Lyme disease caused by tick is known as the bacterial infection that gets into the blood stream. Person suffering from this infection will have various signs and symptoms ranging from rash, flu like fever and body aches to more severe ones like weakness, fatigue,joint swelling temporary and paralysis.
Early signs of Lyme disease will show up immediately after the tick bite or within a month whereas the later symptom will occur several weeks to several months later. The time you experience the early signs taking help and guidance of the doctor will help you to not only get rid of this disease but also save you from experiencing the later signs of Lyme disease as that would be more hazardous.
Some of the early signs of Lyme disease are:
- Appearance of ring like rash around the tick bitten area.
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Fever
- joint soreness
- Chills
- Stiff neck
- Sore throat
- Ear aches
- Swollen glands
- Jaw pain
- Muscle aches
- Conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye)
Lyme disease if left untreated can spread to other parts of the body and have more worse symptoms like Arthritis, neurological problems and cardiovascular problems
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