A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed (CDC) That the cases of people with “Lyme” disease in the United States of America may be dozens of times higher than declared, as cases of this disease are reported ranging from 30 to 40 thousand cases annually, according to the site “foxnews“.
“Lyme” disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of the infected black-legged tick, as the CDC indicates that the common symptoms of this disease include a feeling of headache, fatigue, fever, and the appearance of a distinctive skin rash, and most cases recover when given antibiotics during the first weeks of Infection, but symptoms of the disease such as fatigue and muscle pain, with some cases, may last for up to 6 months.
The CDC noted that most of the cases that contracted Lyme disease, by 81% among 14 states located in the northeastern United States of America and the central Atlantic Ocean, through a study that was paid over an 8-year period, as the number of cases reported to the Federal Agency is about 30 to 40 thousand annually during a report issued this month, while the (CDC) monitored about 476 thousand Americans diagnosed with this disease annually during the period from 2010 to 2018, equivalent to about 10 times what is currently reported, while the number of infections annually reached 329 thousand In a similar study conducted between 2005 and 2010.
Studies have shown the danger of leaving this disease untreated, as it may lead to nerve damage, damage to heart health, memory loss and other diseases that affect health.
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