Lyme disease is the number onevector-borne epidemic1in the world and mimics many common diseases and autoimmune illnesses.
How can you know whether you have a tick-borne illness causing your symptoms, though?
Here are four signs to watch for:
You have more than one symptom.
Lyme disease is a multisystemic illness.
A different tick-borne infection than Lyme disease, babesiosis can be transmitted with the same tick bite.
It’s a malaria-bang out parasite which makes people much sicker and difficult to treat with resistant symptoms.
The pain changes and moves around the body.
Another classic trait of Lyme disease is the migratory nature of the pain.
Especially when untreated, research saysLyme disease can spread to the joints, heart, and nervous system.
Your symptoms improve when you’re taking medication for other ailments.
Conversely, some individuals feel much worse on antibiotics, where all of their symptoms are intensified.
This is called aJarisch-Herxheimer reaction,4where the Lyme bacteria are being killed off, and temporarily worsen the underlying symptoms.
