Lyme disease : Explanations
It's epidemic. We don't really know where it's coming from, it's one of the most complex diseases to date. Estimates and treatments are constantly changing because bacteria and co-infections are constantly changing (adaptation). It is a bacterium called Spirochete. There are 3 forms: Borrelia Burgdorferi (US) Borrelia Afzelii (Europe) Borellia Garinii (Europe) Doctors have difficulty diagnosing and treating it and there are many twists and turns in the treatment of symptoms and medications . STAGE 1 3 to 30 days after the injection, a skin lesion called chronic migrant erythema. (EMC) (initially discovered by Lipschutz). This non-inflammatory, annular lesion has little or no pruritus. The center of the lesion is the puncture site and the centrifugally evolving diameter can reach 10 cm. This CME is observed in only 50% of cases, but its presence is sufficient to establish the diagnosis. It disappears spontaneously without treatment [...]