Often, it may just be from dry skin for which a moisturizer after bathing may do wonders. I presume that these bumps don't itch. ...Read more
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How do you get Lyme disease?
Bite of infected tic: Lime disease is spread by ticks that have acquired the germ in the past and it stays in their system. A tick bite from another of the same species without the ld germ will not do it. The tick must get on your body, settle in for a feeding & feed long enough to pass the germ to you (hours). ...Read more
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If you got Lyme disease you can't get it again. Is that true?
No: There is no permanent immunity.
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