What Is Lyme Disease? Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease in Humans | Doctor ER
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- Lyme disease - symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Jordan Wagner, explains the leading causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventative of this tick-borne illness.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection you get from the bite of an infected tick. Untreated Lyme disease can produce a wide range of symptoms, depending on the stage of infection. These include fever, rash, facial paralysis, and arthritis. At first, Lyme disease usually causes symptoms such as rash, fever, headache, and fatigue. Approximately 427,000 new cases of chronic Lyme disease are diagnosed every year in the United States. Scientists believe that 2 million people suffer from post-treatment of tick-borne illnesses. So what causes Lyme disease? Who is at risk for Lyme disease? Can you die from Lyme disease? What are the symptoms of Lyme disease? How do I properly remove a deer tick from my skin? How is Lyme disease diagnosed? What are the treatments and medicines for Lyme disease? Are doxycycline and other antibiotics effective in treating Lyme disease? Don’t worry, in today’s episode of Myths About Medicine, I discuss all the leading causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventative of Lyme disease. Also, if you have any other medical questions that you want answers to, please leave me a message in the comments below! Thanks so much for watching!
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I contracted Lyme in 2015 and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I couldn't walk, couldn't even lift my arm and I couldn't sleep because of the severe pain 24 hours a day. Lyme is horrendous. After a few weeks in hospital the doctor's told me that they couldn't do anything to help me and that my body would have to heal itself. After 3 months in in hell I was on the verge of taking my own life just to end the pain. What saved me was reading a book by Professor Buhner's called 'Healing Lyme' and followed his protocol to the letter. When I told the doctor's what I was going to do that they laughed at me. But what else was I supposed to do?
It was a very slow process because first you have to reboot your immune system and second you have to fight the bacteria of which actually hides from your immune system - known as 'pathogenic bacteria'. What is different about the Lyme bacteria to other bacteria is that it eats the magnesium in your body whereas most bacteria eat iron. Without magnesium your muscles can't work. Little by little I began to improve but I won't lie, it was the fight of my life. All in all it took about one year for all the symptoms and the pain to stop. Only then could I begin to build up my strength again. Today, 2024, I play golf and I am a 8 handicap. If I ever contracted Lyme againI don't think I could go through it again and would probably just end my life. That's how vicious it is.
For anyone reading this who has Lyme - don't give up - your body can kill it. It takes a special diet, special herbs and sheer will power. It will be the fight of your life but if you want your life back that is what you must do.
Thank you. ❤ I'm very glad you are still here.
I have chronic neuroborreliosis. My life is destroyed. Tick bites can be extremely serious and ruin lives. The politics surrounding the fact if it can be chronic or not were brought about by the insurance companies because they did not want to pay out. Chronic Lyme Disease is real
It certainly is real and conventional tests are useless.
I went to ER on Thursday they never looked at my red blotches. Just treated me for dehydration and took chest X-ray to make sure no pneumonia. 2 days later went to urgent care and they diagnosed me with Lyme. Two days earlier would have helped! 7 people talked to me during my stay for 4 hours.. no one cared.
As a Lyme-disease patient I'm glad you bring this topic up but lyme will get much more complicted untreated overtime. It can get chronic and then you really have a problem.
what are the symptoms of lyme not seen and treated in the long term?? because my daughter has much problems with her health she was alot in nature and had several animals often with many ticks... I had Lyme too... still a swollen lymphe in my schoulders neck area...
I have severe psoriatic arthritis. I’ve been sick for years. Now 20 years later after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia the psoriatic arthritis that caused spondylitis and mutalins of my hands. I’m very very sick ! The fatigue & pain is off the charts. If only one of my specialists doctors had suggested the psoriatic arthritis was caused from Lyme disease.
You should have mentioned all the peer reviewed studies proving the ELISA and Western blot combo has 50% false negatives. People are being left to suffer in this country. Thanks for inferring that untreated borelliosis is much harder to treat though.
Yes. Is disgusting!.
I have Lyme now. Just got through the antibiotics two weeks ago and my joint pain is worse than ever. Feels like my knee is going to break and my elbow is on fire. It was still in the acute phase. I live in Chester County, PA which is one of the highest positive results counties in the country. Going in for more bloodwork on Friday to check levels.
Can I contact you on Instagram?
I just moved down here near towanda PA and just got blood work done for lyhmes, my joints are achy and my legs hurt so bad, I hope everything is well!
