What Happens If Lyme Disease Goes Untreated?

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Much of the attention given to Lyme disease currently centres around the diagnosis and treatment of the condition in an acute stage. But what happens if Lyme disease goes untreated? The symptoms of the condition, in its later stage, can be much more severe and debilitating, which means that recovery can be more challenging – even with appropriate treatment. Here’s some information on questions you might have about untreated or chronic Lyme disease.

What is Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is an infectious condition caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which was named after an American scientist named Willy Burgdorferi who researched the disease in the early 1980s). The condition is named after a town called Lyme, Connecticut in the US, where numerous people fell ill with similar symptoms of rashes and fatigue.

Lyme disease is most commonly contracted if you’re bitten by a tick that is a Lyme carrier. Common symptoms of acute Lyme disease include:

Skin rash (often a red, bullseye rash)
Flu-like symptoms (such as fever, chills, malaise, etc.)
Fatigue

Headache and stiff neck
Muscle soreness
Joint pain
Swollen lymph nodes
Sore throat
If the infection starts to spread throughout the body (without antibiotic intervention), you might start to experience additional symptoms, such as vision changes, heart problems like palpitations or chest pain, multiple rashes, or facial paralysis (also known as Bell’s palsy). Typically, early stages of Lyme disease are treated with antibiotics; more significant treatment is needed if the condition is not caught early on and has progressed to chronic Lyme disease.

Many people receive misdiagnoses when they first report their symptoms to their doctor because Lyme disease can mimic symptoms of other conditions like arthritis, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and others.

More at this link: https://www.bca-clinic.com/what-happens-lyme-disease-goes-untreated/
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