Tick bites: signs of Lyme disease detect
Tick-transmitted tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) also Lyme disease. Against TBE vaccines against Lyme disease, there is unfortunately no effective protection. If left untreated, the disease can lead to inflammation of the brain.
- The least tick bites may transmit diseases to the people. The risk of Lyme disease is not particularly large, but certainly present.
- An infection with Lyme disease is only over longer periods of time. You remove the tick within the first 24 hours, there is no Lyme disease almost.
- A disease you can first detect the redness of the bite. A minor redness for several days is quite normal. The redness is also after a week not less, and reaches a diameter of two centimeters, is a disease very likely.
- In addition to the visible redness, headaches, malaise, fatigue, blisters, itching, pain in the limbs or nodules can also occur under the skin. A recognize one or more symptoms in combination with a long-lasting redness, you should consult a doctor immediately.
- Lyme disease is identified by a simple blood test. Specific antibodies suggest an infection. The disease is detected in time, get rid of the infection through antibiotics again.
Tick bite: I Have Lyme disease? (Image: Pixabay)
In the next practical tip we will show you how to get your children from tick bites to protect.