Hi there, I'm so sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. This June will mark 4 years for me. From what you are describing it sounds like a Herximer reaction. Totally common after antibiotics. The things I wish I didn't know now.. In "a club" nobody ever wants to belong to. It's never cool to be the smartest person in the room - when you are at you doctors office!🥴💚 For me particularly, I still suffer pretty gnarly head & neck aches, it's constant actually. It's weird how your brain 'levels up' and you almost, dare I say, get used to living in an inordinate level of pain. Also, I hope a nurse or someone told you that you must never donate blood or after death, you cannot be an organ donor.
@@huntercline6010 Hi Hunter, I can tell you're also new to the club. I want to educate you so you may further educate others. It is pronounced Lyme, never plural, no matter how you use it.😉😊💚
@@Mohammad_aydin sure
Im a taxidermist and was bit multiple times throughout my life not knowing tick bites were a big deal. A few yrs back i was bit while working and within a few days went way down hill. I had a fever and dropped weight until I was in the double digits (20+lbs) I was covered in a rash from chest to torso. I went to the ER and she refused to test me for tick disease and said it was mono. I had to beg for 6 hrs before they tested and that's when it was discovered I had rocky mountain spotted fever. They said they had no idea what to do and sent me home crying. I went back to a different ER who also had no idea. My neurologist also said sorry and sent me to a Infectious disease dr who called game and fisheries who told her there was no such thing as rmsf in rural va so she said I must have something else. Its been a few years and its gotten so much worse I can't stand it. I haven't been tested since they discovered rmsf but I had the bullseye and can't eat meat. Its a struggle day to day. My bones, muscles nerves.... everything hurts. It is nice to when folks understand though. Thank you. So much.
Bc of the bullseye and meat allergies i feel maybe rmsf was a co infection of Lyme. All I know is its gotten worse and I justvwant to be seen as I use to. I have no ambition at all. I feel I put everything in not wanting to die.
Contact an llmd or continue to try to find a doctor that knows what to do...
Hey Angela i tried finding you on Fb, how are you currently?
I hear you, I see you... And I am so sorry that all these "professionals" failed you.💚
You may have 3 or more different infections. Rocky Mountain spotted fever can actually kill you. Lyme disease can cause a host of problems. The meat allergy is caused by the bite from a lone star tick, which injects saliva into you that causes you to become allergic to one of the proteins in red meat. I believe you can still tolerate fish and chicken because they lack the protein. The meat allergy will most likely go away in a few years.
How are Lyme disease videos still so neglected ? Its infuriating.
Your life can nearly be ruined ... I'm underexaggerating. It WILL ruin some peopes lives. It makes relationships so hard. Everything for that matter. Please please be smart guys...... please keep your children safe. This is ridiculous that people still are not being careful. ...
I'm exhausted. Thank you for this video. Its a shame it didn't blow up! Real shame
Got bitten 4 days ago. Doctors keep saying is alrigjt because it wasnt more than 2 days. 😑 no chcek out or nothing.
Like is a joke. Been to other doctors and got doxycycline 4 days ago. Feeling weak and weird. Am i paranoid?
@@julsride3596 Was the tick attached to you or how did you find out it bit you?
@@ianlest yes it was. I had to pull it out.
@@julsride3596How many days of doxycycline are you taking it for? Some doctor said 2 weeks....but I read 28 days
Dude... went to kaiser urgent care (2000 & 2006) ... Twice... with Huge bullseye rashes...
They NEVER mentioned lyme disease... Now im Late Stage Neuro lyme stage at 49 yrs young...
Jenna, are antibiotics failing?
What are your symptoms and have you found anything that helps?
Your hired, wish all doctors were like you
At the time I had a Lyme disease on my upper thigh, the target was established. As was doing survey work adjacent to a highway when I was overcome with "Brain Fog".I kew my name, my wife's name and her cell number. I couldn't remember my current location nor could I recall anything else. Two young men stopped and asked if I needed help. One of the young men was a EMT. I accepted their help. I was every appreciative when the ambulance arrived and then transported me to the hospital. During hospital three day stay, I was tested for stokes. My son demanded a Lyme test. BINGO. I tested POSITIVE for three out of ten in a group. This event occurred on October 30, 2023.
