Lyme Disease Prevention After Tick Bite: 72-Hour Action Plan
Written by Dr. Diane Mueller You’ve just found a tick attached to your skin. Your heart races as you carefully remove it – but what
What is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection most commonly transmitted through the bite of an infected tick. As one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in North America, an estimated 300,000 people are diagnosed each year (though the actual number of undiagnosed cases is predicted to be much higher).
How you get it: As the tick burrows into the host’s skin, it feeds on the blood and releases a bacteria called spirochete into the bloodstream. The spirochete travels quickly through the body and makes their home in soft tissues and organs, the brain, the central nervous system, and joints and muscles.
