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Thursday, 22 November 2018

Erythema migrans

Lyme Disease: Erythema migrans is a slowly spreading annular rash that can occur one to four weeks after a tick bite. There is often an area of central clearing that gives the rash a “bull’s eye” appearance, although atypical rashes that are bruise-like or homogenously red also occur.

an inflammatory disease characterized at first by a rash, headache, fever, and chills, and later by possible arthritis and neurological and cardiac disorders, caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks.
Meningitis can also be a feature of other diseases, including Lyme disease , Leptospirosis, Typhus, Tuberculosis and other infections.