Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial infection transmitted mainly to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus) in regions where this disease is prevalent. It is caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi.
Characteristic symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain, and a characteristic circular rash often resembling a “bull’s-eye,” called erythema migrans. If left untreated, the infection spreads to various body systems, which can lead to more serious symptoms, including neurological and cardiac complications.
Early detection and prompt treatment with antibiotics are key to effective management of Lyme disease. Unfortunately, early therapy does not guarantee that late-stage symptoms will not occur, nor that the disease will not become chronic and last for years, even for the rest of a person’s life.
Below is a photo of Lyme disease (confirmed by tests) in my wife:
Antibiotics given immediately after the bite did not help. She was cured with 25 HBOT sessions at 2.5 ATA.