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W.A.N.T.E.D : Lyme Disease
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It is transmitted by deer ticks, not all of which are infected with the disease. The ticks that obtain the infection receive it from feeding on smaller animals that carry it. The disease can be spread when a carrying tick bites and stays attached to a person for a period of time typically longer than 36 hours. It can only be transferred from tick to human, not human to human, although there are extremely rare cases where a woman who contracts the disease while pregnant has given it to her fetus.
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Defense and Prevention: Being properly dressed and wearing tick repellent is the most effective method of prevention, as it stops the ticks before they can transmit the pathogens. If the tick does get on to your person, be sure to remove it as quickly as possible and pay attention to see if any symptoms appear.
Treatments/Cure: Those who end up with Lyme Disease are most commonly treated in the early stages with antibiotics such asdoxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime and are almost always completely cured after. Patients with neurological or cardiac forms of the illness might need more intense drugs to combat it.