My symptoms incurred:
1. "brain fog" - can't remember such facts where you live, date of birth, current day of week, current date,
2. "Lack of Communication Ability" Can't speak full sentences" - unable to speak full sentences. Can't say some word, but know you know words
3. Sore neck after nightly sleep
4. Unsteady while walking
Thank you
I got bit by a few seed ticks memorial day weekend in kentucky and now I notice I sweat way more easy and more amounts than I use to
Me too ! 2 months ago I got 5 of the tiny ones off of me in one week. I'm having cramps and spasms and the er is clueless
I once had a tick in my shoulder thank goodness I never got sick
Damn that's wild, in Wisconsin I've gotten bit almost every summer and gotten lyme 3 times. And now live with arthritis at the old age of 26.
@@ToliG123 don't worry you aren't old! But I'm so sorry you have to feel that way. Eat healthy, drink plenty of water and do your best! I really hope you can have less pain. My partner has chronic Lyme and it breaks my heart very much...😥 in too of mental issues so its so saddening.
please try to not have any sugar if can help it! Coffee and sugar. Try substitute for those.
And take oil of oregano and immune shots for immune system!
I started getting, what appeared to be some sort of bug bites( there were many gnats in my apartment, so, thought it was from the gnats) that was in July of 2021, and eventually, the bites went away.
In January 2022, I had the “bullseye” rash on my arm, February, the “bites” oh so I thought, all on my feet!
First blood test came out negative, but, I’m being put on an antibiotic, because I now have, arthritis in the ankle joint, wrists, extreme fatigue, and headaches.
I’m so afraid, because, it’s been eight months since the first of the rashes appeared, and, I already have fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and degenerative disc problems, I definitely don’t need or want this Illness!!!!😞
Tick bites absolutely do itch. You usually can't even feel them when they're embedded. The itch comes after you pull them out.
I was going to say the same thing. I am sure I had a tick bite but what I don’t know is whether the symptoms I have are Lyme or not. Time will tell.
Had Lyme for decades. Some tick bites feel like a hot needle, some itch and sometimes I never feel a thing. Some bites go away in a couple days others inch and burn for a month.
Did he say that tick bites don't itch? I had two tick bites this spring-I know because I removed them myself. And after removal they itched severely for a few days.I have not have many tick bites in my life, but we have had a major upsurge in tick numbers in eastern Canada over the past 3-4 years, The 3-4 other times I had a tick bite I don't recall them being itchy, but the ones this year were VERY itchy after removal. I am now having moderate problems with daily fatigue--hoping to get bloodwork done soon. Ticks are a major PITA!!
@@DiGiTaLdAzEDM some itch, some burn and some I can't feel at all. I live in the Missouri Ozarks have ticks almost year round. Had Lyme most of my life. Some loggers I know have never tested for Lyme and always covered with ticks. We ain't all the same.
Deet doesn't alway work. Check body and hair when you get home. Change clothes and put them in dryer on high heat. Take a hot shower and check check and recheck days later for that pesky tick.
Yep found mine 3 days ago after immediately washing clothes, checking and then showering. Maybe I shook it out on a surface on the house I don’t know how long they live. And I was covered head to toe
Haven’t been feeling well lately and having had COVID doctor just said it’s side affects from COVID well had another doctor do blood work and found out I have Lyme disease 🦠 wth 🤦🏽♂️ I’m speechless what happens now
i tested postive for Lyme after my vaccine
I had lyme disease for 19years and had bull's eye as a kid though i didn't know what it meant,my uncle removed it after swiping it with alcohol,i still have stiff neck and other stuff,i had lung cancer and i was treated with rituxan which disemniated it,how much time is needed to treat it?
I live on a short dead end road in the Borough of Swissvale which is a 10 minute drive from the center of the city of Pittsburgh. You don't need to be walking in the woods or a field to get it. Two people on my street have tested positive for Lymes this year alone. I have even tested positive my PCR which you do not mention. You do not mention that even though Amoxocillin can be used, it does not cross the blood brain barrier. The infectious agents of Lymes do cross the blood brain barrier so if you want to limit the potential of neurological complications doxycycline is the preferred choice. It is often given for 28 days. You also do not mention that an individual may not be cured even with antibiotic treatment as the bacteria can remain in you for the rest of your life. It grows slowly so additional symptoms may take time to appear. Not the mention the long term damage this spirochete can do to all the organs of your body as the infection disseminates.
I've had untreated lymes tested positive almost 14 yrs ago. Didn't know had been bitten for 2 weeks or more.
