Why do you get Lyme disease What is Lyme disease

Because Lyme disease is contagious, Borrelia burgdorferi is mainly found in the midgut diverticulum site of ticks, when the tick bites, it can reflux from the salivary gland or the spirochetes contained in the midgut to the suction cavity, and then invade the microvessels of the human body**, and flow to various organs and tissues throughout the body through the bloodstream.

Lyme disease refers to a tick-vectored spirochetal infection that manifests clinically as neurological damage. The disease is contagious and is transmitted from wild and domesticated mammals. People living in forests or villages are more susceptible to infection.

The disease is mostly caused by tick bites in the summer when the climate is mild, and the patients are mostly infected by tick bites during wild activities in densely wooded areas, so several species of Ixodes haemophilus are the main vectors, and some vertebrates such as rats, deer, dogs, rabbits, etc. are its main hosts.

First, to prevent Lyme disease, it is necessary to manage the source of infection, and the epidemic area should mobilize the masses to take comprehensive measures, including rodent extermination. Infected livestock and pets should be administered**.

Second, to prevent Lyme disease, we must cut off the transmission route, mainly to eradicate the hard tick, and to eradicate weeds in endemic areas and transform the environment in conjunction with patriotic health campaigns. In the field, drugs can be sprayed around the ground to kill Ixodes ticks.

Third, to prevent Lyme disease, it is necessary to do a good job of personal protection, avoid sitting on the grass and drying clothes during the onset season, and tighten the cuffs, neckline and trouser cuffs when working in the field in endemic areas to prevent ticks from entering the human body and biting. If a tick bite is detected, it can be removed as soon as possible (within 24 hours) and antibiotics can be used to prevent it.

Lyme disease is a chirochete infection that uses ticks as a vector. In 1985, the first case of this disease was detected in the forest area of Heilongjiang Province in China, and the nervous system damage was the main clinical manifestation of the disease. Meningitis, encephalitis, cranial neuritis, and motor and sensory neuritis are the most common neurological lesions.

In the first stage of Lyme disease, antibiotics alone are effective, and in the second and third stages of Lyme disease, antibiotics are not helpful, especially if the neurological damage is not specific**. Characterized by chronic erythema migrans in the early stages, neurological, cardiac, or joint lesions later develop, usually in summer and early fall, can occur at any age, slightly more often in males than females. The incidence is mostly in young adults and is closely related to occupation.

The infection rate of field workers and forestry workers is relatively high. It has been reported that 40% of outdoor workers in the epidemic area have a history of tick bites after one day of labor, or ticks can be found from their **, clothing, etc. Outdoor pastimes such as hunting, fishing, and tourism can increase the risk of Lyme disease.