Lyme Disease - Primary
Alternate Names : Early Localized Lyme Infection, Lyme Borreliosis, Stage 1 Lyme Disease
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Symptoms & Signs
Deer ticks can be so small that they are almost impossible to see. Therefore, many people with Lyme disease never even saw a tick. These people are more likely to develop symptoms because the tick remained on their body longer.
The symptoms of Lyme disease include:
- a flat or slightly raised red lesion at the site of the tick bite
- expansion of the red lesion (rash) to several inches over several days. The rash usually will clear in the center, creating an annular rash, looking somewhat like a bull's eye.
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fever
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headache
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lethargy
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muscle pains and aches
- joint aches
- swollen glands, either near the rash or all over the body
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