Lyme disease Lyme disease has gradually gained notoriety due to the increase in the number of diagnoses.
Outdoor activities such as hiking or camping expose people to tick bites, which transmit the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This is more common in seasons such as spring, although tick bites occur throughout the year.
This disease develops if the tick was infected with this bacterium, and the most important thing is to take countermeasures as soon as possible.
There are three stages of Lyme disease: early localized Lyme disease or early Lyme disease, early disseminated Lyme disease or early dissemination, and late or chronic Lyme disease. The symptoms of early Lyme disease can be detected within days or weeks after the bite and include headaches, chills, general malaise, and muscle stiffness. The symptoms of early disseminated Lyme disease are different and include heart rhythm disturbances, pain or numbness, facial muscle paralysis, and difficulty breathing normally. Finally, chronic Lyme disease has nonspecific symptoms such as problems with the musculoskeletal system or the nervous system (uncoordinated movements), or even short-term memory loss.
Due to the severity of this disease, it is essential to seek a diagnosis as soon as possible if you believe you have been bitten by a tick or if you experience several of these symptoms after coming into contact with farm animals.
Before performing the relevant blood tests at our Biosalud Day Hospital center, we have developed an online response test to detect a possible Borrelia burgdorferi infection. You can take this test from the comfort of your own home via this link. Below, we explain how this simple Lyme disease screening test works.
The steps to follow to complete this test are as follows: Carefully read each and every one of the sections that appear in the link, which explain the possible symptoms related to Lyme disease. When answering, keep in mind that these symptoms must have been detected within the last thirty days. This is important because Lyme disease, known in the field as the great imitator, can often be misdiagnosed as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, or Crohn's disease. Then submit the questionnaire and click on "check results."
Once the test has been completed, you will receive recommendations that we at Biosalud Day Hospital consider appropriate for the symptoms described.
With this technological advance, we continue to offer patients convenience and immediacy, as well as a simple way to find out if they have been infected with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium.
