Lyme Disease
What Is Lyme Disease?
Symptoms: Early Stage
Other Early-Stage Symptoms
Symptoms: As the Infection Spreads
Symptoms: Late-Stage Disease
Do All Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease?
How Lyme Disease is NOT Spread
What’s NOT Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease-Like Illness
Diagnosing Lyme Disease
Treating Lyme Disease
Is There a Lyme Disease Vaccine?
Preventing Lyme Disease
How to Remove a Tick
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SOURCES:
American College of Rheumatology.
American Lyme Disease Foundation.
CDC: “STARI or Lyme?” “Signs and Symptoms of Untreated Lyme Disease.”
Medscape Reference.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
ScienceDaily.
The Nemours Foundation.
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