Does Lyme Disease Affect Your Chewing?

 
There are several medical symptoms caused by Lyme Disease.  Lyme Disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected Blacklegged tick.  Even your face and mouth can be effected by this disease. 

 

 

A face bite may affect masticatory organ 

 

The rash, called erythema migrans, may be solid red, form a ring or multiple rings called a "bulls-eye" appearance, reported by the American Osteopathic College of Dermatology.  The tick can bite a person on the face, causing a ring on the face, but also the masticatory organ can also be affected.  The masticatory organ consists of teeth, mandibular joints and chewing muscles, noted by the Institute of Craniomandibular Dysfunction.

Multiorgan clinical manifestations of borreliosis might occur in the masticatory organ and this fact should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of pain by medical and dental practitioners, according to the Chair and Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Lublin, Poland.

Early treatment typically consists of orally administered antibiotics, like Tetracycline given to adults or Penicillin given to children.  Although, even with treatment, symptoms may persist for some time and a full recovery is not always possible.

So, before you get bitten by a (possible) Lyme tick, there are products that protect you from the ticks.

 

 
3M Ultrathon Pump, 19% Deet, 6-Ounce, (605-6) Repels deer ticks that may carry Lyme Disease, and mosquitoes that may carry West Nile Virus.  Gives you 3 hours of protection.  Freeze thaw stable.  Convenient because spray keeps liquid off fingers.





3M Ultrathon SRL creates an effective barrier that repels mosquitos that may carry the West Nile Virus and ticks that may carry Lyme Disease.  The cream has no odor and doesn't stain clothing.  Manages to even keep sand ants away if you enjoy a great beach and doesn't wash off easily.
Works all day!





Tender Ben's 30% Deet Travel Wipes which provides 8 hours of protection from ticks and insects that may carry West Nile Virus (WNV), Lyme disease, Malaria, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), and other infectious diseases.  All the protection you need for Kenya safari's and even in your own back yard.  Easy to keep in purse.



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