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Unfortunately, Aušra Bartulienė, a physician at the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, an epidemiologist, says that Lyme disease is extremely insidious and its symptoms often begin when the cold season arrives. How to recognize late symptoms and what action to take?
“For several years in a row, we have noticed a trend for Lithuanians to increasingly choose insurance for serious illnesses. They endanger not only the elderly, but also the young who seem to have strong immunity. Critical illnesses like bacterial meningitis, encephalitis, and Lyme disease are dangerous for everyone.
According to our data, clients are often harmed when they contract Lyme disease, for which there is no vaccine, so we decided to expand the list of critical illnesses in our children to include Lyme disease, ”says Saulius Jokubaitis, Director of SB Insurance.
Lyme disease is a threat to everyone, not only because there is no vaccine against it, but also because its symptoms are often delayed and difficult to recognize.
“People often overlook the early symptoms of Lyme disease and don’t over-emphasize sudden fatigue, insomnia, or mild back pain. However, Lyme disease that is not treated early can cost you a lot to a person ”, says A. Bartulienė.
Delayed symptoms
Usually, the first signs of Lyme disease appear 5 to 7 days after a tick bite. Erythema, or red spot, appears at the site of the bite, which is the first sign that you have Lyme disease.
“The mildest form of Lyme disease is 80%. Patients reported for skin lesions. When a spot appears at the site of the bite, it gradually begins to increase. This is how most people experience the first symptoms of Lyme disease. They are easily recognizable and treatment for these symptoms can be given without examination, “says a ULAC physician and epidemiologist in a press release.
However, 20 percent. infected, these symptoms never appear, and some people do not even notice the mite on their body until it is gone. A person infected with Lyme disease can live for a relatively long period of time – 9 months or even a year – without even suspecting the existing disease.
“The incubation period for Lyme disease is very long. Therefore, the first symptoms of the disease may appear very late, after the end of the warm season. Therefore, a person does not associate the deterioration of well-being with the possible symptoms of Lyme disease, which represents a significant risk to their health and significantly prolongs the period of treatment, ”says the epidemiologist.
How to recognize late symptoms?
The biggest problem is that the symptoms of late Lyme disease are quite common in the elderly, so they are often not treated right away.
“The main symptoms of Lyme disease: arthritis, joint pain, fatigue, lack of sleep. These symptoms are often quite common in people between the ages of 45 and 75, and it is this age group that is most likely to develop Lyme disease. With a longer incubation period of the disease and the appearance of symptoms much later, these people often do not hesitate to worry and risk their health even more ”, says A. Bartulienė.
So, if you notice that for some time you suffer from fatigue, difficulty falling asleep, pain in the lower back, waist, shoulders, chest, be sure to consult a specialist, even if you do not think that these symptoms may be related to the disease Lyme.
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