I only had a spreading rash, no warmth, no itching, nothing else. I took antibiotics for 14 days. Now I have got digestion problems.
How are you doing now?
Though its great to have info about such things. The reason i have chronic lyme is i believed that no rash no tick disease. Tick bites can and do itch...especially if attached long enough to get a good latch. It was like a misquito bite but itched much longer and swelled more. Anyone that gets a bite should put date on calendar and if symptoms usually will start appearing after that time and if test doesnt show and and still remain or get worse check again. Tick bites with reactions should be pro. Treated asap but tell me where you find a dr who will? I think no one knows enough about these diseases and there co infections that cause different symptoms that might throw off the norm. But anyone who can pinpoint a tick bite with illness should get help. Sadly it depends on who you go to and where you live. Dont waste time if someone wont take you serious. Find someone who will take it serious and good luck!
Well, hello there! Jesus, you sound just like me😄💚 Terrible and shameful truth. A part of me does think the cure is out there however, the nerd scientists instead of paying forward the gift of life are scrambling to patent these. They refuse to share notes and go to great lengths to hide their own discoveries.. I've heard of BVT, I thought, how wonderful! It's like nature healing nature. They're all still sick, too? I have humbly resigned to just taking care of myself. Listening to my body. Feeding her well, self loving her and affording her grace. That is the best I can do. 💚 Have a fantastic day ~♡~
I had it and it did itch at first....but I also had mrsa in it too..idk if that makes a difference
The biggest problem is, if you do not have lyme (Borrelia) but Bartonella, Erlichia and so on. Why? Because you will still suffer largely and no doctor will test you for Bartonella or Erlichia, Barbesia, Anaplasma, Chlamydia and so on. And Bartonella can also be transmitted by sand flies or cats.
Chlamydia? 🧐
@@msdixie1972😂
I have had buried ticks numerous times, outdoor person bigtime. Really didn't think alot of it. Then i was diag with lupus, RA, Fibro, etc, but then i developed a bullseye rash. Just out of the blue!! Took photo but i hadn't had a tick for a year or 2 (that i knnew of) but none of my drs seem to think its worth testing. I feel like crap everyday of my life.i guess ill just see what happens. Its too late for antibiotics
Well I got my tick bite off an airplane trip late in October a number of years ago. I went to a specialists clinic and the fourth blood test, each done by different labs was able to confirm my Lyme diagnosis. I am glad for the specialist Lyme clinc in Vancover, British Columbia, Canada. My Lyme progressed very slowly taking 3 years to start to criple me from muscle weakness. Into my 4th month of treatment now. Covid will send you into even more pain, but still take the vaccine.
Its been more than 30 days and I haven't developed any symptoms , is there any chances of developing symptoms lately ? Should I consider to get tested just because I have been bit . And how do they treat long term lyme disease ?
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Hi, thanks for the sub. The bullseye rash is common but sometimes doesn’t show up. Yes you could develop symptoms later. You can get tested by your primary doctor. Typically you treat Lyme disease at any stage with antibiotics but when it becomes tertiary Lyme, then you end up treating the symptoms ( not necessarily antibiotics).
I have late stage Lyme disease and don't get the rash or could have mistaken it for a mosquito bite. I didn't show symptoms or know I had Lyme till about a year or so later when I started experiencing Lyme arthritis. With Lyme disease being very abnormal where I live, the symptoms continued to progress and get worse and it got to the point where I couldn't walk. When I was able to get treatment, I had to go to an infectious disease doctor and receive a 4 week treatment of daily IV antibiotics via PICC line. I still show some residual effects in my jaw and neck every now and again but they do have treatments for late stage. It's more strenuous but it's there
@@DoctorERit has been a week , i did not see the tick on my body, but it started with one bite , now after a week there is rash all over my body , if i get antibiotics, am i gonna be ok or still suffer from the sypmtoms? It has been a week is it too late ? I don't want it to happen to me 😢 plz answer me
@@narimanefatima540there’s a lot of helpful resources and information on the r/Lyme subreddit and it’s Wiki section. It’s a good starting place.
Also Stephen Buhner’s Book “Healing Lyme”
Thank you for this info
DO NOT DISPOSE OF THE TICK. HAVE IT TESTED. I have lyme disease, I found out too late that this is an option. One that can prevent a lifelong debilitating illness.
Take photos too!
I love you as a person and hope you are okay. Please eat healthy. Lots of veggies , little TO NO SUGAR... LESS TO NO GLUTEN!!!!! and take oil of oregano . Wild from Mediterranean, and take immune shots.
