Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Technology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

The Insidious Disease from Insects: Lyme Disease

  • Author:
  • Chiluveri Sanjuna1,, Pindrathi Pravalika1, Chikoti Sneha Priya1, M. Venkataswamy1, Alluri Ramesh2
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 17 to 22

1Department of Pharmaceutics, Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Vishnupur, Narsapur, Medak, Telangana, India

2Department of Pharmacology, Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Vishnupur, Narsapur, Medak District– 502313, Telangana, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: venkataswamy.m@viper.ac.in

Online published on 24 May, 2018.

Abstract

Lyme disease is medically described as occurring in three phases, each with distinctive symptoms. The first phase is early localized disease, which occurs three to 30 days after the tick bite that transmitted the infection. This stage is characterized by skin inflammation. The rash that occurs is referred to as erythema migrans. It develops in about 70% of people who get Lyme disease. It starts at the site of the tick bite and expands over the next several days. It can eventually cover an area up to about 12 inches across. Some of the area may clear, giving the rash at times a bull's-eye appearance.

Keywords

The insidious disease from insects, Lyme disease, disease from insects