Lyme disease is not contagious. To become infected with the bacteria, a person must have been bitten by a tick that is infected with the bacteria.

Lyme disease can lead to more severe symptoms such as joint pain, facial paralysis, and neurological or heart problems. “It ...

If left untreated, Lyme disease can lead to more severe complications, such as facial paralysis, heart rhythm disturbances, arthritis and inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Understanding ...

Mum's Lyme Disease hell after tick bite The housing ... as much as I have had over the last few years." The most common facial palsy, it causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles ...

All laboratory testing including CBC, CMP and Lyme titers were within normal ... diagnosis of ascending, flaccid paralysis with ataxia. The disease should be strongly suspected when confronted ...

Since the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are transmitted whilst it ... flu-like symptoms are another strong indicator of Lyme, alongside facial palsy which is especially common in children.