Question #4
What happens if you don’t treat Lyme disease? Is Lyme disease very serious?
Untreated Lyme disease may lead to a variety of problems including fever, rashes, facial palsy and arthritis. Other long-term affects are listed here. Some can be serious, but the disease seems to be unpredictable, causing worse problems for some people compared to others. Much research still needs to be done to understand why there are differences in how people are affected.
Even with treatment, according to the CDC, "In a small percentage of cases, symptoms such as fatigue (being tired) and myalgia (muscle aches) can last for more than 6 months. This condition is known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), although it is also sometimes called chronic Lyme disease."
Read more from the CDC here.
Post by C. Fisher
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