My partner has chronic Lyme and it breaks my heart 💔
But with good health, less stress (if can help it) and drink plenty of water and ■AVOID GLUTEN AND SUGAR!■
I wish you well. NEVER give up just do your best to be healthy. Go swimming too!! 😊
@@euniceekpedeme2573 bruh. Stfu.
@@DoctorER i have pics . Doctors here dont kniw what to do. I went ready after i remove the tick. They seem to no care or know. The tick was dry by the time i send it
Also they didnt do any blood test or check me for more ticks. Etc. 😑
Can you have lyme wothout joint pain ? My brother has been struggling for years with neurological issues, movement disorder, anxiety, he has a large rash on his side , i always wonder if it could be related to lyme or pandas/pans but getting a doctor to actually dig deeper amd investigate had been impossible.
so I don’t wanna sound stupid, but I feel pretty stupid. I got bit by a tick like three years ago and I have no idea how long it was in or anything like that. I found it in the shower and pulled it off.
I did go to my doctors, but they said I don’t need to be tested because it’s probably fine but over the past three years, I’ve had a mystery illness that nobody can figure out. I don’t think I’ve ever actually been tested for Lyme disease, but is it something to bring up to my doctor? the symptoms are very similar to lupus, but I do not have lupus. Although my rheumatologist continues to tell me that I’m probably going to develop lupus and rheumatoid arthritis because I have joint inflammation and symptoms that almost mirror lupus. The rash I get is mostly on my face but also will show up on random parts of my body like my calves and arms and even sometimes on my back, stomach and chest.
I just got back from my Rheumatologist, and they basically are stumped as to how to help me. they have put me on a lot of different medication‘s with a lot of very negative side effects but nothing has worked if anything the symptoms have gotten worse over the past three years. I don’t want to overwhelm my doctor, but do you have a video of what the symptoms would be for somebody who did not treat this for many years? I could name all my symptoms, but it would take a very long time because I have so many of them now that I can’t even keep up with how much just goes wrong randomly.
Also is there anyway to treat it? If I have it, its been there for over 3 years now.
I had bullseye in 2016 from my waist to my armpit. Doc gave me silver to rub which cause it to break out. Now I have vertigo, knee and other joint pain. I need to get tested.
Is it likely you could have Lyme disease if you didn’t even know you were ever bitten by a tick?
Yes
Sure is sister! I never saw a tick, never had the "classic" bullseye or EM rash. Nothing.. I didn't even know I was sick. I 'just' had a headache and a stiff neck the summer of 2017. It was super hot that summer and I chalked these neck & headaches up to needed to increase my water intake. Finally after 3 months my husband is honestly the first one who asked me if I'd taken my temp. It was 104°!!😵😳 Next stop, coma town! For 6 days. By this time, Lyme and their creepy cohorts had set up shop in my brain. They will choose a spot wherever they wish to set up their creep shop and continue to go to town. I'm a 43 year old woman who some days seems more like an early onset dementia patient. My head feels like it's too big for my neck, like it could fall down into my neck/spine? My skull feels like it's going to crumble into a million pieces at any moment. Went from a vivacious, healthy Burlesque dancer to a heat intolerant statistic.💚 Lyme is found in all of our 50 United States and in over 80 other countries. ~ >30% will actually present with a rash.
This reminded me when I had that issue. I had a bullseye spot on my leg which grew to the size of a Softball. Ended up going to the ER late at night (long story). The RN working on that shift just looked at it and said it wasn't Lyme disease. Next day I told my doctor and he was LIVID. He treated me for it right before stepping into the other room, calling the RN and yelling at the top of his lungs. Just to show how rare this was, his voice had the demeanor of Ben Stein so hearing him yell like tat took me back. Sorry for the long story though.
It is not within RN’s scope of practice to give you a diagnosis the ER doctor should have been repressible for that.
Awesome video dr Jordan
My 2 year old granddaughter had a tick for 3-4 days. We thought it was a scab at first. After it was removed the bite on the back of her ear would start dripping blood out of the blue. And it would take a while for it to stop dropping blood.. ER doctors put her on 3 antibiotivs for seven days. But how long does it take to know if she has Lyme disease. Does she need the blood test. Its been 10 days. Since she was bit.
She may never test positive for Lyme since she was treated early.
