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Lyme disease, Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, with about 16,000 new cases reported each year. The disorder was first identified in 1975 when a group of children in Old Lyme, Connecticut, experienced mysterious arthritis-like symptoms. Lyme disease is caused by a bite from the deer tick, which transmit the bacterium B. burgdorferi to your body. Not every bite from a deer tick causes Lyme disease; its more likely to occur if the tick stays attached to your skin for 36 hours or more.Cases have been reported in nearly all states, and the disease is also on the rise in large areas of Asia and Europe. It is very important to get early treatment for Lyme disease, so if you have any symptoms, you should call your doctor immediately. Although symptoms may disappear after a while, that does not mean the disease is gone.
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