In the 2019 Entomology conference, there is a discussion about different types of insects. But the particular one that caught my attention is tick. It gets more interesting to know more about them because they are the ones responsible for the rise of tick-borne diseases. In the United States alone, Lyme disease in particular already tripped its cases for the last decades. And unfortunately, it continues to grow its records up to the present.
Why Are There So Many Of Them?
A lot of study shows that climate change is the primary reason why there’s so many of them. The bacteria of ticks known as Borrelia Burgdorferi usually live in other animals. These can include birds, deer, mice, and other animals that ticks like to feed on. However, some infected ticks latch on wooden areas before it finds its way to human skin. Though, in most cases, before the disease gets transmitted to the human body, it should be suck to the skin for at least 36 hours or more than that.t
What Are The Symptoms Of Lyme Disease?
There are various stages of Lyme disease symptoms depending on a person’s immunity. But the common ones are fatigue, fever, headache, muscle, and joint aches. Since these symptoms are widespread, patients usually ignore it and assume it to be mild conditions that relate to flu. But in case the physical signs get accompanied by a bulls-eye rash, then that is where it occurs to be a development of Lyme disease.
What Can I Do To Address Lyme Disease?
Recognizing a person with Lyme disease is crucial. Therefore, an urgent need for antibiotics is a must. Because when the condition gets untreated, one can expect the spread of the infection throughout the body. The damage can go through the heart, lungs, and brain, which the effects can cause more severe complications. Immediate treatment is necessary because there are some cases that Lyme diseases can mysteriously persist in the human body for years. That is even after a person underwent proper treatment.
Lyme disease can be very complicated to diagnose. Fortunately, not all kinds of ticks make you sick. But note, researchers believe that the rampant growth of the disease has something to do with climate change. Since ticks do not survive in cold climates, therefore, the warmer weather is the one allowing them to boost their reproduction cycle.