Borrelia burgdorferi

 The site where the tick bites the body is where the
bacteria enter through the skin. As the bacteria
spread in the skin away from the initial tick bite
 These ticks when they bite the skin, which permits
the bacterium to infect the body.
 Is not contagious from an affected person to someone
else.
 Can cause abnormalities in the skin, joints, heart, and
nervous system
 History Of Lyme Disease
 Ticks are carriers of the Lyme bacterium in their
stomachs

 vectors that can transmit the bacterium to humans

with a tick bite.
Vectors
 Three Phases
 Early localized disease

 Early disseminated disease

 Late disease
 Early Localized Disease
 Skin inflammation

 "bull's-eye" appearance

 Rash

 called erythema migrans or erythema chronicum

migrans
Early disseminated disease
 Bacteria and their effects spread throughout the body

 Subsequently, disease in the joints, heart, and nervous

system can occur.
 Late disease
 Featuring motor and sensory nerve damage and brain
inflammation as well as arthritis

 Abnormal Heart Rhythms & Heart Failure

 Paralysis (Bell’s Palsy),

 (Peripheral Neuropathy), Confuson.

 Dx Tests
 bull’s-eye rash

 “gold standard” test for identifying bacteria

 Signs & Symptoms
 Expanding reddish rash

 flu-like symptoms
Chain Of Infection
  
Treatment
 Antibiotics

 Doxycycline (Vibramycin)
 Amoxicillin (Amoxil)
 Cefuroxime axetil (Ceftin)