Lyme Disease Essay
Lyme Disease and Its Effects on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System.
Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks, along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics, but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems within the body. During this paper, I will talk about the immune system, and how the system fights off the disease, I will give a description of how it effects two systems within the body: the nervous system, and the lymphatic system, and why Lyme disease …show more content…
These are easily mistaken for other types of conditions like ringworm. It can also be diagnosed through a test called PCR (polymerase chain reaction), using tissue samples. These tissue samples are used to determine whether a person has the antibodies for Borrelia burgdorferi. But due to the disease being misdiagnosed for other conditions like the ringworm above, it is easy for the disease to expand and worsen. Once diagnosed the person will begin antibiotic treatment usually doxycycline or amoxicillin. Once antibiotics are finished, recovery is likely. The reoccurrence rate is high with Lyme disease while it is unknown why, it can be easily treated using antibiotics (Murray, …show more content…
Brody for the New York Times (1995), in the opening paragraph, she describes a college student who suddenly develops anxiety disorder. Doctors did a test of her spinal fluid and found the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease had successfully compromised her nervous system, and caused a panic disorder. This is just one instance of Lyme disease’s effect of the nervous system. It has also been known to cause memory loss, anxiety, depression disorder, and sometimes even dementia. Once the symptoms of memory loss has officially set in, it is a telltale that the infection has officially compromised the brain. Children with the disorder have been known to show behavioral problems (Bordy,
Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks, along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics, but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems within the body. During this paper, I will talk about the immune system, and how the system fights off the disease, I will give a description of how it effects two systems within the body: the nervous system, and the lymphatic system, and why Lyme disease …show more content…
These are easily mistaken for other types of conditions like ringworm. It can also be diagnosed through a test called PCR (polymerase chain reaction), using tissue samples. These tissue samples are used to determine whether a person has the antibodies for Borrelia burgdorferi. But due to the disease being misdiagnosed for other conditions like the ringworm above, it is easy for the disease to expand and worsen. Once diagnosed the person will begin antibiotic treatment usually doxycycline or amoxicillin. Once antibiotics are finished, recovery is likely. The reoccurrence rate is high with Lyme disease while it is unknown why, it can be easily treated using antibiotics (Murray, …show more content…
Brody for the New York Times (1995), in the opening paragraph, she describes a college student who suddenly develops anxiety disorder. Doctors did a test of her spinal fluid and found the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease had successfully compromised her nervous system, and caused a panic disorder. This is just one instance of Lyme disease’s effect of the nervous system. It has also been known to cause memory loss, anxiety, depression disorder, and sometimes even dementia. Once the symptoms of memory loss has officially set in, it is a telltale that the infection has officially compromised the brain. Children with the disorder have been known to show behavioral problems (Bordy,