Patients may continue to experience persistent illness after being treated for Lyme disease because ticks often transmit additional pathogens within the same bite. These co-infections can complicate a diagnosis and recovery, especially since symptoms overlap, testing...
Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness that is spread through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick. It can occur on its own or in conjunction with Lyme disease. The latter will exacerbate symptoms like fever, fatigue, and anemia. With climate change, an increase in...
More research is needed on how many people are affected by Babesia microti. What is known so far is that a growing number of people are testing positive for it. Statistics show that out of all the people over 65 with Medicare, 19,469 tested positive for Babesia...
Humans contract Lyme disease from an infected deer tick. They pass the bacteria Bartonella henselae to a human’s bloodstream, where it reproduces and spreads throughout the body. Bartonella henselae is not the only bacteria deer ticks carry, however. Co-infections...
Ticks can carry multiple infections at once. This means they can also infect you with more than one disease when they bite and embed in your body. The Borrelia bacteria cause Lyme. This bacterium does not cause other infections. It is its own separate infection that...
