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May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a chance for pest control professionals to spread information on how to prevent Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Read on to learn more about what Lyme disease is and how you can help to prevent it.
What is Lyme Disease?
Lyme disease is a serious vector borne disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks.
Each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC by state health departments.
Common symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, fatigue, and a rash which resembles a bulls-eye. The rash often has a red center, and is surrounded by a clear ring with a red circle around it. Typically, Lyme disease is treated with a few weeks of antibiotics.
If this disease is left untreated it can lead to a major infection which spreads to your heart, joints, and nervous system