Oh no? For only 7 days? Her story at only 2 years old is yet another blow to our health care system. The Doc's correct in saying "she may never test positive." Please note he didn't say "she should be fine.." So years from now when she's excessively tired and in pain, she'll be another undiagnosed and "mystery patient" whose ills and ailes will be told it's all in her head. Those words are absolutely arrogant, soul crushing and gaslighting.
@@DoctorER so should i asumme i have it and be treqted even tough it migjt show days or month later??
@@euniceekpedeme2573 Get off this video, you post this after everyone's comments. Move on
what is your opinion on people saying they have " Chronic Lyme"?
Damn Bioweapons.
❤thank you. I had rockie mountain tick fever. Never was I treated. Am I in trouble. It always shows up in my bloodwork.
You make great videos. Keep it up!
do your nerves twitch non stop when you have lyme , one doctor thinks i have als the other thinks i have lyme
Dr. I live in South Africa, and I got bitten, let's say, 24 hours ago. I have itchy bumps. They look like mosquitoe bits. Should I be worried?
I have late stage Lyme disease can't get the Dr to treat this Lyme is all threw my body up and down fevers chills boo pain joint pain muscle pain short therm memory loss but still the Dr will not put me on doxcycline I don't know what to do I need a antibiotic
I believe my husband has chronic Lyme disease. 2 years ago, he was diagnosed with Ehrlichiosis and the doctor said his blood test also showed he had had Lyme disease in the past. For the past 6 weeks he has been suffering with extreme weakness, feels like he has swollen glands and occasionally, has had a fever. Now the past 7 days he has had a continuous fever and cannot get out of bed. I took him to the ER where he had numerous blood tests, MRI, and chest Xray. They said they found nothing. How would we know if they took a Western Blot test and/or Elisa test? They gave us 2 pages of codes listing the different blood tests. How can we confirm he is suffering from chronic Lyme disease to get the help he needs?
Hi Joyce can I get an update on your husband's situation?
Aww! I am so sorry to hear this. I believe you are right. Because of our testing, it's damn near impossible to get a correct diagnosis. Igenex is place in Texas where your husband can send his blood in and have a complete workup done, and It's only $150! Lyme is such a blanket statement, much like cancer. Well, you want to know where and what kind so you know how to treat correctly, right? The things I wish I didn't know now.. And a club no one ever wants belongs to. It breaks my heart to hear you describe him in this condition. Unfortunately, as his wife, I think you are right. 💚☹
To answer your last bit; how can you confirm it? Either having the ELISA & the Western Blot test come back as positive. Igenex in TX? I am so fortunate both actually came back positive. On that note, I'm not sure who or where I could get healed. Sure, there are plenty LLMD's (Lyme Literate M.D.'s) who will gladly treat him🤑🤑 P.S. They don't accept insurance (and it will be a solid grand or more, "due now" to hold his spot.) Treating and being healed from this are 2 very different stories... and healed? I'm don't believe I will ever be completely healed from this. The multiple co-infections are just disgusting. From my own knowledge I've been forced to learn myself, I can legit say I know I'm playing host to Bartonella, Babesia and several other parasitic bastards. Yes, you read that correctly; multiple. And it's not because I'm special.
Oh man the whole time through the video I was thinking so the host the tick is attached to can't feel it on them 🥴 good thing I use OFF DEEP WOODS. Thank Dr.JW
If there's 4 strands of the bacteria that cause the lyme disease, could that be why some people recover and some dont...the different strands react different to treatment so your not actually getting it all out before you stop treatmnet. Vs another strand that is very treatable.. kind of like how some infections in hospitals are resistant to antibiotics?
I cough it in less than 8hrs. I been feeling like shit this past 5 days!! Am i paranoid?? Got only one doses of doxyxycline
Is Lyme disease in New Zealand
What if my doctor said it isnt lyme just because i have a huge red rash with no bullseye pattern? It iches, but it is also hot to the touch, yesterday i had joint pain in the same limb where i had the tick. Should i get a second opinion or just calm down, what is the worst that could happen?
Tick bites do in fact itch. Way worse than a mosquito bite. But if the rash spreads slowly outwards, they part may not itch. The itch is at the immediate bite location. Oh yes, and one of the worst symptoms is with the digestive system . 70% of patients that get Lymes will have potentially debilitating gut issues, and that can include the bladder,where the bacteria likes to hide
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A few things I disagree with here. The length of time tick is attached makes no difference. Being attached is all that's needed . Dont get rid of tick. Put it in a baggie and take with you to dr.
