GRAB ACL RSSWith Lyme disease cases on the rise, the staff at Abberly Crest wants you to be well informed in regards to this disease. Detected early, Lyme disease can be cured by antibiotics. Cases that go untreated or are not treated early enough may result in chronic symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, facial nerve paralysis and other neurological problems.
Do not think that Lyme disease is only prevalent in New England. Maryland is a current hot spot. Diagnoses are increasing in the state every year.- Lyme disease makes up 90 percent of tick-borne illnesses in the United States. More cases of Lyme disease are reported than any other vector-borne disease in the United States.
- 1000’s of cases were diagnosed in Maryland in 2009 (the last year stats were available). Nationwide, 38,000 people contracted it.
- Lyme disease is caused by a bacteria carried by the deer tick, called borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted by a deer tick, which begins about the size of a poppy seed. If that tick feeds on you for three days, it will approach the size of a "dog" tick.
- Left untreated, 60 percent of the people infected with Lyme disease will develop arthritis, as well as many other symptoms and conditions. Caught early, antibiotics may kill it off entirely.
