Symptoms+&+Disease+Progression+- Lyme+Disease

= = =The most crucial symptom to identify and cure Lyme disease is the first one:= A small rash appears about a month before the more serious and deadly symptoms. The rash typically starts in the area around the tick bite and slowly gets larger as the disease progresses. Treatment for Lyme is much more successful when caught before other symptoms present themselves




 * Secondary symptoms:** Flu-like symptoms present such as: fever, chills, fatigue, body aches and a headache. These symptoms are often mistaken for the common flu when the initial rash is not spotted. These symptoms happen about a month after infection.


 * Serious Symptoms:** The more serious symptoms appear next. These symptoms can cause permanent damage and/or death. Infected patients experience extreme joint pain, most commonly in the knees. This joint paint can move from joint to joint throughout the body as the disease travels through the blood. Lyme induced inflamation and pain can also travel to the membrane surrounding the brain. When this happens, the patient experiences facial paralysis and weakened muscles throughout the body as well as a host of psychological symptoms such as depression and/or short term memory loss.


 * Other Symptoms:** In some cases, patients experience heart problems, eye inflammation and severe fatigue.


 * Look at the table in the** Pathogenesis** section for more details