Antibiotics don't work in chronic lyme.
Not all people are fortunate enough to find the rash.
I was not. 15 years later I was treated. The damage done is a lifelong problem.
Sorry you are dealing with the consequences of Lyme diseases. Hope you are getting the best care.
Just fyi:
CDC “In general, infected ticks must be attached for more than 24 hours to transmit infection; prompt tick removal can prevent transmission.”
Most of the time it is hard to know how long a tick has been there so you treat it as if it could have transmitted the bacteria, especially if you live or were in an endemic area.
Also a single dose of antibiotics can be used if tick identified early.
And yes the rash doesn’t happen all the time.
Lots of skin checking if you live in these endemic areas.
I had untreated babesia. My doc found titres in my blood decades later
how did the tick get infected???
My 15 year old brother was diagnosed with lyme disease, we have no clue when it happened. He was given antibiotics , he has knee pain some days
Can you give a update on
Socks outside pants! Put clothing immediately in dryer to kill any biting insects, and do a tick check!
Duct tape too 🎉on the ankles not the privates 😂
Try false negatives. False positive is ridiculous when it lacks detection for active infection so often.
Yes, Lyme Disease, my knee swelled up, and I thought it was a strain, but it's not
Diagnosis isn’t that hard. Get your blood tested and request that panel. Real question is what to do next besides a round of antibiotics.
I’ve had countless amounting me working in the woods in SC, and I’ve heard of a “lone star tick” that can make you develop an allergy to red meat. Idk how true it is but I just thought it was interesting.
You are 100% correct. With a bite from the Lone Star Tick, not only could you become allergic to meat but alcohol is also common.
very real my mom and niece and several friends have it here in mid Tennessee,
I heard lyme disease can give allergy to red meat
I was bitten by dog tick found behind my ear felt totally sick. Said they don't test dogticks here. Live in Humboldt County. Lived in Brookings Harbor Oregon when was bitten. Rebitten in same spot 3 years later.
Lymes In brookings oregon. Dog tick humboldt county
Some outdated/incorrect info here, Doc can't even pronounce the name of the bacterium. Click away. Try Daniel Cameron, MD, Richard Horowitz, MD videos.
I'm pretty sure I have Lyme's disease 😒 I have a tick bite that has lasted longer than any tick bite I've ever had and it's about a month and a half after it bit me and my joints hurt, I have flu like symptoms, and the headaches are just now starting.
You def have it and don’t delay treatment, trust me, get on antibiotics now and get tested for co infections also!!!!
What if you have a small ring or small size bullseye after a tick bite but no fever or any flu like symptoms? My brother is fine after 3 months with no sickness or rash, but he said he had a small bullseye back when he got bit. He never got it checked. Is it possible he’s fine with no Lyme?
My dog got lyme disease. I thought she was going to die bit made breakthrough in a few weeks cause vet treat her
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Ummm how do you remove a tick if you’re scared of it? Pop it off because gently remove with tweezers is unrealistic
Get a tick spoon and have it on hand. Mine are in set of 3-one at home, one in the car and you can add to keychain etc. it is a little bowl-shaped spoon with a slit in the side. You pull any hair (ie on a dog, etc) aside and slide the spoon slot around the tick and gently until it’s all the way in the crack of the spoon. The tick will back out on its on - just be patient. This is what you want, so you are not alarming the tick and making it thrust its mouth contents and thus the disease into your wound. Using the hot end of a match to hold against it does make it retract, but it will spew the disease and other liquid into your wound and that’s the last thing you want.
The tick spoons are a great little gadget if you’re ever in the woods or have lots of trees and leaves in your yard or where you go. Leaf litter is where they love to breed and live in the winter.
I got test thank god negative i dont want have it
I’m here because i found a tic on my knee
www.cdc.gov/lyme/hcp/communication-resources/index.html
Could DDT kill these pests in your yard our you wooded areas
And you are one of the reasons we can't get help.
Why is that? docs all over the country treat this.
@@DoctorER none around here. They all act like I'm crazy...I just keep getting put on psych meds. Still having symptoms of lyme though!
This video is full of misinformation. Other ticks have been proven to carry and transmit Lyme. He couldn’t even pronounce Burgdorfieri correctly.
Yes the deer tick or black legged tick is the most common and yes that is how you say Borrelia burgdorferi.
Happy to help in any way.